Summary
The third week of a presidency hell-bent on ruining our society. I think I’m starting to see the picture now. This week, we took a mid-week break to celebrate Morgan’s birthday. Well worth it, especially to spend an entire day together. The Italian food ruined our stomachs though.
Notes
Plane Crash News
- Small Plane Crashes Near Highway 101 in Goleta, Two Seriously Injured | News Channel 3-12
- Parked Delta plane apparently clipped by Japan Airlines plane that was taxiing at Seattle airport | AP News
- How the DC plane crash unfolded | AP News
- I suppose you can keep track here: The latest aviation major incident flight tracking data | Flightradar24 Blog
Remember the old educational posters from Carson Dellosa Education | Classroom Decorations and Teaching Supplies?
Other News
- Eggs Are Quickly Selling Out At Costco Despite Price Hikes
- CDC Researchers Ordered to Retract Papers Submitted to All Journals | MedPage Today
There’s an open source version of Grammarly for Obsidian
Something to read a few times and understand the point. Adding to my notes.
What will it take for me to get off Spotify?
Help me understand BookTok
Room Dynamics be damned
There are A-Holes that are trying to deface the DEI initiatives from our governments.
I love these notes:
If you have a heart, read this emotional piece about losing a child
Given the Deepseek news, OpenAI released o3-mini
I may want to check this out from the Vercel AI SDK
Joel Hooks mentioned Durable Objects as a cloud machine w/ sqlite and a single server session for a single user sounds like a different paradigm. I want to test this out.
- Cloudflare Durable Objects · Cloudflare Durable Objects docs
- Full-Stack Signals in Solid, AI Development, and the Future of Web Frameworks | egghead.io
- JoelFit
Welcome to AI Slop
What we can learn about Homelessness
Idiot Actions
Tim talks Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads
An excellent post on BlueSky
- borderless: “Y’all pick a lane. Then make a little progress in your lane each day. Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we’re in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don’t rely on the goverment.” — Bluesky
- Note: What’s a good way for us to embed these?
Erza Klein - Don’t Believe Him
- Of course it’s a coup - by Timothy Snyder
- West Point disbands 12 cadet organizations in response to DEI directives | Stars and Stripes
- Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump’s policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk | AP News
VoxGPT Study Technique Explained + Best Practices
Fediverse basics
- Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse
- Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
Immigration - Know Your Rights | Representative Ocasio-Cortez
This is the vision underlying the technofeudalism thesis, which holds that 21st-century capitalism has been superseded by a new economic system overseen by Big Tech.
- What Is Technofeudalism?
- Yeah, this is crap
Curiosity Snacks - What I call “curiosity snacks” are small, intentional nudges that guide our impulsive curiosity toward learning, creativity, and meaningful discovery rather than mindless scrolling.
Empathy is a sin
- ‘Empathy is considered a sin’: MAGAS viciously attack the church after Trump is asked to show compassion
- Empathy for immigrants sounds like Christianity 101. Here’s why some say it’s a sin.
Martijn Aslander is a stand-up philosopher, boardroom sparring partner and co- author of the bestsellers Easycracy and The Permanent Beta Principle.
- Personal Ontologies: The Future of Information Management | LinkedIn
- Life hacker and productivity ninja Martijn Aslander to dazzle HR Indaba attendees · CHRO South Africa
I could setup films to follow this type of order. Maybe in the future?
Recommendations
- Book: Decisions That Matter by Adrienne Adhami
- Book: The Chinese Computer by Liu Xiaobo
- How Long ‘til Black Future Month? by NK Jemisin
- Podcast: #236: How To Make Adult Friendships Easier with Kat Vellos - Mary’s Cup of Tea: the Self-Love Podcast for Women | Podcast on Spotify
- Newsletter: Making Sense of It All by Liz Neely
- Book: Masters at Work Books by Jacqueline Detwiler-George, Tom Chiarella, and John Colapinto