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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ An Archive of Italian Graphic Design ]]></title>
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<p>“<a href="https://www.archiviograficaitaliana.com/">Archivio Grafica Italiana</a> is the first online archive dedicated to the entire Italian graphic design heritage.” (via <a href="https://sidebar.io/">sidebar</a>)</p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/design">design</a></p>]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ An impressive isometric map of NYC, built with AI agents. “I’m particularly... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T21:49:30Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T21:49:30Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://cannoneyed.com/isometric-nyc/">An impressive isometric map of NYC</a>, <a href="https://cannoneyed.com/projects/isometric-nyc">built with AI agents</a>. “I’m particularly interested in scaling up the grindy repetitive tasks that make many ideas practically impossible.”]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Watch Classic Episodes of Sesame Street for Free on YouTube ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T20:45:18Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T20:45:18Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/va9N_PNimvA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FbDw1QIDzOQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxKlPmCFYxy-dtmhRgP3bfgQ3tpRofaT7">Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch</a>, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is finally revealed. The most recent one was uploaded just a couple of days ago, so it appears to be an ongoing effort. (via <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/watch-the-first-episode-of-sesame-street-and-140-other-free-episodes.html">open culture</a>)</p>
<p>P.S. From <a href="https://kottke.org/10/10/four-things-about-mr-snuffleupagus">Four Things About Mr. Snuffleupagus</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Snuffy was finally introduced to the main human cast mainly due to a string of high profile and sometimes graphic stories of pedophilia and sexual abuse of children that had been aired on shows such as 60 Minutes and 20/20. The writers felt that by having the adults refuse to believe Big Bird despite the fact that he was telling the truth, they were scaring children into thinking that their parents would not believe them if they had been sexually abused and that they would just be better off remaining silent.</p></blockquote>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Fred%20Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Sesame%20Street">Sesame Street</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/TV">TV</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/YouTube">YouTube</a></p>]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule. “Kitchen work is all about proportions,... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T19:50:36Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T19:50:36Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://entropicthoughts.com/kitchen-slide-rule">You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule</a>. “Kitchen work is all about proportions, and nothing beats the slide rule for proportions.”]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Information You Could Hold in Your Hand ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T18:36:54Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T18:36:54Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-09.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-09.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-09.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2237" height="1492" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-02.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-02.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-02.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1179" height="785" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-03.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-03.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-03.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1179" height="785" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-04.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-04.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-04.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1179" height="571" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-05.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-05.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-05.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1547" height="786" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-06.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-06.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-06.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2358" height="1354" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-07.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-07.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-07.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2239" height="1492" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-08.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-08.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-08.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1179" height="786" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>Whoa, this is <a href="https://tangiblemediacollection.com/">a fantastic archive of tangible media objects</a> — like gramophone records, punch cards, 8-tracks, floppy disks, etc. (via <a href="https://unsung.aresluna.org/the-modern-powers-of-ten/">unsung</a>)</p>]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Science magazine: US government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T17:54:17Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T17:54:17Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[Science magazine: <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-government-has-lost-more-10-000-stem-ph-d-s-trump-took-office">US government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since Trump took office</a>.]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Comics Journal’s obituary for Scott Adams. “Dilbert’s tone shifted during the... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T17:18:44Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T17:18:44Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.tcj.com/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream-at-black-people-scott-adams-1957-2026/">The Comics Journal’s obituary for Scott Adams</a>. “Dilbert’s tone shifted during the 2010s, punching down at targets, mocking and belittling societal shifts and perceived “political correctness,” with more cynical, even bitter humor…”]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ This video from December is about a pair of teenaged ICE trackers.... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T15:35:35Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T15:35:35Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ">This video from December is about a pair of teenaged ICE trackers</a>. “Armed with phone and body cameras, Ben and Sam patrol the Chicago suburbs in hopes of tracking ICE agents and filming raids they see as unwarranted and unjustified.”]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A 90-minute ICE Watch training session via Zoom “on effectively protecting your... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T14:43:17Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T14:43:17Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ljKUChmQ9m_Ivl7jE8n2Q#/registration">A 90-minute ICE Watch training session via Zoom</a> “on effectively protecting your neighborhoods from federal enforcement incursions”. Jan 28, 7pm ET. <a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ljKUChmQ9m_Ivl7jE8n2Q#/registration">Sign up here</a>.]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong. “Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection,... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T13:59:46Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T13:59:46Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ8H3lUwN6ZgkAO9HNshlhsY">Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong</a>. “Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection, aid, and observation. When matters escalate, it is usually the choice of the federal agents.”]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A collection of dartboards used in different areas of the UK. “The... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-26T21:23:07Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T21:23:07Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://darts501.com/Dartboards_Other.html">A collection of dartboards used in different areas of the UK</a>. “The closure of pubs and leagues not being fed with new players, unfortunately, leads to some of the boards just being consigned to history.”]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Scientists have detected a swole neutrino, a potential signal from a primordial... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-26T20:11:02Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T20:11:02Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/monster-neutrino-could-be-a-messenger-of-ancient-black-holes-20260123/">Scientists have detected a swole neutrino</a>, a potential signal from a primordial black hole, which may have formed “before there were even atoms, let alone stars”.]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Best Book Covers of the Past Decade ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-26T19:09:37Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T19:09:37Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<p>Every year since 2016, Literary Hub has asked a group of book cover designers for their picks for the best book covers of the year. Using 10 years of data, <a href="https://lithub.com/the-best-book-covers-of-the-last-decade/">here are their picks for the best covers of the last decade</a>. I’ve included a few of my personal favorites below.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-01.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-01.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-01.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1014" height="1500" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-02.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-02.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-02.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="823" height="1200" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-03.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-03.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-03.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="745" height="1200" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-04.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-04.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-04.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="900" height="1372" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-05.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-05.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-05.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="976" height="1500" border="0" alt="" /></p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/best%20of">best of</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/book%20covers">book covers</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/books">books</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/design">design</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/lists">lists</a></p>]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “For a month, I tried: swapping my iPhone for a Nokia which... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048221-for-a-month-i-tried"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48221</id>
<published>2026-01-26T18:04:54Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T18:04:54Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[“For a month, I tried: swapping my iPhone for a Nokia which I can only use to text, call and play Snake; also, a Walkman and a film camera. I picked up physical copies of books, newspapers…” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/21/my-analogue-month-would-ditching-my-smartphone-make-me-healthier-happier-or-more-stressed">What Emma Russell learned from her digital detox</a>.]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “The imperial boomerang is the theory that governments that develop repressive techniques... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048235-the-imperial-boomerang-is"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48235</id>
<published>2026-01-26T16:03:52Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T16:03:52Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[“The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_boomerang">imperial boomerang</a> is the theory that governments that develop repressive techniques to control colonial territories will eventually deploy those same techniques domestically against their own citizens.”]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ M. Gessen: “It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048236-m-gessen-its-only-natural"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48236</id>
<published>2026-01-26T15:35:54Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T15:35:54Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[M. Gessen: “It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-terror-has-arrived.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.oEgF.zzDMAijSp2gq">It’s called state terror.</a>”]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Thomas Zimmer on the stakes of Minnesota’s struggle against tyranny. “A society... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048238-thomas-zimmer-on-the-stak"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48238</id>
<published>2026-01-26T15:09:40Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T15:09:40Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/fccbc0fe-2ec6-4507-92ce-73c50964fdee">Thomas Zimmer on the stakes of Minnesota’s struggle against tyranny</a>. “A society that has any aspiration to be free and democratic cannot — it must not! — tolerate the existence of an agency like ICE.”]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ ICE/DHS has killed nine people in 2026 (that we know of): Keith... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048239-icedhs-has-killed-nine-pe"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48239</id>
<published>2026-01-26T14:49:37Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T14:49:37Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/qasimrashid.com/post/3mdc7czzb422y">ICE/DHS has killed nine people in 2026 (that we know of)</a>: Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos, Alex Pretti, and Renee Good.]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Emily Witt reports on The Battle for Minneapolis for the New Yorker.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048237-emily-witt-reports-on-the"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48237</id>
<published>2026-01-26T14:37:02Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T14:37:02Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[Emily Witt reports on <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-battle-for-minneapolis">The Battle for Minneapolis</a> for the New Yorker. “Federal agents attempting to stop U.S. citizens from monitoring them have broken observers’ car windows, doused them with pepper spray, and shoved protesters to the ground.”]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ I thought this said “Winamp” and I got really excited.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048230-i-thought-this-said-winam"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48230</id>
<published>2026-01-23T21:24:41Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T21:24:41Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2026/01/22/announcing-winapp-the-windows-app-development-cli/">I thought this said “Winamp”</a> and I got really excited.]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Daft Punk Deep Cuts DJ Set ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/daft-punk-deep-cuts-dj-set"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48225</id>
<published>2026-01-23T20:33:23Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T20:33:23Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5bY_SyZkqkY" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>From Taner’s Funk Kitchen, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bY_SyZkqkY">a 30-minute set of smooth/chill deep cuts from Daft Punk</a>. As noted in the description, this mix is less of a club vibe and more of a chill listening party.</p>
<p>The DJ is using a Digital Vinyl System (DVS) to play/mix the songs. I’d never heard of this before; from the description:</p>
<blockquote><p>DVS is a DJ technology that allows you to control digital music files on your computer / smartphone using traditional turntables with special timecode vinyl. It combines the tactile feel of analog DJing with the flexibility of digital music libraries.</p></blockquote>
<p>I knew many (most?) DJs were playing from digital these days but never knew how. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_vinyl_system">From Wikipedia</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>A Digital vinyl system (DVS) allows a DJ to physically manipulate the playback of digital audio files on a computer using turntables as an interface, thus preserving the hands-on control and feel of DJing with vinyl. This has the added advantage of using turntables to play back audio recordings not available in phonograph form. This method allows DJs to scratch, beatmatch, and perform other turntablism that would be impossible with a conventional keyboard-and-mouse computer interface or less tactile DJ controllers.</p></blockquote>
<p>That’s pretty cool. I guess if I needed another expensive hobby…</p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Daft%20Punk">Daft Punk</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/music">music</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a></p>]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A review of Sven Beckert’s Capitalism. “‘No religion, no ideology, no philosophy,... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048226-a-review-of-sven-beckerts"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48226</id>
<published>2026-01-23T19:31:13Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T19:31:13Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/23/capitalism-by-sven-beckert-review-an-extraordinary-history-of-the-economic-system-that-controls-our-lives">A review</a> of Sven Beckert’s <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780735220836">Capitalism</a>. “‘No religion, no ideology, no philosophy, has ever been as all-encompassing as the economic logic of capitalism,’ Beckert claims, defining it as ‘the ceaseless accumulation of privately controlled capital.’”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Nice piece about the forgotten queer artist Marlow Moss, whose work and... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048231-nice-piece-about-the-forg"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48231</id>
<published>2026-01-23T18:33:56Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T18:33:56Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/12/piet-mondrian-crossdressing-lesbian-artist-marlow-moss-cornish-cove">Nice piece about the forgotten queer artist Marlow Moss</a>, whose work and influence on Piet Mondrian’s work is being reevaluated. “It is now widely recognised in the art world that it was as much Moss who influenced Mondrian as the other way round…”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A Chinese factory mistakenly stitched a frown on a Year of the... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048232-a-factory-mistakenly-stit"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48232</id>
<published>2026-01-23T17:41:28Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T17:41:28Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[A Chinese factory mistakenly stitched a frown on a Year of the Horse plush toy and it became a surprise hit. <a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-01-12/From-a-stitching-mistake-to-viral-hit-Meet-the-Cry-Cry-Horse--1JRZlzzI1t6/p.html">Meet the ‘Cry-Cry Horse’</a>, the perfect mascot for 2026.]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota, including donating money, hassling... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048229-how-to-help-if-you"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48229</id>
<published>2026-01-23T16:38:20Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T16:38:20Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/">How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota</a>, including donating money, hassling ICE-supporting businesses, and “Get Ready For This Bullshit to Come to You”.]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Today, Minnesotans are striking (“no work, no school, no shopping”), protesting, and... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048228-today-minnesotans-are-str"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48228</id>
<published>2026-01-23T15:42:39Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T15:42:39Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[Today, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/minnesota-economic-blackout-ice-protests">Minnesotans are striking (“no work, no school, no shopping”), protesting, and marching</a> in response to the ICE invasion. “We are a northern state, and we are built for the cold, and we are going to show up…”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Best Films of 2025 ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/the-best-films-of-2025"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48224</id>
<published>2026-01-22T22:04:14Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T22:04:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<p><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1156345183" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>David Ehrlich is back with my favorite end-of-year celebration of film; <a href="https://vimeo.com/1156345183">here’s his look back at the best films of 2025</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4oED1q-R5Q">YouTube</a>). <a href="https://letterboxd.com/davidehrlich/list/the-best-films-of-2025/">See the full list at Letterboxd</a>. I’ve only seen five of these so it’s difficult to comment on the list as a whole, but I feel like Sinners should have been higher?</p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/best%20of">best of</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/best%20of%202025">best of 2025</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/David%20Ehrlich">David Ehrlich</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/movies">movies</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a></p>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048223-dr-gladys-west-mathematic"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48223</id>
<published>2026-01-22T21:01:36Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T21:01:36Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://thezebra.org/2026/01/18/dr-gladys-west-mathematician-whose-work-made-gps-possible-dies-at-95/">Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95</a>. “Her painstaking calculations and programming helped transform raw satellite data into precise geodetic models, enabling reliable satellite-based navigation.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Mestra is a forthcoming short story from Madeline Miller (Circe, The Song... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048222-mestra-is-a-forthcoming-s"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48222</id>
<published>2026-01-22T19:55:21Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T19:55:21Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780063566286">Mestra</a> is a forthcoming short story from Madeline Miller (<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780316556323">Circe</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780062060624">The Song of Achilles</a>); it’s “a powerful reimagining of Ovid’s Pygmalion”. Miller is also working on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/madelinemiller.bsky.social/post/3mczlcq3qf22z">a novel about Persephone</a>.]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Pilot Captures Amazing Aurora Photos During Flight ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/pilot-captures-amazing-aurora-photos-during-flight"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48218</id>
<published>2026-01-22T18:48:29Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T18:48:29Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-01.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-01.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-01.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2048" height="1365" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-02.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-02.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-02.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2048" height="1365" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>This week, the Earth was hit with one of the strongest geomagnetic storms in recent years, which made for some gobsmacking displays of the northern lights, even as far south as California. Cruising in a 787 at 37,000 feet on his route from Calgary to London (UK), airline pilot <a href="https://www.instagram.com/matt_melnyk_photography">Matt Melnyk</a> had perhaps the best view in the world of the aurora and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvJ84VEcU7/">captured</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvKAvlkc_J/">some</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvLNI0Edm8/">fantastic</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvSJWHiB0q/">shots</a>. He told <a href="https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/the-most-incredible-display-of-aurora-ive-ever-seen-in-my-20-years-of-flying-pilot-captures-historic-northern-lights-show-from-37-000-feet-photos">space.com</a> that “This was the most incredible display of aurora I’ve ever seen in my 20 years of flying!”</p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/astronomy">astronomy</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/flying">flying</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Matt%20Melnyk">Matt Melnyk</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/photography">photography</a></p>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ From director Rian Johnson, a collection of some of the screenplays of... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048219-from-director-rian-johnso"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48219</id>
<published>2026-01-22T18:00:59Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T18:00:59Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[From director Rian Johnson, <a href="https://www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays">a collection of some of the screenplays of his movies & TV shows</a>, including Wake Up Dead Man, Knives Out, Glass Onion, Looper, and the Poker Face pilot. “Print them, share them, act them out with your friends.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Now That I Am Old Enough to Enroll in Medicare, I Am... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048215-now-that-i-am-old"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48215</id>
<published>2026-01-22T17:20:42Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T17:20:42Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/now-that-i-am-old-enough-to-enroll-in-medicare-i-am-against-socialized-medicine">Now That I Am Old Enough to Enroll in Medicare, I Am Against Socialized Medicine</a>. “Don’t you know that it makes my benefits less special when everyone can receive them?”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ What Is the Scale of the Resistance in Minnesota? ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/what-is-the-scale-of-the-resistance-in-minnesota"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48216</id>
<published>2026-01-22T15:51:14Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T15:51:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/margaret.bsky.social/post/3mcyca2l2wk2j">A must-read thread from Margaret Killjoy</a> (<a href="https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:y6vljnnpkl2lsteuzovhd67c/post/3mcyca2l2wk2j">Skywriter thread</a>) on what’s going on in Minnesota.</p>
<blockquote><p>I came to Minneapolis to report on what’s going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is “just what is the scale of the resistance?” After all, we’re all used to the news calling Portland a “war zone” or whatever when it’s just some protests in one part of town.</p>
<p>I got in late last night. First thing this morning, I saw cars following an ice vehicle down the street, honking at it.</p>
<p>Later, we didn’t drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility… let that sink in)</p>
<p>Half the street corners around here have people — from every walk of life, including republicans — standing guard to watch for suspicious vehicles, which are reported to a robust and entirely decentralized network that tracks ICE vehicles and mobilizes responders.</p>
<p>I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what’s happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.</p></blockquote>
<p>This mirrors what I’ve been hearing elsewhere on social media and from friends. The Trump regime’s secret police force has invaded the Twin Cities to kidnap, torture, terrorize, and murder its residents — and Minnesotans aren’t having it. They’re pushing back with all they have. I’ve spent a lot of time in the Twin Cities (even lived there for 4 years in my 20s) and these people don’t play when it comes to this type of thing. As Killjoy says, this sort of resistance is a beautiful thing.</p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Donald%20Trump">Donald Trump</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/ICE">ICE</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Margaret%20Killjoy">Margaret Killjoy</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Minnesota">Minnesota</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/politics">politics</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/terrorism">terrorism</a></p>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ More ways to help: Stand With Minnesota. How you can tell this... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048217-more-ways-to-help-stand"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48217</id>
<published>2026-01-22T15:23:14Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T15:23:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[More ways to help: <a href="https://www.standwithminnesota.com/">Stand With Minnesota</a>. How you can tell this is a local MN thing: “We are now just two ladies running this thing as volunteers, so please be patient.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ You can help: a listing of mutual aid organizations to support in... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048214-you-can-help-a-listing"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48214</id>
<published>2026-01-22T15:01:03Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T15:01:03Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[You can help: <a href="https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid">a listing of mutual aid organizations to support in Minnesota</a>.]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Ryan Coogler’s Sinners sets record for most Oscar nominations: 16! Includes best... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048213-ryan-cooglers-sinners-set"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48213</id>
<published>2026-01-22T14:31:42Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T14:31:42Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://apnews.com/article/oscar-nominations-2026-83798def8de7626b011aba3c043a4115">Ryan Coogler’s Sinners sets record for most Oscar nominations: 16!</a> Includes best picture, best director, best screenplay, and best actor (for Michael B. Jordan). Well-deserved…Sinners was the best film I saw in 2025.]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048208-10-things-i-learned-from"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48208</id>
<published>2026-01-21T23:39:48Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T23:39:48Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/10-things-i-learned-from-burning-myself-out-with-ai-coding-agents/">10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents</a>. “Fifty projects later, I’ll be frank: I have not had this much fun with a computer since I learned BASIC on my Apple II Plus when I was 9 years old.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country. “What has... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048211-the-great-crime-decline-i"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48211</id>
<published>2026-01-21T22:47:54Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T22:47:54Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/great-crime-decline/685695/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ5P8h2pGRSGiXyPlJiBx-_4">The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country</a>. “What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic. Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers…”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048209-when-south-morningside-pr"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48209</id>
<published>2026-01-21T21:47:34Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T21:47:34Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[“When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh Schools cup last year, they were presented with a small plastic trophy. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clymzpl58z0o">It paled into comparison with the large, grand trophy given to the winning boys team…</a>”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Water bankruptcy is a “chronic condition that develops when a place uses... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048210-water-bankruptcy-is-a-chr"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48210</id>
<published>2026-01-21T20:55:31Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T20:55:31Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://theconversation.com/the-world-is-in-water-bankruptcy-un-scientists-report-heres-what-that-means-273213">Water bankruptcy</a> is a “chronic condition that develops when a place uses more water than nature can reliably replace, and when the damage to the natural assets that store and filter that water, such as aquifers and wetlands, becomes hard to reverse”.]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048207-the-uncomfortable-truth-i"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48207</id>
<published>2026-01-21T20:07:39Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T20:07:39Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[“The uncomfortable truth is that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/trump-norway-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.PMZY.ihAPAdx1PYv2">the president of the United States is a man with the mind of a spoiled child</a>. His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world. A functional Congress would impeach and remove him.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “Most technologies are like guns. They tend to get aggregated and captured... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048205-most-technologies-are-lik"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48205</id>
<published>2026-01-21T18:41:52Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T18:41:52Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[“Most technologies are like guns. They tend to get aggregated and captured by those who already have a lot. <a href="https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/new-nature">Technology, in other words, generally exhibits preferential attachment to power</a>.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The First Animation That Hayao Miyazaki Directed on His Own: Watch Footage... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048206-the-first-animation-that-"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48206</id>
<published>2026-01-21T16:21:31Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T16:21:31Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[The First Animation That Hayao Miyazaki Directed on His Own: <a href="http://openculture.com/2024/07/the-first-animation-that-hayao-miyazaki-directed-on-his-own-1972.html">Watch Footage from the Pilot of Yuki’s Sun (1972)</a>.]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “A flock of ring-necked parakeets that were filmed feasting on the wall... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048194-a-flock-of-ring-necked-pa"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48194</id>
<published>2026-01-21T15:21:54Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T15:21:54Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Aaron Cohen</name>
<uri>https://bsky.app/profile/unlikelywords.bsky.social</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[“<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c99km49ejjeo">A flock of ring-necked parakeets that were filmed feasting on the wall of a 19th Century barn were echoing Amazonian feeding habits…near Welwyn in Hertfordshire</a>.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Koyaanisqatsi In Five Minutes ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/koyaanisqatsi-in-five-minutes-1"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48193</id>
<published>2026-01-20T21:29:11Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T21:29:11Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/36205162?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p>
<p>Wyatt Hodgson took Koyaanisqatsi and sped it up 1552% so you can watch the whole movie in about five minutes.</p>
<p>Reggio uses time lapse in the film to great effect — you notice different things at different playback speeds — and Hodgson’s clever use of the same technique reveals the overall structure of the film much more than watching it in realtime…but the emotion of the film is completely removed. (via <a href="http://www.candlerblog.com/2012/02/05/koyaanisqatsi-in-five-minutes/">the candler blog</a>)</p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><em>[This is a vintage post originally from Feb 2012.]</em></p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Godfrey%20Reggio">Godfrey Reggio</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Koyaanisqatsi">Koyaanisqatsi</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/movies">movies</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/time%20lapse">time lapse</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/timeless%20posts">timeless posts</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Wyatt%20Hodgson">Wyatt Hodgson</a></p>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Incredible drone footage of a pileup of 100+ cars, trucks, and semis... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048199-incredible-drone-footage-"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48199</id>
<published>2026-01-20T20:03:24Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T20:03:24Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRi8lAH-RrM">Incredible drone footage of a pileup of 100+ cars, trucks, and semis in winter conditions in Michigan</a>.]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ In 1983 Steve Dyer created the Usenet group soc.motss, possibly the first-ever... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048202-in-1983-steve-dyer-create"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48202</id>
<published>2026-01-20T19:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T19:10:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[In 1983 Steve Dyer created the Usenet group soc.motss, <a href="https://www.somebits.com/weblog/culture/net-motss-founding-steve-dyer.html">possibly the first-ever online LGBT community</a>.]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048204-one-year-of-trump-the"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48204</id>
<published>2026-01-20T17:38:08Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T17:38:08Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/opinion/trump-one-year-later.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.D8er.ycWW_rb2D3os">One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.</a> “We can’t count on change being brought about by elections when we can’t count on elections. We can’t count on the freedoms & resources we enjoy today to still be available to us tomorrow.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Lydia Polgreen: In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War. “Good’s killing was... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048203-lydia-polgreen-in-minneap"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48203</id>
<published>2026-01-20T17:13:53Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T17:13:53Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[Lydia Polgreen: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/trump-minneapolis-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.uMdS.bLHlWGLyrxIy">In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War</a>. “Good’s killing was emblematic of [the occupation’s] true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance against Trump’s dark vision of America.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A report from occupied Minneapolis: So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048201-a-report-from-occupied-mi"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48201</id>
<published>2026-01-20T16:46:42Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T16:46:42Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[A report from occupied Minneapolis: <a href="https://www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-occupation-going-for-you/">So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?</a> “The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the street. ICE rams cars, sometimes through intersections…”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Margaret Sullivan: With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048200-margaret-sullivan-with-de"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48200</id>
<published>2026-01-20T16:11:16Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T16:11:16Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[Margaret Sullivan: <a href="https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/with-democracy-in-free-fall-the-media">With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake Up</a>. “It’s as if a five-alarm fire is consuming a city and the mainstream outlets are saying they might smell something burning…”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Reporting on Homeland Security’s siege of Minneapolis. “No one…is even really bothering... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048198-reporting-on-homeland-sec"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48198</id>
<published>2026-01-20T15:39:42Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T15:39:42Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/864195/minneapolis-ice-invasion-organizing-immigration">Reporting on Homeland Security’s siege of Minneapolis</a>. “No one…is even really bothering with the pretext that they’re here to make the city safer. This is Donald Trump’s revenge campaign, and they’re the foot soldiers.”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048196-scientists-have-been-forc"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48196</id>
<published>2026-01-20T15:08:41Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T15:08:41Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[“Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence">an Austrian cow named Veronika</a> displayed an impressive – and until now undocumented – knack for tool use.” And: “We don’t believe that Veronika is the Einstein of cows…”]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ This is a wild Bluesky thread (and bus ride). “they switched drivers... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048195-this-is-a-wild-bluesky"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48195</id>
<published>2026-01-20T04:40:32Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T04:40:32Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/musicologyduck.bsky.social/post/3mct2lipzqc2p">This is a wild Bluesky thread (and bus ride).</a> “they switched drivers at a rest stop and the new driver is telling everyone that they’re the ones on the wrong bus??” (Gotta be logged in to Bluesky to read, sorry.)]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A Visualization of the Evolution of Paris, 300 BCE to 2025 ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/a-visualization-of-the-evolution-of-paris-300-bce-to-2025"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48174</id>
<published>2026-01-16T20:31:39Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-16T20:31:39Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<p>This is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFhKB5zHWFg">an animated 3D visualization of the growth of Paris from 300 BCE to the present day</a>. It was made with Blender (no AI) by Christian Ivan, who notes that it’s a “simplification” and so might not be 100% accurate. To my eye, the broad strokes are all there. The subtle sound design helps with the overall effect as well.</p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/3D">3D</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/cities">cities</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/infoviz">infoviz</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/maps">maps</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Paris">Paris</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a></p>]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The rate at which the universe is expanding differs depending on how... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-16T19:58:33Z</published>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[The rate at which the universe is expanding differs depending on how it’s measured. <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/these-gravitationally-lensed-supernovae-could-resolve-the-hubble-tension">Gravitationally lensed supernovas could solve the discrepancy</a>; the lensing allows for the tracking of the supernovas over time.]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’. “If Chalamet has found, in... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-16T18:37:30Z</published>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/movies/real-marty-supreme-timothee-chalamet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.odkW.tqCq-PxZfSeL">The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’</a>. “If Chalamet has found, in this role, an all-time character, it is surely in no small part because Reisman was an all-time character.” (Saw the movie; loved it.)]]></content>
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<published>2026-01-16T17:44:24Z</published>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/russia-children-violence-war/685635/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZzvjaPSMHlk1SL6nBz0IpyY">How Russia’s Children Got So Violent</a>. “There is no positive ideology for children in a country fighting a murderous war.” Ultranationalist & xenophobic violence is encouraged by Putin’s regime.]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ This website is compiling a sourced list of ICE abuses in Minnesota.... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-16T16:52:52Z</published>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[<a href="https://mn-ice-witness.org/">This website is compiling a sourced list of ICE abuses in Minnesota</a>. (Click on “List” for the full listing.)]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Photos of China’s Green Energy Transition ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-16T16:08:18Z</published>
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<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-05.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-05.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-05.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1500" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-06.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-06.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-06.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1333" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><a href="https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-renewable-photo-essay">These</a> <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/79654/powering-change-a-visual-journey-into-chinas-green-transition/">photos</a> by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thomaschuphoto/">Chu Weimin</a> show the mind-boggling scale of China’s green energy buildout.</p>
<blockquote><p>Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second.</p>
<p>The massive buildout is happening across the country, from crowded eastern cities increasingly topped by rooftop solar panels to remote western deserts where colossal wind farms sprawl across the landscape.</p></blockquote>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/China">China</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Chu%20Weimin">Chu Weimin</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/energy">energy</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/photography">photography</a></p>]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ An Archive of Italian Graphic Design ]]></title>
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<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48252-04.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48252-04.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48252-04.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1210" height="797" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>“<a href="https://www.archiviograficaitaliana.com/">Archivio Grafica Italiana</a> is the first online archive dedicated to the entire Italian graphic design heritage.” (via <a href="https://sidebar.io/">sidebar</a>)</p>]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ An impressive isometric map of NYC, built with AI agents. “I’m particularly... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T21:49:30Z</published>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://cannoneyed.com/isometric-nyc/">An impressive isometric map of NYC</a>, <a href="https://cannoneyed.com/projects/isometric-nyc">built with AI agents</a>. “I’m particularly interested in scaling up the grindy repetitive tasks that make many ideas practically impossible.”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Watch Classic Episodes of Sesame Street for Free on YouTube ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T20:45:18Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T20:45:18Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/va9N_PNimvA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FbDw1QIDzOQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxKlPmCFYxy-dtmhRgP3bfgQ3tpRofaT7">Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch</a>, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is finally revealed. The most recent one was uploaded just a couple of days ago, so it appears to be an ongoing effort. (via <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/watch-the-first-episode-of-sesame-street-and-140-other-free-episodes.html">open culture</a>)</p>
<p>P.S. From <a href="https://kottke.org/10/10/four-things-about-mr-snuffleupagus">Four Things About Mr. Snuffleupagus</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Snuffy was finally introduced to the main human cast mainly due to a string of high profile and sometimes graphic stories of pedophilia and sexual abuse of children that had been aired on shows such as 60 Minutes and 20/20. The writers felt that by having the adults refuse to believe Big Bird despite the fact that he was telling the truth, they were scaring children into thinking that their parents would not believe them if they had been sexually abused and that they would just be better off remaining silent.</p></blockquote>]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule. “Kitchen work is all about proportions,... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T19:50:36Z</published>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://entropicthoughts.com/kitchen-slide-rule">You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule</a>. “Kitchen work is all about proportions, and nothing beats the slide rule for proportions.”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Information You Could Hold in Your Hand ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T18:36:54Z</published>
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<![CDATA[<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-01.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-01.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-01.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2001" height="1492" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-09.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-09.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-09.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2237" height="1492" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-02.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-02.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-02.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1179" height="785" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-03.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-03.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-03.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1179" height="785" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-04.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-04.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-04.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1179" height="571" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-05.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-05.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-05.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1547" height="786" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-06.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-06.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-06.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2358" height="1354" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-07.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-07.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-07.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2239" height="1492" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-08.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-08.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-08.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1179" height="786" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>Whoa, this is <a href="https://tangiblemediacollection.com/">a fantastic archive of tangible media objects</a> — like gramophone records, punch cards, 8-tracks, floppy disks, etc. (via <a href="https://unsung.aresluna.org/the-modern-powers-of-ten/">unsung</a>)</p>]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Science magazine: US government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-27T17:54:17Z</published>
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<![CDATA[Science magazine: <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-government-has-lost-more-10-000-stem-ph-d-s-trump-took-office">US government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since Trump took office</a>.]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Comics Journal’s obituary for Scott Adams. “Dilbert’s tone shifted during the... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048247-the-comics-journals-obitu" />
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<published>2026-01-27T17:18:44Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T17:18:44Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.tcj.com/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream-at-black-people-scott-adams-1957-2026/">The Comics Journal’s obituary for Scott Adams</a>. “Dilbert’s tone shifted during the 2010s, punching down at targets, mocking and belittling societal shifts and perceived “political correctness,” with more cynical, even bitter humor…”]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ This video from December is about a pair of teenaged ICE trackers.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048246-this-video-from-december-" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48246</id>
<published>2026-01-27T15:35:35Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T15:35:35Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ">This video from December is about a pair of teenaged ICE trackers</a>. “Armed with phone and body cameras, Ben and Sam patrol the Chicago suburbs in hopes of tracking ICE agents and filming raids they see as unwarranted and unjustified.”]]>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A 90-minute ICE Watch training session via Zoom “on effectively protecting your... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048243-a-90-minute-ice-watch-tra" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48243</id>
<published>2026-01-27T14:43:17Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T14:43:17Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ljKUChmQ9m_Ivl7jE8n2Q#/registration">A 90-minute ICE Watch training session via Zoom</a> “on effectively protecting your neighborhoods from federal enforcement incursions”. Jan 28, 7pm ET. <a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ljKUChmQ9m_Ivl7jE8n2Q#/registration">Sign up here</a>.]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong. “Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection,... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048242-minnesota-proved-maga-wro" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48242</id>
<published>2026-01-27T13:59:46Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-27T13:59:46Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ8H3lUwN6ZgkAO9HNshlhsY">Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong</a>. “Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection, aid, and observation. When matters escalate, it is usually the choice of the federal agents.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A collection of dartboards used in different areas of the UK. “The... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048234-a-collection-of-dartboard" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48234</id>
<published>2026-01-26T21:23:07Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T21:23:07Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://darts501.com/Dartboards_Other.html">A collection of dartboards used in different areas of the UK</a>. “The closure of pubs and leagues not being fed with new players, unfortunately, leads to some of the boards just being consigned to history.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Scientists have detected a swole neutrino, a potential signal from a primordial... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048240-scientists-have-detected-" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48240</id>
<published>2026-01-26T20:11:02Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T20:11:02Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/monster-neutrino-could-be-a-messenger-of-ancient-black-holes-20260123/">Scientists have detected a swole neutrino</a>, a potential signal from a primordial black hole, which may have formed “before there were even atoms, let alone stars”.]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Best Book Covers of the Past Decade ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48233</id>
<published>2026-01-26T19:09:37Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T19:09:37Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<p>Every year since 2016, Literary Hub has asked a group of book cover designers for their picks for the best book covers of the year. Using 10 years of data, <a href="https://lithub.com/the-best-book-covers-of-the-last-decade/">here are their picks for the best covers of the last decade</a>. I’ve included a few of my personal favorites below.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-01.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-01.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-01.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="1014" height="1500" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-02.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-02.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-02.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="823" height="1200" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-03.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-03.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-03.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="745" height="1200" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-04.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-04.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-04.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="900" height="1372" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-05.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-05.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-05.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="976" height="1500" border="0" alt="" /></p>]]>
<![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/best%20of">best of</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/book%20covers">book covers</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/books">books</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/design">design</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/lists">lists</a></p>]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “For a month, I tried: swapping my iPhone for a Nokia which... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048221-for-a-month-i-tried" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48221</id>
<published>2026-01-26T18:04:54Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T18:04:54Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[“For a month, I tried: swapping my iPhone for a Nokia which I can only use to text, call and play Snake; also, a Walkman and a film camera. I picked up physical copies of books, newspapers…” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/21/my-analogue-month-would-ditching-my-smartphone-make-me-healthier-happier-or-more-stressed">What Emma Russell learned from her digital detox</a>.]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “The imperial boomerang is the theory that governments that develop repressive techniques... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048235-the-imperial-boomerang-is" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48235</id>
<published>2026-01-26T16:03:52Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T16:03:52Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[“The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_boomerang">imperial boomerang</a> is the theory that governments that develop repressive techniques to control colonial territories will eventually deploy those same techniques domestically against their own citizens.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ M. Gessen: “It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048236-m-gessen-its-only-natural" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48236</id>
<published>2026-01-26T15:35:54Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T15:35:54Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[M. Gessen: “It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-terror-has-arrived.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.oEgF.zzDMAijSp2gq">It’s called state terror.</a>”]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Thomas Zimmer on the stakes of Minnesota’s struggle against tyranny. “A society... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048238-thomas-zimmer-on-the-stak" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48238</id>
<published>2026-01-26T15:09:40Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T15:09:40Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/fccbc0fe-2ec6-4507-92ce-73c50964fdee">Thomas Zimmer on the stakes of Minnesota’s struggle against tyranny</a>. “A society that has any aspiration to be free and democratic cannot — it must not! — tolerate the existence of an agency like ICE.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ ICE/DHS has killed nine people in 2026 (that we know of): Keith... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048239-icedhs-has-killed-nine-pe" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48239</id>
<published>2026-01-26T14:49:37Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T14:49:37Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/qasimrashid.com/post/3mdc7czzb422y">ICE/DHS has killed nine people in 2026 (that we know of)</a>: Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos, Alex Pretti, and Renee Good.]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Emily Witt reports on The Battle for Minneapolis for the New Yorker.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048237-emily-witt-reports-on-the" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48237</id>
<published>2026-01-26T14:37:02Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-26T14:37:02Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[Emily Witt reports on <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-battle-for-minneapolis">The Battle for Minneapolis</a> for the New Yorker. “Federal agents attempting to stop U.S. citizens from monitoring them have broken observers’ car windows, doused them with pepper spray, and shoved protesters to the ground.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ I thought this said “Winamp” and I got really excited.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048230-i-thought-this-said-winam" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48230</id>
<published>2026-01-23T21:24:41Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T21:24:41Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2026/01/22/announcing-winapp-the-windows-app-development-cli/">I thought this said “Winamp”</a> and I got really excited.]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Daft Punk Deep Cuts DJ Set ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48225</id>
<published>2026-01-23T20:33:23Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T20:33:23Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5bY_SyZkqkY" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>From Taner’s Funk Kitchen, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bY_SyZkqkY">a 30-minute set of smooth/chill deep cuts from Daft Punk</a>. As noted in the description, this mix is less of a club vibe and more of a chill listening party.</p>
<p>The DJ is using a Digital Vinyl System (DVS) to play/mix the songs. I’d never heard of this before; from the description:</p>
<blockquote><p>DVS is a DJ technology that allows you to control digital music files on your computer / smartphone using traditional turntables with special timecode vinyl. It combines the tactile feel of analog DJing with the flexibility of digital music libraries.</p></blockquote>
<p>I knew many (most?) DJs were playing from digital these days but never knew how. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_vinyl_system">From Wikipedia</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>A Digital vinyl system (DVS) allows a DJ to physically manipulate the playback of digital audio files on a computer using turntables as an interface, thus preserving the hands-on control and feel of DJing with vinyl. This has the added advantage of using turntables to play back audio recordings not available in phonograph form. This method allows DJs to scratch, beatmatch, and perform other turntablism that would be impossible with a conventional keyboard-and-mouse computer interface or less tactile DJ controllers.</p></blockquote>
<p>That’s pretty cool. I guess if I needed another expensive hobby…</p>]]>
<![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Daft%20Punk">Daft Punk</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/music">music</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a></p>]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A review of Sven Beckert’s Capitalism. “‘No religion, no ideology, no philosophy,... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048226-a-review-of-sven-beckerts" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48226</id>
<published>2026-01-23T19:31:13Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T19:31:13Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/23/capitalism-by-sven-beckert-review-an-extraordinary-history-of-the-economic-system-that-controls-our-lives">A review</a> of Sven Beckert’s <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780735220836">Capitalism</a>. “‘No religion, no ideology, no philosophy, has ever been as all-encompassing as the economic logic of capitalism,’ Beckert claims, defining it as ‘the ceaseless accumulation of privately controlled capital.’”]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Nice piece about the forgotten queer artist Marlow Moss, whose work and... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048231-nice-piece-about-the-forg" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48231</id>
<published>2026-01-23T18:33:56Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T18:33:56Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/12/piet-mondrian-crossdressing-lesbian-artist-marlow-moss-cornish-cove">Nice piece about the forgotten queer artist Marlow Moss</a>, whose work and influence on Piet Mondrian’s work is being reevaluated. “It is now widely recognised in the art world that it was as much Moss who influenced Mondrian as the other way round…”]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A Chinese factory mistakenly stitched a frown on a Year of the... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048232-a-factory-mistakenly-stit" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48232</id>
<published>2026-01-23T17:41:28Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T17:41:28Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[A Chinese factory mistakenly stitched a frown on a Year of the Horse plush toy and it became a surprise hit. <a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-01-12/From-a-stitching-mistake-to-viral-hit-Meet-the-Cry-Cry-Horse--1JRZlzzI1t6/p.html">Meet the ‘Cry-Cry Horse’</a>, the perfect mascot for 2026.]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota, including donating money, hassling... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048229-how-to-help-if-you" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48229</id>
<published>2026-01-23T16:38:20Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T16:38:20Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="https://kottke.org/">
<![CDATA[<a href="https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/">How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota</a>, including donating money, hassling ICE-supporting businesses, and “Get Ready For This Bullshit to Come to You”.]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Today, Minnesotans are striking (“no work, no school, no shopping”), protesting, and... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048228-today-minnesotans-are-str" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48228</id>
<published>2026-01-23T15:42:39Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-23T15:42:39Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[Today, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/minnesota-economic-blackout-ice-protests">Minnesotans are striking (“no work, no school, no shopping”), protesting, and marching</a> in response to the ICE invasion. “We are a northern state, and we are built for the cold, and we are going to show up…”]]>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Best Films of 2025 ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/the-best-films-of-2025" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48224</id>
<published>2026-01-22T22:04:14Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T22:04:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<p><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1156345183" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>David Ehrlich is back with my favorite end-of-year celebration of film; <a href="https://vimeo.com/1156345183">here’s his look back at the best films of 2025</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4oED1q-R5Q">YouTube</a>). <a href="https://letterboxd.com/davidehrlich/list/the-best-films-of-2025/">See the full list at Letterboxd</a>. I’ve only seen five of these so it’s difficult to comment on the list as a whole, but I feel like Sinners should have been higher?</p>]]>
<![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/best%20of">best of</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/best%20of%202025">best of 2025</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/David%20Ehrlich">David Ehrlich</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/movies">movies</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a></p>]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048223-dr-gladys-west-mathematic" />
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<published>2026-01-22T21:01:36Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T21:01:36Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://thezebra.org/2026/01/18/dr-gladys-west-mathematician-whose-work-made-gps-possible-dies-at-95/">Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95</a>. “Her painstaking calculations and programming helped transform raw satellite data into precise geodetic models, enabling reliable satellite-based navigation.”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Mestra is a forthcoming short story from Madeline Miller (Circe, The Song... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048222-mestra-is-a-forthcoming-s" />
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<published>2026-01-22T19:55:21Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T19:55:21Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780063566286">Mestra</a> is a forthcoming short story from Madeline Miller (<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780316556323">Circe</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780062060624">The Song of Achilles</a>); it’s “a powerful reimagining of Ovid’s Pygmalion”. Miller is also working on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/madelinemiller.bsky.social/post/3mczlcq3qf22z">a novel about Persephone</a>.]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Pilot Captures Amazing Aurora Photos During Flight ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/pilot-captures-amazing-aurora-photos-during-flight" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48218</id>
<published>2026-01-22T18:48:29Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T18:48:29Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-01.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-01.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-01.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2048" height="1365" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-02.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-02.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48218-02.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2048" height="1365" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>This week, the Earth was hit with one of the strongest geomagnetic storms in recent years, which made for some gobsmacking displays of the northern lights, even as far south as California. Cruising in a 787 at 37,000 feet on his route from Calgary to London (UK), airline pilot <a href="https://www.instagram.com/matt_melnyk_photography">Matt Melnyk</a> had perhaps the best view in the world of the aurora and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvJ84VEcU7/">captured</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvKAvlkc_J/">some</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvLNI0Edm8/">fantastic</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvSJWHiB0q/">shots</a>. He told <a href="https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/the-most-incredible-display-of-aurora-ive-ever-seen-in-my-20-years-of-flying-pilot-captures-historic-northern-lights-show-from-37-000-feet-photos">space.com</a> that “This was the most incredible display of aurora I’ve ever seen in my 20 years of flying!”</p>]]>
<![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/astronomy">astronomy</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/flying">flying</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Matt%20Melnyk">Matt Melnyk</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/photography">photography</a></p>]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ From director Rian Johnson, a collection of some of the screenplays of... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048219-from-director-rian-johnso" />
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<published>2026-01-22T18:00:59Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T18:00:59Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[From director Rian Johnson, <a href="https://www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays">a collection of some of the screenplays of his movies & TV shows</a>, including Wake Up Dead Man, Knives Out, Glass Onion, Looper, and the Poker Face pilot. “Print them, share them, act them out with your friends.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Now That I Am Old Enough to Enroll in Medicare, I Am... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048215-now-that-i-am-old" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48215</id>
<published>2026-01-22T17:20:42Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T17:20:42Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/now-that-i-am-old-enough-to-enroll-in-medicare-i-am-against-socialized-medicine">Now That I Am Old Enough to Enroll in Medicare, I Am Against Socialized Medicine</a>. “Don’t you know that it makes my benefits less special when everyone can receive them?”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ What Is the Scale of the Resistance in Minnesota? ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/what-is-the-scale-of-the-resistance-in-minnesota" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48216</id>
<published>2026-01-22T15:51:14Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T15:51:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/margaret.bsky.social/post/3mcyca2l2wk2j">A must-read thread from Margaret Killjoy</a> (<a href="https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:y6vljnnpkl2lsteuzovhd67c/post/3mcyca2l2wk2j">Skywriter thread</a>) on what’s going on in Minnesota.</p>
<blockquote><p>I came to Minneapolis to report on what’s going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is “just what is the scale of the resistance?” After all, we’re all used to the news calling Portland a “war zone” or whatever when it’s just some protests in one part of town.</p>
<p>I got in late last night. First thing this morning, I saw cars following an ice vehicle down the street, honking at it.</p>
<p>Later, we didn’t drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility… let that sink in)</p>
<p>Half the street corners around here have people — from every walk of life, including republicans — standing guard to watch for suspicious vehicles, which are reported to a robust and entirely decentralized network that tracks ICE vehicles and mobilizes responders.</p>
<p>I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what’s happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.</p></blockquote>
<p>This mirrors what I’ve been hearing elsewhere on social media and from friends. The Trump regime’s secret police force has invaded the Twin Cities to kidnap, torture, terrorize, and murder its residents — and Minnesotans aren’t having it. They’re pushing back with all they have. I’ve spent a lot of time in the Twin Cities (even lived there for 4 years in my 20s) and these people don’t play when it comes to this type of thing. As Killjoy says, this sort of resistance is a beautiful thing.</p>]]>
<![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Donald%20Trump">Donald Trump</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/ICE">ICE</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Margaret%20Killjoy">Margaret Killjoy</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Minnesota">Minnesota</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/politics">politics</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/terrorism">terrorism</a></p>]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ More ways to help: Stand With Minnesota. How you can tell this... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048217-more-ways-to-help-stand" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48217</id>
<published>2026-01-22T15:23:14Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T15:23:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[More ways to help: <a href="https://www.standwithminnesota.com/">Stand With Minnesota</a>. How you can tell this is a local MN thing: “We are now just two ladies running this thing as volunteers, so please be patient.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ You can help: a listing of mutual aid organizations to support in... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048214-you-can-help-a-listing" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48214</id>
<published>2026-01-22T15:01:03Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T15:01:03Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[You can help: <a href="https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid">a listing of mutual aid organizations to support in Minnesota</a>.]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Ryan Coogler’s Sinners sets record for most Oscar nominations: 16! Includes best... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048213-ryan-cooglers-sinners-set" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48213</id>
<published>2026-01-22T14:31:42Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-22T14:31:42Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://apnews.com/article/oscar-nominations-2026-83798def8de7626b011aba3c043a4115">Ryan Coogler’s Sinners sets record for most Oscar nominations: 16!</a> Includes best picture, best director, best screenplay, and best actor (for Michael B. Jordan). Well-deserved…Sinners was the best film I saw in 2025.]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048208-10-things-i-learned-from" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48208</id>
<published>2026-01-21T23:39:48Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T23:39:48Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/10-things-i-learned-from-burning-myself-out-with-ai-coding-agents/">10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents</a>. “Fifty projects later, I’ll be frank: I have not had this much fun with a computer since I learned BASIC on my Apple II Plus when I was 9 years old.”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country. “What has... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048211-the-great-crime-decline-i" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48211</id>
<published>2026-01-21T22:47:54Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T22:47:54Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/great-crime-decline/685695/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ5P8h2pGRSGiXyPlJiBx-_4">The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country</a>. “What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic. Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers…”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048209-when-south-morningside-pr" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48209</id>
<published>2026-01-21T21:47:34Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T21:47:34Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[“When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh Schools cup last year, they were presented with a small plastic trophy. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clymzpl58z0o">It paled into comparison with the large, grand trophy given to the winning boys team…</a>”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Water bankruptcy is a “chronic condition that develops when a place uses... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048210-water-bankruptcy-is-a-chr" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48210</id>
<published>2026-01-21T20:55:31Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T20:55:31Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://theconversation.com/the-world-is-in-water-bankruptcy-un-scientists-report-heres-what-that-means-273213">Water bankruptcy</a> is a “chronic condition that develops when a place uses more water than nature can reliably replace, and when the damage to the natural assets that store and filter that water, such as aquifers and wetlands, becomes hard to reverse”.]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048207-the-uncomfortable-truth-i" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48207</id>
<published>2026-01-21T20:07:39Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T20:07:39Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[“The uncomfortable truth is that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/trump-norway-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.PMZY.ihAPAdx1PYv2">the president of the United States is a man with the mind of a spoiled child</a>. His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world. A functional Congress would impeach and remove him.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “Most technologies are like guns. They tend to get aggregated and captured... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048205-most-technologies-are-lik" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48205</id>
<published>2026-01-21T18:41:52Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T18:41:52Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[“Most technologies are like guns. They tend to get aggregated and captured by those who already have a lot. <a href="https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/new-nature">Technology, in other words, generally exhibits preferential attachment to power</a>.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The First Animation That Hayao Miyazaki Directed on His Own: Watch Footage... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048206-the-first-animation-that-" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48206</id>
<published>2026-01-21T16:21:31Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T16:21:31Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<![CDATA[The First Animation That Hayao Miyazaki Directed on His Own: <a href="http://openculture.com/2024/07/the-first-animation-that-hayao-miyazaki-directed-on-his-own-1972.html">Watch Footage from the Pilot of Yuki’s Sun (1972)</a>.]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “A flock of ring-necked parakeets that were filmed feasting on the wall... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048194-a-flock-of-ring-necked-pa" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48194</id>
<published>2026-01-21T15:21:54Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-21T15:21:54Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Aaron Cohen</name>
<uri>https://bsky.app/profile/unlikelywords.bsky.social</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[“<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c99km49ejjeo">A flock of ring-necked parakeets that were filmed feasting on the wall of a 19th Century barn were echoing Amazonian feeding habits…near Welwyn in Hertfordshire</a>.”]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Koyaanisqatsi In Five Minutes ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/koyaanisqatsi-in-five-minutes-1" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48193</id>
<published>2026-01-20T21:29:11Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T21:29:11Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/36205162?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p>
<p>Wyatt Hodgson took Koyaanisqatsi and sped it up 1552% so you can watch the whole movie in about five minutes.</p>
<p>Reggio uses time lapse in the film to great effect — you notice different things at different playback speeds — and Hodgson’s clever use of the same technique reveals the overall structure of the film much more than watching it in realtime…but the emotion of the film is completely removed. (via <a href="http://www.candlerblog.com/2012/02/05/koyaanisqatsi-in-five-minutes/">the candler blog</a>)</p>]]>
<![CDATA[ <p><em>[This is a vintage post originally from Feb 2012.]</em></p>]]>
<![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Godfrey%20Reggio">Godfrey Reggio</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Koyaanisqatsi">Koyaanisqatsi</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/movies">movies</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/time%20lapse">time lapse</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/timeless%20posts">timeless posts</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Wyatt%20Hodgson">Wyatt Hodgson</a></p>]]>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Incredible drone footage of a pileup of 100+ cars, trucks, and semis... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048199-incredible-drone-footage-" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48199</id>
<published>2026-01-20T20:03:24Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T20:03:24Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRi8lAH-RrM">Incredible drone footage of a pileup of 100+ cars, trucks, and semis in winter conditions in Michigan</a>.]]>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ In 1983 Steve Dyer created the Usenet group soc.motss, possibly the first-ever... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/01/0048202-in-1983-steve-dyer-create" />
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<published>2026-01-20T19:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T19:10:00Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[In 1983 Steve Dyer created the Usenet group soc.motss, <a href="https://www.somebits.com/weblog/culture/net-motss-founding-steve-dyer.html">possibly the first-ever online LGBT community</a>.]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-20T17:38:08Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T17:38:08Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/opinion/trump-one-year-later.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.D8er.ycWW_rb2D3os">One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.</a> “We can’t count on change being brought about by elections when we can’t count on elections. We can’t count on the freedoms & resources we enjoy today to still be available to us tomorrow.”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Lydia Polgreen: In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War. “Good’s killing was... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-20T17:13:53Z</published>
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<![CDATA[Lydia Polgreen: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/trump-minneapolis-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.uMdS.bLHlWGLyrxIy">In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War</a>. “Good’s killing was emblematic of [the occupation’s] true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance against Trump’s dark vision of America.”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A report from occupied Minneapolis: So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-20T16:46:42Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T16:46:42Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[A report from occupied Minneapolis: <a href="https://www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-occupation-going-for-you/">So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?</a> “The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the street. ICE rams cars, sometimes through intersections…”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Margaret Sullivan: With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-20T16:11:16Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T16:11:16Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[Margaret Sullivan: <a href="https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/with-democracy-in-free-fall-the-media">With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake Up</a>. “It’s as if a five-alarm fire is consuming a city and the mainstream outlets are saying they might smell something burning…”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Reporting on Homeland Security’s siege of Minneapolis. “No one…is even really bothering... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-20T15:39:42Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T15:39:42Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/864195/minneapolis-ice-invasion-organizing-immigration">Reporting on Homeland Security’s siege of Minneapolis</a>. “No one…is even really bothering with the pretext that they’re here to make the city safer. This is Donald Trump’s revenge campaign, and they’re the foot soldiers.”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-20T15:08:41Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T15:08:41Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[“Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence">an Austrian cow named Veronika</a> displayed an impressive – and until now undocumented – knack for tool use.” And: “We don’t believe that Veronika is the Einstein of cows…”]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ This is a wild Bluesky thread (and bus ride). “they switched drivers... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-20T04:40:32Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-20T04:40:32Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/musicologyduck.bsky.social/post/3mct2lipzqc2p">This is a wild Bluesky thread (and bus ride).</a> “they switched drivers at a rest stop and the new driver is telling everyone that they’re the ones on the wrong bus??” (Gotta be logged in to Bluesky to read, sorry.)]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A Visualization of the Evolution of Paris, 300 BCE to 2025 ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48174</id>
<published>2026-01-16T20:31:39Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-16T20:31:39Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IFhKB5zHWFg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>This is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFhKB5zHWFg">an animated 3D visualization of the growth of Paris from 300 BCE to the present day</a>. It was made with Blender (no AI) by Christian Ivan, who notes that it’s a “simplification” and so might not be 100% accurate. To my eye, the broad strokes are all there. The subtle sound design helps with the overall effect as well.</p>]]>
<![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/3D">3D</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/cities">cities</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/infoviz">infoviz</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/maps">maps</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Paris">Paris</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a></p>]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The rate at which the universe is expanding differs depending on how... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-16T19:58:33Z</published>
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<![CDATA[The rate at which the universe is expanding differs depending on how it’s measured. <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/these-gravitationally-lensed-supernovae-could-resolve-the-hubble-tension">Gravitationally lensed supernovas could solve the discrepancy</a>; the lensing allows for the tracking of the supernovas over time.]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’. “If Chalamet has found, in... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-16T18:37:30Z</published>
<updated>2026-01-16T18:37:30Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/movies/real-marty-supreme-timothee-chalamet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.odkW.tqCq-PxZfSeL">The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’</a>. “If Chalamet has found, in this role, an all-time character, it is surely in no small part because Reisman was an all-time character.” (Saw the movie; loved it.)]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ How Russia’s Children Got So Violent. “There is no positive ideology for... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-16T17:44:24Z</published>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/russia-children-violence-war/685635/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZzvjaPSMHlk1SL6nBz0IpyY">How Russia’s Children Got So Violent</a>. “There is no positive ideology for children in a country fighting a murderous war.” Ultranationalist & xenophobic violence is encouraged by Putin’s regime.]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ This website is compiling a sourced list of ICE abuses in Minnesota.... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-01-16T16:52:52Z</published>
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<![CDATA[<a href="https://mn-ice-witness.org/">This website is compiling a sourced list of ICE abuses in Minnesota</a>. (Click on “List” for the full listing.)]]>
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<published>2026-01-16T16:08:18Z</published>
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<![CDATA[<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-01.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-01.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-01.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="4000" height="2997" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-06.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-06.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-06.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1333" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p><a href="https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-renewable-photo-essay">These</a> <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/79654/powering-change-a-visual-journey-into-chinas-green-transition/">photos</a> by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thomaschuphoto/">Chu Weimin</a> show the mind-boggling scale of China’s green energy buildout.</p>
<blockquote><p>Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second.</p>
<p>The massive buildout is happening across the country, from crowded eastern cities increasingly topped by rooftop solar panels to remote western deserts where colossal wind farms sprawl across the landscape.</p></blockquote>]]>
<![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/China">China</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Chu%20Weimin">Chu Weimin</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/energy">energy</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/photography">photography</a></p>]]>
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"content": "<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/va9N_PNimvA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/FbDw1QIDzOQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxKlPmCFYxy-dtmhRgP3bfgQ3tpRofaT7\">Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch</a>, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is finally revealed. The most recent one was uploaded just a couple of days ago, so it appears to be an ongoing effort. (via <a href=\"https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/watch-the-first-episode-of-sesame-street-and-140-other-free-episodes.html\">open culture</a>)</p>\n\n<p>P.S. From <a href=\"https://kottke.org/10/10/four-things-about-mr-snuffleupagus\">Four Things About Mr. Snuffleupagus</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>Snuffy was finally introduced to the main human cast mainly due to a string of high profile and sometimes graphic stories of pedophilia and sexual abuse of children that had been aired on shows such as 60 Minutes and 20/20. The writers felt that by having the adults refuse to believe Big Bird despite the fact that he was telling the truth, they were scaring children into thinking that their parents would not believe them if they had been sexually abused and that they would just be better off remaining silent.</p></blockquote>\n\n \n\n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Fred%20Rogers\">Fred Rogers</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Sesame%20Street\">Sesame Street</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/TV\">TV</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/video\">video</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/YouTube\">YouTube</a></p>",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://entropicthoughts.com/kitchen-slide-rule\">You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule</a>. “Kitchen work is all about proportions, and nothing beats the slide rule for proportions.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48245",
"title": "Information You Could Hold in Your Hand",
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"published": "2026-01-27T18:36:54.000Z",
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"content": "<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-01.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-01.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2001\" height=\"1492\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-09.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-09.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-09.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2237\" height=\"1492\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-02.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-02.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1179\" height=\"785\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-03.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-03.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1179\" height=\"785\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-04.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-04.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1179\" height=\"571\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-05.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-05.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1547\" height=\"786\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-06.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-06.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-06.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2358\" height=\"1354\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-07.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-07.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-07.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2239\" height=\"1492\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-08.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-08.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48245-08.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1179\" height=\"786\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p>Whoa, this is <a href=\"https://tangiblemediacollection.com/\">a fantastic archive of tangible media objects</a> — like gramophone records, punch cards, 8-tracks, floppy disks, etc. (via <a href=\"https://unsung.aresluna.org/the-modern-powers-of-ten/\">unsung</a>)</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48248",
"title": "Science magazine: US government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since...",
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"published": "2026-01-27T17:54:17.000Z",
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"content": "Science magazine: <a href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-government-has-lost-more-10-000-stem-ph-d-s-trump-took-office\">US government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since Trump took office</a>.",
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"name": "Jason Kottke",
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],
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{
"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48247",
"title": "The Comics Journal’s obituary for Scott Adams. “Dilbert’s tone shifted during the...",
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"published": "2026-01-27T17:18:44.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.tcj.com/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream-at-black-people-scott-adams-1957-2026/\">The Comics Journal’s obituary for Scott Adams</a>. “Dilbert’s tone shifted during the 2010s, punching down at targets, mocking and belittling societal shifts and perceived “political correctness,” with more cynical, even bitter humor…”",
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],
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},
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48246",
"title": "This video from December is about a pair of teenaged ICE trackers....",
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"published": "2026-01-27T15:35:35.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ\">This video from December is about a pair of teenaged ICE trackers</a>. “Armed with phone and body cameras, Ben and Sam patrol the Chicago suburbs in hopes of tracking ICE agents and filming raids they see as unwarranted and unjustified.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48243",
"title": "A 90-minute ICE Watch training session via Zoom “on effectively protecting your...",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048243-a-90-minute-ice-watch-tra",
"published": "2026-01-27T14:43:17.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ljKUChmQ9m_Ivl7jE8n2Q#/registration\">A 90-minute ICE Watch training session via Zoom</a> “on effectively protecting your neighborhoods from federal enforcement incursions”. Jan 28, 7pm ET. <a href=\"https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ljKUChmQ9m_Ivl7jE8n2Q#/registration\">Sign up here</a>.",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48242",
"title": "Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong. “Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection,...",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ8H3lUwN6ZgkAO9HNshlhsY\">Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong</a>. “Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection, aid, and observation. When matters escalate, it is usually the choice of the federal agents.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48234",
"title": "A collection of dartboards used in different areas of the UK. “The...",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://darts501.com/Dartboards_Other.html\">A collection of dartboards used in different areas of the UK</a>. “The closure of pubs and leagues not being fed with new players, unfortunately, leads to some of the boards just being consigned to history.”",
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{
"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48240",
"title": "Scientists have detected a swole neutrino, a potential signal from a primordial...",
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"published": "2026-01-26T20:11:02.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.quantamagazine.org/monster-neutrino-could-be-a-messenger-of-ancient-black-holes-20260123/\">Scientists have detected a swole neutrino</a>, a potential signal from a primordial black hole, which may have formed “before there were even atoms, let alone stars”.",
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"name": "Jason Kottke",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48233",
"title": "The Best Book Covers of the Past Decade",
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"published": "2026-01-26T19:09:37.000Z",
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"content": "<p>Every year since 2016, Literary Hub has asked a group of book cover designers for their picks for the best book covers of the year. Using 10 years of data, <a href=\"https://lithub.com/the-best-book-covers-of-the-last-decade/\">here are their picks for the best covers of the last decade</a>. I’ve included a few of my personal favorites below.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-01.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-01.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1014\" height=\"1500\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-02.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-02.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"823\" height=\"1200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-03.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-03.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"745\" height=\"1200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-04.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-04.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"1372\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-05.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-05.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48233-05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"1500\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n \n\n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/best%20of\">best of</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/book%20covers\">book covers</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/books\">books</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/design\">design</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/lists\">lists</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48221",
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"published": "2026-01-26T18:04:54.000Z",
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"content": "“For a month, I tried: swapping my iPhone for a Nokia which I can only use to text, call and play Snake; also, a Walkman and a film camera. I picked up physical copies of books, newspapers…” <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/21/my-analogue-month-would-ditching-my-smartphone-make-me-healthier-happier-or-more-stressed\">What Emma Russell learned from her digital detox</a>.",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48235",
"title": "“The imperial boomerang is the theory that governments that develop repressive techniques...",
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"content": "“The <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_boomerang\">imperial boomerang</a> is the theory that governments that develop repressive techniques to control colonial territories will eventually deploy those same techniques domestically against their own citizens.”",
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"name": "Jason Kottke",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48236",
"title": "M. Gessen: “It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic...",
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"published": "2026-01-26T15:35:54.000Z",
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"content": "M. Gessen: “It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-terror-has-arrived.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.oEgF.zzDMAijSp2gq\">It’s called state terror.</a>”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48238",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/fccbc0fe-2ec6-4507-92ce-73c50964fdee\">Thomas Zimmer on the stakes of Minnesota’s struggle against tyranny</a>. “A society that has any aspiration to be free and democratic cannot — it must not! — tolerate the existence of an agency like ICE.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48239",
"title": "ICE/DHS has killed nine people in 2026 (that we know of): Keith...",
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"published": "2026-01-26T14:49:37.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/qasimrashid.com/post/3mdc7czzb422y\">ICE/DHS has killed nine people in 2026 (that we know of)</a>: Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos, Alex Pretti, and Renee Good.",
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{
"name": "Jason Kottke",
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{
"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48237",
"title": "Emily Witt reports on The Battle for Minneapolis for the New Yorker....",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048237-emily-witt-reports-on-the",
"published": "2026-01-26T14:37:02.000Z",
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"content": "Emily Witt reports on <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-battle-for-minneapolis\">The Battle for Minneapolis</a> for the New Yorker. “Federal agents attempting to stop U.S. citizens from monitoring them have broken observers’ car windows, doused them with pepper spray, and shoved protesters to the ground.”",
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"title": "I thought this said “Winamp” and I got really excited....",
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"published": "2026-01-23T21:24:41.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2026/01/22/announcing-winapp-the-windows-app-development-cli/\">I thought this said “Winamp”</a> and I got really excited.",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48225",
"title": "Daft Punk Deep Cuts DJ Set",
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"published": "2026-01-23T20:33:23.000Z",
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"content": "<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/5bY_SyZkqkY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\n<p>From Taner’s Funk Kitchen, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bY_SyZkqkY\">a 30-minute set of smooth/chill deep cuts from Daft Punk</a>. As noted in the description, this mix is less of a club vibe and more of a chill listening party.</p>\n\n<p>The DJ is using a Digital Vinyl System (DVS) to play/mix the songs. I’d never heard of this before; from the description:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>DVS is a DJ technology that allows you to control digital music files on your computer / smartphone using traditional turntables with special timecode vinyl. It combines the tactile feel of analog DJing with the flexibility of digital music libraries.</p></blockquote>\n\n<p>I knew many (most?) DJs were playing from digital these days but never knew how. <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_vinyl_system\">From Wikipedia</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>A Digital vinyl system (DVS) allows a DJ to physically manipulate the playback of digital audio files on a computer using turntables as an interface, thus preserving the hands-on control and feel of DJing with vinyl. This has the added advantage of using turntables to play back audio recordings not available in phonograph form. This method allows DJs to scratch, beatmatch, and perform other turntablism that would be impossible with a conventional keyboard-and-mouse computer interface or less tactile DJ controllers.</p></blockquote>\n\n<p>That’s pretty cool. I guess if I needed another expensive hobby…</p>\n\n \n\n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Daft%20Punk\">Daft Punk</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/music\">music</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/video\">video</a></p>",
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"title": "A review of Sven Beckert’s Capitalism. “‘No religion, no ideology, no philosophy,...",
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"published": "2026-01-23T19:31:13.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/23/capitalism-by-sven-beckert-review-an-extraordinary-history-of-the-economic-system-that-controls-our-lives\">A review</a> of Sven Beckert’s <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780735220836\">Capitalism</a>. “‘No religion, no ideology, no philosophy, has ever been as all-encompassing as the economic logic of capitalism,’ Beckert claims, defining it as ‘the ceaseless accumulation of privately controlled capital.’”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48231",
"title": "Nice piece about the forgotten queer artist Marlow Moss, whose work and...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048231-nice-piece-about-the-forg",
"published": "2026-01-23T18:33:56.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/12/piet-mondrian-crossdressing-lesbian-artist-marlow-moss-cornish-cove\">Nice piece about the forgotten queer artist Marlow Moss</a>, whose work and influence on Piet Mondrian’s work is being reevaluated. “It is now widely recognised in the art world that it was as much Moss who influenced Mondrian as the other way round…”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48232",
"title": "A Chinese factory mistakenly stitched a frown on a Year of the...",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48229",
"title": "How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota, including donating money, hassling...",
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"published": "2026-01-23T16:38:20.000Z",
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"name": "Jason Kottke",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48228",
"title": "Today, Minnesotans are striking (“no work, no school, no shopping”), protesting, and...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048228-today-minnesotans-are-str",
"published": "2026-01-23T15:42:39.000Z",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48224",
"title": "The Best Films of 2025",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/the-best-films-of-2025",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48223",
"title": "Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95....",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048223-dr-gladys-west-mathematic",
"published": "2026-01-22T21:01:36.000Z",
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"name": "Jason Kottke",
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],
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48222",
"title": "Mestra is a forthcoming short story from Madeline Miller (Circe, The Song...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048222-mestra-is-a-forthcoming-s",
"published": "2026-01-22T19:55:21.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-22T19:55:21.000Z",
"content": "<a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780063566286\">Mestra</a> is a forthcoming short story from Madeline Miller (<a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780316556323\">Circe</a>, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780062060624\">The Song of Achilles</a>); it’s “a powerful reimagining of Ovid’s Pygmalion”. Miller is also working on <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/madelinemiller.bsky.social/post/3mczlcq3qf22z\">a novel about Persephone</a>.",
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],
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48218",
"title": "Pilot Captures Amazing Aurora Photos During Flight",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/pilot-captures-amazing-aurora-photos-during-flight",
"published": "2026-01-22T18:48:29.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-22T18:48:29.000Z",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48219",
"title": "From director Rian Johnson, a collection of some of the screenplays of...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048219-from-director-rian-johnso",
"published": "2026-01-22T18:00:59.000Z",
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"content": "From director Rian Johnson, <a href=\"https://www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays\">a collection of some of the screenplays of his movies & TV shows</a>, including Wake Up Dead Man, Knives Out, Glass Onion, Looper, and the Poker Face pilot. “Print them, share them, act them out with your friends.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48215",
"title": "Now That I Am Old Enough to Enroll in Medicare, I Am...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048215-now-that-i-am-old",
"published": "2026-01-22T17:20:42.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-22T17:20:42.000Z",
"content": "<a href=\"https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/now-that-i-am-old-enough-to-enroll-in-medicare-i-am-against-socialized-medicine\">Now That I Am Old Enough to Enroll in Medicare, I Am Against Socialized Medicine</a>. “Don’t you know that it makes my benefits less special when everyone can receive them?”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48216",
"title": "What Is the Scale of the Resistance in Minnesota?",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/what-is-the-scale-of-the-resistance-in-minnesota",
"published": "2026-01-22T15:51:14.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-22T15:51:14.000Z",
"content": "<p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/margaret.bsky.social/post/3mcyca2l2wk2j\">A must-read thread from Margaret Killjoy</a> (<a href=\"https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:y6vljnnpkl2lsteuzovhd67c/post/3mcyca2l2wk2j\">Skywriter thread</a>) on what’s going on in Minnesota.</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>I came to Minneapolis to report on what’s going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is “just what is the scale of the resistance?” After all, we’re all used to the news calling Portland a “war zone” or whatever when it’s just some protests in one part of town.</p>\n\n<p>I got in late last night. First thing this morning, I saw cars following an ice vehicle down the street, honking at it.</p>\n\n<p>Later, we didn’t drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility… let that sink in)</p>\n\n<p>Half the street corners around here have people — from every walk of life, including republicans — standing guard to watch for suspicious vehicles, which are reported to a robust and entirely decentralized network that tracks ICE vehicles and mobilizes responders.</p>\n\n<p>I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what’s happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.</p></blockquote>\n\n<p>This mirrors what I’ve been hearing elsewhere on social media and from friends. The Trump regime’s secret police force has invaded the Twin Cities to kidnap, torture, terrorize, and murder its residents — and Minnesotans aren’t having it. They’re pushing back with all they have. I’ve spent a lot of time in the Twin Cities (even lived there for 4 years in my 20s) and these people don’t play when it comes to this type of thing. As Killjoy says, this sort of resistance is a beautiful thing.</p>\n\n \n\n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Donald%20Trump\">Donald Trump</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/ICE\">ICE</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Margaret%20Killjoy\">Margaret Killjoy</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Minnesota\">Minnesota</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/politics\">politics</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/terrorism\">terrorism</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48217",
"title": "More ways to help: Stand With Minnesota. How you can tell this...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048217-more-ways-to-help-stand",
"published": "2026-01-22T15:23:14.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-22T15:23:14.000Z",
"content": "More ways to help: <a href=\"https://www.standwithminnesota.com/\">Stand With Minnesota</a>. How you can tell this is a local MN thing: “We are now just two ladies running this thing as volunteers, so please be patient.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48214",
"title": "You can help: a listing of mutual aid organizations to support in...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048214-you-can-help-a-listing",
"published": "2026-01-22T15:01:03.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-22T15:01:03.000Z",
"content": "You can help: <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid\">a listing of mutual aid organizations to support in Minnesota</a>.",
"image": null,
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"authors": [
{
"name": "Jason Kottke",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48213",
"title": "Ryan Coogler’s Sinners sets record for most Oscar nominations: 16! Includes best...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048213-ryan-cooglers-sinners-set",
"published": "2026-01-22T14:31:42.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-22T14:31:42.000Z",
"content": "<a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/oscar-nominations-2026-83798def8de7626b011aba3c043a4115\">Ryan Coogler’s Sinners sets record for most Oscar nominations: 16!</a> Includes best picture, best director, best screenplay, and best actor (for Michael B. Jordan). Well-deserved…Sinners was the best film I saw in 2025.",
"image": null,
"media": [],
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{
"name": "Jason Kottke",
"email": null,
"url": "http://www.kottke.org/"
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48208",
"title": "10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents....",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048208-10-things-i-learned-from",
"published": "2026-01-21T23:39:48.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-21T23:39:48.000Z",
"content": "<a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/10-things-i-learned-from-burning-myself-out-with-ai-coding-agents/\">10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents</a>. “Fifty projects later, I’ll be frank: I have not had this much fun with a computer since I learned BASIC on my Apple II Plus when I was 9 years old.”",
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"media": [],
"authors": [
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"name": "Jason Kottke",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48211",
"title": "The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country. “What has...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048211-the-great-crime-decline-i",
"published": "2026-01-21T22:47:54.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-21T22:47:54.000Z",
"content": "<a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/great-crime-decline/685695/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ5P8h2pGRSGiXyPlJiBx-_4\">The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country</a>. “What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic. Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers…”",
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"name": "Jason Kottke",
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"url": "http://www.kottke.org/"
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48209",
"title": "“When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048209-when-south-morningside-pr",
"published": "2026-01-21T21:47:34.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-21T21:47:34.000Z",
"content": "“When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh Schools cup last year, they were presented with a small plastic trophy. <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clymzpl58z0o\">It paled into comparison with the large, grand trophy given to the winning boys team…</a>”",
"image": null,
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48210",
"title": "Water bankruptcy is a “chronic condition that develops when a place uses...",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://theconversation.com/the-world-is-in-water-bankruptcy-un-scientists-report-heres-what-that-means-273213\">Water bankruptcy</a> is a “chronic condition that develops when a place uses more water than nature can reliably replace, and when the damage to the natural assets that store and filter that water, such as aquifers and wetlands, becomes hard to reverse”.",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48207",
"title": "“The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is...",
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"content": "“The uncomfortable truth is that <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/trump-norway-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.PMZY.ihAPAdx1PYv2\">the president of the United States is a man with the mind of a spoiled child</a>. His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world. A functional Congress would impeach and remove him.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48205",
"title": "“Most technologies are like guns. They tend to get aggregated and captured...",
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"content": "“Most technologies are like guns. They tend to get aggregated and captured by those who already have a lot. <a href=\"https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/new-nature\">Technology, in other words, generally exhibits preferential attachment to power</a>.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48206",
"title": "The First Animation That Hayao Miyazaki Directed on His Own: Watch Footage...",
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"content": "The First Animation That Hayao Miyazaki Directed on His Own: <a href=\"http://openculture.com/2024/07/the-first-animation-that-hayao-miyazaki-directed-on-his-own-1972.html\">Watch Footage from the Pilot of Yuki’s Sun (1972)</a>.",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48194",
"title": "“A flock of ring-necked parakeets that were filmed feasting on the wall...",
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"published": "2026-01-21T15:21:54.000Z",
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"content": "“<a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c99km49ejjeo\">A flock of ring-necked parakeets that were filmed feasting on the wall of a 19th Century barn were echoing Amazonian feeding habits…near Welwyn in Hertfordshire</a>.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48193",
"title": "Koyaanisqatsi In Five Minutes",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/koyaanisqatsi-in-five-minutes-1",
"published": "2026-01-20T21:29:11.000Z",
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"content": "<p><iframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/36205162?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p>\n\n<p>Wyatt Hodgson took Koyaanisqatsi and sped it up 1552% so you can watch the whole movie in about five minutes.</p>\n\n<p>Reggio uses time lapse in the film to great effect — you notice different things at different playback speeds — and Hodgson’s clever use of the same technique reveals the overall structure of the film much more than watching it in realtime…but the emotion of the film is completely removed. (via <a href=\"http://www.candlerblog.com/2012/02/05/koyaanisqatsi-in-five-minutes/\">the candler blog</a>)</p>\n\n <p><em>[This is a vintage post originally from Feb 2012.]</em></p>\n\n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Godfrey%20Reggio\">Godfrey Reggio</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Koyaanisqatsi\">Koyaanisqatsi</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/movies\">movies</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/time%20lapse\">time lapse</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/timeless%20posts\">timeless posts</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Wyatt%20Hodgson\">Wyatt Hodgson</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48199",
"title": "Incredible drone footage of a pileup of 100+ cars, trucks, and semis...",
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"published": "2026-01-20T20:03:24.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRi8lAH-RrM\">Incredible drone footage of a pileup of 100+ cars, trucks, and semis in winter conditions in Michigan</a>.",
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],
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48202",
"title": "In 1983 Steve Dyer created the Usenet group soc.motss, possibly the first-ever...",
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"content": "In 1983 Steve Dyer created the Usenet group soc.motss, <a href=\"https://www.somebits.com/weblog/culture/net-motss-founding-steve-dyer.html\">possibly the first-ever online LGBT community</a>.",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48204",
"title": "One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We...",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048204-one-year-of-trump-the",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/opinion/trump-one-year-later.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.D8er.ycWW_rb2D3os\">One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.</a> “We can’t count on change being brought about by elections when we can’t count on elections. We can’t count on the freedoms & resources we enjoy today to still be available to us tomorrow.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48203",
"title": "Lydia Polgreen: In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War. “Good’s killing was...",
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"content": "Lydia Polgreen: <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/trump-minneapolis-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.uMdS.bLHlWGLyrxIy\">In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War</a>. “Good’s killing was emblematic of [the occupation’s] true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance against Trump’s dark vision of America.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48201",
"title": "A report from occupied Minneapolis: So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?...",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048201-a-report-from-occupied-mi",
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"content": "A report from occupied Minneapolis: <a href=\"https://www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-occupation-going-for-you/\">So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?</a> “The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the street. ICE rams cars, sometimes through intersections…”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48200",
"title": "Margaret Sullivan: With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake...",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048200-margaret-sullivan-with-de",
"published": "2026-01-20T16:11:16.000Z",
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"content": "Margaret Sullivan: <a href=\"https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/with-democracy-in-free-fall-the-media\">With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake Up</a>. “It’s as if a five-alarm fire is consuming a city and the mainstream outlets are saying they might smell something burning…”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48198",
"title": "Reporting on Homeland Security’s siege of Minneapolis. “No one…is even really bothering...",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048198-reporting-on-homeland-sec",
"published": "2026-01-20T15:39:42.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/policy/864195/minneapolis-ice-invasion-organizing-immigration\">Reporting on Homeland Security’s siege of Minneapolis</a>. “No one…is even really bothering with the pretext that they’re here to make the city safer. This is Donald Trump’s revenge campaign, and they’re the foot soldiers.”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48196",
"title": "“Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an...",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048196-scientists-have-been-forc",
"published": "2026-01-20T15:08:41.000Z",
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"content": "“Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence\">an Austrian cow named Veronika</a> displayed an impressive – and until now undocumented – knack for tool use.” And: “We don’t believe that Veronika is the Einstein of cows…”",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48195",
"title": "This is a wild Bluesky thread (and bus ride). “they switched drivers...",
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"published": "2026-01-20T04:40:32.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/musicologyduck.bsky.social/post/3mct2lipzqc2p\">This is a wild Bluesky thread (and bus ride).</a> “they switched drivers at a rest stop and the new driver is telling everyone that they’re the ones on the wrong bus??” (Gotta be logged in to Bluesky to read, sorry.)",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48174",
"title": "A Visualization of the Evolution of Paris, 300 BCE to 2025",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/a-visualization-of-the-evolution-of-paris-300-bce-to-2025",
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"updated": "2026-01-16T20:31:39.000Z",
"content": "<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/IFhKB5zHWFg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\n<p>This is <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFhKB5zHWFg\">an animated 3D visualization of the growth of Paris from 300 BCE to the present day</a>. It was made with Blender (no AI) by Christian Ivan, who notes that it’s a “simplification” and so might not be 100% accurate. To my eye, the broad strokes are all there. The subtle sound design helps with the overall effect as well.</p>\n\n \n\n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/3D\">3D</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/cities\">cities</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/infoviz\">infoviz</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/maps\">maps</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Paris\">Paris</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/video\">video</a></p>",
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{
"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48189",
"title": "The rate at which the universe is expanding differs depending on how...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048189-the-rate-at-which-the",
"published": "2026-01-16T19:58:33.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-16T19:58:33.000Z",
"content": "The rate at which the universe is expanding differs depending on how it’s measured. <a href=\"https://www.universetoday.com/articles/these-gravitationally-lensed-supernovae-could-resolve-the-hubble-tension\">Gravitationally lensed supernovas could solve the discrepancy</a>; the lensing allows for the tracking of the supernovas over time.",
"image": null,
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"authors": [
{
"name": "Jason Kottke",
"email": null,
"url": "http://www.kottke.org/"
}
],
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{
"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48190",
"title": "The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’. “If Chalamet has found, in...",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048190-the-ping-pong-hustler-who",
"published": "2026-01-16T18:37:30.000Z",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/movies/real-marty-supreme-timothee-chalamet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.odkW.tqCq-PxZfSeL\">The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’</a>. “If Chalamet has found, in this role, an all-time character, it is surely in no small part because Reisman was an all-time character.” (Saw the movie; loved it.)",
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{
"name": "Jason Kottke",
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"url": "http://www.kottke.org/"
}
],
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{
"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48191",
"title": "How Russia’s Children Got So Violent. “There is no positive ideology for...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048191-how-russias-children-got-",
"published": "2026-01-16T17:44:24.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-16T17:44:24.000Z",
"content": "<a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/russia-children-violence-war/685635/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZzvjaPSMHlk1SL6nBz0IpyY\">How Russia’s Children Got So Violent</a>. “There is no positive ideology for children in a country fighting a murderous war.” Ultranationalist & xenophobic violence is encouraged by Putin’s regime.",
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"media": [],
"authors": [
{
"name": "Jason Kottke",
"email": null,
"url": "http://www.kottke.org/"
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],
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},
{
"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://13.48192",
"title": "This website is compiling a sourced list of ICE abuses in Minnesota....",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/0048192-this-website-is-compiling",
"published": "2026-01-16T16:52:52.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-16T16:52:52.000Z",
"content": "<a href=\"https://mn-ice-witness.org/\">This website is compiling a sourced list of ICE abuses in Minnesota</a>. (Click on “List” for the full listing.)",
"image": null,
"media": [],
"authors": [
{
"name": "Jason Kottke",
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"url": "http://www.kottke.org/"
}
],
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},
{
"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026://5.48188",
"title": "Photos of China’s Green Energy Transition",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/01/photos-of-chinas-green-energy-transition",
"published": "2026-01-16T16:08:18.000Z",
"updated": "2026-01-16T16:08:18.000Z",
"content": "<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-01.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-01.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2997\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-02.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-02.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1874\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-03.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-03.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-04.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-04.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-05.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-05.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-06.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-06.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none/images/posts/01/img-48188-06.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-renewable-photo-essay\">These</a> <a href=\"https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/79654/powering-change-a-visual-journey-into-chinas-green-transition/\">photos</a> by <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thomaschuphoto/\">Chu Weimin</a> show the mind-boggling scale of China’s green energy buildout.</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second.</p>\n\n<p>The massive buildout is happening across the country, from crowded eastern cities increasingly topped by rooftop solar panels to remote western deserts where colossal wind farms sprawl across the landscape.</p></blockquote>\n\n \n\n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/China\">China</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Chu%20Weimin\">Chu Weimin</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/energy\">energy</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/photography\">photography</a></p>",
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