Brian Bowen

'Severance' acquired by Apple for $70 million, expect a 4-season run and spinoffs Apple Studios is now the owner of "Severance," with the original owners, Fifth Season, sticking around as executive producers, and there are plans to expand the IP's universe.

YOUNG MILCHICK is going to be so, so weird appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

It’s gonna be cold, cold, cold. Gonna be cold.

Real "It's a banana, Michael, how much could it cost? $10?" energy

The Green Planet | Tropical Worlds | Episode 1 | Documentary with David Attenborough Sir David Attenborough takes a plants-eye view of life in a rainforest.

Just watched the first episode of the Green Planet. It features one of those. Genuinely creepy. www.pbs.org/video/tropic...

Exclusive | Matthew McConaughey Trademarks Himself to Fight AI Misuse Actor plans to use trademarks of himself saying ‘Alright, alright, alright’ and staring at a camera to combat AI fakes in court.

“Say man, you got a license to use my IP?”
“Uhhhh, no not on me man.”
“It’d be a lot cooler if you did.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/matt...

Transportation isn’t something that can just be “solved” with AI. It takes real human effort and investment. (And compared to AI capex, this isn’t that much to spend.) Appreciate this ambitious vision and look forward to checking out the full report.

My Fully Optimized Life Allows Me Ample Time to Optimize Yours I rise blissfully at 4:30 a.m., thanks to my Tibetan singing bowl alarm clock. After twenty minutes of alternate nostril breathing, I start my day ...

Starting the New Year off right! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/my-...

If you’re old enough to buy your own groceries and haven’t picked a milk by now, you gotta step aside. Egg aisle? Different story.

Ready, fire, aim!

Beck Odelay

Prairie Anne was an American Girl doll, right? Right??

R.E.M. Setlist at The Rathskeller, Boston Get the R.E.M. Setlist of the concert at The Rathskeller, Boston, MA, USA on March 23, 1984 and other R.E.M. Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

No idea if this is accurate but looks like it was an all covers set and they played the Orpheum just a few months later. www.setlist.fm/setlist/rem/...

Shoulda walked away

What the

You think the third plank down said “dancing” then they let their guard down a little?

Artfully left off the parenthetical from Spiders so as not to alarm the parents

96% of consumers say fuel economy is an important factor in their choice of vehicle - and it’s the single most desired improvement on their current vehicles. Which is why they’re going to love this CAFE standards rollback! advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_releas...

The part about advanced students prompting AI for ideas about how to refreeze the glaciers it melted lolsob

Hey governors: you can salvage sustainable transportation, but you need to do it quick! Liya Rechtman lays out the playbook for governors to salvage clean transportation using existing federal funds before it's too late.

Here's that episode for context: www.volts.wtf/p/hey-govern...

Thinking about how this could align with the "flex funding" concept discussed on the latest @volts.wtf episode. Can RTA keep fares low to encourage more ridership by shifting highway funds to transit?

Bank sent me a new debit card. It expires in 2030. We are living in the future.

The only win here is that Fujis are great apples made cheaper by wild demand for honeycrisps.

I’ve mentioned it before but it’s happened again: a very large percentage of our child-related travel is medium-distance trips that don’t line up well with transit (so it’s barely faster than walking) but biking is literally as fast as driving.

Bike-friendly cities are family-friendly cities!

Got severely dragged by my spouse when I suggested going to this tour. Well baby, I don’t wanna take advice from fools. I say go.

The Domino Effect: States Prioritize Affordable Transportation Choices over Traffic - RMI Minnesota, Colorado, and other states are unlocking time and cost savings from innovative transportation planning.

Love seeing @rockymtninst.bsky.social citing StreetLight's research, and anytime you can use that Caltrans bigger roads, more traffic in a post, you've got me. rmi.org/the-domino-e...

This lineup is so good. @evanstonspace.bsky.social making their own @newportfolk.bsky.social out here in Evanston!

The L in Crisis With ridership lagging and a fiscal reckoning looming, the L is in trouble. Here’s why our train is worth saving.

Car culture is learned helplessness. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

“Give me parking or give me death”