Monday, June 5, 2023

Jeff Greene Warns About US Real Estate, Made Fortune From Last Crash. markets.businessinsider.com

Friday, May 5, 2023

Finding A Hudson Valley Gem for About $500,000. nytimes.com

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

I am on NOSTR now. Let's see if I can find anyone I know here. iris.to

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

I've been using Radio3.io since 2014, to do my linkblogging at scripting.com. Now we're switching over to FeedLand, and the change should be completely transparent for readers. But it should enable us to do more, which is the point. scripting.com

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

2006: In the world of standards the second-mover is the decision-maker. scripting.com

Monday, April 17, 2023

Frozen Driverless Cars are Delaying San Francisco's Buses. tech.slashdot.org

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Facebook recruiters were given nothing to do, and then were laid off. slate.com

Morgan Freeman: “African-American”, “Black History Month” Are Insults. deadline.com

How a Campaign Against Transgender Rights Mobilized Conservatives. nytimes.com

California’s ‘big melt’ has begun and could bring perilous flooding with it. theguardian.com

I hope Google’s new search engine lets me tell it where my blog is. And btw tech companies that achieve dominance always fail to improve their product, as Google has, always. nytimes.com

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Josh Hart's late heroics help Knicks close out impressive Game 1 win. nypost.com

NYT editor says company won't leave Twitter. axios.com

New Twitter settings could hinder timely storm warnings: National Weather Service. thehill.com

Corporate platforms always fail, given enough time. The Twitter API had a good run. Now the deck is clear, and there’s room to make some new stuff, or just take a break and smell the roses. dave.micro.blog

Judge Who Blocked Abortion Drug Did Not Disclose Controversial Article. motherjones.com

The End of Computer Magazines in America technologizer.com

Warner Bros. Discovery renames 'HBO Max,' hedges its bets in streaming. cnbc.com

Friday, April 14, 2023

Why I Left the Bird: NPR, Twitter, and Disinformation. medium.com

MLB players find less time for small talk with pitch clock. pbs.org

Why Texas Public Radio is stepping away from Twitter. tpr.org

Twitter dev: “Looks like they killed our last glimmer of hope. We were getting ready to go with the Basic tier.” github.com

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Clarence Thomas’ mom still lives in the house the billionaire Harlan Crow bought. slate.com

Amazon Announces 'Bedrock,' Its ChatGPT and DALL-E Rival. m.slashdot.org

Donald McNeil On What We Actually Got Right With Covid. podcasts.apple.com

Just got notice from Twitter that they've shut down http://my.1999.io/. This is the first one that I care about, gets me thinking. scripting.com

Arrest made in Bob Lee killing; suspect was reportedly tech exec. sfchronicle.com

Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Hall's Divorce Agreement Bars Her From Giving Story Ideas to 'Succession.' jezebel.com

Leaker of U.S. secret documents worked on military base, friend says. washingtonpost.com

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

PBS Joins NPR in Quitting Twitter Over State-Backed Designation. bloomberg.com

Feinstein should simply step down. talkingpointsmemo.com

Popular porn site must delete all amateur videos posted without consent. arstechnica.com

Waymo robo-taxis cause chaos in San Francisco fog. theregister.com

Walter Isaacson credits New Orleans with shaping his success. theadvocate.com

Casting in late 2007. scripting.com

HBO Max is getting an even worse name. variety.com

Illegal Pot Shops Threaten New York's Cannabis Legalization Goals. citylimits.org

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Linkblogging to Substack Notes? substack.com

Gun Used in Deadly Louisville Shooting to Be Auctioned Off—Under State Law. thedailybeast.com

Succession spoiler! Don't read this. But I had the same thought that the key to the story is the Roy kid no one thinks about. Hiding in plain sight. theverge.com

Can I point my linkblogging tool to Substack Notes, as I send links to Twitter, Mastodon and the Links tab on my blog? substack.com

The Kottke.org Ask Me Anything. kottke.org

White House Proposes Evenly Cutting Water Allotments from Colorado River. nytimes.com

I had excruciating leg surgery to grow 5 inches — and get more dates. nypost.com

Student reporters are filling a crucial gap in state government coverage. niemanlab.org

Substack Notes posts can have simple styling. If there's an RSS feed I hope this is available as a source:markdown element. substack.com

My Substack Notes feed, where you should follow me, now, while you can. 😀 substack.com

A book from the Steve Jobs Archive. stevejobsarchive.com

Monday, April 10, 2023

Twitter Inc. has been merged with X Corp. and “no longer exists,” Elon Musk’s company says in a court filing. slate.com

Thoughts around Fediverse developer communities. dev.to

Al Jaffee, King of the Mad Magazine Fold-In, Dies at 102. nytimes.com

The NBA playoffs' weird, wide-open West. foxsports.com

Beef on Netflix gets great reviews. metacritic.com

Police: 4 killed in shooting at downtown Louisville building. apnews.com

The end of the Dallas Mavericks' season marks the beginning for a few franchise-altering questions. espn.com

Computer history by Balenciaga. youtube.com

Humanely scare away Canada geese. humanesociety.org

Cancer and heart disease vaccines ‘ready by end of the decade.’ theguardian.com

Melting Snowpacks To Unleash More Epic Floods. motherjones.com

Sunday, April 9, 2023

In A.I. Race, Microsoft and Google Choose Speed Over Caution. nytimes.com

Spoiler piece on this week’s Obsession. nytimes.com

NBA playoffs 2023 schedule. nypost.com

Elon Musk owns a public utility. oldschool.scripting.com

Musk asks basic facts about NPR after labeling it 'state-affiliated media' on Twitter. npr.org

Interview with Eugen Rochko, the developer of Mastodon and CEO of the company behind it. theverge.com

‘Miraculous’ snowpack alone won’t save Great Salt Lake, but it’s a start. #nopaywall wapo.st

JewBoy Burgers is a diner located at 5111 Airport Blvd in Austin, Texas. #catchyname jewboyburgers.com

Abbott Says He Plans to Pardon Man Convicted in Killing of Protester. nytimes.com

Taibbi and Musk split over Substack-Twitter rivalry. #nopaywall wapo.st

Saturday, April 8, 2023

The Nazi Persecution of Black People in Germany. encyclopedia.ushmm.org

Elon Musk Wants You to Hear About Substack Notes. joshbarro.com

Twitter has outsized influence, but it doesn’t drive much traffic for most news orgs, a new report says. niemanlab.org

Photos of Famous Historical Figures in Color. #mustsee historycolored.com

Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Benefactor Collects Hitler Artifacts. washingtonian.com

The Bitcoin Whitepaper Is Hidden in Every Modern Copy of macOS. waxy.org

The NYT has a “watching” newsletter which recommends shows to stream. Why not add checkboxes so I can with one click add a show to a watchlist they maintain for me. nytimes.com

Caitlin Clark’s Lesson for White Athletes: Don’t Be a MAGA Pawn. thenation.com