Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking
As I remarked on Discord, Cluely sound like the Pakleds https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
A must-read. San Francisco is as bat-shit as ever, but it's differently bat-shit every time the wheel spins.
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
I miss SuperHappyDevHouse. I miss my local Python meetup. I miss a sense of possibility and wonder and art and just _fun_ at what we could do with computers.
When I look at what remains of that culture though, it's like reading Heart of Darkness now https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
I miss SuperHappyDevHouse. I miss my local Python meetup. I miss a sense of possibility and wonder and art and just _fun_ at what we could do with computers.
When I look at what remains of that culture though, it's like reading Heart of Darkness now https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
I miss SuperHappyDevHouse. I miss my local Python meetup. I miss a sense of possibility and wonder and art and just _fun_ at what we could do with computers.
When I look at what remains of that culture though, it's like reading Heart of Darkness now https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
San Francisco as described in this piece is as exhausting as it sounds
But
I’m also glad that I don’t have to live in that version of it
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
A must-read. San Francisco is as bat-shit as ever, but it's differently bat-shit every time the wheel spins.
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
I miss SuperHappyDevHouse. I miss my local Python meetup. I miss a sense of possibility and wonder and art and just _fun_ at what we could do with computers.
When I look at what remains of that culture though, it's like reading Heart of Darkness now https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
An experiment in language change
How far back in time can you still understand English?
Interesting read if you're interested in language
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
How far back in time can you understand English?
It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.
"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
How far back in time can you understand English?
It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.
"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
How far back in time can you understand English?
It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.
"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
How far back in time can you understand English?
It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.
"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
How far back in time can you understand English?
It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.
"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
Super Fun für Sprach-Nerds, Weird Fiction-Fans und alle, die gerne neue Sachen lernen: Diese Geschichte wird jeden Absatz 100 Jahre älter (& gruseliger), am Schluss sind wir um 1.000 sprachlich angelangt. Bis wann könnt Ihr verstehen, was da steht? Danach erklärt ein Sprachhistoriker die Veränderungen, die ihr da rückwärts mitgemacht habt.
#linguistics #historyoflanguage #language #literature #learning
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
How far back in time can you understand English?
It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.
"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
A trip back in time (or to Wulfleet)
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’
‘Don’t go to the US – not with #Trump in charge’: the #UK tourist with a valid visa detained by #ICE for six weeks https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
Appalling. In our name:
"‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks.
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
Do not go to the US.
Your privilege will not protect you.
"when Karen heard some of their stories before she left the UK, she assumed their experiences had no relevance to her: she was a retired person taking a holiday. In the end, Karen was detained for longer than almost every one of them."
UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
Appalling. In our name:
"‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks.
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
A retired British primary school teacher with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE in the US while on holiday.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
A retired British primary school teacher with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE in the US while on holiday.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
"It was during these conversations that Karen was told repeatedly that ICE agents are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. “I was told this by multiple sources,” she says. “There is all the incentive in the world to find a reason – any reason – not to let someone go.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
A retired British primary school teacher with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE in the US while on holiday.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
What happens when a large open source project dies.
What happens when a large open source project dies?
What happens when a large open source project dies?
Whale Fall
Link: https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/21/whale-fall.html
Comments: https://lobste.rs/s/wplgka
Whale Fall
https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/21/whale-fall.html
Michael Winser mentioned whale fall offhand while we were talking about what happens to the dependency graphs of abandoned projects, and it won’t leave my head.
What happens when a large open source project dies?
A warning about rising prices, vanishing consumer choice, and a future where owning a computer may matter more than ever as hardware, power, and control drift toward data centers and away from people.
It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.
It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.
It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.
Probably a pragmatic way to be anyway:
"The reason I’m writing all of this isn’t to create panic, but to help put things into perspective. You don’t need to scavenger-hunt for legacy parts in your local landfill (yet) or swear off upgrades forever, but you do need to recognize that the rules have changed. The market that once catered to enthusiasts and everyday users is turning its back. So take care of your hardware, stretch its lifespan, upgrade thoughtfully, and don’t assume replacement will always be easy or affordable."
From this analysis on the impact hyperscalers are having on the near future (at least) of personal electronics "Hold on to Your Hardware":
https://マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardware/
This part is dark:
"That PC, laptop, NAS, or home server isn’t disposable anymore. Clean it, maintain it, repaste it, replace fans and protect it, as it may need to last far longer than you originally planned.
Also, realize that the best time to upgrade your hardware was yesterday and that the second best time is now. "
Hold on to Your Hardware
Link: https://マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardware/
Comments: https://lobste.rs/s/zpotiy
It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.
Probably a pragmatic way to be anyway:
"The reason I’m writing all of this isn’t to create panic, but to help put things into perspective. You don’t need to scavenger-hunt for legacy parts in your local landfill (yet) or swear off upgrades forever, but you do need to recognize that the rules have changed. The market that once catered to enthusiasts and everyday users is turning its back. So take care of your hardware, stretch its lifespan, upgrade thoughtfully, and don’t assume replacement will always be easy or affordable."
From this analysis on the impact hyperscalers are having on the near future (at least) of personal electronics "Hold on to Your Hardware":
https://マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardware/
This part is dark:
Hold Onto Your Hardware
You'll own nothing and be happy
As RAM shortages hit and major players pull out of selling RAM to consumers in favour of selling to AI companies, the price of many things is due to go up, including home computing.
#ai #enshitification #obsolescence
https://マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardware/
It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.
Why pay for Lightroom or Luminar? Darktable is better, faster, and completely free. The ultimate professional alternative for RAW editing. Get started here.
This looks like a great resource for those of us getting into Darktable: https://darktable.info/en/welcome-to-the-modern-darkroom/
Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!
https://darktable.info/en/welcome-to-the-modern-darkroom/
Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.
Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!
https://darktable.info/en/welcome-to-the-modern-darkroom/
Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.
Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!
https://darktable.info/en/welcome-to-the-modern-darkroom/
Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.
Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!
https://darktable.info/en/welcome-to-the-modern-darkroom/
Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.
Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!
https://darktable.info/en/welcome-to-the-modern-darkroom/
Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.
Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!
https://darktable.info/en/welcome-to-the-modern-darkroom/
Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.
Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!
https://darktable.info/en/welcome-to-the-modern-darkroom/
Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.
This looks like a great resource for those of us getting into Darktable: https://darktable.info/en/welcome-to-the-modern-darkroom/
Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land
You can't put the genie back in the…oh wait, these people just did.
Also, have you been told that "everyone has a price"? Well that's simply not true. Sometimes something or someone is not for sale…and that's that. 👋
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters
Guardian: US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters
You can't put the genie back in the…oh wait, these people just did.
Also, have you been told that "everyone has a price"? Well that's simply not true. Sometimes something or someone is not for sale…and that's that. 👋
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters
US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’
Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters
US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’
Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters
US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters
You can't put the genie back in the…oh wait, these people just did.
Also, have you been told that "everyone has a price"? Well that's simply not true. Sometimes something or someone is not for sale…and that's that. 👋
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters
You can't put the genie back in the…oh wait, these people just did.
Also, have you been told that "everyone has a price"? Well that's simply not true. Sometimes something or someone is not for sale…and that's that. 👋
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters
A recent literary genre imagines what happens when our climate changes—and so do we.
For #SolarPunkSunday https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/solarpunk-sci-fi-books-literary-genres-climate-change-optimism-technology/
Quotes from some #solarpunk notables including @sarenaulibarri @thejaymo @pluralistic plus Cameron Robeson, my #BSFW friend. And a quick mention of one of my stories.
For #SolarPunkSunday https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/solarpunk-sci-fi-books-literary-genres-climate-change-optimism-technology/
Quotes from some #solarpunk notables including @sarenaulibarri @thejaymo @pluralistic plus Cameron Robeson, my #BSFW friend. And a quick mention of one of my stories.
For #SolarPunkSunday https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/solarpunk-sci-fi-books-literary-genres-climate-change-optimism-technology/
Quotes from some #solarpunk notables including @sarenaulibarri @thejaymo @pluralistic plus Cameron Robeson, my #BSFW friend. And a quick mention of one of my stories.
For #SolarPunkSunday https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/solarpunk-sci-fi-books-literary-genres-climate-change-optimism-technology/
Quotes from some #solarpunk notables including @sarenaulibarri @thejaymo @pluralistic plus Cameron Robeson, my #BSFW friend. And a quick mention of one of my stories.
For #SolarPunkSunday https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/solarpunk-sci-fi-books-literary-genres-climate-change-optimism-technology/
Quotes from some #solarpunk notables including @sarenaulibarri @thejaymo @pluralistic plus Cameron Robeson, my #BSFW friend. And a quick mention of one of my stories.
Tired of Dystopian Sci-Fi? You Might Like Solarpunk.
A recent literary genre imagines what happens when our climate changes—and so do we.
If you want an introduction into solarpunk, practice positive futuring and manifest this into art
Get in touch to do a workshop https://priscillaharing.info/solarpunk-de-buurt/solarpunk/
For #SolarPunkSunday https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/solarpunk-sci-fi-books-literary-genres-climate-change-optimism-technology/
Quotes from some #solarpunk notables including @sarenaulibarri @thejaymo @pluralistic plus Cameron Robeson, my #BSFW friend. And a quick mention of one of my stories.
For #SolarPunkSunday https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/solarpunk-sci-fi-books-literary-genres-climate-change-optimism-technology/
Quotes from some #solarpunk notables including @sarenaulibarri @thejaymo @pluralistic plus Cameron Robeson, my #BSFW friend. And a quick mention of one of my stories.
For #SolarPunkSunday https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/solarpunk-sci-fi-books-literary-genres-climate-change-optimism-technology/
Quotes from some #solarpunk notables including @sarenaulibarri @thejaymo @pluralistic plus Cameron Robeson, my #BSFW friend. And a quick mention of one of my stories.
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
The Victims Who Fought Back
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
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