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Stories that the authors of the Bible borrowed from...
Reply sourceStories that the authors of the Bible borrowed from other cultures and religions, including the flood myth, the Garden of Eden, etc. I learned about these in a religion & mythology class in college, which cemented my atheism.
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If you run a tech company I hope you didn't lay off most of your programmers last year when that was the hype -- don't wait too long before you fire your human developers. I'm now doing my second big project with Claude Code, not an experiment, and we're going through the same mess we went through last time. I know what I want, I can show it what I want, give it docs for what I want, and it keeps leading me into different corners that have nothing to do with it. When it clicks, it can go faster than a thousand programmers and it's a miracle, and when we can harness it to the job we want to do it's incredibly economical. $100 for $1 million of work. That's why you see me full of gusto for that mode. What I haven't written about how when you slow to nothing, back and forth, and you get no closer. I hate this kind of work, esp the role I have to play in it. -
This Tool Unmasks the Shadowy World of Ads that Track Your Location
It's usually very difficult to investigate the advertising industry. A new tool called DecryptAds aims to make it much easier with a massive dataset anyone can query.Reply source -
Ninth Circuit Rewrites Section 230 To Remove The Part That Actually Mattered
For all the talk of “reforming” or “repealing” Section 230 in Congress, the fact is that the courts over the past three or four years have effectively chipped away so steadily at the law that it’s lost a significant chunk of its usefulness. The latest comes from the Ninth Circuit, which ruled earlier this week […]Reply source -
Donald Trump Just Became The World’s Most Famous Anti-Vaxxer Nonsense Peddler
When it comes to the bullshit, batshit-crazy anti-vaxxer movement that currently has the United States in its un-scientific grip, I’ve focused most of my attention on RFK Jr. And, frankly, for good reason. For arguably decades, but definitely for the last five to ten years, RFK Jr. was the most infamous anti-vaxxer in the world. […]Reply source -
“Widely regarded as the most complicated board...
Reply source“Widely regarded as the most complicated board game ever made, The Campaign for North Africa tries to simulate WW2’s North African theater in as granular fashion as possible…” 1500 hours to finish the game — that’s 1h20m every day for 3 years.
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New vocabulary term: “soft secession” .
Reply sourceNew vocabulary term: “soft secession”.
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Hundreds Of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across The Country
Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial surveillance and data collection even in areas patrol officers typically can’t reach. As of February 2026, over 1,000 public safety agencies—including police, fire, and other emergency management agencies—had received […]Reply source -
Good sentence : “The market’s most lavish...
Reply sourceGood sentence: “The market’s most lavish rewards do not go to its most productive participants, but rather, to those participants who have the good fortune to emerge from the luckiest of orifices.”
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After some bug fix juggling that wasn't going anywhere, decided to throw a problem at GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra, which I had never used before because it churns through tokens quickly. It spun up a few subagents to handle different facets of the problem. Fascinating.
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 453: Meet The EFF’s New Executive Director
Support us on Patreon » If you know anything about Techdirt, you know we’re big fans of the EFF and its decades of advocacy for digital rights and the open internet. Recently, the organization went through a big change in the form of a new executive director: legal expert and long-time leader in the space Nicole […]Reply sourcefeeds.soundcloud.com - Reply source
John Gruber isn't buying the Claude watermarking either:
What happens if you copy my text and quote it in something you write, by hand? Now you’ve got a watermark in your prose, invisible characters or something, that implicates that your prose is AI-generated? Even though you didn’t use AI and just copy and pasted text from me? Madness.
Maybe the watermark won't work on short sections of text, like a blockquote, because there aren't enough words to detect a pattern (unless every word is shifted with the algorithm, which seems insane). But who knows, because how it really works is a secret.
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Following up on my comment yesterday, I now have Codex → OpenClaw working, so I can chat with my bot in the same place I have other AI chats. Codex wrote a plugin for itself to handle the connection, plus some setup on the OpenClaw server. 🤖
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The Censorship Industrial Complex Didn’t Exist Until The People Who Invented It Took It Over
For many, many years now we’ve been calling out how the entire narrative around the “censorship industrial complex” was absolute bullshit, made up by a group of either deliberate misinformation peddlers or confused “contrarian” journalists too stupid to understand how basic things work. And I say that as someone who has long been critical of […]Reply source -
Daily Deal: Retropian Color Retro Handheld Gaming Console
Rediscover the thrill of classic gaming with the Retropian Color, the pocket-sized powerhouse designed to revive your favorite retro titles in vibrant detail. This handheld console delivers nostalgia on the go, featuring a crisp 3.5-inch IPS display, an open-source Linux system, and support for 10,000+ games. Whether you’re into arcade classics, 8-bit adventures, or 32-bit […]Reply source -
No Bosses: Ancient Engineering Marvel Was Built Without Rulers, Study Suggests
A 2,000-year-old canal system in Colombia visible from space was long assumed to be built at the direction of powerful rulers. New evidence is turning that assumption on its head.Reply source -
Podcast hosting platforms and apps that support HLS video in RSS
The beauty of RSS in podcasting is that you only need to publish your episodes in one place. Until recently, to do a video podcast, you had to publish video episodes outside your RSS feed (on YouTube or by uploading them manually to Spotify). But now, using HLS and the podcast:alternateEnclosure tag, you can publish video to your podcast’s RSS feed. Audio-only podcast apps will continue to play the audio version, but podcast apps that support HLS will be able to offer consumers the video podcast experience. Podcast hosting platforms that support HLS video in RSS As of September 2 2026, these hosting companies publish HLS video via podcast:alternateEnclosure: Transistor RSS.com Fountain True Fans Captivate Flightcast Podigee Beamly Podbean Omny Studio Blubrry And these have committed to shipping support: Buzzsprout Spreaker If your hosting company isn’t on this list, ask them to support it! Podcast apps that support HLS video in RSS Screenshots of various podcast apps showing an episode titled 'Acquired By Bending Spoons', featuring a group of speakers. These apps currently support HLS video from RSS: Pocket Casts Amazon Music (in beta) iHeart (manual submission) Fountain True Fans Podcast Guru Podcast Addict Currently, Apple Podcasts uses HLS to deliver video in its app, but you have to submit HLS video episodes via its proprietary API (it won’t consume HLS video from the RSS feed). What is HLS? HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) is a streaming protocol Apple developed back in 2009. It’s the same technology behind most of the video you already watch on the internet (Netflix, YouTube, etc all use it). Instead of one giant file, HLS breaks your video into small segments (usually 2 to 10 seconds each) and publishes a manifest file (.m3u8) that lists them. The player reads the manifest, and streams your media segment by segment. The benefits for the consumer are: You can start watching immediately. Quality adjusts to your connection. On Wi-Fi, HLS might upgrade the resolution to 1080p; on a poor 3G connection, the player drops to a lower bitrate. RSS technically supported video before this. You could put an MP4 in your enclosure tag. But that meant asking every listener to download a multi-gigabyte file before they could watch anything, What is alternateEnclosure tag? podcast:alternateEnclosure is a tag from the podcast namespace. It lets you offer additional versions of media in you podcast’s RSS feed for an episode alongside the standard audio enclosure. Why does this matter for the open podcast ecosystem? HLS in RSS is open by design: there’s no proprietary API, which means any hosting company can publish it, and any podcast app can support it. From a podcaster’s perspective, it’s a simple solution. Instead of having to upload your video episodes to multiple places, you just upload your media to one place. Your RSS feed remains the single source of truth for your podcast (which is the way it should be!). The Podcast Standards Project is a group of hosting platforms and apps working together to coordinate the adoption of new RSS features for podcasters. If you want to get involved, head to our contact form. Cheers,Justin JacksonCo-founder of Transistor.fm,Founding Member of Podcast Standards ProjectReply source -
Minnesota Is Trying To Talk Texas Into Extraditing An Arrested ICE Officer To Face Assault Charges
Will anyone ever hold an ICE officer accountable for shooting or killing someone? Maybe, but it won’t be anyone from this administration — one that has actively blocked state investigators from following up on ICE shootings and even pulled FBI agents from ongoing investigations so ICE can forgive itself for its officers actions. While ICE […]Reply source -
“ Your brain is a gambling addict that bets on...
Reply source“Your brain is a gambling addict that bets on reality. It doesn’t wait for information. It guesses what should happen and adjusts when surprised. Most bets win. But when they don’t, you run into walls.”
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Introducing the Micro.blog PDS
Reply sourceI've started rolling out an AT Protocol PDS — personal data server — for new Micro.blog users. In the Bluesky world, a PDS is what stores your posts, follows, photos, and other data from apps. In the same way that creating an account on Micro.blog automatically gives you a fediverse handle, I wanted people to be able to create a Micro.blog account and have everything they needed to sign into Bluesky.
If you're already using Bluesky, there aren't currently any advantages to using Micro.blog's PDS. We run the PDS reference implementation, with various new UI bits in the Micro.blog frontend for managing your account. You won't even see the PDS option if you already have Bluesky cross-posting configured for your blog.
I've updated the account page so that both fediverse and atmosphere settings feel at home together:
I'm inspired by all the developer activity in the atmosphere. Everything from blogging apps like Leaflet and Pckt, to photo sharing, even puzzles. All of these apps store data on the PDS and require no changes to work with Micro.blog.
Domain names have always been a fundamental part of Micro.blog. When new users opt to use Micro.blog's PDS, their domain name becomes their Bluesky handle. They can then immediately sign into Bluesky with their own domain name without creating an account on Bluesky. It feels a little like using IndieAuth to sign in with your blog.
It's early and I'm not entirely sure where all of this is going. But ever since Bluesky added support for an external PDS, it has felt like a missing piece in Micro.blog hosting. I'm happy to fill that in and see what happens.
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I’ve felt this for years (blogs have global context):...
Reply sourceI’ve felt this for years (blogs have global context): “The uni-context is a scenario in which the ways you should act become the same across all different contexts. There’s just one set of norms you should follow all times, irrespective of context.”
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Map Of Spain’s North African Territories With An Explanation For Each Of Them
Original Map found on redditThe map above shows Spain’s various North African possessions along with the year they became Spanish (or at least came under control of the Spanish Crown). More about each of them below: Today, Ceuta and Melilla are autonomous Spanish cities, with civilian populations and their own local governments. The much smaller […]Reply source -
“An Absolute Climate Catastrophe”
Reply sourceBritish climate scientist Kevin Anderson (from a 2024 video):
So there is lots that you will hear — lots of rhetoric, lots of good words, lots of optimism about the future. But given we’ve known about this subject and apparently been working on it for 30 years, the trend line tells us that we are heading towards three to four degrees centigrade of warming across this century: an absolute climate catastrophe, a catastrophe for all species including our own. And so that’s the direction of travel. Now, that direction of travel does not have to continue, but the current trend line tells us that all we are doing so far is giving rhetoric and optimism and greenwash, and not driving the levels of change that are necessary to stay within the 1.5-to-2-degree framing of the Paris Agreement.
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And I have to be honest and say that my judgment, my best guess as someone who’s worked on this for years, is that we are going to fail. We’re going to go to three or four degrees centigrade of warming, and we’re going to put up with — well, we won’t put up with — we’ll have to live through, or die from, all of the repercussions that that will have. That is a terrible prospect, and one that I think we have to try everything we can to avoid.
But the message of hope, if there’s any thread of hope in this, is that it is a choice to fail. We have so far repeatedly — I’m going to say “we”; what I mean is effectively our leaders, politically, academically, in the journalistic community, across the board, those people that are framing this debate — have chosen actively to fail for three decades. And when they have breakfast with their own children, I hope they are thinking about what they have deliberately, what we have deliberately, imposed upon their future.
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How Did Poland Get Left Off The Windows XP Map?
The map above shows an odd fact, it includes New Zealand (frequently left off maps) BUT removes Poland for some bizarre reason. Here’s the story from redditor Derisiak: I was quite surprised to hear this, so I went and tried to understand in detail how this could have happened, and it’s pretty interesting. It’s because […]Reply source - Reply source
I don't like the Claude watermark announcement. For images, yes, watermarks are important. "A picture is worth a thousand words" and there's too much of a chance for misinformation. For text, it's more complicated, as essays will often be 95% human, with AI-assisted edits.
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Great episode of Dithering this morning. I've been wondering about the Apple / Google partnership too, with Google falling behind. I think Siri AI will be a good release, but it's not really in the same ballpark as the frontier models. Try GPT-Live sometime.
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You Can Only Eat One Style Of BBQ For The Rest Of Your Life, Which Do You Pick?
The Main Types of American BBQ Explained. The main thing to know is that American barbecue isn’t one single style, it changes dramatically depending on where you are. Here are five of the most famous traditions: 1. Texas BBQ Texas barbecue is really several traditions rather than one single style. The most famous is Central […]Reply source -
Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI
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“ Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million...
Reply source“Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years… For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average, translating to 10.2 billion years of full health gained.”
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Apparently the nightly email didn't go out last night. The problem was an error when it tried to read the Linkblog entries for the day. I've seen reports that these errors happen when you try to read the Links tab on scripting.com. The error shouldn't kill the email sending, it should just omit the linkblog entries, and publish the rest. These kinds of problems always pop up at the worst time. Luckily yesterday wasn't a big news day, and you can read about it on the blog. -
Elon Musk Wants To Get Into Wireless Phones And He’s Probably Not Going To Have A Good Time
There have been rumblings for a while that America’s richest and most annoying white supremacist, Elon Musk, really wants to get into the wireless phone business. His lobbyists have been making noise in support for broader phone unlocking rules, and there’ve been several IPO-fluffing press leaks over the last few months indicating they’re keen on […]Reply source - Reply
What is the most frustrating thing about RSS?
https://www.reddit.com/r/rss/s/uXhg2u6noX// #p-mas
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Fauci’s Senate Hearing Shows How Conspiracy Theories Have Become Political Weapons
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from a Senate committee more than 100 times on July 29, 2026. The Republican-led hearing – convened to scrutinize Fauci’s management of the pandemic and the origins of COVID-19 – was the latest chapter in a political story that began […]Reply source -
Superintelligence is a dragon
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ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir
LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system.Reply source -
SpaceX’s Earnings Show Elon Wiped Out Two-Thirds Of Twitter’s Ad Business
When SpaceX filed for its IPO, we went through the S-1 to point out just how far off the mark Elon Musk’s predictions about his Twitter takeover turned out to be. Indeed, the failure of Twitter as a business was so catastrophic, Musk had to hide it by merging all his Xs together: he had […]Reply source -
not even counting anymore
Kill the algorithm in your head: Let's set up RSS readers and get news we actually want in 2026
https://scour.ing/redirect/https://www.pcgamer.com/software/kill-the-algorithm-in-your-head-lets-set-up-rss-readers-and-get-news-we-actually-want-in-2026?utm_source=rss// #p-mas #p-bs
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aaaand again
an ode to rss feeds
https://raccoongirltalkstotheworld.bearblog.dev/an-ode-to-rss-feeds/// #p-mas #p-bs
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trying again
RSS May Be The Best Invention Ever
https://mtwb.blog/posts/2025/rss-may-be-the-best-invention-ever/// #p-mas #p-bs
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“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than...
Reply source“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease.” The key difference: “the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change.”
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I've now read more of OpenAI's motion to dismiss the Apple lawsuit. This part sums it up:
Instead of pleading facts showing misappropriation, Apple recasts the benign, lawful conduct of former employees—who in many of the cited instances were in fact trying to help Apple, at Apple’s request, by making sure their former colleagues’ work could continue without them—as theft of so-called trade secrets. The proffered “trade secrets” are not specific, protectable information at all; they are generic categories of the product-development process...
It supports my original hot take.
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Stories of “people finding weird, wild and defiant...
Reply sourceStories of “people finding weird, wild and defiant ways to avoid using AI in their professional lives”. Like: “I keep a to-do list in a paper notebook, but my boss believes I have an AI task-keeping assistant via Claude.”
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Trump Doubles Down On Conspiracy Theories After DOJ Drops Reflecting Pool Vandalism Charges
We’ll see how long US Attorney (and, of course, former Fox News personality) Jeanine Pirro gets to keep her job. I would guess the exit door is only inches away from hitting her ass since she refused to carry out Donald Trump’s plan to punish Reflecting Pool visitors for highlighting the failures of his no-bid […]Reply source - Reply source
Just testing. I'll delete this in a minute. 👋
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People worry about AI bots overloading servers, but in my experience the dumb requests for potential security holes are much worse. Bots trying to get into non-existent files like htpasswd, wp-admin.php, etc. Servers getting hammered today.
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Crocs Has a Trick for Dodging Taxes: a Tiny Office in...
Reply sourceCrocs Has a Trick for Dodging Taxes: a Tiny Office in Malta. “Come tax season, the Broomfield, Colo., company has claimed that all its global profits were actually earned in this two-person office.” The US is not a serious country.
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New Mexico Judge Appoints Himself Meta’s New Product Manager
Earlier this year, following the initial verdict in the state of New Mexico’s case against Meta (arguing that Meta caused harm to children by doing things like encrypting messages), we noted that even if you believe that Meta is a terrible company (as I do), that Mark Zuckerberg cannot be trusted (ditto), and that the […]Reply source -
Daily Deal: flowkey Piano Learning App
flowkey is a fun, interactive piano learning platform that helps anyone go from absolute beginner to confident player — at their own pace. It combines step-by-step courses with thousands of songs you know and love, tailored for every skill level, from first-time learners to advanced pianists. The app listens as you play and gives instant […]Reply source -
The Doulas Who Help Us Die . “Instead of assisting...
Reply sourceThe Doulas Who Help Us Die. “Instead of assisting in the birthing room or the nursery, end-of-life doulas could keep vigil over people during their last hours, providing comfort and companionship and helping a family find peace.”
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test post, trying something out
What Does Bill Ackman Want With Universal Music Group?
https://jaimebrooks.substack.com/p/what-does-bill-ackman-want-with-universal// #p-mas #p-bs