David Gallagher

There was one in the basement of our apartment in Amsterdam when we moved in and it took me a while to figure out that it wasn’t a decorative… something.

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

this is why layout matters

Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”

NEW: We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.

The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”

Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists: Adrian Holovaty added ASCII tab importing to Soundslice to avoid user complaints and confusion, but has mixed feelings about it https://www.holovaty.com/writi...

www.lightningfield.com/05/04/061059...

Screenshot of lightningfield.com on April 15, 2005

lightningfield.com on April 15, 2005
https://web.archive.org/web/20050415012454if_/http://www.lightningfield.com:80

They’re Over 80. You Can Find Them in the Club.

That time @jggross.bsky.social went out clubbing with a pack of senior Belgians. It's good for you! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...

Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner

SCOOP: Less than 3 weeks before Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, his mother, Elizabeth Fago, attended a $1M/head fundraiser with Trump at Mar-a-Lago for MAGA Inc.

Walczak's pardon application emphasized Fago's financial support for Trump, & her connection to a plot to publicize Ashley Biden's diary.

Sorry @ashleevance.bsky.social

I tried the phone number. Still works!

I need BeeBot!

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along a green- and orange coloured dedicated and elevated cycle path in Beijing.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along a green- and orange coloured dedicated and elevated cycle path in Beijing.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along a green- and orange coloured dedicated and elevated cycle path in Beijing.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along a green- and orange coloured dedicated and elevated cycle path in Beijing.

If there are Seven Cycling Wonders of the World, then Beijing’s elevated bike expressway deserves to be near the top of that list: a six-metre wide, 5.4-km long piece of show-stopping infrastructure that is quickly become an important form of transportation and recreation for 12,000 users each day.🧵

Anyone can make a Mickey movie now. So far they're all terrible horror films.

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.

I really appreciate news stories that take a phenomenon we all generally implicitly understand or assume but don't have any hard data or evidence for, then meticulously prove it. Well done @stuartathompson.bsky.social.

Old newspaper cutting: a photo of some people standing around for some reason, plus text: PETERBOROUGH STANDARD — Friday, April 18th, 1980 The memories live on CROWLAND’S Silver Jubilee committee was finally wound up on Thursday evening with a presentation ceremony at the library.. The Jubilee fund, described by chairman Frank Parnell as ‘one of the finest efforts in Lincolnshire’, fremony at the library. The Jubilee fund,. described by chairman Frank Parnet s ‘one remony atremony are sony at the library. The jubremony at the library. Tremony at remony at the library. Thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony at the library. Theremony at the library. The Jubilee fund, described by chairman, Frank Premony rremony at the remony aremony at the libremony atremony at tremony at the library. Tremorremony at the library.remony at the library. The Jubilee fund, described by chairman Frank Parnell as ‘one of the finest efforts in Lincolnshire’, fn he latched onto a through ball. Although be was hauled down by the keeper he still managed to stroke the ball home. But for the second week running Durant had to leave the field injured, this time suffering eye trouble. The winning goal was another 25-yard shot — again from Blackstones’ central defender — coming from their second chance of the game. Gary Cooper, recently signed from Old Boys, had a good debut.

Well, as I’m sure you all know, we mark something important today. Yes: happy 45th anniversary of the thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony to all who celebrate

A poster that reads 'GEFELICITEERD [aka happy birthday] FIONA' with a watercolor profile of a woman, next to a canal in Amsterdam.

Off topic: The kids and I made something fun. fionaproject.com

For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured?
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...

Only at the scale of the city itself.

Holy crap. Paging Vignelli.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

The must-read of the week (recognizing it's only Monday): What happens when the president's national security team accidentally includes a journalist on a theoretically highly secret group chat about an upcoming military operation. @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Trump impersonator in the Netherlands finds that nobody wants to hire a Trump impersonator these days: “It’s funny until it isn’t.”

I like this idea.

On Street View, a huge mop of hair rides a bike through the Vondelpark in Amsterdam.

On Street View, a huge mop of hair rides a bike through the Vondelpark in Amsterdam.

On Street View, a huge mop of hair rides a bike through the Vondelpark in Amsterdam.

On Street View, a huge mop of hair rides a bike through the Vondelpark in Amsterdam.

On Street View, a huge mop of hair rides a bike through the Vondelpark in Amsterdam.

Article time stamp is 'Today at 11:00 p.m. EST'

How are you publishing from the future?

Wow, this is rough. And yes, hard to understand.

A 4-Year-Old Boy Dies of Ebola in Uganda as U.S. Pulls Back on Help The Trump administration has canceled at least four of the five contracts with organizations that helped manage the outbreak in Uganda.

A 4-year-old boy in Uganda died of Ebola this week, according to a State Department cable seen by NYT. The Trump administration just canceled most of the contracts with groups that were trying to stop the outbreak there, which had seemed to be fading. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/h...

You are very kind. I have chosen to spend very little time helping out the Dana Gallaghers and Derek Gallaghers of the world. I have at least chosen to not mess with them, i.e. by switching their in-flight meal to the vegan option or canceling their tee time.

Thank you!

Amsterdam.