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Neurodivergence, masking, and mutual empathy: https://joeross.me/2025/12/21/neurodivergence-masking-and-mutual-empathy.html

Earnest question: Why can’t AI companies slow progress despite the lack of regulation? Is it as simple as “we refuse to risk falling behind if no one else acts responsibly, so we won’t do it until everyone is compelled by law?” 🔗 theverge.com

This is neat: "The idea behind the Picard maneuver comes from the way a faster-than-light spaceship would outrun its own light. If the spaceship were going at a constant, faster-than-light speed, then another ship at rest would see two ima... https://joeross.me/2026/09/17/this-is-neat-the-idea.html

I’m not sure who’s more gross, Netflix or Wilder’s estate: "Titled Wonka’s The Golden Ticket, the unscripted series uses the re-created voice of actor Gene Wilder, who played Willy Wonka in the 1971 movie, as a key part of the game. Netfli... https://joeross.me/2026/09/11/im-not-sure-whos-more.html

Today my four-year-old son said, innocently but not without an unintended sting, that he is faster than me because he has less weight than me. So that’s how parenting is going. 🤪

Norton Yields No Ground to Members Who Deny D.C. Residents Their Rights - YouTube

Of course, just as I consider going all-in on Tapo and Kasa, they abandon one of their most useful features, IFTTT support, for more AI garbage. 🔗 tp-link.com

Ben Folds Five: The Complete Sessions at West 54th, 2001 - ★★★★★: https://joeross.me/2026/07/08/ben-folds-five-the-complete.html

Facebook has been caught with its hand in this cookie jar over and over again. It’s like Zuckerberg doesn’t think anyone outside the company can… read computer code: "The most recent version of Meta AI, a companion app for its line... https://joeross.me/2026/06/09/facebook-has-been-caught-with.html

Mike Masnick of Techdirt: "But at a time when the Supreme Court keeps telling us we shouldn’t believe that they make decisions on partisan grounds, it sure would help if they actually stopped doing things differently depending on th... https://joeross.me/2026/05/20/mike-masnick-of-techdirt-but.html

Paul McCartney, in an interview by The Rest is History’s Tom Holland: "You would know certain chords. And then someone would know an extra cord. So you would go to his house and learn this extra cord, and you’d build up your knowl... https://joeross.me/2026/05/17/paul-mccartney-in-an-interview.html

Jeremy Yurow, writing at Courthouse News Service about Hawaii’s new “anti-Citizens United” law: "The bill takes aim at the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, which allowed corporat... https://joeross.me/2026/05/16/jeremy-yurow-writing-at-courthouse.html

Matthew Haughey, who has a masters degree in soil chemistry, writes about why some farms plant red clover in the spring. Haughey jokingly swears he’s fun at parties, but people with specialized science knowledge are precisely the folks I want to talk to at parties. 🔗 a.wholelottanothing.org

@joshda.wson.me hey I’m looking to get an api key for last.fm integration, and also to see if I can disable the inclusion of twitter in the social bar at the top of my microwave themed site on micro.blog

"Click any linked term inside an article to load its entry. New topics are documented at the moment of first access. Use the Stumble button in the header to navigate to a random existing article." 🔗 Hallucinopedia — Hallucinopedia

Multi. District. Litigation.

@free.law Hey I’m using RSS feeds for new opinions from NJ Appellate and Supreme Courts, but I was wondering if there are any feeds that enclose or link directly to the PDFs, similar to this PA Superior Courts feed: www.pacourts.us/Rss/Opinions...

My boss at my first office job threw a lamp at a pregnant colleague.

For me, all recent episodes of Roderick on the Line fail to play in any podcast app, with a similar “server error.” I’ve tried disabling all ad blockers at all levels of my network stack but no joy. I can’t even get them to play or download on the website. Open to suggestions.

The fact that there is no statutory ban on the government commercially sourcing personal location data without a warrant is a mockery of the Fourth Amendment. 🔗 arstechnica.com

This ruling seems to be shocking parts of the tech web, but all the court did was apply the plain language of Apple’s developer agreement. The company has never needed cause to expel an app from the App Store. 🔗 arstechnica.com

CBS lawyers, per marching orders from FCC Chair Brendan Carr, tell Stephen Colbert not to air his interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. So here it is on YouTube. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

🔗Jay Willis in his Balls & Strikes newsletter: "Although the force of the Republican Party’s response to Scalia’s death felt like a “shocker” to some, the reality is that the right had been quietly putting in the work–of building a judic... https://joeross.me/2026/02/14/jay-willis-in-his-balls.html

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At $150 per ticket, a family of four will pay $600 for the 80-minute tour of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. The money grab is going to be prohibitive for a large swath of the very people most likely to appreciate and delight in the experience. 😠 🔗 henson.com

Kung Fu Panda 4, 2024 - ★★★★: https://joeross.me/2026/01/17/kung-fu-panda.html

Ne Zha 2, 2025 - ★★★★★: https://joeross.me/2026/01/17/ne-zha.html

Anora, 2024 - ★★★★: https://joeross.me/2026/01/13/anora.html

🔗 Jan. 6, 2021: NPR’s visual archive of the Capitol attack ➚

Harrigan the Shitbird is a lot of things, but America first is definitely not one of them.

The fact is that the only way for real actual patriots to feel about the U.S. right now is deep shame.

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

I will always link to something Bari Weiss doesn’t want people to read or watch or know. In this case, she spiked a 60 Minutes segment about one of Trump’s more egregious presidential crimes, the CECOT renditions, but it aired in Canada anyway, and made it onto the Internet Archive. 🔗 archive.org

Stuff like this fills a geek’s heart to bursting. 🔗 The RoboCop Statue Arrives In Detroit ➚

This is a sentiment I share. There are too many normies in the law. 🔗 i need more freaks in law ➚

“A never-before-seen 1996 interview of Steve Jobs” 🔗 Pixar: The Early Days ➚

Mr. Cantu may need a pardon… 🔗 abcnews.go.com

I set up Alexa Plus on an old Echo Dot and—reputation aside—it’s impressive. I also enabled early access on the Google Home devices we use daily, but no Gemini yet. I’ve come to prefer Alexa Plus for silly questions and smart-home control, but that could change when I can compare it with Gemini.

This feels both more momentous and more silly than it should: "The last penny was minted Wednesday afternoon at the US Mint in Philadelphia, overseen by US Treasurer Brandon Beach. […] The penny costs nearly four cents to mint, more than the coin’s worth." 🔗 cnn.com

I thought The Onion was supposed to be parody. Reporting the truth is outside its role…

Vladeck: Even if you accept the predicate that these drug cartels are foreign terrorist organizations, that still doesn’t get you anywhere close to legal authority to use military force. They’re trying to blur and sort of collapse the distinction between two regimes we have…

I imagine Sotomayor & Kagan sometimes ask Jackson to tone down her rhetoric & she replies “absolutely not, if the Republic must burn, let those who still love it see us defending it even as the flames climb our robes.” 🔥 🔗Supreme Court lets Noem end legal status for many Venezuelans in the U.S.

There are few greater recommendations of a piece of literature than its banning by fascists. #Books

I feel seen.

My 5yo daughter’s take on the Mona Lisa: “I wish they would have done braids and a better dress.”

Has there ever been a greater gift than being given a playlist idea or request to agonize about and overthink and still remember and listen to long after the intended listener has outgrown it and moved on? Asking for a friend, of course.

The Internet Phonebook is “an annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators.” What’s ... https://joeross.me/2025/09/20/the-internet-phonebook-is-an.html

Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it. 🔗 What Does Palantir Actually Do? ➚

Most people’s to-do lists are, almost by definition, pretty dull, filled with those quotidian little tasks that tend to slip out of our minds. Pick up the laundry. Get that thing for the kid. Buy milk, canned yams and kumquats at the ... https://joeross.me/2025/09/17/most-peoples-todo-lists-are.html

This has been the administration’s primary approach to both domestic and foreign policy since day one. The problem with him brining defamation suits is that it has to be a lie. Does even a single lawyer who contributed to this complaint honestly believe any of that is a lie? Unlikely, but 🤑