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May 4, 2022
— astounding fan recreation of the Atari 2600 game, tried this today on my C64 and it’s amazing #
— with a discussion of the widespread belief that musicians should be miserable on tour #
May 3, 2022
— “This abandonment by lawmakers is why so many of the most effective solutions we have right now are being developed far outside the realm of electoral politics.” #
— same founder/CEO as Rapleaf (aka LiveRamp), the creepy company that got in trouble for selling private user info that it mined across the web #
— up-to-date information about accessing abortion pills online #
— the draft opinion opens the door to a rollback of federally-assured civil rights #
— interactive map showing the impact in states ready to ban abortion, along with source data #
— the original Roe v Wade ruling was leaked too, published in Time hours before it was announced #
— help fund abortion access in the most restricted states #
— “a brief and incomplete list of the people and institutions that can go fuck themselves this morning” via Today in Tabs #
May 2, 2022
— like Wordle meets crossword puzzles, another brilliant iOS game from the creators of Good Sudoku #
April 29, 2022
— browse the code or try the new 10.1.0 compiler on Borogove.app #
April 28, 2022
— “One of the most cursed things I’ve ever made. I’m so sorry.” #
— off to 9gag or gmail, i guess #
— Emily Gorcenski’s “requiem for the Twitter that could have been” #
— an “existential horror phone sex hotline” from Shing Yin Khor #
— peer-reviewed does not mean reproducible #
April 22, 2022
— “an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web” with contributions from Everest Pipkin, Nick Montfort, May-Li Khoe, and more #
— try the Amazing-QR Python package for making your own #
April 21, 2022
— Google teamed up with the designer of A Dark Room and Gridland to make a quantum computing-themed clicker game via MetaFilter #
— over 700 pieces of 1-bit pixel clip art via Nelson Minar #
April 20, 2022
— review everything on Earth to help improve the simulation via @nealagarwal #
— pose scenarios to three AI models trained exclusively on YTA, NTA, and hybrid answers from Reddit #
April 19, 2022
— incredibly challenging daily browser game to determine the subject of a random redacted Wikipedia article #
April 15, 2022
— amazing deep-dive into the history of FM radio delivered over cable TV lines in the ’80s for early stereo audio #
April 14, 2022
— astounding how close Teenage Engineering’s original concept is to the final product #
— another incredible Inigo Quilez video breaking down a Shadertoy animation #
— Michael Hobbes breaks down a terrible NYT editorial on cancel culture #
— it’s just nice to know he’s still out there, hope he’s doing well #
— his cringe TED interview this morning shows he has zero understanding of how content moderation works at scale #
April 13, 2022
— incredible run of over 25 years of independently-published feminist media #
— The Pudding’s visualization of prominent figures on bank notes around the world #
— the latest in Flurdeh’s series of tilt-shifted game worlds, like Tiny Cyberpunk, Tiny Red Dead, and Tiny Bioshock via Nelson Minar #
April 12, 2022
— stunning 1-bit dithered animations from Russian artist Uno Moralez, mildly NSFW via @banffchris #
April 10, 2022
— Tom7 turns the internet, Tetris, and fancy covid tests into hilariously inefficient hard drives #
April 7, 2022
— or you can view the complete canvas as an interactive timelapse #
— Harris presided as Jackson was confirmed, but no Black women had a vote #
— a charming comic about growing up online from BubbleSort Zines creator Amy Wibowo #
April 6, 2022
— Charlie Warzel interviews Hilary J. Allen about her essay on shadow banking, decentralized finance, and regulation #
— blockquote text would previous display for deleted tweets; this impacts every blog or news site that ever embedded a Trump tweet #
— Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate’s 2010 web shorts were adapted to a full-length film and it looks charming #
— hyperpolyglots seem to have smaller, more efficient language areas in the brain via MetaFilter #
— the release notes are overwhelming, with The Matrix Awakens city demo available as a free sample project #
— generates AI art from text at 4x the previous resolution with more accuracy; see the paper for more examples #
April 5, 2022
— I’ve also been playing with the beta and the results are astounding #
— starting with new TikTok accounts using IP addresses located 50 miles apart, the difference is stark #
April 4, 2022
— his Twitter poll last month now sounds ominous #
— discovered by accident, immediately recognizable #
— five years later, it’s seen 6x more users participating driven by communities on Twitch and Discord #
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