I'm re-reading The Big Con, by David Maurer, because I love the argot of early 20th century confidence men, but also because a book about how grifting works holds great explanatory power generations after it was written.
Age verification is not the way to keep kids safe on the internet. CDT has some thoughts about what kind of child safety policies and features might actually be effective:
I don't usually indulge in "The cost of living has gone up" discourse, but I just paid $120 to repair the soles on a pair of boots and I am ready to storm the Bastille.
I gave a talk about fascism at a conference and the first reply to the conference's post on X with a photo of me in front of my slides is a rando word-vomiting about how Hitler was working for the Zionists, in case you're wondering how that place is going.
Brennan Lee Mulligan with Josh on Mythical Kitchen, eating his perfect last meal and being interviewed for more than an hour, is so wholesome and life-affirming:
After two trips to the hardware store and approximately $25 in bits and bobs that did not work, I fixed the catch on my antique dresser cabinet with a single screw.
