Colossal
• Grace Ebert
Robin F. Williams extrapolates on the ways humanity and machines could merge, capturing a strange techno-dystopia.
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Citation Needed
• Molly White
A Trump crypto adviser’s firm took millions from Tether while he shaped stablecoin rules in their favor, a Senate probe targets Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s not-so-former firm, and crypto’s biggest super PAC plays it safe
Diego Poncelet recently set a new world record for the fastest speed on a skateboard. The old record was 146.7 km/h (91.2 mph) and he hit 151.8 km/h (94.3 mph). There are a couple of parts you can skip, but watching most of the video is worth it because you see the process and can compare how truly insanely fast he is moving during the final run — I found myself holding my breath for the last minute or so.
Also, I cannot believe how closely the camera car is following him — looks like only a few feet away. Bonkers.
I just found the first time I posted about speed skateboarding on KDO: this post from 2008. Less aerodynamic, more gonzo, and the cameraman is also on a skateboard going equally fast.
Tags: Diego Poncelet · skateboarding · video
The app now features a basic offline mode. As you browse the site, pages get stored on your device - with bookmarks getting updated more proactively. So, when you’re offline the next time, you can still look through some or your feeds. Or not - and do something else instead. But you can now, which you previously couldn’t. So that’s a plus, I guess!? Have a good weekend! 👋
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
I played (not) solitaire for more hands than I would care to admit. “A multiplayer game where the multiplayer was about companionship, empathy, and comfort, instead of competition or even interaction.”
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Good headline: Nine Inch Snails.
Longreads
• Brendan Fitzgerald
"An encounter in the Christ-haunted South."
Longreads
• Longreads
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
• SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
On Fridays this October, we're surfacing strange, incredible and sometimes spooky stories. This episode centers on cakes with a particular ingredient that some believe protected them from witchery - and sparked one of the best-known witch hunts in United States history.
READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-are-witch-cakes
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Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
A lovely little mountain biking video with some incredible locations and cinematography. The drone piloting is A+. Also available on Vimeo. (via alastair humphreys)
Tool: Chirp Pong
Another game experiment - I wanted to see if it was feasible to have a two player game on two separate phones running in static HTML where the networking code uses chirps sent via the microphone. It seems to work!
Build a two player competitive pong like game where two players use their phones close to each other and the game state is sent via audio noises which the web microphone API can interpret - but add graphical and gameplay twists to make it a lot more fun and intertwine than pong
Claude Opus 5.5 Extra in Claude Code.
Tags: game-design, ai, generative-ai, llms, claude-code
Is the camera shutter noise the last skeuomorphic element left in iOS?
