Mike Schnier

I've been in Montreal taxis where the drivers absolutely gun it in residential areas, only slowing down just before speed bumps.

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.

(15 in Manhattan btw)

At the doctor's office right now and the radio is playing "Golden".

K-Pop Demon Hunters has broken containment, Huntrix is just a real band now.

Intentionally killing journalists isn't a thing you do when you believe that you're on the right side of history.

it can be amazing to read widely--if you're a writer or intending to write, reading widely is imperative but there are no definitions or limits on that "widely," no list of required reading. Unless someone's list of books is calling to you, just go read anything that appeals to you in whatever way.

This is absolutely true. It is also true, IMO, that once something is sufficiently entrenched as a "classic" its quality becomes a moot point, not actually relevant. It is so much a part of the literary context that ideas about

Congratulations British law makers! You have saved children from that most pernicious threat; a free online encyclopedia staffed by volunteers.

We occasionally see a downy woodpecker at our feeder, but I think they're not as excited about sunflower seeds as our other backyard birds.

Somewhat large hummingbird.

Yep. Nobody publishing books in the 1950s and 60s was setting out to write the canon of science fiction. It was entertainment.

Bah. Demanding people read half-century-old work as a purity test for genre membership is a fine way to kill the genre dead.

I wrote about such nonsense here;

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free my beautiful boys what is their crime

One of the things I’ve realized in years (somehow, years?) of listening to folks talk about their work, is that the thing people don’t realize is how much time it takes — not just in workflow, but in all the hours (accrued over months, years, decades) that it took to hone & refine those skills. And:

First teaser for the ‘Homestuck’ pilot has been released.

The new series is in the works at the Australia animation team Spindleroo.

IMHO, AI detection software is just as grifty as AI.

Star Trek prepared me for a future with way more Jeffries tubes than I encounter on a day-to-day basis.

really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not

Screens are useful because you can put them down, walk away from them and share them. VR is mostly a niche toy. There are practical uses but they're a much smaller niche.

I have enjoyed my limited interactions with VR. I absofuckinglutely do not want to have work meetings in VR.

infinite examples of this, but it really is zuckerberg's metaverse bet that crystalizes this for me. he got up in front of the entire world and bet against the idea of physical pleasure and hasn't been forced to resign in disgrace

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for some fucking reason im always thinking about this exchange it's so funny to me

𝐁𝐞•𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐠•𝐢𝐧𝐠 (Verb)

1. The act of gifting homemade freezer fudge.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴."

𝐁𝐞•𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐠•𝐢𝐧𝐠 (Verb)

1. The act of gifting homemade freezer fudge.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴."

The checkbox beside 'Do not show this message again' is just two RGB values darker than the background white.

Apple's new macOS design, as it exists in the beta, is an accessibility nightmare.

I love All Systems Red, but the second book gets into the themes and character dynamics that really makes the series tick. I also think it's utterly unfilmable.

At the beginning, it has no experience of the world outside of The Company, contracts in The Corporation Rim, shitty education modules, and corporate entertainment media.

Gurathin attempts to dehumanize Murderbot as malfunctioning equipment but also is the closest to understanding it's own POV.

It's an interesting topic though.

Murderbot thinks of itself as equipment instead of a person. But it also is a person. Though it's not human. But parts of it are grown from human tissue. And doesn't want to be treated as a human. But it has what we would recognize as very human experiences.

The internet is fundamentally not capable of delivering a proportionate response.