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The Santiago Boys . Fascinating podcast series about a corp challenging bigger corps & government agencies. And a gorgeous website, too!
Kagi paid search . I’ve seen this engine mentioned a few times. The business model is transparent and obvious, but I’m still not sure on the price.
Bring me to life . This is the weirdest rendition of the song I’ve seen, anyway.
2600 finally has a digital subscription option
Super detailed questions for openAI . The government are coming, and they want to know how GPT actually works, and whether it’s legal or not.
Observational implications of cosmologically coupled black holes
Languages do not “die”, they are persecuted: A Scottish Gael’s perspective on language “loss”
Dead EV batteries turn to gold with U.S. incentives
Men are lost . Agree. I’ve so many male friends my age who are absolutely, absurdly lost at sea. And none of them can admit it.
Death metal english
Moofmender . Someone’s secured parts for Van Moof bikes and made a marketplace!
Arts Council research shows ‘worrying level of decline’ in young people attending cultural events . The same young people who can’t see a future, buy a home or get a good job in the much heralded tech world are now expected to pony up for art events that are largely targeted at other artists.
‘If you want the dog back … $1,000’: The incredible rescue of a Silicon Valley collie held for ransom
A cool idea to have a digital, printable colouring book
A man claims to be the King of Ireland
A New Doc Says Sinéad O’Connor Matters More Than You Think. It’s Right
Musk takes @X without paying owner . Stop pretending Twitter/X is a public utility. It’s a private toy owned by one man. Stop playing with his toys.
Sony warns that AI could lead to folks living as second-class citizens . Without AI, we have people living as second class citizens already!
AI explainer with minimal math or jargon
Textual paint
Mike Bird & Noah Smith debate industrial policy
A good take on Twitter rebranding to a letter it doesn’t own rights to
Some JWST observations . I love this.