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SNL takes on HVAC.
SNL takes on HVAC. The beloved industry where I started my career gets roasted. “Upfront Heating & Air Conditioning.” ~ learn more
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“Thus Spoke Compute”, a music video.
“Thus Spoke Compute”, a music video. “Once considered pretty smart for an organic.” A physicist riffing on what happens when you look at medicine through the lens of compute and scaling. ~ learn more
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Hole punch game.
Hole punch game. Punch black holes in space and sling a ship home round them. I made it to level 9. ~ learn more
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You are no longer invited to dinner.
You are no longer invited to dinner. “The share of Americans who say they host friends or family at their home at least monthly has fallen from 42 percent in 1975 to 12 percent in 2026, a 70 percent collapse […]
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Climbed El Capitan with his son.
Climbed El Capitan with his son. “A Colorado father who climbed Yosemite’s El Capitan with his 7-year-old son says someone reported him to child protective services, questioning his parenting.” Don’t worry, CPS backed right off. ~ learn more
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I learned that in 2025 the US paused enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
I learned that in 2025 the US paused enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The order argues that “overexpansive and unpredictable FCPA enforcement” harms “American economic competitiveness and, therefore, national security.” Of course, this is true. It’s been true […]
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Notes from the underground of film preservation.
Notes from the underground of film preservation. The piece traces how bootlegs, remuxes, and fan restorations sometimes become the only way to see films as they originally existed. “Fans, in contrast, answer to no one but themselves, which has let […]
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Throwing people out windows.
Throwing people out windows. “In the Middle Ages and early modern times, defenestration was not uncommon, the act carried elements of lynching and mob violence in the form of murder committed together.” Prague has three famous episodes (1419, 1483, 1618), […]
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Multiple values in a single Excel cell.
Multiple values in a single Excel cell. My brain exploded. “We’re introducing lists and arrays in Excel, a new feature that allows you to store multiple values in one cell.” ~ learn more