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For me, this is the most remarkable Backlisted episode. After seeing the 1989 movie (which was … a lot), I started this show unenthused and knowing for a fact I would never read it. After @salenagodden.bsky.social’s spectacular reading, though, I bought the book and rated it 5 stars.

I’m interested…..

One 5K monitor.

RIP Yiynova

"When beings and the world are full of evil, transform unfavorable circumstances into the path of enlightenment, lol" —Chödrön, with Dobkin

🧨 New @wired.com cover package dropped

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Of course I am clicking and browsing faster than a typical human, I am a professional blogger

This week a Republican congressman called for the denaturalization of a Democratic elected official, invoking a key mechanism through which the Holocaust was perpetrated.

In response, Democratic Party leaders have rushed to cable news to declare that the Republicans have a point about that guy.

Screenshot of kottke.org on October 20, 2004

If you’re wondering where the past several days of Classic Blogs have come from, it’s from Jason’s blogroll in 2004.

kottke.org on October 20, 2004
https://web.archive.org/web/20041020081358if_/http://www.kottke.org:80

if i dismissed that young dev, we both would have missed out on that nice connection. i noticed more new folks in the chat starting to engage and ask questions too, ones they can ask an ai - but i was approachable to them in that moment so they didn’t have to. just something i have been noticing!

I see a lot of contradictions and small hypocrisies in both how tech is built and in how we, you and me and all the other individuals out there, engage with this tech. We say we hate algorithms but then we get overwhelmed by all the content or angry that the new space we want to inhabit is empty, isn't filling up with content (inventory!) like the old place did. We say we hate social media but then we demand the new platforms behave like the old ones. We say we don't like how much tech has taken away from us but then we don't want to do the work required of us to help build spaces together, to create a healthier culture, to engage with each other in more human ways. We talk about how angry and horrible the Internet has become but when was the last time you were kind to a stranger online? Yesterday on Bluesky, I posted a photo of my cat, and it was very popular. A lot of people responded to it, enough that I could not bring myself to respond to each one. But I tried to reply to some, and when I did, one person said "Thank you for responding." I sat with that all night. Thank you for responding. Thank you for acknowledging me, acknowledging that I exist and that I matter. Thank you for extending one small bit of kindness.

I hit my limit so I wrote a call to arms. It's called We Are The Internet.

I hope you will read it and share it. Thanks.

www.leahreich.com/we-are-the-i...

‘“I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable. I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this,” said U.S. District Judge to the #Trump admin!

“accustomed to remaining free”

It’s A PHYSICAL EDUCATION parade hour. I have only ever seen people say “no please go ahead!!” when anyone is nervous about promoting their book, so I am going to promote with a penetrating unblinking stare until someone admits verbally that they cannot take it anymore

The core is VERY good actually! Kinetic, humorous, uplifting, and at times challenging.

I am glad you are here! Thanks for writing.

State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas...

Brilliant

There’s no plan, no forethought.

An Interview With A Public Health Researcher Whose Funding Was Terminated By The Trump Administration | Defector In a third-grade classroom exercise, Patrick Kelly wrote that he wanted to become a scientist when he grew up. With that interest came an attention to the people that science can help. “I’ve just alwa...

Sabrina Imbler spoke with Patrick Kelly about his research improving the health of people who use drugs and how the new administration's cuts threaten people impacted by the opioid crisis. defector.com/an-interview...

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She's A Beast newsletter subscriptions are on sale this week! $7 a month or $70/year ($5.83/month) and you get a free copy of LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell ($20 value).

In about an hour I'm also sending a newsletter to paid subscribers only about all the ways Pilates is dangerous :/

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I was also thinking he was gearing up to becoming a “centrist Republican.” What a sham.

When left-wing American Jews comment on a rise in antisemitism in the US - without ever mentioning Israel or attempting to scapegoat Palestinian solidarity activism - here are some trends over the course of the decade since Trump first ran for President that they are likely referring to:

I took it as constructive and additive, not contradictory! Thanks for the note.

I think of all of it as an evolution of “dua lipa’s podcast,” similar to the way the flagrant mag team updates their format with a new name and content strategy from time to time.

YouTube video by Service95 Dua Lipa In Conversation With Guadalupe Nettel, Author Of Still Born

~ two weeks ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj5t...

“Apple engineers will talk about this.” Great. Where are they?

Hi Tripp, I'm a reporter with the Guardian US, based in New York. I hope this finds you well. I'm reaching out about your most recent article and its inclusion of the claim, "Young Chinese women have small fingers." What is the source of this information? The full sentence attributes the claim that such small fingers make them "nimble" and therefore "valuable" to iPhone manufacturing to unnamed "supply chain experts", but it's unclear whether those same experts are the source of the claim that young Chinese women have small fingers in the first place. Are they? How do they know? Is there a study you can cite? And are we talking length? Circumference? Is it question of muscle strength? Or bone density? What is the normative range for finger size, to what extent do young Chinese women fall outside of it, and how do you - or your sources - know this?

Incidentally, how are you defining "Chinese" in this sentence? As I'm sure you and your supply chain experts know, China is a large country with dozens of ethnic minorities. It is hard to imagine that hand size is a trait linked to national identity, but the lack of specificity leaves the question open. Did hand size among Han Chinese living in Taiwan vs the PRC diverge after the civil war? Could this be a function of political economy rather than a genetic trait? So many questions. Relatedly, how are you defining "young"? Do Chinese women's fingers grow as they age? Or is size not actually the meaningful characteristic? It's hard to tell from the information you provided! I ask all these questions because unless you have answers to them, I am afraid that you may have portrayed racist pseudoscience as if it were fact in an article for the New York Times. If that wasn't your intent, I hope you will reflect upon the long history of certain forces using race science claims to attribute suitability for certain types of labor to certain types of people, and amend your article. Best, Julia Wong

welp I sent an email

I regularly say it but here’s another reason: Defector is far and away the best site on Al Gore’s Internet. Think about it. It emanates from a sports background, and yet contains such multitudes as to include this work of absolute genius. Pay them money. I have since Day 1. You won’t regret a minute

I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?