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Just dipping in quickly to say that you can find kottke[dot]org on Bluesky, Mastodon, and the web if you're tired of this Infowars group chat.
bsky.app/profile/kottke.org
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As you might have noticed, this acct is no longer active. Twitter has shut off API access to the app I've used since 2008 to post links here. Until a change in ownership (or in the owner's stability & political views), there will be no more kottke[dot]org content posted here.
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Luckily, there are many options for following the site that don't involve your participation in a de facto InfoWars group chat:
Web: kottke.org
2X weekly email digest: kottke.org/newsletter/
RSS: feeds.kottke.org/main
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Here's where the site is most active on social:
Mastodon: botsin.space/@kottke
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/kottke.org
Threads: threads.net/@jkottke
Seriously everyone, it's time to go. 👋
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged that an American billionaire, in possession of sufficient fortune, must be in want of a Supreme Court justice." washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Maybe Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite which humans can get from cats, makes humans want to share cat videos with each other. kottke.org/13/07/are-viral-c…
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Lego Stop-Motion Recreation of Iconic Scenes From The Shining, including the creepy twins, Jack feverish at the typewriter, and Danny riding his Big Wheel through carpeted hallways. kottke.org/23/06/lego-stop-m…
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"My e-bike has changed my life. I’m happier, healthier, and more active. My relationship to my community has been completely transformed." slate.com/business/2023/06/e…
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Everything Must Be Paid for Twice. The first price is the cost of acquisition and then "in order to make use of the thing, you must also pay a second price. This is the effort and initiative required to gain its benefits." raptitude.com/2022/01/everyt…
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Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit, a spreadsheet that includes "satellite and mapping services, tools for verifying photos and videos, websites to archive web pages, and much more". docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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Oooh, the trailer for 3 Body Problem, a forthcoming Netflix series based on the sci-fi trilogy of books by Cixin Liu. I have (perhaps unreasonably) high hopes for this show! kottke.org/23/06/the-trailer…
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All episodes of season 2 of The Bear are now streaming on Hulu. 👀 hulu.com/series/the-bear-05e…
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Using the metaphor of a cancerous tumor as an unruly village, Kurzgesagt explains how cancer develops in the human body, how the body fights against it, and how, sometimes, the cancer develops into something unmanageable. kottke.org/23/06/the-reason-…
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Why do all pop music radio stations in the US sound the same? The short answer is consolidation caused by deregulation but that's not the whole story. kottke.org/23/06/why-pop-rad…
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Abolish Venture Capitalism. "Venture capitalists have supercharged surveillance, [economic impoverishment], and dispossession. Why should we trust them with so much power over the economy?" thenation.com/article/econom…
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Netflix is making an Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series; here's a very short, very teaser-y trailer. piped.video/watch?v=QOg9LUIv…
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Kurt Vonnegut's Response to Book Burning kottke.org/12/03/kurt-vonneg…
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Search engine logic: The Sega Genesis was also known as the "Mega Drive" so if you search Google for "the book of megadrive", the top result is for the first book of the Bible. google.com/search?q=the+book…
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Max Park struggled with fine motor skills as a kid, a symptom of his autism. Now he's the fastest in the world at solving a Rubik's Cube. npr.org/2023/06/20/118285067…
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Meet Mr. Doodle and take a tour of his house, every square inch of which has been covered in doodley black & white drawings. Could you imagine actually living in this space?! kottke.org/23/06/meet-mr-doo…
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