Lately, when I post something to Micro.blog that’s exactly 300 characters, it reminds me of this Super Metroid guide that was fully justified the hard way.

Saw this on Hacker News: Who is in space?

A neat little website that shows a name and portrait of every astronaut currently in space, and how long they’ve been up there. There are 10 humans living off-planet as I write this. Technically, I guess, it’s doxxing. But you need a rocket to reach them.

Ohio Man breaks free from handcuffs, punches deputies, and attempts courthouse escape

Just moments after being sentenced to one year in prison, Reaggle managed to break free of his handcuffs and punch the officer in the face. He then took of running, knocking another officer to the ground.

Why are these things always in Ohio 😆 I swear, even the random true crime and body cam videos I stumble across on YouTube; if they’re not from Ohio, they’re from Florida. Every time.

Bought for $30 at an Estate Sale, This Long-Lost Gertrude Abercrombie Painting Could Now Fetch $250,000

This is exactly the kind of come up I need. I should go to more estate sales 👀

Pentagon details ‘enormous’ problems as Marines’ boots fall apart in the Arctic

American-made boots issued to U.S. Marines began falling apart within days during training in the Arctic, forcing some troops from the field and leaving commanders scrambling for replacements.

This might be a hot take, but “Made in the USA” rarely translates to quality in my experience. We are not the manufacturing powerhouse we were 50 years ago. I’d trust a pair of Chinese-made Doc Marten fashion boots in the Arctic before some off-brand combat boots that won a Pentagon contract simply because they were made here and priced low enough.

Contest to Open for Ed Sheeran Flooded With Free Palestine Videos and Fart Memes

Guitar Center started promoting the “Open for Legends” contest on September 14, the same day Macklemore announced he had been removed from the last 10 shows of the U.S. leg of Sheeran’s tour.

What a beautiful coincidence lol

Alright that’s probably enough Meta™ posting for a while.

Is Meta Using Disabled People to Promote Its Glasses?

New technology can be immensely helpful for disabled people navigating the world. Smart glasses, which are not exclusive to Meta, can have legitimate benefits for Blind people and others with low vision: hearing a dictated description of what’s in front of them, or having texts read aloud. For users with hearing loss, Meta glasses can be helpful with captioning.

I retract my statement that they have zero potential to be useful for anything. There are definitely use cases for disabled people. But not from a surveillance company like Meta.

Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links

Notifications seen by some users based in the UK and US say they can only share a certain number of links in Facebook posts without a subscription - which starts at £9.99 per month.

Are you fucking kidding me lmao. I saw someone post about this on Bluesky because they just got the notification, but it turns out they’ve been slowly rolling this out since the end of last year. Sharing a link is a premium social media feature now. Wild.

Meta’s Next Pair of Smart Glasses May Drastically Tone Down the Creep Factor

Cameras on your face, as it turns out, can be used for all sorts of unsavory stuff, but there is one way to prevent that, and it’s by removing them from the equation entirely. According to a report from The Information, that’s exactly what Meta is planning to do with a new generation of smart glasses…

That’s a step in the right direction. I still would never use anything made by Meta, but I think smart glasses have the potential to be a pretty cool thing. Without the stealth pervert cameras of course.

Project Dream SNES prototype leaked online

Today, I’m releasing the SNES proof-of-concept alpha of Project Dream, the proto-type that would go on to become Banjo-Kazooie.

This is sick! Pretty high tech graphics for the SNES. Banjo-Kazooie was one of my absolute favorites back when I was a kid — I love seeing old prototypes like this surface. People on the Reddit thread were questioning the legitimacy of it, but OP came back with verification from The Cutting Room Floor. Loaded it up on my Anbernic handheld and it runs! It is very much a proof of concept though; not much to it. Still cool.

Was just talking to @bradbarrish about the recent Unread update. I mentioned I switched to Lire because of Miniflux support, but I was eager to try out the new Unread, since they added that with the update. Just saw that Lire has an update now, too. I love that RSS is still thriving even in 2026.

It’s Never Too Late to Learn

I was never a particularly academic kid - in fact, I was mostly disengaged in school and really didn’t try. I was clever, but I never applied myself. I was too busy being a stupid teenager. As a result, my written English was awful (it’s still not great now, but it’s better).

Dude. I relate to this so much! I was a little shithead until I got pretty far into my 20s. I failed English class every year of high school and barely graduated. And now in my 30s I write for fun.

Villagers in India tie technician to cell tower over poor 5G

Allegedly, the villagers tied the worker up as a last resort after having to deal with unstable 4G in their area despite paying for 5G for over two years and making frequent complaints about the matter.

Thought about doing that to the Spectrum guy one time…

Miami U. researcher says armadillos have likely arrived in Ohio

“A lady found him in the morning in her driveway, and she posted that on Facebook, saying, ‘Hey, I have a dead armadillo. Do you think that’s interesting?’ And I emailed her and said, ‘Yes, that’s very interesting. I’m going to be there in five minutes. I’m going to come pick it up,” Tereza Jezkova, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, tells WVXU.

This is the most exciting thing to happen in Ohio all year — and it holds a lot more weight than the dead “mountain lion” spotted a couple months back.

‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag

The next day, checking her Instagram, McAnuff noticed she’d been tagged in one of his story posts. To her surprise, it was footage of them at the bar and on the subway together, en route to a basketball game uptown.

Imagine if someone followed you around with their phone out, recording the entire date. You would immediately tell them to fuck off. The sole purpose of pervert glasses is to be a creep and do shit like this without raising any suspicion. I don’t care about the light; they’re gross by design.

It Turns Out Chihuahuas Are Actually Part Coyote

Unlike some other lap dogs, Chihuahuas are known for their independent, proud, and self-assured natures, despite their size. We’d like to think it could be the wild coyote within, though it is difficult to say for sure.

Honestly I think coyotes are more chill than these little monsters.

New Sonic cartoon and Crazy Taxi movie in the works for Netflix

Crazy Taxi will see a feature film written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, who penned the 2025 reboot of The Naked Gun. It will be produced by Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz and Toby Ascher and Sega’s Toru Nakahara, the producers of the Sonic the Hedgehog live-action movie franchise.

Idk, man. Sonic, I get. There’s only so much you can do with giving people taxi rides though. But then again, regular Taxi was a great show and it wasn’t even crazy.

Why is Cheddar Cheese Orange?

Because cheesemakers add orange coloring during the cheesemaking process. It’s the result of hundreds of years of tradition, dating back to the time when cheddar cheese in England was made with milk from cows whose beta-carotene-rich diet produced an orange tint in the milk. Today, orange cheddar cheese is colored with annatto, the fruit of the achiote tree, while white cheddar is made without any added color.

I saw someone post a link to something like this the other day (maybe on Bluesky?) and I keep thinking about it lol never knew it was just added coloring.

Honestly, the fact that Apple is two years behind on releasing its AI, and that it isn’t as cutting-edge as other models is the right way to do it imo. As someone who isn’t a hardcore AI power user, this is enough for me. I don’t think they ever set out to be a ChatGPT killer.

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

OpenAI is hiring hundreds of contractors who read a massive stream of real users’ ChatGPT prompts, with the prompts sometimes including sensitive personal information, 404 Media has learned.

I can’t say I’m surprised but this is pretty fucking creepy nonetheless. Imagine how many people at Meta probably have access to pervert glasses feeds too. None of this shit is private.

Speaking of taking spiders outside, I went out to my car to grab something last night and noticed a jumping spider crawling on my arm. I frantically (thought I) shook it off, then went back inside. 15 minutes later he comes rappelling down from my hair and onto the floor. I took him back outside.

NASA-backed scientists turn plastic waste into edible cookies

Scientists have engineered yeast to turn PET plastic and agricultural waste into ingredients for protein-rich, 3D-printed cookies called µBites. Developed partly for NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, the system can produce proteins, fats, vitamins, and even vanilla flavoring from waste materials.

My first instinct was to make a joke about eating more microplastics, but it reminds me of those NileRed YouTube videos where he turns random stuff into food.

Grammy Winners Turnstile Earn Spot as Five Guys Featured Artist

Five Guys, the burger restaurant, selected the 2026 Grammy-winning Baltimore hardcore group as its featured artist on September 4th.

Well they’ve finally arrived. For real though, Turnstile has been blowing up over the last few years. They’ve come a long way since that show they played at the ice skating rink in my home town circa 2013.

A message from Drew Curtis via Fark:

Every year I make a point to visit the 9/11/2001 thread. It’s interesting what stands out 25 years later.

Grindr Says Claims of Outage at GOP Convention Are “False"

As several LGBTQ+ writers have observed, insinuating that the Republican Party is run by or composed of a cabal of secret gay fascists is a homophobic joke that blames gay people for some of the worst societal ills in the modern United States.

Caelan Conrad posted a really good video on this a while back.

A Man Listed What He Would Actually Buy If He Won the Lottery

He says he would go to the dentist for a routine cleaning, asking himself, “What’s wrong with your teeth? Nothing. Clean them.” He described a planned doctor’s visit, saying he would get blood work done just to see ‘what’s going on in there,’ even though nothing was currently wrong.

‘Merica: where routine healthcare is a fantasy you can fulfill only after winning the lottery.

From FARK:

On this day in history, in 2008, the Large Hadron Collider was powered up, instantly ripping a hole in the space-time continuum and forcing us all into the Stupidest Possible Universe

Liquid Glass GNOME Shell extension uses real refraction shaders

Apple’s Liquid Glass is more than just a blur: it’s a dynamic, translucent interface material that bends light, reflects surroundings and lets interface elements adapt to content and motion through fluid, physics-inspired animations. This extension replicates the aesthetic and its underlying physics…

Linux has always been excellent at replicating the design language of other operating systems 👌

edit: a vibe-coded extension that only works with Ubuntu™

POSSE (Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) is a cool idea that works for a lot of indie bloggers… just not me. Occasional cross-posting, sure. But not all the time. A lot of people are so comfortable in their skin that they can be the same person no matter where t...