02.02.2026
The Schoolchildren of Minneapolis . “As thousands...
The Schoolchildren of Minneapolis. “As thousands of ICE agents arrived, kids started staying home from school. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to keep the families safe.”
Autocratic backfire : when dictators construct echo...
Autocratic backfire: when dictators construct echo chambers, overestimate their abilities, and dismiss their adversaries’ capabilities, leading to weakening or ruin. Examples: Mussolini, Putin, and now (hopefully) Trump.
A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed.
A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed.
I talked to Cade Metz for this New York Times piece on OpenClaw and Moltbook. Cade reached out after seeing my blog post about that from the other day.
In a first for me, they decided to send a photographer, Jason Henry...
Darren Aronofsky’s AI Studio Used Artificial...
Darren Aronofsky’s AI Studio Used Artificial Intelligence Tools for Revolutionary War Animated Series. Interesting use of “animated” to mean “AI-generated photorealism”. I watched the trailer…everything looks vaguely plastic.
Israel opens Rafah border crossing
The reopening of the Rafah crossing is a key part of President Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza, but only about 50 Palestinians are being allowed to cross in each direction, each day. Also: Pakistan begins a nation-wide anti-polio campaign to vaccinate more than 45 million ch...
Groundhog Day Meaning
Do you know about the original vampire ending for Marty...
Do you know about the original vampire ending for Marty Supreme? (You heard me.)
Tim Burton on Catherine O’Hara :...
Tim Burton on Catherine O’Hara: “Catherine’s so good, maybe too good. She works on levels that people don’t even know. I think she scares people because she operates at such high levels.” Loved her. RIP.
Features | The Verge
• Victoria Song
The tragedy of Supernatural
When you picture a virtual reality headset user, you're probably not picturing someone like Sherry Dickson. At 69, the snowy-haired, retired elementary school teacher hops into her Meta Quest headset five days a week, for roughly 60 to 90 minutes at a time. She's not attending live concerts or watching immersive films. Dickson, a fitness […]
01.02.2026
Boy, 5, and father detained by ICE in Minnesota are released
Liam Ramos and his father were freed from detention in Texas and are now back in Minneapolis. The detention of the boy, photographed wearing a blue bunny-shaped hat, and a Spider-Man backpack sparked a national outcry. Also: The former British Ambassador to Washington, Peter...
TIL: Running OpenClaw in Docker
TIL: Running OpenClaw in Docker
I've been running OpenClaw using Docker on my Mac. Here are the first in my ongoing notes on how I set that up and the commands I'm using to administer it.- Use their Docker Compose configuration
- Answering all of those questions
- Running administrative commands
- Setting up a Telegraph bot
- Accessing the web UI
- Running commands as root
Here's a screenshot of the web UI that this serves on localhost:
Tags: ai, docker, til, generative-ai, llms, ai-agents, openclaw
ProPublica : “The two federal immigration agents...
ProPublica: “The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez.”
Another brutal Melania pan : “First Lady is a...
Another brutal Melania pan: “First Lady is a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda” and “the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like…Hermann Göring’s staring up at his looted Monet”.
When horrible people make bad art, the reviews are fun to...
When horrible people make bad art, the reviews are fun to read. Melania doc review: “Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest” and “it’s one of those rare, unicorn films that doesn’t have a single redeeming quality”.
“The end of Temporary Protected Status has...
“The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.” The CEO of the center: “That reminds me of Anne Frank.”
Illustrator Chris Piascik has made several of his...
Illustrator Chris Piascik has made several of his “Fuck ICE”/”No Kings” pieces available for free, high-res download. Print them out and use them for protest signs.
Stamps: Graphic Art in Miniature
On his Filatelia Grafica Instagram account, graphic designer Diego Bucciero shares some of his favorite postage stamps, with an emphasis on “iconography, form, typography and branding”. (via it’s nice that)
Tags: design · Diego Bucciero · stamps
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The Global Story: The mystery of Putin and the apartment bombs
In September 1999, just weeks into Vladimir Putin’s first premiership, four bombs blew up four apartment buildings, over a period of twelve days, killing hundreds and plunging the entire nation into fear.
The government blamed Chechen militants, a conclusion corroborated by...