Cool - the developer of Balatro is from my province, Saskatchewan, here in Canada. And the game only exists thanks to the harsh prairie winters we get. 😆
“We picked a fight with the Labradoodle of allies?” Jon Stewart / The Daily Show on USA picking a fight with Canada
Good coffee + good blog post by @Annie:
I have a problem with anyone pretending to be a gray-toned, one-sided cardboard cutout in order to appeal to us, the consumers, via full-color visual and verbal digital representations.
Alright winter that’s quite enough snow for the season. I’m going to have to start storing it in my garage pretty soon.
If you’ve ever watched (or heard) Jason Lengstorf, you know what this sound is. 😉 He’s got the best, most infectious laugh in tech.
The way the USA is destroying decades of good will around the world by letting Musk / Trump destroy USAID is mind boggling. You can debate how much aid the USA gives to other countries, but just destroying it overnight is cruel, inhumane, and vile.
New blog post: Do Real-Life People Blog?
Nice! Cardhop (contacts app for macOS / iOS from the makers of Fantastical) adds support for Bluesky usernames.
I don’t know if it was a great idea to start reading Station Eleven to my youngest while there’s sickness floating around our home, but it’s not a terrible idea either.
They have to learn about Canadian great Emily St. John Mandel somehow. 😷
I love the through line from zines to email newsletters: In praise of zines
You know who is loving Apple AI? Parents with kids who they can let play with the various Apple AI tools and not worry they’re going to stumble on to some sort of Nazi p0rn misogny AI slop.
A B level team playing a C level team should have the humility to recognize what’s going on, as should the parents / coaches.
Anyway… glad to never have to go to Clavet anytime soon. 😂
Musk cheating at video games should be enough to sink his nerd cred, but I know the fanboys will just spin it into how cool it is that he’s so rich he doesn’t have to bother playing video games himself. What a clown.
This guide to using Signal for USA government workers works just as well as a primer for using Signal for the rest of us, with all the nerd security details written up.
I also like how you can reset your “find me on Signal” URL so you can give it out and then easily stop it from working later.
I’d guess that policing each other about whether we’re shopping Canadian enough is something the Trump crowd would be happy to watch us all do. It’s yet another distraction technique.
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster.”
