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Reimagining the Origins of Winter Sports

A New Winter is a project from Colombian-American photographer Sofia Jaramillo that seeks to This project revisits the early depictions of skiing, which often portrayed Eurocentric ideals and a narrow vision of who belongs on the slopes. By reimagining the first images...

Daniel Pietzsch
17 Feb 21:49

🎬 Good Boy

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/good-boy-2025/

Such a good boy! Really! Best dog ever! :) Very much enjoyed this unique horror drama from a dog's perspective.

👍 Recommended!

kottke.org
17 Feb 21:39 • Jason Kottke

The goal of the Trump Action Tracker is to...

The goal of the Trump Action Tracker is to “document how the trajectory of Trump’s presidency is aligned with the authoritarian playbook”.

Dan’s Polaroids
17 Feb 21:39

16.02.2026

Men in black red yellow costumes on stilts. — Rosenmontag in Ratingen. Those guys were very impressive!

kottke.org
17 Feb 20:37 • Jason Kottke

The K-Shaped Economy

I think I’d heard the term “k-shaped economy” somewhere before but didn’t really know what it meant until I watched this video: American Airlines is changing the layout of some of their aircraft to add 31 first class and premium seats while cutting out 73 economy seats. ...

kottke.org
17 Feb 20:03 • Jason Kottke

Why AI Writing Is So Generic, Boring, and Dangerous:...

Why AI Writing Is So Generic, Boring, and Dangerous: Semantic Ablation. “The AI identifies high-entropy clusters — the precise points where unique insights…reside — and systematically replaces them with the most probable, generic token sequences.”

Daring Fireball
17 Feb 19:15 • John Gruber

★ Apple Releases iOS 26 Adoption Rates, and They’re Pretty Much in Line With the Last Few Years

Speaking of iOS 26, here’s Joe Rossignol reporting for MacRumors: Apple has shared updated iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 adoption figures, revealing how many iPhones and iPads are running those software versions. These adoption numbers are based on iPhones and iPads that transact...

kottke.org
17 Feb 19:09 • Jason Kottke

Jesse Jackson on Sesame Street in 1971 doing a...

Jesse Jackson on Sesame Street in 1971 doing a call-and-response with the kids of the poem I Am - Somebody.

kottke.org
17 Feb 18:30 • Jason Kottke

The 19 richest Americans hold more than 2% of the total...

The 19 richest Americans hold more than 2% of the total US holdhold wealth. That figure has roughly doubled in the past 5-6 years. “The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering.”

Daring Fireball
17 Feb 18:12 • John Gruber

How to Force Restart an iPhone

support.apple.com/guide/iphone/force-restart-iphone-iph8903c3ee6/ios

Apple Support: If iPhone isn’t responding, and you can’t turn it off then on, try forcing it to restart. Press and quickly release the volume up button. Press and quickly release the volume down button. Press and hold the side button. When the Apple logo appears, relea...

kottke.org
17 Feb 17:46 • Jason Kottke

Vote Dizzy!

In 1964, legendary jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie ran for President as a write-in candidate. Some of the more interesting details about his campaign: If elected, he’d rename the White House to the Blues House. Running mate was slated to be Phyllis Diller. “She seems to h...

kottke.org
17 Feb 16:55 • Jason Kottke

Ski Jumping Pairs is my favorite Winter Olympics event....

Ski Jumping Pairs is my favorite Winter Olympics event. (Video by Riichiro Mashima.)

kottke.org
17 Feb 16:18 • Jason Kottke

From designer Beth Mathews, a free “Private...

From designer Beth Mathews, a free “Private Property! No ICE” sign you can print out for your shop or restaurant.

kottke.org
17 Feb 15:30 • Jason Kottke

What movies can you brag about seeing during their...

What movies can you brag about seeing during their original run in the theater? Not big movies, more culty ones. I’ve got Iron Giant, American Movie, Run Lola Run, Hands on a Hardbody, and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. 😂

Simon Willison's Weblog
17 Feb 15:00

Quoting ROUGH DRAFT 8/2/66

This is the story of the United Space Ship Enterprise. Assigned a five year patrol of our galaxy, the giant starship visits Earth colonies, regulates commerce, and explores strange new worlds and civilizations. These are its voyages... and its adventures.

— ROUGH DRAFT 8/2/66, before the Star Trek opening narration reached its final form

Tags: screen-writing, science-fiction

kottke.org
17 Feb 14:42 • Jason Kottke

From a draft of the opening narration of Star Trek :...

From a draft of the opening narration of Star Trek: “Assigned a five year patrol of our galaxy, the giant starship visits Earth colonies, regulates commerce, and explores strange new worlds…” I’m glad they punched it up.

Simon Willison's Weblog
17 Feb 14:30

First kākāpō chick in four years hatches on Valentine's Day

First kākāpō chick in four years hatches on Valentine's Day First chick of the 2026 breeding season! Kākāpō Yasmine hatched an egg fostered from kākāpō Tīwhiri on Valentine's Day, bringing the total number of kākāpō to 237 – though it won’t be officially added to the popula...

Simon Willison's Weblog
17 Feb 14:30

Quoting Dimitris Papailiopoulos

But the intellectually interesting part for me is something else. I now have something close to a magic box where I throw in a question and a first answer comes back basically for free, in terms of human effort. Before this, the way I'd explore a new idea is to either clums...

Simon Willison's Weblog
17 Feb 05:18

Nano Banana Pro diff to webcomic

Given the threat of cognitive debt brought on by AI-accelerated software development leading to more projects and less deep understanding of how they work and what they actually do, it's interesting to consider artifacts that might be able to help. Nathan Baschez on Twitter:...

The Atlas Obscura Podcast
17 Feb 05:05 • SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

The Heritage Walk

We go to Tallahassee and learn the incredible civil rights history of Florida's capital city.

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