A calque is a word that has been loaned *and translated* from another language. Some English calques: flea market, potsticker, beer garden, iceberg, refried beans, superman, scapegoat, stormtrooper, killer whale.
The Moon is on this year’s list of at-risk sites compiled by...
The Moon is on this year’s list of at-risk sites compiled by the World Monuments Fund. “The group warns that more than 90 important sites on the moon could be harmed”, including the Apollo 11 landing site.
Two “Secret” Mini-Seasons of The X-Files
In 2017, Audible released a pair of immersive audio dramas of The X-Files, with David Duchovny as Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Scully, that fit “somewhere between season 10 and 11” of the TV series. Then at some point, Audible removed them from their site/service, making them completely unavailable. So, a fan put them up on YouTube for X-Files fans to enjoy.
The Cold Cases audio drama is 6 episodes and about 4 hours long; here’s the first episode:
The Stolen Lives audio drama is 7 episodes and about 3h 45m long; here’s the first episode:
(via ironic sans)
Tags: audio · The X-Files · TV · video
A peek inside Robert Caro’s home library, hidden shelves and all. His...
A peek inside Robert Caro’s home library, hidden shelves and all. His collection includes a library book overdue by “at least 50 years”.
623: It’s About Human Connection
Pre-show: #GALP 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️
Jeff Atwood: Stay Gold, America
Follow-up:
Apple pauses notification summaries for news apps
Marco’s BMW does have dual-screen CarPlay
Acura RSX: Honda’s first all-original EV
Another 5K monitor enters the arena: ViewSonic VP2788-5K
Tho...
Building a Medieval Castle From Scratch
Since 1997, using only Middle Ages tools & technology, a group has been building a medieval castle in a French forest.
In the heart of Guédelon forest, in an abandoned quarry, a team of master-builders is building a 13th-century castle from scratch. Quarrymen, stonemaso...
Instances of haptic nostalgia (“the poignant memory of the physicality of an...
Instances of haptic nostalgia (“the poignant memory of the physicality of an obsolete thing”) include shifting gears in a manual transmission, pulling the edges off of dot matrix printer paper, and twisting the phone cord around your finger.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days. “In one of the...
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days. “In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy, Hitler set about destroying a constitutional republic through constitutional means.”
A sick sunfish stopped eating after its aquarium closed for renovations so...
A sick sunfish stopped eating after its aquarium closed for renovations so the staff put cutouts of humans and pictures of smiling faces outside the tank and then it started eating the next day.
Daring Fireball
• Daring Fireball Department of Commerce
[Sponsor] Fucking Amazon
meh.com/?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fuckingamazon
I sold Woot to Amazon and they made it shitty. So I quit. Then I got bored.
I started A Mediocre Corporation with a few others from Woot. We just launched a classic daily deal site — only one thing for sale each day. Meh.
Oh, and since you seem to be into RSS, we put one together just for you, at meh.com/deals.rss. Of course you can also just go to meh.com.
Link: meh.com/?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=rss&utm…
Critical Ignoring as a Core Competence for Digital Citizens, i.e. “choosing what...
Critical Ignoring as a Core Competence for Digital Citizens, i.e. “choosing what to ignore, learning how to resist low-quality and misleading but cognitively attractive information, and deciding where to invest one’s limited attentional capacities”.
Southern California Wildfire Relief: Consider Donating to the Red Cross Through Apple
Apple:
Click the amount you wish to contribute, then click Donate and
Apple will transfer 100% of your contribution to the American Red
Cross in support of people impacted by the 2025 Southern
California wildfires.
Apple has prominent links to its Red Cross donation fo...
The Ship That Leaks From the Top Is Back
From a multi-byline profile of Stephen Miller in The New York Times last week:
Mr. Miller told Mr. Zuckerberg that he had an opportunity to help
reform America, but it would be on President-elect Donald J.
Trump’s terms. He made clear that Mr. Trump would crack down on
i...
Kind of Obsessed With Shōgun
I finished the last half of Shōgun, James Clavell’s 1200-page 1975 historical novel, on my recent vacation, riveted the entire time. I loved reading it and possibly enjoyed it more than Hulu’s TV series (which is saying something). The TV version hews pretty closely to the t...
We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual...
We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid. “DO: Find the people who are already doing the work, and follow their lead. DON’T: Assume that you know what people want or need.”
Legal Nerdery on Trump’s TikTok Executive Order
lawfaremedia.org/article/trump's-tiktok-executive-order-and-the-limits-of-executive-non-enforcement
Alan Rozenshtein, writing for Lawfare:
While Apple and Google maintained their compliance, Oracle and
Akamai made the remarkable decision to resume services,
despite facing potentially catastrophic liability rates. Shortly
after his inauguration on Jan. 20, Trump followe...
A caffeine calculator that tells you how much of your favorite beverage...
A caffeine calculator that tells you how much of your favorite beverage would kill you. “287.4 cans of Pepsi is a lethal dose.”
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: A Visual History. A coffee table book about one...
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: A Visual History. A coffee table book about one of my foundational cultural touchstones? Yes please!
Next Week’s iOS 18.3 and MacOS 15.3 Updates Will Enable Apple Intelligence During Onboarding
developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release-notes/ios-ipados-18_3-release-notes
From Apple’s developer release notes for iOS 18.3, now at release candidate (RC) status:
For users new or upgrading to iOS 18.3, Apple Intelligence will be
enabled automatically during iPhone onboarding. Users will have
access to Apple Intelligence features after setting...
Where Do You Put the Camera?
For the final video in their current series, Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou of Every Frame a Painting tackle one of the fundamental questions in filmmaking: where do you put the camera? I was especially struck by Greta Gerwig’s comments about camera movement in two of her fi...