From Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of Braiding Sweetgrass), a new book called The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, in which “she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy”.
There’s no guarantee that the Earth’s natural carbon sinks (ocean, plants, soil)...
There’s no guarantee that the Earth’s natural carbon sinks (ocean, plants, soil) will continue to work the way they have in the past. Last year for instance, “forest, plants and soil — as a net category — absorbed almost no carbon”.
Charles Schulz on Being a Good Citizen
In 1970 as part of a class project, 10-year-old Joel Linton wrote to Peanuts creator Charles Schulz to ask him, “What do you think makes a good citizen?” Schulz replied with this letter:
The letter reads:
Dear Joel:
I think it is more difficult these days to define wha...
Apple Announces New iPad Mini, With A17 Pro and Pencil Pro Support
apple.com/newsroom/2024/10/apple-introduces-powerful-new-ipad-mini-built-for-apple-intelligence/
Apple Newsroom:
Apple today introduced the new iPad mini, supercharged
by the A17 Pro chip and Apple Intelligence, the easy-to-use
personal intelligence system that understands personal context to
deliver intelligence that is helpful and relevant while protecting
user pr...
The way mainstream media covers Trump and the GOP is fatally flawed...
The way mainstream media covers Trump and the GOP is fatally flawed to the point of being inaccurate. “They stumble over and over to convey what is actually happening. Why can’t legacy media say clearly what he’s doing on a consistent basis?”
Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at...
Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78. “Friends and associates remember Christensen as humble and unassuming, a quiet innovator who never sought the spotlight for his groundbreaking work.”
Ed Yong on Breaking Down and Putting Yourself Back Together
My favorite presentation at XOXO this year was Ed Yong’s talk about the pandemic, journalism, his work over the past four years, and the personal toll that all those things took on him. I just watched the entire thing again, riveted the whole time.
Hearing how thoughtfull...
‘The Silence of the Lambs’ LIVE From Broadway With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin
Live from inside a hospital for the criminally insane, The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin revisit the award-winning 1991 film ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Ted Levine. Watch this episode on our Ringer Movies Youtube channel! Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
🎬 May December
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I really like the soundtrack, which consisted a lot of piano playing. Together with the story and filming, this really created a suspenseful atmosphere. Acting was great, too. But in the end, I was left disappointed, as it was all too ambiguous for my liking. I mean, the characters were all somehow fucked up, but it never got past scratching to surface on any of their stories or personalities.
🎬 All the Colors of the Dark
This didn't fully convince me: maybe it was the occasional drop in pace or a sudden strange dialogue or scene of acting. But overall, this was a very solid movie. Had a great story, really succeeded in portraying the protagonist's paranoia, and was atmospheric, too. And this from 1972. Tutto bene!
An early analysis of data by scientists at the World Weather Attribution...
An early analysis of data by scientists at the World Weather Attribution project shows that “climate change boosted [Hurricane] Milton’s landfall strength from Category 2 to 3”.
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths...
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately. “We’re seriously open to letting [Columbus Day] slide if we get back, say, the continent that you stole from us.”
The Last Years of Alexei Navalny, In His Own Words
The New Yorker has some excerpts of Alexei Navalny’s diary from the last 2 years of his life, taken from his forthcoming memoir, Patriot.
2022, January 17th.
Exactly one year ago today I came home, to Russia.
I didn’t manage to take a single step on the soil of my countr...
Ravioli-Shaped Objects
Sponsorship Openings at Daring Fireball, Q4 Edition
After being sold out for months, the upcoming sponsorship schedule at DF is unusually open at the moment — including this upcoming week.
Weekly sponsorships have been the top source of revenue for Daring Fireball ever since I started selling them back in 2007. They’ve succe...
1Password
My thanks to 1Password — which, earlier this year, acquired longtime DF sponsor Kolide — for sponsoring last week at DF. In a 2023 survey of IT and security professionals, 50 percent of respondents said that their organization’s vulnerability management program had support from leadership to “a large/great extent”. That’s good for them. But it also leaves a full half of respondents without enough support from leadership.
If you’re trying to get buy-in at your own organization, come equipped with the facts about the risks you’re facing, and come with a clear plan to remediate them. To learn more about how vulnerability management is changing, read 1Password’s blog post, and come prepared.
Cabel Sasser’s Talk at XOXO 2024
The less you know about this talk, the more you’ll enjoy watching it unfold. Just remarkably good. Trust me, watch it now, before anything about it is spoiled for you.
Mosaic Netscape 0.9 Was Released 30 Years Ago Today
jwz.org/blog/2024/10/mosaic-netscape-0-9-was-released-30-years-ago-today/
Jamie Zawinski:
For those of you who are unaware of these finer details, 0.9 was
the first release of the Netscape browser (which begat Firefox)
available to the general public. This beta release was an
unannounced surprise. Prior to this, everyone assumed that what we
w...
‘Elon Musk Makes Bold Claims About Tesla Robotaxi in Hollywood Backlot’
arstechnica.com/cars/2024/10/elon-musk-makes-bold-claims-about-tesla-robotaxi-in-hollywood-backlot/
Jonathan Gitlin, automotive editor at Ars Technica, on Tesla’s vaporware event last night:
Over time, Musk claimed the operating costs of his Cybercab would
be 20 cents per mile, “and yes you’ll be able to buy one,” he told
the crowd to excited shrieks. “We expect the co...
Donald Trump, Yesterday, on Autonomous Cars
Donald F. Trump, yesterday in Detroit:
“Do you like autonomous? Does anybody like an autonomous vehicle?
Know what that is? Right? When you see a car driving along? Some
people do, I don’t know. A little concerning to me, but the
autonomous vehicles we’re going to stop f...