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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The world’s first trillionaire is a killer . “A... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-12T21:38:00Z</published>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Two competing (?) thoughts kept going through my head... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-12T19:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Two competing (?) thoughts kept going through my head <a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/emily-ratajkowski-sex-single-mom-essay.html">while reading this</a>: “Not even a celeb like Emily Ratajkowski can find a decent man to date” and “A celeb like Emily Ratajkowski especially can’t find a decent man to date”.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-12:49129</id>
<published>2026-06-12T17:07:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-12T17:07:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fixture, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/music/joe-negri-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.plA.YbXz.B2vicuuxSA4F">has died at age 99</a>. “He really was like the friendly fellow you might find walking around a neighborhood. He was just incredibly gentle as a person, but also as a musician.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ US Authorities Investigate Huge Etching of ‘8647’ on... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-12:49130</id>
<published>2026-06-12T16:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-12T16:10:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/8647-national-mall-trump">US Authorities Investigate Huge Etching of ‘8647’ on National Mall Grounds</a>. Bwahaha. Make it a new <a href="https://savingplaces.org/collections/national-treasures-collection">US National Treasure</a>. An Interior Dept. spokeperson hyperbolically called it a “threat against the president”. 🙄
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ David Hockney, iconic British artist known for his... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-12:49128</id>
<published>2026-06-12T15:39:16Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-12T15:39:16Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/david-hockney-artist-death-79ddb3813406f21a8859d3b22e653852">David Hockney, iconic British artist known for his colorful landscapes and pool scenes, dies at 88</a>. “His work is admired — loved is not too strong a word — by the millions who, worldwide, flock to see it because it presupposes an expectation of pleasure.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Ian’s Shoelace Site Is Still The Best Site For... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49127</id>
<published>2026-06-11T21:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T21:10:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “This song has no instruments in it.” This is cool: a... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49125</id>
<published>2026-06-11T20:17:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T20:17:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rk-hmIMv6I">“This song has no instruments in it.”</a> This is cool: a song made only from <a href="https://theconversation.com/pink-noise-what-is-it-and-can-listening-to-it-make-your-sleep-worse-275179">pink noise</a> and an equalizer.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ This is clever & depressing: the Apocalypse Early... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49124</id>
<published>2026-06-11T19:57:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T19:57:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>This is clever & depressing: the <a href="https://ews.kylemcdonald.net">Apocalypse Early Warning System</a> tracks private jet activity. “In the event of an imminent nuclear apocalypse, we suspect that many people who have access to private jets will immediately take to the skies…”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A Hand-Drawn Visual Guide to Chili Peppers ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49126</id>
<published>2026-06-11T19:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T19:00:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781200571-805f09f2.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781200571-805f09f2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781200571-805f09f2.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>For his great <a href="https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/desertmexico/chili-peppers.html">visual field guide to the chili peppers of the world</a>, Erik Gauger hand-drew 176 peppers from India, South America, Korea, Thailand, Africa, and seemingly every other place on the Earth.</p>
<blockquote><p>Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers hot is an evolutionary filter designed to punish mammals and reward birds. Mammals feel it as pain because mammal digestion destroys seeds. Birds don’t have the receptor that detects it, so they eat the fruit, fly off, and deposit the seeds far from the plant from which they ate. The plant needed birds, and birds didn’t mind the heat, because to them there was no heat to mind.</p><p>What we’ve built from that, from the paprika, the Thai bird’s eye, the ancho, the chocolate habanero, began as a dispersal mechanism. Humans entered the picture late and changed almost everything about the pepper’s form, flavor, and range. But the underlying logic is still there in every fruit: a molecule that says no to the animals who won’t deliver their seeds far from the tree.</p></blockquote>
<p>Each drawing is accompanied by a description of the pepper, where it originated, the heat level, and even what hot sauces feature it.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201434-72e11f03.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201434-72e11f03.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201434-72e11f03.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>See also Gauger’s <a href="https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/desertmexico/hot-sauces-of-the-world.html">Hot Sauces of the World page & poster</a>.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201592-e0bcf7b0.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201592-e0bcf7b0.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201592-e0bcf7b0.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" />
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]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/art">art</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Erik%20Gauger">Erik Gauger</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/food">food</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/illustration">illustration</a></p>]]></content>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ John Thomson’s photos of China (1860s-70s) .... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-11T18:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T18:00:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/2026/06/john-thomson-s-china.html">John Thomson’s photos of China (1860s-70s)</a>. “Unlike many other early photographers he didn’t spend all his time photographing palaces and ruins. He also captured a lot of daily life including peasants, merchants, and criminals.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A close-up look at some of Spain’s oldest & most... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49121</id>
<published>2026-06-11T17:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T17:00:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/02/journey-into-spain-palaeolithic-cave-paintings-altamira">A close-up look at some of Spain’s oldest & most compelling cave paintings</a>. “We lost the connection they had to this world. They led the way quite nicely and successfully, and we got…distracted.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ For the first time on record, solar overtook coal in the... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049118-solar-overtook-coal-in-th"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49118</id>
<published>2026-06-11T16:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T16:00:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>For the first time on record, <a href="https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/solar-overtakes-coal-in-us-electricity-for-the-first-month-on-record">solar overtook coal in the US electricity mix in May 2026</a>. “Solar supplied a record 12.8% of US electricity, while coal fell to 12.2%, its fourth-lowest monthly share ever.”
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Becoming by Max Cooper ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/becoming-by-max-cooper"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49111</id>
<published>2026-06-11T15:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T15:10:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f4iSy7UYGRk" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Released a few days ago, this is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4iSy7UYGRk">the official video for Max Cooper’s Becoming</a>, directed by <a href="https://brandoneversole.com">Brandon Eversole</a>. It’s mesmerizing, trippy, and a little bit glitchy. The video is also notable for being so wide that it breaks YouTube’s desktop layout — anything less than stretching my browser window to the edges of my screen and I can’t read the left-most text under the video.
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]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Brandon%20Eversole">Brandon Eversole</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Max%20Cooper">Max Cooper</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/mesmerizing">mesmerizing</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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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “It’s so dumb!” I quote this line from Benoit Blanc in... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49120</id>
<published>2026-06-11T14:20:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T14:20:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>“It’s so dumb!” I quote <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LFc5hwqiJTw">this line from Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion</a> like 10 times a day now. Feel free to add it to your repetoire.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever .... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49119</id>
<published>2026-06-11T13:30:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T13:30:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pFA.dLQV.6d9-fXSuW6k3">Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever</a>. 15 years ago, billionaires had $4.5 trillion. “Now, their combined wealth totals $20.1 trillion — an amount that is equivalent to nearly a fifth of the entire world’s total yearly output.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance . “The... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049117-the-white-houses-top-scie"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49117</id>
<published>2026-06-10T21:30:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T21:30:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-06-10/the-white-house-s-top-science-goal-is-ignorance?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MTA5NzkxNCwiZXhwIjoxNzgxNzAyNzE0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUR0VUMldWVFREMjAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxMkE1QzVFRUNERDg0NUJEQjVFOTM1MUE0Mzk4QTAxNCJ9.XX_A4DcXVw0SKv9RPE6jNgX9eXLCfPvMlwA0gvgX_PM&leadSource=uverify%20wall">The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance</a>. “The actions are seen as a deliberate attempt to stifle science and ignore the reality of climate change, in order to support the fossil-fuel industry and satisfy the climate denialism of Trump’s base.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/the-last-surviving-japanese-porsche-912-police-car"/>
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<published>2026-06-10T20:40:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T20:40:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041121-2e1a10a2.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041121-2e1a10a2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041121-2e1a10a2.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>Oof, what a beauty. In the 1960s, four Porsche 912s were customized for use as police cars in Japan. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZVfqHnmC_S">This one</a>, which was used in Kanagawa until 1973, is the only one left standing (and even it needed restoration).</p>
<blockquote><p>This Japanese police 912 served in Kanagawa Prefecture from 1968 to 1973, operating on the Daisan Keihin and Tomei Expressways. Over five years of service, it covered more than 155,000km and even played a role in stopping a speeder traveling at 178 km/h.<br /><br />Police vehicles are usually scrapped after their service life, but this one was an exception. After being retired due to engine failure, it was kept and displayed at a police academy for 26 years. Over time, exposure to the elements caused significant deterioration, and in 1999 it was sold to a scrapyard. After six months of negotiations, it was eventually recovered.</p></blockquote>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041375-b8395398.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041375-b8395398.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041375-b8395398.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>Here are a couple of photos of 912s while in service back in the day.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041440-e1485ae6.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041440-e1485ae6.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041440-e1485ae6.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041454-23ff3ca2.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041454-23ff3ca2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041454-23ff3ca2.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" />
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]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/cars">cars</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Japan">Japan</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/police">police</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Porsche">Porsche</a></p>]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized . SEO (and... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049116-your-search-results-are-g"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49116</id>
<published>2026-06-10T19:55:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T19:55:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/google-search-ai-optimization/687495?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ1xN-aTHFEfszmC2bpxpp78">Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized</a>. SEO (and Google’s embrace of it) has spent the last 25 years ruining the internet and search results. Now it’s GEO’s turn (generative-engine optimization).
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049108-the-best-headlights-in-th"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49108</id>
<published>2026-06-10T19:07:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T19:07:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/car-headlights-too-bright-adaptive-beams/687488?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ0hULD1uVwsVEerTMRUnUwM">The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America</a>. “America’s roads are now full of tactical-grade headlights, and no one is happy about it.”
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Grappling With the Existential AI Threat ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/grappling-with-the-existential-ai-threat"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49113</id>
<published>2026-06-10T18:12:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T18:12:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Charity Majors, writing about how high-performing engineering teams are dealing with the transition from pre-AI to AI-native development: <a href="https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against">AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>This is not a situation where one side is right and the other is huffing paint. (O, that it were!) Each side is grappling with a real, alarming, escalating threat to the company’s existence, and the closer they look the more (again: <em>real, alarming</em>) evidence they find.</p><p>The enthusiasts are <em>not wrong</em>. We are starting to see real, non-imaginary, discontinuous leaps in capabilities from teams that lean in hard to working with AI. And this does not feel like a normal technology cycle where you can wait for the dust to settle; teams that sit this out while competitors are hustling could be out of business before the dust settles. That’s a real, existential threat.</p><p>The skeptics are also <em>not wrong</em>. When you ship code faster than engineers can read it, in domains where nobody has full context, you are making withdrawals from a trust account that took years to build. Reliability degrades, institutional knowledge evaporates. You end up with systems nobody understands, products burbling into incoherence, and on-call rotations that grind people up and spit them out. That is ALSO a real existential threat.</p></blockquote>
<p>She goes on to say that “the wins and costs are happening to two different groups of people. There is no natural feedback loop.” <a href="https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against">Interesting read</a>.
</p>
]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/artificial%20intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Charity%20Majors">Charity Majors</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/programming">programming</a></p>]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049115-fifa-rents-an-office-in-t"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49115</id>
<published>2026-06-10T17:25:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T17:25:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump regime: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/world/europe/world-cup-infantino-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pFA.DvG3.WP_aU5SEbTjh">FIFA rents an office in Trump Tower</a>. “The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” That’s called a bribe.
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ 75-Minute DJ Set From Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/75-minute-dj-set-from-daft-punks-thomas-bangalter"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49114</id>
<published>2026-06-10T16:39:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T16:39:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5BMvgdFzRsQ" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Thomas Bangalter, one half of the legendary duo Daft Punk, played <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BMvgdFzRsQ">a 75-minute DJ set</a> for The Lot Radio the other day. He played tracks by Boards of Canada, Burial, Sonic Youth, and even Daft Punk (<a href="https://www.thelotradio.com/shows/special-guests/2026-06-08-1500">full setlist</a>). The set is <a href="https://soundcloud.com/pym-waoo/thomas-bangalter-dj-set-the">also available on Soundcloud</a>.</p>
<p>Bangalter also <a href="https://archive.ph/rdtsE">put recent rumors of a Daft Punk reunion to rest</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Was it scary to be that big? “It was almost performance art where you create these characters and blur the line between fiction and reality.” So it felt like fame was happening to the robots more than you? “I think so, yes.” If not wearing the helmets they would do interviews with their backs to the camera or, on one occasion, with bags over their heads. You can see why he and Homem-Christo, whom he calls “Guy-Man”, decided to wind up the band. “The history of music is made of fruitful partnerships and they usually last way shorter than the 28-year run that we had. It was great but staying in character and not spoiling it became very difficult.”</p></blockquote>
]]><![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/Thomas%20Bangalter">Thomas Bangalter</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a></p>]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake .... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049112-i-work-very-hard-and-i-wo"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49112</id>
<published>2026-06-10T15:59:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T15:59:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://theonion.com/i-work-very-hard-and-i-would-like-to-try-cake">I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake</a>. “I am a nice horse. I do not fuss. I do not bite the human woman’s face, even though her hair smells nice. I do not ask to go live free in the woods like the deer. I do my duties. I must try cake. Please.”
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Social Reckoning ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/the-social-reckoning"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49110</id>
<published>2026-06-10T15:19:30Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T15:19:30Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gM4LkaXwGuY" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM4LkaXwGuY">teaser trailer</a> for the sequel to David Fincher’s The Social Network is here — they’re calling the movie “a companion piece” to the first film. It’s based on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Facebook_leak">The Facebook Files</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Primarily, the reports revealed that, based on internally commissioned studies, the company was fully aware of negative impacts on teenage users of Instagram, and the contribution of Facebook activity to violence in developing countries. Other takeaways of the leak include the impact of the company’s platforms on spreading false information, and Facebook’s policy of promoting inflammatory posts. Furthermore, Facebook was fully aware that harmful content was being pushed through Facebook algorithms reaching young users. The types of content included posts promoting anorexia nervosa and self-harm photos.</p></blockquote>
<p>Jeremy Strong nails Zuckerberg’s voice & mannerisms. The hint of Reznor/Ross at the end is great, though it looks like Alexandre Desplat is doing the music this time around. Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for the first film, writes and directs. Out in theaters October 9th.
</p>
]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Facebook">Facebook</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/movies">movies</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/The%20Social%20Reckoning">The Social Reckoning</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/trailers">trailers</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a></p>]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049101-is-it-possible-to-reach-t"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49101</id>
<published>2026-06-09T21:52:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T21:52:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car simulator videos, I have to stop what I’m doing and watch it. (It’s becoming a problem.) This one was particularly good: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GnPnbbiWn0">Is it possible to reach the speed of light with perpetual speed boosters?</a>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Anthropic has launched a streaming music video on... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049102-a-streaming-music-video-o"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49102</id>
<published>2026-06-09T21:02:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T21:02:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Anthropic has launched <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmQ7jRgf4f0">a streaming music video on YouTube for “thinking and building” called Claude FM</a>. “Made and curated by musicians.”
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ CrankGPT . “Just a hand crank, a little computer,... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049093-crankgpt"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49093</id>
<published>2026-06-09T20:16:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T20:16:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://squeezlabs.github.io/handcrank">CrankGPT</a>. “Just a hand crank, a little computer, and a small stack of speech and language models running locally. Provided the electronics are kept dry and at a reasonable temperature, there’s no reason this thing won’t still work in a thousand years.”
</p>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness . “The... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049106-on-the-difference-between"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49106</id>
<published>2026-06-09T19:30:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T19:30:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://idle.news/blog/on-the-difference-between-rest-and-idleness">On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness</a>. “The wellness industry loves rest [because] rest can be sold, because rest promises a return.” But: “[Idleness] does not promise to make you better at anything. It offers no return on investment.”
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Paintings of an Architectural Apocalypse ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/paintings-of-an-architectural-apocalypse"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49107</id>
<published>2026-06-09T18:30:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T18:30:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027176-1fbf8175.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027176-1fbf8175.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027176-1fbf8175.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027207-2a91138c.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027207-2a91138c.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027207-2a91138c.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>I (weirdly?) love <a href="https://www.amycaseypainting.com">Amy Casey’s paintings</a> of buildings in peril — being swallowed by the sea, being flung into the sky by wind.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027227-3bfd7598.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027227-3bfd7598.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027227-3bfd7598.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027311-88ab7ab2.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027311-88ab7ab2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027311-88ab7ab2.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027333-23ca848a.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027333-23ca848a.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027333-23ca848a.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>There’s an element of the <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kowloon-walled-city">Kowloon Walled City</a> to Casey’s work, as well as <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780689707490">Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs</a> (specifically the tomato tornado). (via <a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/06/amy-casey-acrylic-paintings-houses-nature">colossal</a>)
</p>
]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Amy%20Casey">Amy Casey</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/architecture">architecture</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/art">art</a></p>]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Everything Wrong With the 2026 World Cup . “By far... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049103-everything-wrong-with-the"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49103</id>
<published>2026-06-09T17:42:21Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T17:42:21Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2026-trump-infantino-fifa-iran-b2992262.html">Everything Wrong With the 2026 World Cup</a>. “By far the most grave of those is a World Cup host starting a war against one of the participant nations, as happened with the USA’s attack on Iran at the end of February.”
</p>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Yesterday Was a Good Day ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/yesterday-was-a-good-day"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49105</id>
<published>2026-06-09T16:50:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T16:50:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Yesterday, Ollie and I hiked up to <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/wyoming/delta-lake-via-lupine-meadows-access">Delta Lake (via Lupine Meadows Access)</a> in Grand Teton National Park. It was perhaps a bit aggressive given my current lack of fitness, my non-acclimation to the altitude (we topped out at 9000’), and the rock scrambling we had to do near the top, but we were rewarded with one of the best views I’ve ever seen.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781022997-6c6ea93b.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781022997-6c6ea93b.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781022997-6c6ea93b.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>That’s the Grand Teton (13,775’) in the background. The lake was so enchantingly blue…the photos don’t do it justice. I shared a few more photos from the hike on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZXy34HlKNT">Instagram</a>.
</p>
]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Jason%20Kottke">Jason Kottke</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/photography">photography</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/travel">travel</a></p>]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ TIL about variant sudoku puzzles , “sudoku with... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049089-variant-sudoku-puzzles"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49089</id>
<published>2026-06-09T16:18:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T16:18:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>TIL about <a href="https://nowiknow.com/150-sudoku-puzzles-youll-want-to-try">variant sudoku puzzles</a>, “sudoku with strange rules like thermometers, ratio dots, cages, and other things that you’re probably already confused by”.
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The excellent Scene on Radio podcast is back with a new... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049100-is-back-with-a-new-season"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49100</id>
<published>2026-06-09T15:38:28Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T15:38:28Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>The excellent Scene on Radio podcast <a href="https://sceneonradio.org/the-news">is back with a new season on The News</a>. “Just about everyone is mad at the media, and Americans seem helpless to solve our problems, in large part because we have no shared narrative and few shared facts.”
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “For the first time, wind and solar generated more... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049090-wind-and-solar-generated-"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49090</id>
<published>2026-06-08T20:33:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T20:33:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>“For the first time, <a href="https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/for-the-first-time-wind-and-solar-generated-more-electricity-than-gas-worldwide-in-april-2026">wind and solar generated more electricity than gas worldwide in April 2026</a>.”
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A lovely story by Mary H.K. Choi about her husband and... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049099-a-lovely-story-by-mary-hk"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49099</id>
<published>2026-06-08T19:47:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T19:47:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/green-card-wedding">A lovely story by Mary H.K. Choi about her husband and wedding</a>. “A green card wedding was the story I was selling…but it became clear I’d wanted to get married for all the typical risky reasons most of us do: love, understanding, hope.”
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ From the New Yorker, a long and difficult-to-read report... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049097-a-long-and-difficult-to-r"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49097</id>
<published>2026-06-08T19:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T19:00:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>From the New Yorker, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/andrew-tates-empire-of-abuse">a long and difficult-to-read report by Heidi Blake about how the truly disgusting and evil Tate brothers built a sexual slavery empire</a>.
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate .... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049098-the-supreme-court-has-inv"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49098</id>
<published>2026-06-08T18:19:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T18:19:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/alabama-racial-discrimination-voting/687448?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8PXx3PqdVJDy2VNT4oMQvd0">The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate</a>. “The Roberts Court has replaced the Fifteenth Amendment’s ban on racial discrimination in voting with a right to engage in racial discrimination in voting.”
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Nominations are open for this year’s Tiny Awards .... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049096-nominations-are-open-for-"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49096</id>
<published>2026-06-08T17:39:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T17:39:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://tinyawards.net">Nominations are open for this year’s Tiny Awards</a>. “The Tiny Awards exist because we thought it was important to shine a spotlight on the sorts of personal web projects that tend to get overlooked.”
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Interesting question and resulting thread: have you... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049095-have-you-talked-with-some"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49095</id>
<published>2026-06-08T16:55:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T16:55:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Interesting question and resulting thread: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@heatherdeemc/post/DZTp8rpEUSU">have you talked with someone who was alive in the 1800s?</a> I think I technically have (a relative in the 80s when I was a kid) but I don’t remember the circumstances. Anyone have a good memory to share?
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The New Mister Rogers YouTube Channel ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/the-new-mister-rogers-youtube-channel"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49094</id>
<published>2026-06-08T16:05:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T16:05:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>The folks at Fred Rogers Productions have launched <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MisterRogersNeighborhood/videos">a YouTube channel dedicated to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood</a>. They plan to post compilations, clips, and full episodes, some of which haven’t been seen on PBS in years & years. One of the first complete episodes they’ve posted is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcoAZGb4h5g">the one about how crayons are made</a>!</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PcoAZGb4h5g" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Other full episodes include <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y62c_IAtAE">A Visit with Officer Clemmons</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Il1uahHQ_0">The Very First Episode</a> (from 1968), and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAaJgPy-z0">Koko the Gorilla Meets Mister Rogers</a>.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3y62c_IAtAE" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Il1uahHQ_0" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GOAaJgPy-z0" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>And there’s also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFnEWctHOio">this 30-minute compilation of fan-favorite factory visits</a>.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iFnEWctHOio" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Again, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFnEWctHOio">here’s the channel</a> if you want to subscribe or explore more.
</p>
]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Fred%20Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Mister%20Rogers%27%20Neighborhood">Mister Rogers' Neighborhood</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>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ My Students Can’t Read . “There is a measurable,... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049091-my-students-cant-read"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49091</id>
<published>2026-06-08T15:29:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T15:29:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/my-students-cant-read">My Students Can’t Read</a>. “There is a measurable, generational collapse in sustained reading and writing, and the academy is responding to it with improvisation and exhaustion rather than the structural overhaul it requires.”
</p>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Yeah, I’ll read the hell out of a Wesley Morris profile... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049092-a-wesley-morris-profile-o"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49092</id>
<published>2026-06-08T14:55:46Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T14:55:46Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Yeah, I’ll read the hell out of <a href="https://nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/steven-spielberg-movie-theater-disclosure-day.html?unlocked_article_code=1.olA.9eLC.E9A5EkMW8QHN">a Wesley Morris profile of Steven Spielberg</a>. “Spielberg has always known that his movies are attempts to understand his boyhood and his parents, to try to heal them through fiction and illuminate parts of himself.”
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Summer Fridays, Open Thread ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/summer-fridays-open-thread"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-05:49088</id>
<published>2026-06-05T14:52:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-05T14:52:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780670453-f078f4e1.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780670453-f078f4e1.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780670453-f078f4e1.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>I’m observing summer Fridays here at KDO again this year, which means I (mostly) won’t be posting here on Fridays. If past years are any guide, this doesn’t actually have too much of an effect on how much I work or post…more of a redistribution of time & effort. But it’s nice to have the extra non-weekend day to catch up on other things. This morning, I lounged in bed a little, sat on my deck and read while drinking my morning chai, and stared off into the distance on this lovely day. Then I need to finish mowing my lawn after posting this.</p>
<p>Since it’s been a bit since <a href="https://kottke.org/26/04/its-friday-lets-do-an-open-thread">the last open thread</a>, let’s convene one today. What’s been going on in your neck of the woods? Anything you’d like to share with the rest of the group? Do you have something fun coming up? Something you’re dreading? How can we help? What’s the best thing you’ve seen or read or listened to recently? Got a new project? Or an old one, rekindled?
</p>
]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/kottke.org">kottke.org</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/open%20threads">open threads</a></p>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Illustrated break-downs of how common objects work .... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049083-illustrated-break-downs-o"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-05:49083</id>
<published>2026-06-05T14:22:05Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-05T14:22:05Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://mechanical-pencil.com">Illustrated break-downs of how common objects work</a>. Currently featuring a mechanical pencil, PEZ dispenser, retractable pen, and Zippo lighter.
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “Descartes Against Humanity” and Other Games Designed by... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049082-descartes-against-humanit"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49082</id>
<published>2026-06-04T21:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T21:00:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/descartes-against-humanity-and-other-games-designed-by-famous-philosophers">“Descartes Against Humanity” and Other Games Designed by Famous Philosophers</a>.
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Chipotlai Max is an AI agent that runs on “stolen... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049087-chipotlai-max"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49087</id>
<published>2026-06-04T20:20:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T20:20:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://github.com/cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max">Chipotlai Max</a> is an AI agent that runs on “stolen compute” from Chipotle’s AI chat bot. They are looking to borrow from bots from Ikea, Expedia, Home Depot, and others.
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Life and Death of Sports Fans ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/12/08/the-life-and-death-of-sports-fans"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49085</id>
<published>2026-06-04T19:40:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T19:40:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Team Spirit is a wonderful short film for ESPN by Errol Morris about the funerals of die-hard sports fans.</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8tdqBbMcJX8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>I love the Steelers fan laid out in a recliner under a Steelers blanket in front of a television with a Steelers game on as if “he just fell asleep watching the game”.
</p>
]]><![CDATA[ <p><em>[This is a vintage post originally from Aug 2012.]</em></p>]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/Errol%20Morris">Errol Morris</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/sports">sports</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/timeless%20posts">timeless posts</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a></p>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The official trailer for season three of Silo . Looks... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049084-the-official-trailer-for-"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49084</id>
<published>2026-06-04T18:51:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T18:51:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLBvbMtjyAQ">The official trailer for season three of Silo</a>. Looks like we finally get some origin story stuff (well, more than a brief scene at least).
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ On this date in 2004, the Killdozer rampage took place .... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049081-the-killdozer-rampage-too"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49081</id>
<published>2026-06-04T18:03:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T18:03:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>On this date in 2004, <a href="https://www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer">the Killdozer rampage took place</a>. “The bulldozer effortlessly demolished cars and buildings, including the home of a former mayor, the office of a newspaper that had sided against him in an editorial…”
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Jamelle Bouie: The cruelty is still the point of the... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049086-the-cruelty-is-still-the-"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49086</id>
<published>2026-06-04T17:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T17:10:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Jamelle Bouie: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FMd3BsLffE">The cruelty is still the point of the Trump regime</a>. “This isn’t a border security policy. It’s cruelty as governance — directed at people this administration has decided don’t deserve dignity.”
</p>
]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ We Are Manipulating the Weather Every Day ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/we-are-manipulating-the-weather-every-day"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49074</id>
<published>2026-06-04T16:46:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T16:46:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Throughout most of human history, <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2026/06/hard-rain-weather-modification-wyatt-williams">the weather has resisted humanity’s desire to change it</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>For thousands of years, we have sacrificed children, sung songs and danced, brewed alchemical concoctions, chanted prayers, fired cannons, and made many other futile efforts in the attempt to somehow change the weather a little more to our liking.</p></blockquote>
<p>And then, with the Industrial Revolution, all that changed. Humans modified the weather on a planet-wide, unpredictable scale.</p>
<blockquote><p>Climate change is an enormous accomplishment. From an engineering perspective, the ability to coordinate activities to modify the average temperatures of an entire planet, change the pH of deep oceans, and cause vast shifts in the distribution of arable land across continents is a realization of powers as considerable as anything humanity has achieved before. It rewrites the core story of our origins, in which we are powerless before the forces that have made us. The fact that this discovery of our powers—that we can modify the weather on a planetary scale—was more or less accidental only puts it more firmly in the canon of scientific revelations. We are also, as with our other emergent powers, quite apparently terrible at it.</p><p>The innumerable crises prompted by our moment—the desertification of arable land, increasingly catastrophic storms, the deadly rise in temperatures in previously habitable regions—are nothing if not urgent incentives to grasp hold of what we have already done. After millennia of reaching up toward the sky, the levers just out of reach, the consensus on climate change indicates that we are, in fact, already manipulating the weather every day.</p><p>All of which suggests a new question: Are we ever going to get good at it?</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2026/06/hard-rain-weather-modification-wyatt-williams">The rest of the piece</a> is about efforts to “get good at” weather modification. (via <a href="https://longreads.com/2026/06/02/weather-manipulation-harpers-magazine">longreads</a><a href="https://longreads.com/2026/06/02/weather-manipulation-harpers-magazine"></a>)
</p>
]]><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/climate%20crisis">climate crisis</a> · <a href="https://kottke.org/tag/weather">weather</a></p>]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ As time passes, efforts to document the Tiananmen Square... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049080-efforts-to-document-the-t"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49080</id>
<published>2026-06-04T16:01:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T16:01:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>As time passes, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/tiananmen-square-massacre-preserving-memory">efforts to document the Tiananmen Square protests intensify</a>. “History cannot only be written by officials. If you don’t have real information, it’s difficult for you to have independent thought.”
</p>
]]></content>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “ Cameron’s World is a web-collage of text... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-04T15:20:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T15:20:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>“<a href="https://www.cameronsworld.net">Cameron’s World</a> is a web-collage of text and images excavated from the buried neighbourhoods of archived GeoCities pages (1994–2009).”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ USPS Reissues Popular Mister Rogers Stamps ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-04T14:12:07Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T14:12:07Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581557-b7c1fa45.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581557-b7c1fa45.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581557-b7c1fa45.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>Every so often, the US Postal Service reissues old stamps. This time around, they polled the public about which past stamp they’d like to see reissued and the results were decisive: <a href="https://www.stampsforever.com/stories/mister-rogers-returns">the people love Mister Rogers</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Mister Rogers stamp, originally released in 2018, is new again in 2026! </p><p>In national Stamp Encore polling, the stamp honoring the television host beloved by generations rose to the top spot from a varied ballot of 25 previous stamp issuances. Americans were asked to celebrate 250 years of postal delivery by choosing among favorite stamps of the last few decades. By the deadline last fall, the Postal Service was flooded with nearly 600,000 total ballots.</p></blockquote>
<p>The Mister Rogers stamps are out now — <a href="https://www.stampsforever.com/stamps/stamp-encore-winner/488604">you can check out a list of the available purchases here</a>. There’s even <a href="https://store.usps.com/store/product/mister-rogers-poster-S_488699">a set of Field Notes notebooks</a>.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581578-1c4e009a.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581578-1c4e009a.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581578-1c4e009a.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581619-d84a045a.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581619-d84a045a.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581619-d84a045a.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581639-8c229dcd.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581639-8c229dcd.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581639-8c229dcd.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>Mister Rogers is a natural fit for a postage stamp; he was a “prolific letter-writer”.</p>
<blockquote><p>Fred Rogers had a great appreciation for communication by mail, so the popularity of his stamp in 2018 and the esteem reflected by Stamp Encore ballots seem especially fitting. A prolific letter-writer, sometimes replying to 100 letters per day, Rogers never resorted to form-letter responses. He expressed his sentiments in simple terms: “There is still a place for the written letter.” </p><p>In a book recalling mail he had received and sent, Rogers wrote, “One of the first things I do each day is to work on the letters that have arrived from the children and adults who have written to us. I care deeply about sending a personal response.” Rogers added, “It gives me a way to know my television neighbors as real people and to make a more personal connection with them. Just as our program is a ‘television visit,’ “the mail is a ‘letter visit.’ A personal note is still far more valuable than shooting off an email or text,” he said.</p></blockquote>
<p>(thx, caroline)
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Ted Chiang is emphatic: LLMs are nowhere close to being... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049077-llms-are-nowhere-close-to"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49077</id>
<published>2026-06-04T13:25:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T13:25:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p>Ted Chiang is emphatic: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378?gift=R2zbWGNBDp_xHqoa7Q8ZRp-EV6jGaHiamQBxQQlMJqI">LLMs are nowhere close to being conscious</a>. “We don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in that category.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049076-marjane-satrapi-author-of"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49076</id>
<published>2026-06-04T11:59:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T11:59:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2026/06/04/marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56_6754122_15.html">Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has died at age 56</a>. Friends said she “died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life”.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Can you go 82-0? “The objective of 82-0 is to... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049075-can-you-go-82-0"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49075</id>
<published>2026-06-03T21:04:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-03T21:04:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.82-0.com">Can you go 82-0?</a> “The objective of 82-0 is to construct a historical NBA roster capable of achieving a perfect undefeated season.” You get to “draft” 5 players from randomly chosen teams & decades, then that team plays a simulated season.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Early Live Performance by Talking Heads (1976) ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49071</id>
<published>2026-06-03T20:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-03T20:10:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J4zqEuegfig" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>In March 1976, Talking Heads played a show at <a href="https://thekitchen.org/about">The Kitchen</a> in NYC; you can watch the entire show recorded from two angles <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4zqEuegfig">in this video</a>. The band had formed the year before and was more than a year away from recording and releasing their debut album.</p>
<blockquote><p>It’s a great insight as to what these early Talking Heads shows were like, and with it also being in color, being good quality, and having two angles for most of the show, this is a must-watch.</p></blockquote>
<p>The band played for about 90 minutes (2 sets plus an encore), working through tracks like Psycho Killer, Thank You For Sending Me An Angel, and Love → Building On Fire. (via <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/watch-a-very-nervous-23-year-old-david-byrne-and-talking-heads-performing-live-in-nyc-1976.html">open culture</a>)
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Paul Giamatti appears on The Tommy Tiernan Show .... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049052-paul-giamatti-appears-on-"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49052</id>
<published>2026-06-03T19:04:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-03T19:04:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=eTfZPN1M8Hc">Paul Giamatti appears on The Tommy Tiernan Show</a>. Here’s the catch: “Each episode Tommy <a href="https://youtube.com/@TommyTiernan/videos">welcomes mystery guests</a> and interviews them without any preparation or knowledge of who will be joining him until they meet in studio.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Haiku is a generative music album for MacOS.... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049073-haiku"/>
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49073</id>
<published>2026-06-03T18:23:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-03T18:23:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri>
</author>
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="https://kottke.org/"><![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net/ooame">Haiku</a> is a generative music album for MacOS. “Haiku is a work of generative music that builds its own sound from nothing each time you open it, and never plays the same way twice — a record that exists only while it is playing.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The world’s first trillionaire is a killer . “A... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-12T21:38:00Z</published>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/949259/the-worlds-first-trillionaire-is-a-killer?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IkxmaVhKNXV0aWYiLCJwIjoiL3RlY2gvOTQ5MjU5L3RoZS13b3JsZHMtZmlyc3QtdHJpbGxpb25haXJlLWlzLWEta2lsbGVyIiwiZXhwIjoxNzgxNzI1MTcyLCJpYXQiOjE3ODEyOTMxNzJ9.QKdkI7sm577M_o0Lh8yizdeLX2CStMTzaTyOugkakZA">The world’s first trillionaire is a killer</a>. “A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Two competing (?) thoughts kept going through my head... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049131-while-reading-this" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-12:49131</id>
<published>2026-06-12T19:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Two competing (?) thoughts kept going through my head <a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/emily-ratajkowski-sex-single-mom-essay.html">while reading this</a>: “Not even a celeb like Emily Ratajkowski can find a decent man to date” and “A celeb like Emily Ratajkowski especially can’t find a decent man to date”.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-12:49129</id>
<published>2026-06-12T17:07:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-12T17:07:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fixture, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/music/joe-negri-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.plA.YbXz.B2vicuuxSA4F">has died at age 99</a>. “He really was like the friendly fellow you might find walking around a neighborhood. He was just incredibly gentle as a person, but also as a musician.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ US Authorities Investigate Huge Etching of ‘8647’ on... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-12:49130</id>
<published>2026-06-12T16:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-12T16:10:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/8647-national-mall-trump">US Authorities Investigate Huge Etching of ‘8647’ on National Mall Grounds</a>. Bwahaha. Make it a new <a href="https://savingplaces.org/collections/national-treasures-collection">US National Treasure</a>. An Interior Dept. spokeperson hyperbolically called it a “threat against the president”. 🙄
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ David Hockney, iconic British artist known for his... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-12:49128</id>
<published>2026-06-12T15:39:16Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-12T15:39:16Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/david-hockney-artist-death-79ddb3813406f21a8859d3b22e653852">David Hockney, iconic British artist known for his colorful landscapes and pool scenes, dies at 88</a>. “His work is admired — loved is not too strong a word — by the millions who, worldwide, flock to see it because it presupposes an expectation of pleasure.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Ian’s Shoelace Site Is Still The Best Site For... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049127-ians-shoelace-site-is-sti" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49127</id>
<published>2026-06-11T21:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T21:10:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://aftermath.site/ians-shoelace-site-is-still-the-best-destination-for-tying-your-shoes">Ian’s Shoelace Site Is Still The Best Site For Tying Your Shoes</a>. However: “What is the point of adding value to the internet if it is only going to rob you? Why do research, make diagrams, and develop new knots?”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “This song has no instruments in it.” This is cool: a... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049125-this-song-has-no-instrume" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49125</id>
<published>2026-06-11T20:17:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T20:17:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rk-hmIMv6I">“This song has no instruments in it.”</a> This is cool: a song made only from <a href="https://theconversation.com/pink-noise-what-is-it-and-can-listening-to-it-make-your-sleep-worse-275179">pink noise</a> and an equalizer.
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[ This is clever & depressing: the Apocalypse Early... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049124-apocalypse-early-warning-" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49124</id>
<published>2026-06-11T19:57:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T19:57:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>This is clever & depressing: the <a href="https://ews.kylemcdonald.net">Apocalypse Early Warning System</a> tracks private jet activity. “In the event of an imminent nuclear apocalypse, we suspect that many people who have access to private jets will immediately take to the skies…”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A Hand-Drawn Visual Guide to Chili Peppers ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49126</id>
<published>2026-06-11T19:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T19:00:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781200571-805f09f2.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781200571-805f09f2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781200571-805f09f2.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>For his great <a href="https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/desertmexico/chili-peppers.html">visual field guide to the chili peppers of the world</a>, Erik Gauger hand-drew 176 peppers from India, South America, Korea, Thailand, Africa, and seemingly every other place on the Earth.</p>
<blockquote><p>Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers hot is an evolutionary filter designed to punish mammals and reward birds. Mammals feel it as pain because mammal digestion destroys seeds. Birds don’t have the receptor that detects it, so they eat the fruit, fly off, and deposit the seeds far from the plant from which they ate. The plant needed birds, and birds didn’t mind the heat, because to them there was no heat to mind.</p><p>What we’ve built from that, from the paprika, the Thai bird’s eye, the ancho, the chocolate habanero, began as a dispersal mechanism. Humans entered the picture late and changed almost everything about the pepper’s form, flavor, and range. But the underlying logic is still there in every fruit: a molecule that says no to the animals who won’t deliver their seeds far from the tree.</p></blockquote>
<p>Each drawing is accompanied by a description of the pepper, where it originated, the heat level, and even what hot sauces feature it.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201434-72e11f03.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201434-72e11f03.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201434-72e11f03.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>See also Gauger’s <a href="https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/desertmexico/hot-sauces-of-the-world.html">Hot Sauces of the World page & poster</a>.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201592-e0bcf7b0.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201592-e0bcf7b0.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781201592-e0bcf7b0.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" />
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ John Thomson’s photos of China (1860s-70s) .... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-11T18:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T18:00:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/2026/06/john-thomson-s-china.html">John Thomson’s photos of China (1860s-70s)</a>. “Unlike many other early photographers he didn’t spend all his time photographing palaces and ruins. He also captured a lot of daily life including peasants, merchants, and criminals.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A close-up look at some of Spain’s oldest & most... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049121-a-close-up-look-at-some-o" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49121</id>
<published>2026-06-11T17:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T17:00:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/02/journey-into-spain-palaeolithic-cave-paintings-altamira">A close-up look at some of Spain’s oldest & most compelling cave paintings</a>. “We lost the connection they had to this world. They led the way quite nicely and successfully, and we got…distracted.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ For the first time on record, solar overtook coal in the... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049118-solar-overtook-coal-in-th" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49118</id>
<published>2026-06-11T16:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T16:00:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>For the first time on record, <a href="https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/solar-overtakes-coal-in-us-electricity-for-the-first-month-on-record">solar overtook coal in the US electricity mix in May 2026</a>. “Solar supplied a record 12.8% of US electricity, while coal fell to 12.2%, its fourth-lowest monthly share ever.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Becoming by Max Cooper ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/becoming-by-max-cooper" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49111</id>
<published>2026-06-11T15:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T15:10:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f4iSy7UYGRk" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Released a few days ago, this is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4iSy7UYGRk">the official video for Max Cooper’s Becoming</a>, directed by <a href="https://brandoneversole.com">Brandon Eversole</a>. It’s mesmerizing, trippy, and a little bit glitchy. The video is also notable for being so wide that it breaks YouTube’s desktop layout — anything less than stretching my browser window to the edges of my screen and I can’t read the left-most text under the video.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “It’s so dumb!” I quote this line from Benoit Blanc in... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49120</id>
<published>2026-06-11T14:20:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T14:20:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>“It’s so dumb!” I quote <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LFc5hwqiJTw">this line from Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion</a> like 10 times a day now. Feel free to add it to your repetoire.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever .... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-11:49119</id>
<published>2026-06-11T13:30:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-11T13:30:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pFA.dLQV.6d9-fXSuW6k3">Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever</a>. 15 years ago, billionaires had $4.5 trillion. “Now, their combined wealth totals $20.1 trillion — an amount that is equivalent to nearly a fifth of the entire world’s total yearly output.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance . “The... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49117</id>
<published>2026-06-10T21:30:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T21:30:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-06-10/the-white-house-s-top-science-goal-is-ignorance?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MTA5NzkxNCwiZXhwIjoxNzgxNzAyNzE0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUR0VUMldWVFREMjAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxMkE1QzVFRUNERDg0NUJEQjVFOTM1MUE0Mzk4QTAxNCJ9.XX_A4DcXVw0SKv9RPE6jNgX9eXLCfPvMlwA0gvgX_PM&leadSource=uverify%20wall">The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance</a>. “The actions are seen as a deliberate attempt to stifle science and ignore the reality of climate change, in order to support the fossil-fuel industry and satisfy the climate denialism of Trump’s base.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49109</id>
<published>2026-06-10T20:40:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T20:40:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041121-2e1a10a2.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041121-2e1a10a2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041121-2e1a10a2.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>Oof, what a beauty. In the 1960s, four Porsche 912s were customized for use as police cars in Japan. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZVfqHnmC_S">This one</a>, which was used in Kanagawa until 1973, is the only one left standing (and even it needed restoration).</p>
<blockquote><p>This Japanese police 912 served in Kanagawa Prefecture from 1968 to 1973, operating on the Daisan Keihin and Tomei Expressways. Over five years of service, it covered more than 155,000km and even played a role in stopping a speeder traveling at 178 km/h.<br /><br />Police vehicles are usually scrapped after their service life, but this one was an exception. After being retired due to engine failure, it was kept and displayed at a police academy for 26 years. Over time, exposure to the elements caused significant deterioration, and in 1999 it was sold to a scrapyard. After six months of negotiations, it was eventually recovered.</p></blockquote>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041375-b8395398.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041375-b8395398.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041375-b8395398.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>Here are a couple of photos of 912s while in service back in the day.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041440-e1485ae6.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041440-e1485ae6.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041440-e1485ae6.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041454-23ff3ca2.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041454-23ff3ca2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041454-23ff3ca2.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" />
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized . SEO (and... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049116-your-search-results-are-g" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49116</id>
<published>2026-06-10T19:55:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T19:55:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/google-search-ai-optimization/687495?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ1xN-aTHFEfszmC2bpxpp78">Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized</a>. SEO (and Google’s embrace of it) has spent the last 25 years ruining the internet and search results. Now it’s GEO’s turn (generative-engine optimization).
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49108</id>
<published>2026-06-10T19:07:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T19:07:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/car-headlights-too-bright-adaptive-beams/687488?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ0hULD1uVwsVEerTMRUnUwM">The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America</a>. “America’s roads are now full of tactical-grade headlights, and no one is happy about it.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Grappling With the Existential AI Threat ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/grappling-with-the-existential-ai-threat" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49113</id>
<published>2026-06-10T18:12:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T18:12:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Charity Majors, writing about how high-performing engineering teams are dealing with the transition from pre-AI to AI-native development: <a href="https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against">AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>This is not a situation where one side is right and the other is huffing paint. (O, that it were!) Each side is grappling with a real, alarming, escalating threat to the company’s existence, and the closer they look the more (again: <em>real, alarming</em>) evidence they find.</p><p>The enthusiasts are <em>not wrong</em>. We are starting to see real, non-imaginary, discontinuous leaps in capabilities from teams that lean in hard to working with AI. And this does not feel like a normal technology cycle where you can wait for the dust to settle; teams that sit this out while competitors are hustling could be out of business before the dust settles. That’s a real, existential threat.</p><p>The skeptics are also <em>not wrong</em>. When you ship code faster than engineers can read it, in domains where nobody has full context, you are making withdrawals from a trust account that took years to build. Reliability degrades, institutional knowledge evaporates. You end up with systems nobody understands, products burbling into incoherence, and on-call rotations that grind people up and spit them out. That is ALSO a real existential threat.</p></blockquote>
<p>She goes on to say that “the wins and costs are happening to two different groups of people. There is no natural feedback loop.” <a href="https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against">Interesting read</a>.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049115-fifa-rents-an-office-in-t" />
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<published>2026-06-10T17:25:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T17:25:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump regime: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/world/europe/world-cup-infantino-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pFA.DvG3.WP_aU5SEbTjh">FIFA rents an office in Trump Tower</a>. “The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” That’s called a bribe.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ 75-Minute DJ Set From Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49114</id>
<published>2026-06-10T16:39:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T16:39:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<p>Thomas Bangalter, one half of the legendary duo Daft Punk, played <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BMvgdFzRsQ">a 75-minute DJ set</a> for The Lot Radio the other day. He played tracks by Boards of Canada, Burial, Sonic Youth, and even Daft Punk (<a href="https://www.thelotradio.com/shows/special-guests/2026-06-08-1500">full setlist</a>). The set is <a href="https://soundcloud.com/pym-waoo/thomas-bangalter-dj-set-the">also available on Soundcloud</a>.</p>
<p>Bangalter also <a href="https://archive.ph/rdtsE">put recent rumors of a Daft Punk reunion to rest</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Was it scary to be that big? “It was almost performance art where you create these characters and blur the line between fiction and reality.” So it felt like fame was happening to the robots more than you? “I think so, yes.” If not wearing the helmets they would do interviews with their backs to the camera or, on one occasion, with bags over their heads. You can see why he and Homem-Christo, whom he calls “Guy-Man”, decided to wind up the band. “The history of music is made of fruitful partnerships and they usually last way shorter than the 28-year run that we had. It was great but staying in character and not spoiling it became very difficult.”</p></blockquote>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake .... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-10T15:59:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T15:59:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://theonion.com/i-work-very-hard-and-i-would-like-to-try-cake">I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake</a>. “I am a nice horse. I do not fuss. I do not bite the human woman’s face, even though her hair smells nice. I do not ask to go live free in the woods like the deer. I do my duties. I must try cake. Please.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Social Reckoning ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/the-social-reckoning" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49110</id>
<published>2026-06-10T15:19:30Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-10T15:19:30Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gM4LkaXwGuY" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM4LkaXwGuY">teaser trailer</a> for the sequel to David Fincher’s The Social Network is here — they’re calling the movie “a companion piece” to the first film. It’s based on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Facebook_leak">The Facebook Files</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Primarily, the reports revealed that, based on internally commissioned studies, the company was fully aware of negative impacts on teenage users of Instagram, and the contribution of Facebook activity to violence in developing countries. Other takeaways of the leak include the impact of the company’s platforms on spreading false information, and Facebook’s policy of promoting inflammatory posts. Furthermore, Facebook was fully aware that harmful content was being pushed through Facebook algorithms reaching young users. The types of content included posts promoting anorexia nervosa and self-harm photos.</p></blockquote>
<p>Jeremy Strong nails Zuckerberg’s voice & mannerisms. The hint of Reznor/Ross at the end is great, though it looks like Alexandre Desplat is doing the music this time around. Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for the first film, writes and directs. Out in theaters October 9th.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-09T21:52:00Z</published>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car simulator videos, I have to stop what I’m doing and watch it. (It’s becoming a problem.) This one was particularly good: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GnPnbbiWn0">Is it possible to reach the speed of light with perpetual speed boosters?</a>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Anthropic has launched a streaming music video on... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-09T21:02:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T21:02:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Anthropic has launched <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmQ7jRgf4f0">a streaming music video on YouTube for “thinking and building” called Claude FM</a>. “Made and curated by musicians.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ CrankGPT . “Just a hand crank, a little computer,... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-09T20:16:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T20:16:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://squeezlabs.github.io/handcrank">CrankGPT</a>. “Just a hand crank, a little computer, and a small stack of speech and language models running locally. Provided the electronics are kept dry and at a reasonable temperature, there’s no reason this thing won’t still work in a thousand years.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness . “The... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-09T19:30:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T19:30:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://idle.news/blog/on-the-difference-between-rest-and-idleness">On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness</a>. “The wellness industry loves rest [because] rest can be sold, because rest promises a return.” But: “[Idleness] does not promise to make you better at anything. It offers no return on investment.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Paintings of an Architectural Apocalypse ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-09T18:30:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T18:30:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027176-1fbf8175.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027176-1fbf8175.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027176-1fbf8175.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027207-2a91138c.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027207-2a91138c.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027207-2a91138c.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>I (weirdly?) love <a href="https://www.amycaseypainting.com">Amy Casey’s paintings</a> of buildings in peril — being swallowed by the sea, being flung into the sky by wind.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027227-3bfd7598.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027227-3bfd7598.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027227-3bfd7598.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027311-88ab7ab2.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027311-88ab7ab2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027311-88ab7ab2.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027333-23ca848a.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027333-23ca848a.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027333-23ca848a.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>There’s an element of the <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kowloon-walled-city">Kowloon Walled City</a> to Casey’s work, as well as <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780689707490">Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs</a> (specifically the tomato tornado). (via <a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/06/amy-casey-acrylic-paintings-houses-nature">colossal</a>)
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Everything Wrong With the 2026 World Cup . “By far... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-09T17:42:21Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T17:42:21Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2026-trump-infantino-fifa-iran-b2992262.html">Everything Wrong With the 2026 World Cup</a>. “By far the most grave of those is a World Cup host starting a war against one of the participant nations, as happened with the USA’s attack on Iran at the end of February.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Yesterday Was a Good Day ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-09T16:50:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T16:50:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Yesterday, Ollie and I hiked up to <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/wyoming/delta-lake-via-lupine-meadows-access">Delta Lake (via Lupine Meadows Access)</a> in Grand Teton National Park. It was perhaps a bit aggressive given my current lack of fitness, my non-acclimation to the altitude (we topped out at 9000’), and the rock scrambling we had to do near the top, but we were rewarded with one of the best views I’ve ever seen.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781022997-6c6ea93b.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781022997-6c6ea93b.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781022997-6c6ea93b.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>That’s the Grand Teton (13,775’) in the background. The lake was so enchantingly blue…the photos don’t do it justice. I shared a few more photos from the hike on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZXy34HlKNT">Instagram</a>.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ TIL about variant sudoku puzzles , “sudoku with... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-09T16:18:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T16:18:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>TIL about <a href="https://nowiknow.com/150-sudoku-puzzles-youll-want-to-try">variant sudoku puzzles</a>, “sudoku with strange rules like thermometers, ratio dots, cages, and other things that you’re probably already confused by”.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The excellent Scene on Radio podcast is back with a new... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-09T15:38:28Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-09T15:38:28Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>The excellent Scene on Radio podcast <a href="https://sceneonradio.org/the-news">is back with a new season on The News</a>. “Just about everyone is mad at the media, and Americans seem helpless to solve our problems, in large part because we have no shared narrative and few shared facts.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “For the first time, wind and solar generated more... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-08T20:33:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T20:33:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>“For the first time, <a href="https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/for-the-first-time-wind-and-solar-generated-more-electricity-than-gas-worldwide-in-april-2026">wind and solar generated more electricity than gas worldwide in April 2026</a>.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ A lovely story by Mary H.K. Choi about her husband and... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-08T19:47:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T19:47:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/green-card-wedding">A lovely story by Mary H.K. Choi about her husband and wedding</a>. “A green card wedding was the story I was selling…but it became clear I’d wanted to get married for all the typical risky reasons most of us do: love, understanding, hope.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ From the New Yorker, a long and difficult-to-read report... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49097</id>
<published>2026-06-08T19:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T19:00:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>From the New Yorker, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/andrew-tates-empire-of-abuse">a long and difficult-to-read report by Heidi Blake about how the truly disgusting and evil Tate brothers built a sexual slavery empire</a>.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate .... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49098</id>
<published>2026-06-08T18:19:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T18:19:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/alabama-racial-discrimination-voting/687448?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8PXx3PqdVJDy2VNT4oMQvd0">The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate</a>. “The Roberts Court has replaced the Fifteenth Amendment’s ban on racial discrimination in voting with a right to engage in racial discrimination in voting.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Nominations are open for this year’s Tiny Awards .... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-08T17:39:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T17:39:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://tinyawards.net">Nominations are open for this year’s Tiny Awards</a>. “The Tiny Awards exist because we thought it was important to shine a spotlight on the sorts of personal web projects that tend to get overlooked.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Interesting question and resulting thread: have you... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-08T16:55:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T16:55:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Interesting question and resulting thread: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@heatherdeemc/post/DZTp8rpEUSU">have you talked with someone who was alive in the 1800s?</a> I think I technically have (a relative in the 80s when I was a kid) but I don’t remember the circumstances. Anyone have a good memory to share?
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The New Mister Rogers YouTube Channel ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/the-new-mister-rogers-youtube-channel" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49094</id>
<published>2026-06-08T16:05:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T16:05:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>The folks at Fred Rogers Productions have launched <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MisterRogersNeighborhood/videos">a YouTube channel dedicated to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood</a>. They plan to post compilations, clips, and full episodes, some of which haven’t been seen on PBS in years & years. One of the first complete episodes they’ve posted is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcoAZGb4h5g">the one about how crayons are made</a>!</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PcoAZGb4h5g" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Other full episodes include <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y62c_IAtAE">A Visit with Officer Clemmons</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Il1uahHQ_0">The Very First Episode</a> (from 1968), and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAaJgPy-z0">Koko the Gorilla Meets Mister Rogers</a>.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3y62c_IAtAE" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Il1uahHQ_0" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GOAaJgPy-z0" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>And there’s also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFnEWctHOio">this 30-minute compilation of fan-favorite factory visits</a>.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iFnEWctHOio" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Again, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFnEWctHOio">here’s the channel</a> if you want to subscribe or explore more.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ My Students Can’t Read . “There is a measurable,... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-08T15:29:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T15:29:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/my-students-cant-read">My Students Can’t Read</a>. “There is a measurable, generational collapse in sustained reading and writing, and the academy is responding to it with improvisation and exhaustion rather than the structural overhaul it requires.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Yeah, I’ll read the hell out of a Wesley Morris profile... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49092</id>
<published>2026-06-08T14:55:46Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-08T14:55:46Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Yeah, I’ll read the hell out of <a href="https://nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/steven-spielberg-movie-theater-disclosure-day.html?unlocked_article_code=1.olA.9eLC.E9A5EkMW8QHN">a Wesley Morris profile of Steven Spielberg</a>. “Spielberg has always known that his movies are attempts to understand his boyhood and his parents, to try to heal them through fiction and illuminate parts of himself.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Summer Fridays, Open Thread ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-05:49088</id>
<published>2026-06-05T14:52:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-05T14:52:00Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<p>I’m observing summer Fridays here at KDO again this year, which means I (mostly) won’t be posting here on Fridays. If past years are any guide, this doesn’t actually have too much of an effect on how much I work or post…more of a redistribution of time & effort. But it’s nice to have the extra non-weekend day to catch up on other things. This morning, I lounged in bed a little, sat on my deck and read while drinking my morning chai, and stared off into the distance on this lovely day. Then I need to finish mowing my lawn after posting this.</p>
<p>Since it’s been a bit since <a href="https://kottke.org/26/04/its-friday-lets-do-an-open-thread">the last open thread</a>, let’s convene one today. What’s been going on in your neck of the woods? Anything you’d like to share with the rest of the group? Do you have something fun coming up? Something you’re dreading? How can we help? What’s the best thing you’ve seen or read or listened to recently? Got a new project? Or an old one, rekindled?
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Illustrated break-downs of how common objects work .... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-05T14:22:05Z</published>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://mechanical-pencil.com">Illustrated break-downs of how common objects work</a>. Currently featuring a mechanical pencil, PEZ dispenser, retractable pen, and Zippo lighter.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “Descartes Against Humanity” and Other Games Designed by... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-04T21:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T21:00:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/descartes-against-humanity-and-other-games-designed-by-famous-philosophers">“Descartes Against Humanity” and Other Games Designed by Famous Philosophers</a>.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Chipotlai Max is an AI agent that runs on “stolen... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049087-chipotlai-max" />
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<published>2026-06-04T20:20:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T20:20:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://github.com/cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max">Chipotlai Max</a> is an AI agent that runs on “stolen compute” from Chipotle’s AI chat bot. They are looking to borrow from bots from Ikea, Expedia, Home Depot, and others.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The Life and Death of Sports Fans ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49085</id>
<published>2026-06-04T19:40:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T19:40:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Team Spirit is a wonderful short film for ESPN by Errol Morris about the funerals of die-hard sports fans.</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8tdqBbMcJX8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>I love the Steelers fan laid out in a recliner under a Steelers blanket in front of a television with a Steelers game on as if “he just fell asleep watching the game”.
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<![CDATA[ <p><em>[This is a vintage post originally from Aug 2012.]</em></p>]]>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ The official trailer for season three of Silo . Looks... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-04T18:51:00Z</published>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLBvbMtjyAQ">The official trailer for season three of Silo</a>. Looks like we finally get some origin story stuff (well, more than a brief scene at least).
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ On this date in 2004, the Killdozer rampage took place .... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49081</id>
<published>2026-06-04T18:03:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T18:03:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>On this date in 2004, <a href="https://www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer">the Killdozer rampage took place</a>. “The bulldozer effortlessly demolished cars and buildings, including the home of a former mayor, the office of a newspaper that had sided against him in an editorial…”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Jamelle Bouie: The cruelty is still the point of the... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-04T17:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T17:10:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Jamelle Bouie: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FMd3BsLffE">The cruelty is still the point of the Trump regime</a>. “This isn’t a border security policy. It’s cruelty as governance — directed at people this administration has decided don’t deserve dignity.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ We Are Manipulating the Weather Every Day ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49074</id>
<published>2026-06-04T16:46:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T16:46:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Throughout most of human history, <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2026/06/hard-rain-weather-modification-wyatt-williams">the weather has resisted humanity’s desire to change it</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>For thousands of years, we have sacrificed children, sung songs and danced, brewed alchemical concoctions, chanted prayers, fired cannons, and made many other futile efforts in the attempt to somehow change the weather a little more to our liking.</p></blockquote>
<p>And then, with the Industrial Revolution, all that changed. Humans modified the weather on a planet-wide, unpredictable scale.</p>
<blockquote><p>Climate change is an enormous accomplishment. From an engineering perspective, the ability to coordinate activities to modify the average temperatures of an entire planet, change the pH of deep oceans, and cause vast shifts in the distribution of arable land across continents is a realization of powers as considerable as anything humanity has achieved before. It rewrites the core story of our origins, in which we are powerless before the forces that have made us. The fact that this discovery of our powers—that we can modify the weather on a planetary scale—was more or less accidental only puts it more firmly in the canon of scientific revelations. We are also, as with our other emergent powers, quite apparently terrible at it.</p><p>The innumerable crises prompted by our moment—the desertification of arable land, increasingly catastrophic storms, the deadly rise in temperatures in previously habitable regions—are nothing if not urgent incentives to grasp hold of what we have already done. After millennia of reaching up toward the sky, the levers just out of reach, the consensus on climate change indicates that we are, in fact, already manipulating the weather every day.</p><p>All of which suggests a new question: Are we ever going to get good at it?</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2026/06/hard-rain-weather-modification-wyatt-williams">The rest of the piece</a> is about efforts to “get good at” weather modification. (via <a href="https://longreads.com/2026/06/02/weather-manipulation-harpers-magazine">longreads</a><a href="https://longreads.com/2026/06/02/weather-manipulation-harpers-magazine"></a>)
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ As time passes, efforts to document the Tiananmen Square... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049080-efforts-to-document-the-t" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49080</id>
<published>2026-06-04T16:01:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T16:01:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>As time passes, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/tiananmen-square-massacre-preserving-memory">efforts to document the Tiananmen Square protests intensify</a>. “History cannot only be written by officials. If you don’t have real information, it’s difficult for you to have independent thought.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ “ Cameron’s World is a web-collage of text... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-04T15:20:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T15:20:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p>“<a href="https://www.cameronsworld.net">Cameron’s World</a> is a web-collage of text and images excavated from the buried neighbourhoods of archived GeoCities pages (1994–2009).”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ USPS Reissues Popular Mister Rogers Stamps ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-04T14:12:07Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T14:12:07Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581557-b7c1fa45.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581557-b7c1fa45.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581557-b7c1fa45.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>Every so often, the US Postal Service reissues old stamps. This time around, they polled the public about which past stamp they’d like to see reissued and the results were decisive: <a href="https://www.stampsforever.com/stories/mister-rogers-returns">the people love Mister Rogers</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Mister Rogers stamp, originally released in 2018, is new again in 2026! </p><p>In national Stamp Encore polling, the stamp honoring the television host beloved by generations rose to the top spot from a varied ballot of 25 previous stamp issuances. Americans were asked to celebrate 250 years of postal delivery by choosing among favorite stamps of the last few decades. By the deadline last fall, the Postal Service was flooded with nearly 600,000 total ballots.</p></blockquote>
<p>The Mister Rogers stamps are out now — <a href="https://www.stampsforever.com/stamps/stamp-encore-winner/488604">you can check out a list of the available purchases here</a>. There’s even <a href="https://store.usps.com/store/product/mister-rogers-poster-S_488699">a set of Field Notes notebooks</a>.</p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581578-1c4e009a.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581578-1c4e009a.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581578-1c4e009a.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581619-d84a045a.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581619-d84a045a.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581619-d84a045a.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p><img src="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581639-8c229dcd.jpg" srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581639-8c229dcd.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581639-8c229dcd.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px" loading="lazy" /></p>
<p>Mister Rogers is a natural fit for a postage stamp; he was a “prolific letter-writer”.</p>
<blockquote><p>Fred Rogers had a great appreciation for communication by mail, so the popularity of his stamp in 2018 and the esteem reflected by Stamp Encore ballots seem especially fitting. A prolific letter-writer, sometimes replying to 100 letters per day, Rogers never resorted to form-letter responses. He expressed his sentiments in simple terms: “There is still a place for the written letter.” </p><p>In a book recalling mail he had received and sent, Rogers wrote, “One of the first things I do each day is to work on the letters that have arrived from the children and adults who have written to us. I care deeply about sending a personal response.” Rogers added, “It gives me a way to know my television neighbors as real people and to make a more personal connection with them. Just as our program is a ‘television visit,’ “the mail is a ‘letter visit.’ A personal note is still far more valuable than shooting off an email or text,” he said.</p></blockquote>
<p>(thx, caroline)
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Ted Chiang is emphatic: LLMs are nowhere close to being... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-04T13:25:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T13:25:00Z</updated>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Ted Chiang is emphatic: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378?gift=R2zbWGNBDp_xHqoa7Q8ZRp-EV6jGaHiamQBxQQlMJqI">LLMs are nowhere close to being conscious</a>. “We don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in that category.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49076</id>
<published>2026-06-04T11:59:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-04T11:59:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2026/06/04/marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56_6754122_15.html">Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has died at age 56</a>. Friends said she “died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life”.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Can you go 82-0? “The objective of 82-0 is to... ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/0049075-can-you-go-82-0" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49075</id>
<published>2026-06-03T21:04:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-03T21:04:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://www.82-0.com">Can you go 82-0?</a> “The objective of 82-0 is to construct a historical NBA roster capable of achieving a perfect undefeated season.” You get to “draft” 5 players from randomly chosen teams & decades, then that team plays a simulated season.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Early Live Performance by Talking Heads (1976) ]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://kottke.org/26/06/early-live-performance-by-talking-heads-1976" />
<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49071</id>
<published>2026-06-03T20:10:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-03T20:10:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
<uri>http://www.kottke.org</uri> </author>
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<![CDATA[ <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J4zqEuegfig" title="YouTube video" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>In March 1976, Talking Heads played a show at <a href="https://thekitchen.org/about">The Kitchen</a> in NYC; you can watch the entire show recorded from two angles <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4zqEuegfig">in this video</a>. The band had formed the year before and was more than a year away from recording and releasing their debut album.</p>
<blockquote><p>It’s a great insight as to what these early Talking Heads shows were like, and with it also being in color, being good quality, and having two angles for most of the show, this is a must-watch.</p></blockquote>
<p>The band played for about 90 minutes (2 sets plus an encore), working through tracks like Psycho Killer, Thank You For Sending Me An Angel, and Love → Building On Fire. (via <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/watch-a-very-nervous-23-year-old-david-byrne-and-talking-heads-performing-live-in-nyc-1976.html">open culture</a>)
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Paul Giamatti appears on The Tommy Tiernan Show .... ]]></title>
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<id>tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49052</id>
<published>2026-06-03T19:04:00Z</published>
<updated>2026-06-03T19:04:00Z</updated>
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<name>Jason Kottke</name>
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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=eTfZPN1M8Hc">Paul Giamatti appears on The Tommy Tiernan Show</a>. Here’s the catch: “Each episode Tommy <a href="https://youtube.com/@TommyTiernan/videos">welcomes mystery guests</a> and interviews them without any preparation or knowledge of who will be joining him until they meet in studio.”
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[ Haiku is a generative music album for MacOS.... ]]></title>
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<published>2026-06-03T18:23:00Z</published>
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"content": "<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041121-2e1a10a2.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041121-2e1a10a2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041121-2e1a10a2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p>Oof, what a beauty. In the 1960s, four Porsche 912s were customized for use as police cars in Japan. <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZVfqHnmC_S\">This one</a>, which was used in Kanagawa until 1973, is the only one left standing (and even it needed restoration).</p>\n\t<blockquote><p>This Japanese police 912 served in Kanagawa Prefecture from 1968 to 1973, operating on the Daisan Keihin and Tomei Expressways. Over five years of service, it covered more than 155,000km and even played a role in stopping a speeder traveling at 178 km/h.<br /><br />Police vehicles are usually scrapped after their service life, but this one was an exception. After being retired due to engine failure, it was kept and displayed at a police academy for 26 years. Over time, exposure to the elements caused significant deterioration, and in 1999 it was sold to a scrapyard. After six months of negotiations, it was eventually recovered.</p></blockquote>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041375-b8395398.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041375-b8395398.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041375-b8395398.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p>Here are a couple of photos of 912s while in service back in the day.</p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041440-e1485ae6.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041440-e1485ae6.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041440-e1485ae6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041454-23ff3ca2.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041454-23ff3ca2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781041454-23ff3ca2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n</p>\n \n\n \n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/cars\">cars</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Japan\">Japan</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/police\">police</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Porsche\">Porsche</a></p>",
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"title": "Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized . SEO (and...",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/google-search-ai-optimization/687495?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ1xN-aTHFEfszmC2bpxpp78\">Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized</a>. SEO (and Google’s embrace of it) has spent the last 25 years ruining the internet and search results. Now it’s GEO’s turn (generative-engine optimization).\n</p>",
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"title": "The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America...",
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"published": "2026-06-10T19:07:00.000Z",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/car-headlights-too-bright-adaptive-beams/687488?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ0hULD1uVwsVEerTMRUnUwM\">The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America</a>. “America’s roads are now full of tactical-grade headlights, and no one is happy about it.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49113",
"title": "Grappling With the Existential AI Threat",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/06/grappling-with-the-existential-ai-threat",
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"content": "<p>Charity Majors, writing about how high-performing engineering teams are dealing with the transition from pre-AI to AI-native development: <a href=\"https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against\">AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy</a>.</p>\n\t<blockquote><p>This is not a situation where one side is right and the other is huffing paint. (O, that it were!) Each side is grappling with a real, alarming, escalating threat to the company’s existence, and the closer they look the more (again: <em>real, alarming</em>) evidence they find.</p><p>The enthusiasts are <em>not wrong</em>. We are starting to see real, non-imaginary, discontinuous leaps in capabilities from teams that lean in hard to working with AI. And this does not feel like a normal technology cycle where you can wait for the dust to settle; teams that sit this out while competitors are hustling could be out of business before the dust settles. That’s a real, existential threat.</p><p>The skeptics are also <em>not wrong</em>. When you ship code faster than engineers can read it, in domains where nobody has full context, you are making withdrawals from a trust account that took years to build. Reliability degrades, institutional knowledge evaporates. You end up with systems nobody understands, products burbling into incoherence, and on-call rotations that grind people up and spit them out. That is ALSO a real existential threat.</p></blockquote>\n\t<p>She goes on to say that “the wins and costs are happening to two different groups of people. There is no natural feedback loop.” <a href=\"https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against\">Interesting read</a>.\n</p>\n \n\n \n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/artificial%20intelligence\">artificial intelligence</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Charity%20Majors\">Charity Majors</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/programming\">programming</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49115",
"title": "Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump...",
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"content": "<p>Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump regime: <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/world/europe/world-cup-infantino-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pFA.DvG3.WP_aU5SEbTjh\">FIFA rents an office in Trump Tower</a>. “The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” That’s called a bribe.\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49114",
"title": "75-Minute DJ Set From Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter",
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"published": "2026-06-10T16:39:00.000Z",
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"content": "<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/5BMvgdFzRsQ\" title=\"YouTube video\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\t<p>Thomas Bangalter, one half of the legendary duo Daft Punk, played <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BMvgdFzRsQ\">a 75-minute DJ set</a> for The Lot Radio the other day. He played tracks by Boards of Canada, Burial, Sonic Youth, and even Daft Punk (<a href=\"https://www.thelotradio.com/shows/special-guests/2026-06-08-1500\">full setlist</a>). The set is <a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/pym-waoo/thomas-bangalter-dj-set-the\">also available on Soundcloud</a>.</p>\n\t<p>Bangalter also <a href=\"https://archive.ph/rdtsE\">put recent rumors of a Daft Punk reunion to rest</a>:</p>\n\t<blockquote><p>Was it scary to be that big? “It was almost performance art where you create these characters and blur the line between fiction and reality.” So it felt like fame was happening to the robots more than you? “I think so, yes.” If not wearing the helmets they would do interviews with their backs to the camera or, on one occasion, with bags over their heads. You can see why he and Homem-Christo, whom he calls “Guy-Man”, decided to wind up the band. “The history of music is made of fruitful partnerships and they usually last way shorter than the 28-year run that we had. It was great but staying in character and not spoiling it became very difficult.”</p></blockquote>\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/Thomas%20Bangalter\">Thomas Bangalter</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/video\">video</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49112",
"title": "I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake ....",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://theonion.com/i-work-very-hard-and-i-would-like-to-try-cake\">I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake</a>. “I am a nice horse. I do not fuss. I do not bite the human woman’s face, even though her hair smells nice. I do not ask to go live free in the woods like the deer. I do my duties. I must try cake. Please.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-10:49110",
"title": "The Social Reckoning",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/06/the-social-reckoning",
"published": "2026-06-10T15:19:30.000Z",
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"content": "<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/gM4LkaXwGuY\" title=\"YouTube video\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\t<p>The <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM4LkaXwGuY\">teaser trailer</a> for the sequel to David Fincher’s The Social Network is here — they’re calling the movie “a companion piece” to the first film. It’s based on <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Facebook_leak\">The Facebook Files</a>:</p>\n\t<blockquote><p>Primarily, the reports revealed that, based on internally commissioned studies, the company was fully aware of negative impacts on teenage users of Instagram, and the contribution of Facebook activity to violence in developing countries. Other takeaways of the leak include the impact of the company’s platforms on spreading false information, and Facebook’s policy of promoting inflammatory posts. Furthermore, Facebook was fully aware that harmful content was being pushed through Facebook algorithms reaching young users. The types of content included posts promoting anorexia nervosa and self-harm photos.</p></blockquote>\n\t<p>Jeremy Strong nails Zuckerberg’s voice & mannerisms. The hint of Reznor/Ross at the end is great, though it looks like Alexandre Desplat is doing the music this time around. Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for the first film, writes and directs. Out in theaters October 9th.\n</p>\n \n\n \n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Facebook\">Facebook</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/movies\">movies</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/The%20Social%20Reckoning\">The Social Reckoning</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/trailers\">trailers</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/video\">video</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49101",
"title": "Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car...",
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"content": "<p>Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car simulator videos, I have to stop what I’m doing and watch it. (It’s becoming a problem.) This one was particularly good: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GnPnbbiWn0\">Is it possible to reach the speed of light with perpetual speed boosters?</a>\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49102",
"title": "Anthropic has launched a streaming music video on...",
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"content": "<p>Anthropic has launched <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmQ7jRgf4f0\">a streaming music video on YouTube for “thinking and building” called Claude FM</a>. “Made and curated by musicians.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49093",
"title": "CrankGPT . “Just a hand crank, a little computer,...",
"description": null,
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://squeezlabs.github.io/handcrank\">CrankGPT</a>. “Just a hand crank, a little computer, and a small stack of speech and language models running locally. Provided the electronics are kept dry and at a reasonable temperature, there’s no reason this thing won’t still work in a thousand years.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49106",
"title": "On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness . “The...",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/06/0049106-on-the-difference-between",
"published": "2026-06-09T19:30:00.000Z",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://idle.news/blog/on-the-difference-between-rest-and-idleness\">On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness</a>. “The wellness industry loves rest [because] rest can be sold, because rest promises a return.” But: “[Idleness] does not promise to make you better at anything. It offers no return on investment.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49107",
"title": "Paintings of an Architectural Apocalypse",
"description": null,
"url": "https://kottke.org/26/06/paintings-of-an-architectural-apocalypse",
"published": "2026-06-09T18:30:00.000Z",
"updated": "2026-06-09T18:30:00.000Z",
"content": "<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027176-1fbf8175.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027176-1fbf8175.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027176-1fbf8175.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027207-2a91138c.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027207-2a91138c.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027207-2a91138c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p>I (weirdly?) love <a href=\"https://www.amycaseypainting.com\">Amy Casey’s paintings</a> of buildings in peril — being swallowed by the sea, being flung into the sky by wind.</p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027227-3bfd7598.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027227-3bfd7598.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027227-3bfd7598.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027311-88ab7ab2.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027311-88ab7ab2.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027311-88ab7ab2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027333-23ca848a.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027333-23ca848a.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781027333-23ca848a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p>There’s an element of the <a href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kowloon-walled-city\">Kowloon Walled City</a> to Casey’s work, as well as <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780689707490\">Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs</a> (specifically the tomato tornado). (via <a href=\"https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/06/amy-casey-acrylic-paintings-houses-nature\">colossal</a>)\n</p>\n \n\n \n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Amy%20Casey\">Amy Casey</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/architecture\">architecture</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/art\">art</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49103",
"title": "Everything Wrong With the 2026 World Cup . “By far...",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/06/0049103-everything-wrong-with-the",
"published": "2026-06-09T17:42:21.000Z",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2026-trump-infantino-fifa-iran-b2992262.html\">Everything Wrong With the 2026 World Cup</a>. “By far the most grave of those is a World Cup host starting a war against one of the participant nations, as happened with the USA’s attack on Iran at the end of February.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-09:49105",
"title": "Yesterday Was a Good Day",
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"url": "https://kottke.org/26/06/yesterday-was-a-good-day",
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"content": "<p>Yesterday, Ollie and I hiked up to <a href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/wyoming/delta-lake-via-lupine-meadows-access\">Delta Lake (via Lupine Meadows Access)</a> in Grand Teton National Park. It was perhaps a bit aggressive given my current lack of fitness, my non-acclimation to the altitude (we topped out at 9000’), and the rock scrambling we had to do near the top, but we were rewarded with one of the best views I’ve ever seen.</p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781022997-6c6ea93b.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781022997-6c6ea93b.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1781022997-6c6ea93b.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p>That’s the Grand Teton (13,775’) in the background. The lake was so enchantingly blue…the photos don’t do it justice. I shared a few more photos from the hike on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZXy34HlKNT\">Instagram</a>.\n</p>\n \n\n \n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Jason%20Kottke\">Jason Kottke</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/photography\">photography</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/travel\">travel</a></p>",
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"content": "<p>From the New Yorker, <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/andrew-tates-empire-of-abuse\">a long and difficult-to-read report by Heidi Blake about how the truly disgusting and evil Tate brothers built a sexual slavery empire</a>.\n</p>",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/alabama-racial-discrimination-voting/687448?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8PXx3PqdVJDy2VNT4oMQvd0\">The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate</a>. “The Roberts Court has replaced the Fifteenth Amendment’s ban on racial discrimination in voting with a right to engage in racial discrimination in voting.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49096",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49095",
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"content": "<p>Interesting question and resulting thread: <a href=\"https://www.threads.com/@heatherdeemc/post/DZTp8rpEUSU\">have you talked with someone who was alive in the 1800s?</a> I think I technically have (a relative in the 80s when I was a kid) but I don’t remember the circumstances. Anyone have a good memory to share?\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49094",
"title": "The New Mister Rogers YouTube Channel",
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"content": "<p>The folks at Fred Rogers Productions have launched <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@MisterRogersNeighborhood/videos\">a YouTube channel dedicated to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood</a>. They plan to post compilations, clips, and full episodes, some of which haven’t been seen on PBS in years & years. One of the first complete episodes they’ve posted is <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcoAZGb4h5g\">the one about how crayons are made</a>!</p>\n\t<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/PcoAZGb4h5g\" title=\"YouTube video\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\t<p>Other full episodes include <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y62c_IAtAE\">A Visit with Officer Clemmons</a>, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Il1uahHQ_0\">The Very First Episode</a> (from 1968), and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAaJgPy-z0\">Koko the Gorilla Meets Mister Rogers</a>.</p>\n\t<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/3y62c_IAtAE\" title=\"YouTube video\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\t<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Il1uahHQ_0\" title=\"YouTube video\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\t<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/GOAaJgPy-z0\" title=\"YouTube video\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\t<p>And there’s also <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFnEWctHOio\">this 30-minute compilation of fan-favorite factory visits</a>.</p>\n\t<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/iFnEWctHOio\" title=\"YouTube video\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\t<p>Again, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFnEWctHOio\">here’s the channel</a> if you want to subscribe or explore more.\n</p>\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/Mister%20Rogers%27%20Neighborhood\">Mister Rogers' Neighborhood</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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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-08:49091",
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"content": "<p>Yeah, I’ll read the hell out of <a href=\"https://nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/steven-spielberg-movie-theater-disclosure-day.html?unlocked_article_code=1.olA.9eLC.E9A5EkMW8QHN\">a Wesley Morris profile of Steven Spielberg</a>. “Spielberg has always known that his movies are attempts to understand his boyhood and his parents, to try to heal them through fiction and illuminate parts of himself.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-05:49088",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49082",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/descartes-against-humanity-and-other-games-designed-by-famous-philosophers\">“Descartes Against Humanity” and Other Games Designed by Famous Philosophers</a>.\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49087",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://github.com/cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max\">Chipotlai Max</a> is an AI agent that runs on “stolen compute” from Chipotle’s AI chat bot. They are looking to borrow from bots from Ikea, Expedia, Home Depot, and others.\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49085",
"title": "The Life and Death of Sports Fans",
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"content": "<p>Team Spirit is a wonderful short film for ESPN by Errol Morris about the funerals of die-hard sports fans.</p>\n\t<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/8tdqBbMcJX8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\t<p>I love the Steelers fan laid out in a recliner under a Steelers blanket in front of a television with a Steelers game on as if “he just fell asleep watching the game”.\n</p>\n \n\n <p><em>[This is a vintage post originally from Aug 2012.]</em></p>\n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Errol%20Morris\">Errol Morris</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/sports\">sports</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/timeless%20posts\">timeless posts</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/video\">video</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49081",
"title": "On this date in 2004, the Killdozer rampage took place ....",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49086",
"title": "Jamelle Bouie: The cruelty is still the point of the...",
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"content": "<p>Jamelle Bouie: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FMd3BsLffE\">The cruelty is still the point of the Trump regime</a>. “This isn’t a border security policy. It’s cruelty as governance — directed at people this administration has decided don’t deserve dignity.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49074",
"title": "We Are Manipulating the Weather Every Day",
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"content": "<p>Throughout most of human history, <a href=\"https://harpers.org/archive/2026/06/hard-rain-weather-modification-wyatt-williams\">the weather has resisted humanity’s desire to change it</a>.</p>\n\t<blockquote><p>For thousands of years, we have sacrificed children, sung songs and danced, brewed alchemical concoctions, chanted prayers, fired cannons, and made many other futile efforts in the attempt to somehow change the weather a little more to our liking.</p></blockquote>\n\t<p>And then, with the Industrial Revolution, all that changed. Humans modified the weather on a planet-wide, unpredictable scale.</p>\n\t<blockquote><p>Climate change is an enormous accomplishment. From an engineering perspective, the ability to coordinate activities to modify the average temperatures of an entire planet, change the pH of deep oceans, and cause vast shifts in the distribution of arable land across continents is a realization of powers as considerable as anything humanity has achieved before. It rewrites the core story of our origins, in which we are powerless before the forces that have made us. The fact that this discovery of our powers—that we can modify the weather on a planetary scale—was more or less accidental only puts it more firmly in the canon of scientific revelations. We are also, as with our other emergent powers, quite apparently terrible at it.</p><p>The innumerable crises prompted by our moment—the desertification of arable land, increasingly catastrophic storms, the deadly rise in temperatures in previously habitable regions—are nothing if not urgent incentives to grasp hold of what we have already done. After millennia of reaching up toward the sky, the levers just out of reach, the consensus on climate change indicates that we are, in fact, already manipulating the weather every day.</p><p>All of which suggests a new question: Are we ever going to get good at it?</p></blockquote>\n\t<p><a href=\"https://harpers.org/archive/2026/06/hard-rain-weather-modification-wyatt-williams\">The rest of the piece</a> is about efforts to “get good at” weather modification. (via <a href=\"https://longreads.com/2026/06/02/weather-manipulation-harpers-magazine\">longreads</a><a href=\"https://longreads.com/2026/06/02/weather-manipulation-harpers-magazine\"></a>)\n</p>\n \n\n \n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/climate%20crisis\">climate crisis</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/weather\">weather</a></p>",
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"content": "<p>As time passes, <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/tiananmen-square-massacre-preserving-memory\">efforts to document the Tiananmen Square protests intensify</a>. “History cannot only be written by officials. If you don’t have real information, it’s difficult for you to have independent thought.”\n</p>",
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"title": "“ Cameron’s World is a web-collage of text...",
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"content": "<p>“<a href=\"https://www.cameronsworld.net\">Cameron’s World</a> is a web-collage of text and images excavated from the buried neighbourhoods of archived GeoCities pages (1994–2009).”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49079",
"title": "USPS Reissues Popular Mister Rogers Stamps",
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"content": "<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581557-b7c1fa45.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581557-b7c1fa45.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581557-b7c1fa45.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p>Every so often, the US Postal Service reissues old stamps. This time around, they polled the public about which past stamp they’d like to see reissued and the results were decisive: <a href=\"https://www.stampsforever.com/stories/mister-rogers-returns\">the people love Mister Rogers</a>.</p>\n\t<blockquote><p>The Mister Rogers stamp, originally released in 2018, is new again in 2026! </p><p>In national Stamp Encore polling, the stamp honoring the television host beloved by generations rose to the top spot from a varied ballot of 25 previous stamp issuances. Americans were asked to celebrate 250 years of postal delivery by choosing among favorite stamps of the last few decades. By the deadline last fall, the Postal Service was flooded with nearly 600,000 total ballots.</p></blockquote>\n\t<p>The Mister Rogers stamps are out now — <a href=\"https://www.stampsforever.com/stamps/stamp-encore-winner/488604\">you can check out a list of the available purchases here</a>. There’s even <a href=\"https://store.usps.com/store/product/mister-rogers-poster-S_488699\">a set of Field Notes notebooks</a>.</p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581578-1c4e009a.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581578-1c4e009a.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581578-1c4e009a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581619-d84a045a.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581619-d84a045a.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581619-d84a045a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p><img src=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581639-8c229dcd.jpg\" srcset=\"/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=500,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581639-8c229dcd.jpg 500w, /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1200,metadata=none//plus/misc/images/editor-1780581639-8c229dcd.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 500px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" /></p>\n\t<p>Mister Rogers is a natural fit for a postage stamp; he was a “prolific letter-writer”.</p>\n\t<blockquote><p>Fred Rogers had a great appreciation for communication by mail, so the popularity of his stamp in 2018 and the esteem reflected by Stamp Encore ballots seem especially fitting. A prolific letter-writer, sometimes replying to 100 letters per day, Rogers never resorted to form-letter responses. He expressed his sentiments in simple terms: “There is still a place for the written letter.” </p><p>In a book recalling mail he had received and sent, Rogers wrote, “One of the first things I do each day is to work on the letters that have arrived from the children and adults who have written to us. I care deeply about sending a personal response.” Rogers added, “It gives me a way to know my television neighbors as real people and to make a more personal connection with them. Just as our program is a ‘television visit,’ “the mail is a ‘letter visit.’ A personal note is still far more valuable than shooting off an email or text,” he said.</p></blockquote>\n\t<p>(thx, caroline)\n</p>\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/stamps\">stamps</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/TV\">TV</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/USPS\">USPS</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49077",
"title": "Ted Chiang is emphatic: LLMs are nowhere close to being...",
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"published": "2026-06-04T13:25:00.000Z",
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"content": "<p>Ted Chiang is emphatic: <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378?gift=R2zbWGNBDp_xHqoa7Q8ZRp-EV6jGaHiamQBxQQlMJqI\">LLMs are nowhere close to being conscious</a>. “We don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in that category.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-04:49076",
"title": "Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has...",
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"published": "2026-06-04T11:59:00.000Z",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2026/06/04/marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56_6754122_15.html\">Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has died at age 56</a>. Friends said she “died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life”.\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49075",
"title": "Can you go 82-0? “The objective of 82-0 is to...",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.82-0.com\">Can you go 82-0?</a> “The objective of 82-0 is to construct a historical NBA roster capable of achieving a perfect undefeated season.” You get to “draft” 5 players from randomly chosen teams & decades, then that team plays a simulated season.\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49071",
"title": "Early Live Performance by Talking Heads (1976)",
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"content": "<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/J4zqEuegfig\" title=\"YouTube video\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\n\t<p>In March 1976, Talking Heads played a show at <a href=\"https://thekitchen.org/about\">The Kitchen</a> in NYC; you can watch the entire show recorded from two angles <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4zqEuegfig\">in this video</a>. The band had formed the year before and was more than a year away from recording and releasing their debut album.</p>\n\t<blockquote><p>It’s a great insight as to what these early Talking Heads shows were like, and with it also being in color, being good quality, and having two angles for most of the show, this is a must-watch.</p></blockquote>\n\t<p>The band played for about 90 minutes (2 sets plus an encore), working through tracks like Psycho Killer, Thank You For Sending Me An Angel, and Love → Building On Fire. (via <a href=\"https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/watch-a-very-nervous-23-year-old-david-byrne-and-talking-heads-performing-live-in-nyc-1976.html\">open culture</a>)\n</p>\n \n\n \n <p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/David%20Byrne\">David Byrne</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/music\">music</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/Talking%20Heads\">Talking Heads</a> · <a href=\"https://kottke.org/tag/video\">video</a></p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49052",
"title": "Paul Giamatti appears on The Tommy Tiernan Show ....",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://youtube.com/watch?v=eTfZPN1M8Hc\">Paul Giamatti appears on The Tommy Tiernan Show</a>. Here’s the catch: “Each episode Tommy <a href=\"https://youtube.com/@TommyTiernan/videos\">welcomes mystery guests</a> and interviews them without any preparation or knowledge of who will be joining him until they meet in studio.”\n</p>",
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"id": "tag:kottke.org,2026-06-03:49073",
"title": "Haiku is a generative music album for MacOS....",
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"content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net/ooame\">Haiku</a> is a generative music album for MacOS. “Haiku is a work of generative music that builds its own sound from nothing each time you open it, and never plays the same way twice — a record that exists only while it is playing.”\n</p>",
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