I always appreciate good style guidance: youtu.be/NyV54qfSZwg

I’m having fun with this: redact-a-chat.com

When did we decide to rename swing states “battleground” states?

I gave in to the discount and signed up for X Premium with half the ads. I immediately noticed that 50% ads is indistinguishable from 100% ads. I have no doubt there really are fewer ads, I think it’s just psychology thing—my feed (and mind) are either interrupted by ads or not.

Does anyone else prefer interfaces that use date and time stamps rather than “1 min ago”, “1 year ago”, etc? I definitely find that kind of labeling annoying on YouTube.

This reads like a Craigslist roommate ad.

“Waist circumference is always capricious…” kickstarter.com/projects/19037…

When I’m not in the mood to scroll through all the options:

I always forget, when do the canon Super Bowl commercials start?

I really enjoyed the recent Freakonomics Radio series about rats. I kept thinking of this Simpsons scene whenever they mentioned New York City: youtu.be/2ZgtEdFAg3s

The burden of hard mode: Wordle 1,384 X/6* ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩

Today—Earth Day 2025—a new urban trail across Boston green spaces is born. The City On The Hills Trail, which runs 31.1 miles from Millennium Park in West Roxbury to Castle Island is officially open to the walking public! bostontrails.org/cityonthehills…

I think the #RecessionIndicator that bugs me the most is that basically all stores now restock and clean during regular business hours.

At the #NCCI2025 conference at George Tech. I took a tour of their student center yesterday, and the guide kept mentioning “the institute.” I almost asked him what that was until I looked up the school on Wikipedia and realized that was the name of the university.

The full 1987 film RoboCop rendered as the Cracker Barrel logo. Because nothing matters.

Finally on Windows 11 at work. Microsoft sure doesn’t seem to like desktop shortcuts anymore…

It’s pretty bizarre to call “the tallest building in Canada” a “North American record” - newatlas.com/architecture/p…

TSA PreCheck and standard security at Terminal F of the Philly airport this morning: