We cannot use the same evidence to convince everyone. Be careful.

In 2024, Chattanooga, Tennessee, was named North America’s first National Park City, and this mixed-surface ride is designed to show you exactly why. Grab your basket bike, snorkel, and sunscreen,…

In the spring of 2017, Jeff Tantsura , the IETF Routing Area chair , delivered a short “ Introduction to Segment Routing ” webinar. In mid-April 2026, we had ~100 people at ITNOG 10 attending the…

As cyclists, we crave the unknown, desire ribbon-like roads that unroll in front of us. We’re blazers of backroad routes, seeking challenge and adventure. We remember each bend in vivid detail.…

Bandcamp Friday may have been last week hit the next best time to support the artists you love is right now and since it’s Friday again, maybe there will be...

This week's AI videos were solely focused on Flotilla participant and alleged sex pest Thiago Ávila. Because they bother him. Continue reading Israellycool AI Videos of the Week at Radical Truth…

I’ve been reaching for my phone without thinking — a habit I’ve tried to break for a while now. Today, I’m doing something simple: keeping it far from my hands. Whenever the urge hits, I write it…

Reading Time: 44 minutes   Well, even in its partially incomplete form that’s a, er, miserable-looking set of electoral results, isn’t it? Good to see, based on the extent to which the Reform…

I've yet to meet a garden owner who actually likes this plant: The proper name is Arum maculatum, which always makes me think of eye problems (macular degeneration, I think), or Arum italicum if you…

In a new report by Boston Consulting Group, they conclude that the CIO is now the most important role in a bank. Not long ago, the CIO was the person who kept the lights on and kept core systems…

blob lady bird lane lump buds blue fire We're past the Equinox & Bealtaine & Liberation Day NL, and no late frost, so Spring must be sprong. As evidence I found the first ladybird Coccinella…

Administrative Trademark Judge Elizabeth A. Dunn has retired from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She was appointed to the Board in 2019. Judge Dunn is, by my count, the tenth TTAB judge to…

The founders most likely to break their company are the ones who never learned to stop building.

Closing the Gap Between Data, Insight, and Action. Palantir, Databricks, Snowflake, and now Microsoft Fabric are often compared as if they solve the same problem. They don’t. Most organisations…

Managers going back to coding for various reasons. I'm trying to find which group I belong to.

I did a show in Chicago last week and I’m sorry you weren’t there because it was so fabulously good. I’m from Minnesota and was brought up not to say that but I’m 83 and it’s time to take liberties.…

Fresh off the digital press, a message on being overwhelmed, grateful, turn bits into opportunities and endless shiny new little bits to discover.

In this episode I talk about a bomb scare at a Peter Kay show, a new Amstrad meetup in the UK, Atari's acquisition of the Wizardry RPG series, the MiSTer MultiSystem 2 Arcade, SEGA's Neptune, the new…

We’re wired to look for faces. Show someone a photograph with people in it and their eyes go straight to the faces, searching for expression, emotion, identity. This reflex runs deep enough…

It’s always a good day when Rural France release a new record, even if the rest of the world still hasn’t fully caught on. Maybe album number four finally changes that, because SLOTHS feels like the…

Contents : - April fishing - Snakes alive! - Chris Bladen's bronze art - Sussex fly fishing clinic - An ode to the French Partridge - A chalkstream guide's fly tying recipe - Birthday wishes - Heron…

a half-assed review"> From the award-winning creators behind Journey (2013 Game of The Year) and the highly-acclaimed Flower, comes a ground-breaking social adventure that is set to warm your hearts.…

Thee Seizures are an “anti-fascist acid punk” duo from Lisbon, Portugal, who needed just two wild days to cut their debut album Introducing… (they already shared the eight tracks…

and they're better than ever

i actually do this quite often. but today, i finally asked someone else about it. it feels like something that’s hard to explain—like something you can only conceptualise if you feel the same way,…

If you think the AI we use today is smart, fast, and accommodating, then you will want to read the McKinsey Quantum Technology Monitor published this week. It announces, in the sober language of…

An article dispelling myths about W Social, the new European platform that aims to rival X: it is a fork of Bluesky that shares many similarities with Eurosky and requires government ID to sign up.

My monthly column in the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Can a nation remain on a permanent war footing and survive, even thrive? Israel is trying to find out. Although it has been in various conflicts…

I attended Anthropic's Code with Claude developer conference in San Francisco on May 6th. Here's what I learned about context management, the shifting bottlenecks in software engineering, and what it…

Last weekend, I went down to San Diego for my close friends’ annual Kentucky Derby party - reliably one of the most fun weekends of the year. This year was a bit more “mature” than…

Man, I just can’t shake this upper respiratory infection. Getting sick at 50 feels a lot different from when I was ten. I’m not sure how she found this old shirt, but I was delighted to…

So, when someone says that their taxable income is in the 35% tax rate bracket, they probably just mean that their last dollar earned is there. They’re only paying 35% on the taxable income that's…

In the DevOps engineer’s toolkit, few commands are as revered—or as misunderstood—as awk and sed.

🏝️ Desert Island Disc: "Cursive's Domestica (2022 Remastered Version)" by CursiveDesert Island disc 4. Cursive’s Domestica is the perfect post hardcore…

Genius Loci readers: Greetings from the far side of the academic year. It is officially summer break, which checks out. The past few days in Florida have seen near-record heat. Thankfully the…

We're in the process of moving and it's eye-opening just how much stuff we've accumulated over the span of just two and a half years. During that time, my in-laws from Viet Nam stayed with us for…

Over the last twenty years I’ve posted numerous images on the internet. Mostly here on FITK, but many were on various forums and even some in Wikipedia. In the early days of the internet  people…

This recording features weekend shows on Cork pirate Radio City in summer 1981. Up first is John Ashford (RIP) with the final part of his Saturday Nightbeat show. He is followed by Jamie Roberts, who…

title: When It’s Easy, Don’t Ruin It When things are clicking and when things are easy and when they sound good, as an artist, you need to learn to accept it. And know that every single ounce of…

Folklórico Dancers, Celina TX. I walked and lifted weights today. I was able to help my kid with her car payment. I pan-fried gyro meat for the first time, and it was delicious. I also learned that…

Unravel the magic and mystery of Black Sands with Reg Rawlins! Enjoy an enchanting collection filled with psychics, warlocks, and supernatural twists! The post Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator 22-24…

Normal human habits like swapped letters, fillers, shorthand, pasted IDs, boundary whitespace, and nearby word forms can change token count without changing intent much.

New set has already been out for like a few weeks, so this is my set recap for the previous set Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set! Flavor I have decent familiarity with the source material, possibly…

Demis Hassabis recently mentioned the Jevons paradox, which occurs when increased efficiency in using a resource lowers its cost and then spikes demand enough that total consumption rises rather than…

★★★½☆ - Stephen Baxter: A sequel to H.G. Wells' The Time Machine that drastically expands the scope across multiple timelines, from the dawn of time to the far future seen in the original. Now with…

Plus: The search for instant coffee and a universal clock. (#570)

I have too many books, and I’ve grown to accept that I always will. When I first started reading, I always finished books that I bought or borrowed before buying another one. This used to be an…