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February 28th
February 27th
11:24pm The Daily: He Was America’s Highest-Ranking Military Officer. Then Came the War on D.E.I. overcast
10:58pm @integerpoet Yeah, Hanlon's Razor can't be stretched far enough to cover this. There's malice. mastodon
8:53am "United States to be scuttled in Florida" mastodon
8:25am Planet Money: The controversy over Tyson Foods’ hiring of asylum seekers overcast
February 26th
6:03pm Fresh Air: The Battle For The Soul Of The Catholic Church overcast
11:30am Fresh Air: Andrew Scott Doesn’t See Ripley As A Monster overcast
11:20am Fresh Air: A Family Forged By Haiti’s Coup overcast
11:13am Crimetown: Crook County: The Secret Double Life of a Mafia Hitman overcast
8:21am The Daily: Can the Cease-Fire in Gaza Hold? overcast
7:58am 99% Invisible: The Brutalists overcast
February 25th
2:47pm The Daily: The Sunday Read: ‘What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons’ overcast
2:29pm The Daily: She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Like, Actual Love. With Sex. overcast
February 24th
11:56am The Daily: The Sunday Read: ‘What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons’ overcast
10:46am Invisibilia: Alternate Realities from NPR’s Embedded overcast
10:24am The Daily: Exporting America’s Immigration Problem overcast
February 23rd
1:11pm The Daily: ‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World overcast
1:10pm Fresh Air: How Regime Change Happens In America overcast
February 22nd
6:07pm Udon Mugizo (an udon restaurant) in San Jose foursquare
11:08am @integerpoet OMG, so much this. This jibes well with the fact that DEI didn't lower the bar, it widened the gate. (Which I probably got from one of your prev. posts.) mastodon
10:35am The Daily: ‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World overcast
10:06am Planet Money: The rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management overcast
9:39am Search Engine: Can you cure picky eating? overcast
February 21st
8:42pm On Trump's plan to replace income tax with tariff revenue: "He probably heard an economist say 'progressive' when talking about income tax polices and then thought they were somehow related to... mastodon
2:30pm The Daily: Trump 2.0: Rewriting Histories overcast
2:30pm Political Gabfest: The “Justice Department is Dire“ overcast
7:57am The Scathing Atheist: 625: Bursting at the Seams Edition overcast
February 20th
3:30pm Planet Money: Can the president override Congress on spending? overcast
3:13pm The Daily: The Sordid Saga of President Trump and Mayor Adams overcast
February 19th
5:35pm Fresh Air: What Measles Outbreaks Tell Us About Public Health In America overcast
2:14pm The Daily: Inside the Trump Purge: Federal Workers Tell Their Stories overcast
2:03pm ghostty dokuwiki
1:52pm 99% Invisible: The Nazi Block overcast
1:23pm On Blogging, "interrogating your own attention – 'why was this thing interesting?' – is a clarifying and mnemonic act, that lets you get more back from the attention you pay" @pluralistic... mastodon
February 18th
6:11pm Fresh Air: Are Trump’s Executive Orders Legal? overcast
3:21pm The Daily: A Conversation With the Architect of Trump’s New Trade War overcast
February 17th
4:19pm Fresh Air: ‘SNL’ Turns 50: Aykroyd, Franken, Zweibel & Lovitz overcast
12:51pm Fresh Air: ‘Nickel Boys’ Director RaMell Ross Makes The Camera ‘An Organ’ overcast
12:40pm The Daily: Trump Shocks Europe overcast
12:24pm Revisionist History: Malcolm Breaks Down the Perfect Break Up Song overcast
February 16th
10:35am Search Engine: Playboi Farti and his AI Homework Machine overcast
February 15th
6:11pm Romano's Macaroni Grill (a bar) in Milpitas foursquare
2:16pm Political Gabfest: Trump vs. The Judges overcast
1:27pm Planet Money: The Big Government Money Pipe Freeze overcast
1:08pm The Daily: Trump 2.0: Musk in the Oval, a Gift to Mayor Adams and a Win for Putin overcast
February 14th
7:15pm The Scathing Atheist: 624: Sucks to Suck Edition overcast
February 13th
3:02pm Voyager Craft Coffee (a coffee shop) in Santa Clara foursquare
8:14am The Daily: How Close Are We to Another Pandemic? overcast
7:55am Fresh Air: For Sebastian Stan, ‘The Apprentice’ Playing In Theaters Was The Win overcast
February 12th
4:38pm Fresh Air: Questlove On Sly Stone & The Burden Of Black Genius overcast
1:39pm > the Constitution only works if we demand it I really don't know what "we demand it" entails. Protesting and calling our representatives doesn't work. mastodon
10:12am I like how Elon Musk's waste.gov flagrantly violates Trump's Executive Orders by including the forbidden word "diverse" and saying they have "a commitment to innovation and sustainab... mastodon
10:00am Fresh Air: Remembering British Singer Marianne Faithfull overcast
8:54am The Daily: A Constitutional Crisis overcast
8:34am @ben @Jermolene I kinda like that one "nespot" because it's both neither (nes) and both (pot). But desnep is pretty direct. mastodon
February 11th
7:09pm 99% Invisible: Your Own Personal Jesus overcast
5:35pm Planet Money: The ‘Crypto Wizard’ vs. Nigeria overcast
2:49pm Gigslave Goes Public with 84 Billion Valuation facebook
8:35am The Daily: The Demise of U.S.A.I.D. — and American Soft Power overcast
8:11am Fresh Air: A Dominatrix/Writer Takes Readers Into A Dungeon overcast
February 10th
1:35pm Fresh Air: Remembering British Singer Marianne Faithfull overcast
1:30pm The Daily: China Seems Unstoppable. Trump Thinks Otherwise. overcast
1:29pm Fresh Air: A Dominatrix/Writer Takes Readers Into A Dungeon overcast
7:59am @ben "....areas like sports...", I contend that "games" is one of the only other areas like sports. And sports and games can have rules that exclude things like doping, mirrors,... mastodon
February 9th
11:49pm Notable Links dokuwiki
2:12pm Fresh Air: Trump’s Plan For Gaza / The U.S. Military’s Recruiting Crisis overcast
1:37pm Search Engine: What happens when a cemetery goes out of business? overcast
1:03pm "The idea that we should simply rug-pull these efforts is ludicrous: it sends a clear message that we no longer care about the well-being of people overseas, and that we don't think their qual... mastodon
9:42am "Government cannot force a private entity to bake a cake for a gay wedding—because that's tyranny, but government can force a private entity to not bake a cake for a gay wedding—because that's free... bluesky
9:37am "government cannot force a private entity to bake a cake for a gay wedding—because that's tyranny, but government can force a private entity to not bake a cake for a gay wedding—because that's... mastodon
9:19am Happy Superb Owl Sunday IX! (esp. for Sjon Svenson) facebook
1:14am Notable Links dokuwiki
February 8th
11:43am Planet Money: The fight for a legendary shipwreck’s treasure overcast
11:26am Political Gabfest: Elon Musk’s DOGE Rampage overcast
February 7th
3:00pm The Daily: The Story of ‘Not Like Us’ overcast
2:37pm The Scathing Atheist: 623: Fact Checked Edition overcast
2:04am Notable Links dokuwiki
1:41am Notable Links - created dokuwiki
February 6th
10:57pm "'One other thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., and sending all education and education work and needs back to t... mastodon
10:16pm Is this a coup? (Updated in Feb. 2025.) https://isthisacoup.com/ mastodon
9:34am The Daily: Where Are the Democrats? overcast
8:09am Planet Money: How the scratch off lottery changed America overcast
February 5th
5:57pm 99% Invisible: The Wide Open overcast
1:19pm The Daily: How Elon Musk Is Infiltrating Washington overcast
8:17am Fresh Air: For ‘Severance’ Star Adam Scott, Work & Life Can’t Be Separated overcast
8:17am The Daily: North America Averted a Trade War — for Now overcast
February 4th
2:46pm "Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website" is on-brand for 2025. https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/google-removes-pledge-to-not-use-ai-for-weapons-from-website/ mastodon
9:06am The Daily: How North America Averted a Trade War — for Now overcast
February 3rd
4:41pm Fresh Air: How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star overcast
11:05am The Daily: China Challenges Silicon Valley for A.I. Dominance overcast
10:48am Fresh Air: Remembering David Lynch overcast
February 2nd
2:11pm dblume asks davidd to check in at LiveJournal. We could have a longer form conversation there. plurk
11:08am The Daily: The Sunday Read: ‘Chronic Pain Is a Hidden Epidemic. It’s Time for a Revolution.’ overcast
10:34am Radiolab: Forever Fresh overcast
February 1st
4:46pm Radiolab: Radiolab | We Go Places overcast
4:46pm Planet Money: How DeepSeek changed the market’s mind overcast
4:25pm The Daily: ‘The Interview’: Digital Drugs Have Us Hooked. Dr. Anna Lembke Sees a Way Out. overcast
1:36pm The Daily: Trump 2.0 Arrives in Force overcast
1:18pm Falafel Stop (a falafel restaurant) in Sunnyvale foursquare
1:00pm The Daily: What We Know About the Plane Crash overcast
10:37am Movement Sunnyvale (a climbing gym) in Sunnyvale foursquare
January 31st
10:50pm ♫ "The food's so good I got to share" ♫ Esp. for @hiromicota.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nihFu0YjkcE bluesky
3:25pm How is it going? livejournal
11:53am Political Gabfest: Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road overcast
10:00am @integerpoet But they back up their claims by saying they use common sense OK?, and that others don't have common sense. QED. mastodon
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