Fuck yes, this is the best series I've read in ages. So good to hear it's moving along again

I learned yesterday that Δ (alt-J) (easily one of my fav bands of the last 5-8 years) is named Alt-J b/c they love triangles and on a mac you type “Alt-J” to make a triangle like this ∆ and I was deeply satisfied by that random piece of wikipedia knowledge thanks internet

This is stunning! To allow riders to better view autumn leaves, the driver of this Eizan Electric Railway train on the Kurama Line switches off the lights so passengers can better view this "Maple Tunnel" outside #Kyoto. Another reason to love #Japan's rail culture.

Thread. Something happened this week for the first time in all of human history and nobody seems to have noticed. Humanity passed through a Filter. Let me explain. Among astronomers and associated science nerds, there's something called the Fermi Paradox. 1/

0 to 1 is so so so hard

As a kid who was raised conservative Christian in the 80s, I was led to believe that the way to avoid getting AIDS was to only sleep with your spouse. (1/…)

If you no longer enjoy talking to people with different views, your personality is likely being distorted by social media algorithms that promote rage & tribalism. You don’t have to live like this.

Back in June, I help my mom clean out her pool shed. There's a strand of old twinkle lights with plastic flamingos. "Throw them out," she says. "They don't work." But I see that the flamingos came off easily, so I start to pull them off. "I can do something with these."

Sunday read. This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit. I think the winners are: 1/ Enter your phone number

some brilliant UX / design examples i've stumbled upon in japan:

This is a great reframe, definitely going to use it.

Absolutely gorgeous performance from MARO on tiny desk youtube.com/watch?v=btiE3A…

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Spiff! Read more: salesforce.com/news/stories/s…