Release: datasette-auth-tokens 0.4a13
Upgraded for compatibility with `sqlite-utils 4.
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datasette-auth-tokens 0.4a13
Release: datasette-auth-tokens 0.4a13
Upgraded for compatibility with `sqlite-utils 4.
Tags: datasette
Colossal
• Jackie Andres
New York City’s Last Standing Wood Column Company Closes After 110 Years
"Like anything else, everything changes," says owner Thomas Lupo. "Time goes on."
Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article New York City’s Last Standing Wood Column Company Closes After 110 Years appeared first on Colossal.
The video rental store as “third place” . “Decades...
The video rental store as “third place”. “Decades before recommendation algorithms, video stores served as social hubs where conversation and camaraderie became a form of taste-making.”
703: Part of a Healthy Breakfast
Pre-show: The Overcast “kicking machine”
Adam Wunn’s blog post
Previously in ATP #324: Automatic Kicking Machine
Follow-up:
Marco gives John the gift of transcript search in build #1169 [The system works! — Ed.]
Build #1172 includes Siracusa Replay Mode
Be wary ...
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
OpenAI Files 28-Page Motion to Dismiss Apple’s Lawsuit (PDF Link)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.474095/gov.uscourts.cand.474095.59.0.pdf
This is more like it. No mealymouthing or wishy-washiness here. This is a strident defense. I’ll quote just one line for now:
Apple offers nothing because it has nothing because there is
nothing. Its Complaint cannot and does not state a
misappropriation claim against De...
Billy Joel on “Angry Young Man” #piano #song #shorts
datasette 1.0a38
Release: datasette 1.0a38
This release fixes a SQL injection security issue that affects Datasette instances that serve a mixture of public and private tables in the same database, with access configured using the Datasette permissions system.
Site administrators wh...
datasette 0.65.3
The End of Google Search . The internet giant is...
The End of Google Search. The internet giant is “changing the formula” of its products and media folks are beginning to assume that there will be no search traffic in the future…and fretting about their survival.
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Brendan Leonard: ‘Do It 14,000 Times Slower With This One Trick’
semi-rad.com/2026/08/do-it-14000-times-slower-with-this-one-trick/
This comic from Brendan Leonard is a fine companion to yesterday’s items (here and here) on pausing to consider if our use of AI is helping us focus our time on what we love to do, or, instead, robbing us of the things that make us human. The bit about making a sandwich hit close enough to home for me to make me laugh aloud.
Link: semi-rad.com/2026/08/do-it-14000-times-slower-with-this-one…
Media Matters : “ABC, CBS, and NBC aired a...
Media Matters: “ABC, CBS, and NBC aired a combined 194 segments about the three major heat events” that hit the US this summer and not a single one of them mentioned climate change. Not one!
Colossal
• Kate Mothes
The Winners of the 2026 Pure Street Photography Awards Invoke Happenstance and Commotion
Eight winners were selected from nearly 1,600 entries submitted by photographers in 50 countries.
Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article The Winners of the 2026 Pure Street Photography Awards Invoke Happenstance and Commotion appeared first on Colossal.
Fun little review by Marcin Wichary of a 1984 flying...
Fun little review by Marcin Wichary of a 1984 flying video game called Sopwith, which was never supposed to be released to the public (an event that the game’s creator didn’t learn about until years later).
Simon Willison on Technical Blogging
Simon Willison on Technical Blogging
I was interviewed by Cynthia Dunlop for her "Write that blog!" series back in January, but I just realized I never linked to the interview from my own blog!
It includes my answers to the following questions:
Why did you start blogging – ...
datasette 1.0a38
Release: datasette 1.0a38
This release fixes a SQL injection security issue that affects Datasette instances that serve a mixture of public and private tables in the same database, with access configured using the Datasette permissions system.
Site administrators wh...
datasette 0.65.3
I love this little video of burbling pasta sauces...
I love this little video of burbling pasta sauces (sound on). Wish there was a 10-hour YT version for work background noise…
Longreads
• Carolyn Wells
How War Has Redefined Marriage in Gaza
"Celebrating the bond between two lives is a declaration that life itself, however diminished, is still worth living."
Simon Willison on Technical Blogging
Simon Willison on Technical Blogging
I was interviewed by Cynthia Dunlop for her "Write that blog!" series back in January, but I just realized I never linked to the interview from my own blog!
It includes my answers to the following questions:
Why did you start blogging – ...