I was biking up Broadview this week when I saw a guy carrying a great stick, so I pulled up and said hey man, that’s a great stick! And he said “right!?” So I told him to have a great day and he said “I am!” and held his stick aloft triumphantly. Anyway, I think we need more of that in the world and I hope he enjoyed the rest of his day as much as I enjoyed that moment. You’ve gotta have room for joy in your life, and sometimes that means you’ve gotta make room for joy in your life.
Filing this one beside "I will face god and walk backwards into hell" and "you cannot kill me in a way that matters" on the list of Impossibly Powerful Phrases With Baffling Origin Stories.
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
The wild, wild experience of being pleasantly surprised by US Supreme Court news.
AP News
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Some BODY once told me That Williams guy would would roll me I really should have changed all the locks Now I’m feeling kinda dumb Cause I knew the day would come That he stole All the plumbs From my icebox
The first steps towards a cure for prostate cancer. The thing that killed my dad. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02388-8
A little louder, a reminder: "Good UX" mostly means "I've seen this before." Have you ever seen an adult without your cultural baggage approach a doorknob for the first time? They'll start by pulling it, then pushing it. There's nothing "intuitive" about turning a round doorknob. But you've been trained, so you don't even notice. "...but Apple, but the iphone", the iPhone was never "easy to use" or "intuitive". They bombarded TV with training videos disguised as ads for 6 months pre-release.
Actually kind of startled to see a five year old iPad mini getting updated to iPadOS-current today.
FYI: check to see if Apple devices would like to update their software today, and if you’re given the option, take it. Improvements to Glass and a series of security updates are in play.
A line that's often - erroneously, I think - attributed to Mark Twain is that someone who doesn't read has no advantage over someone who can't. image