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Werd I/O
• Ben Werdmuller

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

[Damian Carrington in The Guardian] Quite a headline! "The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world’s bigge...

Scripting News ●

Journalists still sanewashing

They're still sanewashing Trump. Example. Just listened to Brian Lehrer, a news interview and call-in show on WNYC, which I revere, for many reasons. Lehrer is smart, and doesn't dumb things down for his audience. He usually asks the question I'm dying to hear the answer to,...

Scripting News ●

We're doing some research into the origins of my family in Germany, learning a lot.

Manton Reece ●

Apple stock getting destroyed today. I feel for small investors who are caught up in this. But also maybe a lesson for Tim Cook and his $1 million donation to the inauguration.

Trump is reckless. You might think you’ll benefit by supporting him, but really you’re just empowering him.

Manton Reece ●

Micro.blog 3.4.5 for Mac

Today’s update to the Mac app addresses a few things related to managing uploads. It’s now easier to upload a new photo, or start a new post from an already-uploaded photo.

These screenshots highlight a couple of the new items:

Two screenshots of Mac main window, showing Upload button a New Post menu item.

There are also some bug fixes and little improvements that make using the app nicer.

Manuel Moreale ●
• Manuel Moreale

Online counterculture

The year is 2025 and the web is—or at least it appears to be—an awful place to spend time on. Negativity is everywhere, ads are omnipresent, influencers are permeating every single corner, everything is hyper-commercialised, and AI garbage is now unavoidable. To make things ...

Manton Reece ●

Had a dream where one of my notebooks had special AI pages. I could write questions on them with ink and answers would appear. Too much ChatGPT on the brain. Also, the future will be just as much The Diamond Age as it will be Her.

Manton Reece ●

Haven’t had coffee or left the house in a couple days after being sick, and those are two of my favorite things to do. Finally outdoors again. The gloomy weather isn’t helping… Need some sun.

Chris Aldrich Updates instantly via WebSub. ●
• Chris Aldrich

A typed baseball scorecard for the Atlanta Braves vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game from 2025-03-31 which the Dodgers won 6-1
My first baseball scorecard in ages, but also my first typed scorecard with format courtesy of Lou Spirito of Thirty81 Press. Besides a few examples by Lou himself and one I saw from Tom Hanks on March 29th, I may be the third person doing this?! It pulls together two spectacular pastimes and creates a … Continue reading

Werd I/O
• Ben Werdmuller

How to leak to a journalist

[Laura Hazard Owen at Nieman Journalism Lab] A good introduction to leaking to a journalist: "I spoke with eight journalists about how to leak in a safe, smart way. Disclaimer you probably knew was coming: No method of leaking is 100% secure, and the tips he...