James Williams

I love Dave Zirin. (As you probably already know) His books often cover the intersection of sports and politics and how sports have never been apolitical. Enjoy that about the guy.

Food truck that is stylized as a fire engine.

Love the fire truck vibes.

'Forget The Alamo' Author Says We Have The Texas Origin Story All Wrong In a new book, Bryan Burrough and co-writers Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford challenge the historical lore of the Alamo — including the story that Davy Crockett refused to surrender.

This book is a really good read on the topic.

'Forget The Alamo' Author Says We Have The Texas Origin Story All Wrong : NPR share.google/Y9HLw8kFhEh9...

It's funny because if you look up the history of the Tejas(Texas), it was invaded ...by white settlers who didn't want to follow Mexico's laws abolishing slavery.

We’ll be closing out the Cloud stage today talking Flutter, Dart & Gemini - see you there!

#GoogleIOConnect #BuildwithGemini

The album where Michelle "Brigderton" Williams made her first appearance.

Was minding my business in the train station Relay and saw a magazine(Analyse-Opinion-Critque) dedicated to a discussion about the rise of fascism. Front and center of the news section, no pulled punches.

Decided to pick up some light reading on economic crises.

Buffalo Soldier - Wikipedia

(You can blame my dad for this)

And you can't have a conversation about cowboys without at at least a brief mention of the Buffalo Soldiers, all-black calvary units dating back to the 1860s and the westward expansion (😐...I know, I know).

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo...

...for speaking out.

Lots of us did. There were protests at my college and in some RA meetings, some naive folks asked if we could have demonstrations to "support the troops." The false reframing was ABSURD....The Chicks got a Janet Jackson sized cancelation for quite a few years afterward.

YouTube video by Celine Oracle "Celine Dion Is One Of The Greater Singers EVER" Patti Labelle (2021 Interview)

Ms Patti's catalog is part of what made me find Céline Dion. She did a decent cover of "If You Asked Me To".

youtu.be/h0Tr3UKzhB0?...

i’d be curious to know whether any of the journalists who have taken to bluesky had prior experience in an earlier internet age with forums. for me at least, my acculturation into the social internet was by way of forums and so the lack of an algorithm seems natural to me.

So true 🫠 #CSSDay

I'm of that vintage that were forced to learn how to read a map and deputized as navigator because I asked "Where are we?" one too many times on a road trip. 😆

YouTube video by CorinneBaileyRaeVEVO Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On

Put Your Records On is the embodiment of care-free for me.
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YouTube video by DJJazzyJeffVEVO DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime

Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff & Will Smith is such a vibe.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr0t...

YouTube video by MariahCareyVEVO Mariah Carey - Make It Happen (MTV Unplugged - HD Video)

Mariah Carey - Make It Happen
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Feels a little cheat-y because it mentions God in the lyrics...but I'm gonna keep it for the mini acapella praise break near the end.

YouTube video by fschnell The Sing Off - Afro Blue - "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke - Week 10

Especially Afro-Blue's cover:
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When she starts swaying...

Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think One expert says her views are ‘so wildly fringe that her potential appointment as DNI is genuinely alarming’, Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg write

When the allegiances of the DNI, who prepares the PDB and shapes what POTUS hears about outside conflicts, are with Ukraine's enemy in the war, I'd second guess giving the US a heads up myself if I were they. 🤷🏾‍♂️

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A side by side view of image extraction using `palette_generator` and `material_color_utilities`. We can see that the color list generated by `palette_generator` has some null values.

Wondering how to handle image color extraction in Flutter now that palette_generator is deprecated? 🤔 My new blog post walks you through using `material_color_utilities` for a more robust and modern approach.

Read more: jwill.dev/blog/2025/06...

#FlutterDev #UI

The problem it solved is the leaders wanting to say they have an answer for the automatic computer vision kiosks at airports and stadiums but scalable and low cost with current tech. 😅 Whoever designed the flow didn't think about how it breaks with more than 2 items.

I wanted to crawl into a hole, I felt so bad accidentally forcing him through that.

I don't think self checkout itself was the problem, it's the forced usage / slowness. I used mobile scan at 7/11 for the first and likely last time the other day. I had to wait in line to show the clerk my phone and he had to verify each item with like 4 taps on a tablet.

Mildly related, I learned the other day that y'all's white ibises are nicknamed "bin birds" for stealing food out of the trash and being little menaces.

I've been using tactile counters. First a silicone kids toy with numbers and letters, then plastic purpose built for stitch/row counting and now tally counters.

From the MachineLearning community on Reddit: [N] Udacity had an interventional meeting with Siraj Raval on content theft for his AI course Explore this post and more from the MachineLearning community

I hadn't heard that name since I worked at my former employer...just gonna leave this right here 🤷🏾‍♂️ www.reddit.com/r/MachineLea...

YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers Dave (1993) Official Trailer - Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver Comedy HD

CEOs using AI avatars for earnings calls reminds me of the plot of the 1993 movie Dave where a doppelganger filled in for the president while he in a coma.

www.theverge.com/news/673194/...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDr...

I know it might be welcomed by some folks, but if I book travel from you online, don't call me unannounced under guise of wanting to be helpful.

How about you send the email FIRST and if I want to engage, I can. Unless there's gonna be a major change to my plans, cancelation, etc...don't call me.

as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.

I'll take a look and get back to you. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.