Robin Sloan’s monthly newsletter is one of my favorites, chock full of thoughts, recommendations, and links. The April 2025 issue is typically great.
kottke.org
Jason Kottke’s weblog, home of fine hypertext products since 1998
- Not verified.
- No WebSub updates.
- ● Valid.
Generator: Movable Type 4.2
New cookbook from Samin Nosrat called Good Things that includes “the things...
New cookbook from Samin Nosrat called Good Things that includes “the things she most loves to cook for herself and for friends”. Nosrat is the author of the nearly ubiquitous Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.
Swamped Skies
Photographer Joshua Rozells on his photo of our increasingly crowded night skies:
The light pollution caused by satellites is quickly becoming a growing problem for astronomers. In 2021, over 1700 spacecrafts and satellites were put into orbit. Light pollution caused by S...
David Graeber (co-author of The Dawn of Everything): Are You An Anarchist?...
David Graeber (co-author of The Dawn of Everything): Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! “Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to.”
“Drew Struzan is a legendary movie poster illustrator, the man behind all...
“Drew Struzan is a legendary movie poster illustrator, the man behind all the posters we grew up with. He started with legendary titles like Blade Runner, The Thing, and Back to the Future, and continued with Indiana Jones and Star Wars.”
“The Rise of End Times Fascism”
This is a really interesting essay from Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor about the rise of end times fascism and the far right’s bet against the future.
The governing ideology of the far right in our age of escalating disasters has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
...
Do Not Comply: A Lesson from the Last Three Months of Anti-Trans...
Do Not Comply: A Lesson from the Last Three Months of Anti-Trans Attacks. “The cruelty lies in the ambiguity. These orders don’t explicitly bar specific conduct but deputize decision-makers to interpret them in ways that inflict the greatest harm…”
This is how everyone in Vermont drives in the winter....
I Didn’t Think Things Would Get This Chaotic When We Elected President...
I Didn’t Think Things Would Get This Chaotic When We Elected President Donkey Kong. “But for all the talk from pundits about how we’d see a new side of Donkey Kong once he took office, well, not so much. Turns out we got exactly what we voted for.”
Harvard Tells Trump to Go Pound Sand
Harvard is refusing to comply with the Trump’s demands related to his regime’s racist, xenophobic political agenda, including a threat to cut $9 billion in research funding. From the AP:
Harvard President Alan Garber, in a letter to the Harvard community Monday, said the d...
Ars Technica is doing a three-part series on the history of the...
Ars Technica is doing a three-part series on the history of the internet; here’s part one, which covers ARPANET, IMPs, TCP/IP, RFCs, DNS, CompuServe, etc. “It was the first time that autocomplete had ruined someone’s day.”
In a meeting today, dictators Donald Trump & Nayib Bukele talked about...
In a meeting today, dictators Donald Trump & Nayib Bukele talked about building Salvadoran concentration camps for US citizens and defying a Supreme Court order to return Abrego Garcia from unlawful detention. “You gotta build about five more places.”
Palestinian Protester on His Way to Citizenship Test Arrested by ICE in VT
From Akela Lacy at The Intercept, Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE (archive):
Mohsen K. Mahdawi arrived at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Burlington, Vermont, on Monday. A Palestinian stude...
Director Ryan Coogler Breaks Down Film Aspect Ratios
Filmmaker Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed) is a big ol’ movie dork, and it’s endearing to watch him break down all the different types of film, aspect ratios, and projection options as he explains how many ways you can watch his latest movie, Sinners, when it comes out this week. Super informative too if you’ve always wondered about the different IMAX formats and just what the heck it means when someone you love gets excited about 70mm.
Tags: film school · movies · Ryan Coogler · Sinners · video
Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? “The fluidity and warmth...
Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? “The fluidity and warmth of human-centered thinking through the use of circles is perhaps the most elegant way anyone has ever described making a logo that resembles an anus.”
Are You Looking for Work? Are You Looking to Fill a Position?
Hey, it’s been awhile since we’ve done one of these. If you are out there looking for work, post a quick summary of what you do, what you’re looking for, and a link to your resume/portfolio/LinkedIn/contact info and maybe someone here will see it and want to hire you. Likewi...
M. Gessen: “This is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities,...
M. Gessen: “This is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and [bring] education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement.”
Unequal Rights
Heather Cox Richardson on where we are right now in terms of what type of government we currently have:
Here’s the thing: Once you give up the idea that we are all equal before the law and have the right to due process, you have given up the whole game. You have admitted th...
Letter from a high-ranking FBI official who recently resigned. “I took an...
Letter from a high-ranking FBI official who recently resigned. “I took an oath to defend the Constitution. The unqualified leaders Donald Trump chose to lead the bureau act like they took an oath to Trump personally.”
I was chuffed to see that KDO’s own Edith Zimmerman has a...
I was chuffed to see that KDO’s own Edith Zimmerman has a cartoon in the New Yorker today! Go Edith!
George Monbiot: Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth...
George Monbiot: Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature. “Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes.”
I am catching up on what happened in season one of The...
New Study Finds Average American Stands No Chance Against What’s Coming. “The...
New Study Finds Average American Stands No Chance Against What’s Coming. “The typical American is toast.”
The Tariff Saga Is About One Thing. “Trump’s desire to dominate others...
The Tariff Saga Is About One Thing. “Trump’s desire to dominate others is the driving psychological force of his administration.”
Busy Day at the Airport
Cy Kuckenbaker compressed five hours of landing planes into 30 seconds of video. I love this. A great example of time merge media. (via colossal, which has been killing it lately)
[This is a vintage post originally from Dec 2012.]
Tags: Cy Kuckenbaker · timeless posts · video
All the headlines are following Trump’s messaging of a “pause”, but the...
All the headlines are following Trump’s messaging of a “pause”, but the fact is that goods imported from practically every country in the world are taxed at 10% and Chinese goods at 125%. These damaging tariffs are all Trump’s doing. Nothing is “fixed”.
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds. “The...
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds. “The milestone was powered by a boom in solar power capacity, which has doubled in the last three years.”
What It Feels Like, Right Now. “It’s hard to focus. It’s hard...
What It Feels Like, Right Now. “It’s hard to focus. It’s hard to focus on the things in front of me, that I need to do. It’s hard to focus on the news, because it’s not just one thing, it’s a hundred things, news like fire ants…”
We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid. “The administration could create its...
We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid. “The administration could create its own gulags with no more judicial review than existed when Stalin did the same thing in the Soviet Union.”
If You Heard What I Heard is a collection of Holocaust stories...
If You Heard What I Heard is a collection of Holocaust stories as told by survivors to their grandchildren. “Our generation is the last to ever hear our grandparents’ stories firsthand, in the same room, over the course of decades, directly from them.”