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posted 10h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link · via [themorningnews.org](https://themorningnews.org/)[](https://themorningnews.org/)
[More online showings of Eno coming up (March 27-30)](https://anamorph.vhx.tv/). “You must be watching on the date and time specified for each livestream. There is no delayed viewing. These versions of the film will never be shown again.”
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Eno Livestream Weekend - Full Pass · anamorph.vhx.tv
Weekend pass to watch as many of the six "Eno" livestreams as you'd like between March 27-30. Each livestream is a unique version of "Eno", the groundbreaking documentary about musician and artist Brian Eno that's never the same twice. THESE ARE LIVE EVENTS. You must be watching on the date and time
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posted 11h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
The editor in chief at Science: [I Was Diagnosed With Autism at 53. I Know Why Rates Are Rising.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/opinion/autism-diagnosis-rfk-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U4.k1Ce.LBV5v5ctA1RL) “The rise in diagnoses is the result of greater awareness, better identification (especially among women and girls) and a broader definition…”
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Opinion | Sorry, R.F.K.: There Is No Autism Mystery · nytimes.com
Greater awareness, not vaccines, has driven an increase in diagnoses.
](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/opinion/autism-diagnosis-rfk-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U4.k1Ce.LBV5v5ctA1RL)
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posted 12h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[What is the opposite of fascism?](https://the.ink/p/the-opposite-of-fascism) Living freely, colorfully, openly. Humanizing. Connecting with others. Gathering. Hoping. Following your dreams. Communing. Nurturing. Refusing despair. Laughing loudly.
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The opposite of fascism · the.ink
Living well and fighting back in a time of terrors
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posted 13h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Coco 2? [Pixar will produce a sequel to Coco](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/coco-2-pixar-release-date-2029-1236343942/), set to come out in 2029. It joins Incredibles 3 and Toy Story 5 in development at the studio.
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‘Coco 2’ Set for 2029 Release From Disney and Pixar · variety.com
'Coco 2' is in the works at Disney.
](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/coco-2-pixar-release-date-2029-1236343942/)
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posted 13h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[New issue of The HTML Review](https://thehtml.review/04/), “an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web”. Love the TOC interface — the web can still be fun!
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the html review 04 · thehtml.review
It reminds me of the motivational lies my dad told my siblings and I while hiking: promising the summit was just around the corner, over that next hill, past this one last tree. The infinite scrollbar is grotesque, it just keeps pulling us
](https://thehtml.review/04/)
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posted 14h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Sally Rooney on Snooker and the Mystery of Athletic Genius](https://kottke.org/25/03/sally-rooney-on-snooker-and-the-mystery-of-athletic-genius)
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Writing for [the New York Review](https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/03/27/angles-of-approach-unbreakable-ronnie-osullivan/) ([archive](https://archive.is/j6rkl)), Sally Rooney profiles “genius” snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan. But much of the piece is spent on the mystery of how O’Sullivan and other athletes are able to do what they do without thinking.
> Take the last frame of the 2014 Welsh Open final. The footage is available online, courtesy of Eurosport Snooker: if you like, you can watch O’Sullivan, then in his late thirties, circling the table, chalking his cue without taking his eyes from the baize. He’s leading his opponent, Ding Junhui — then at number three in the world snooker rankings — by eight frames to three, needing only one more to win the match and take home the title. He pots a red, then the black, then another red, and everything lands precisely the way he wants it: immaculate, mesmerizing, miraculously controlled.
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> The last remaining red ball is stranded up by the cushion on the right-hand side, and the cue ball rolls to a halt just left of the middle right-hand pocket. The angle is tight, awkward, both white and red lined up inches away from the cushion. O’Sullivan surveys the position, nonchalantly switches hands, and pots the red ball left-handed. The cue ball hits the top cushion, rolls back down over the table, and comes to a stop, as if on command, to line up the next shot on the black. O’Sullivan could scarcely have chosen a better spot if he had picked the cue ball up in his hand and put it there. The crowd erupts: elation mingled with disbelief. At the end of the frame, when only the black remains on the table, he switches hands again, seemingly just for fun, and makes the final shot with his left. The black drops down into the pocket, completing what is known in snooker as a maximum break: the feat of potting every ball on the table in perfect order to attain the highest possible total of 147 points.
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> Watch a little of this sort of thing and it’s hugely entertaining. Watch a lot and you might start to ask yourself strange questions. For instance: In that particular frame, after potting that last red, how did O’Sullivan know that the cue ball would come back down the table that way and land precisely where he wanted it? Of course it was only obeying the laws of physics. But if you wanted to calculate the trajectory of a cue ball coming off an object ball and then a cushion using Newtonian physics, you’d need an accurate measurement of every variable, some pretty complex differential equations, and a lot of calculating time. O’Sullivan lines up that shot and plays it in the space of about six seconds. A lucky guess? It would be lucky to make a guess like that once in a lifetime. He’s been doing this sort of thing for thirty years.
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> What then? If he’s not calculating, and he’s not guessing, what is Ronnie O’Sullivan doing? Why does the question seem so strange? And why doesn’t anybody know the answer?
You can watch that final frame [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XOgP6yagxM):
There’s also [a short interview with Rooney](https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/03/15/brass-in-pocket-sally-rooney/) about the piece and other things.
> I also mention that frames of snooker are expected to continue even after competitive play has concluded. Players don’t just get to a certain number of points and then stop because they’ve won the frame; they continue until the break imposes its own conclusion. There’s something so strange and excessive about that—it seems to belong to the realm of aesthetics rather than sport.
I used to write a lot about what Rooney examines in her essay — the effortless brilliance of top performers — under the subject of [relaxed concentration](https://kottke.org/tag/relaxed%20concentration). Still as fascinating as ever.
* [relaxed concentration](/tag/relaxed%20concentration)
* [Ronnie O’Sullivan](/tag/Ronnie%20O%27Sullivan)
* [Sally Rooney](/tag/Sally%20Rooney)
* [snooker](/tag/snooker)
* [sports](/tag/sports)
* [video](/tag/video)
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posted 15h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Shopping for Superman](https://kottke.org/25/03/shopping-for-superman)
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[Here’s the trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBhP8iPbG84) for [Shopping for Superman](https://shoppingforsuperman.com/), a crowdfunded documentary on the 50-year history of local comic book stores — as well as their shaky future.
> Shopping for Superman, guides viewers through a 50-year journey revealing the origin story of their friendly neighborhood comic shops and the people fighting to keep their doors open.
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> Since it began, the retail comics industry has contracted by over 75% with more shops closing every month.
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> After five years of diminished sales, a global pandemic, and the digitization of retail shopping dominating most markets, Shopping for Superman asks the question, “Can our local comic shops be saved?”
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> Shopping for Superman, does more than explain the history of retail comic book shops. Its underlying narrative reveals how shops directly influenced comic book publishing to cultivate some of the most daring and controversial materials ever committed to print.
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> Through the evolution of comics, bolstered by shop owners, local communities gained access to safe spaces for individuals having a crisis of identity, a place that promoted literacy and critical thinking in areas where those things are scarce.
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> Audiences will see, first-hand, just how necessary their support will be in keeping these shops open and available for future generations.
(via [@scottmccloud.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/scottmccloud.bsky.social/post/3lkt4jehpbk2i))
* [comics](/tag/comics)
* [movies](/tag/movies)
* [Shopping for Superman](/tag/Shopping%20for%20Superman)
* [trailers](/tag/trailers)
* [video](/tag/video)
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posted 16h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link · via [@waxy.org](https://bsky.app/profile/waxy.org)[](https://bsky.app/profile/waxy.org)
Ha, [Improved Relative Time](https://relative-time.jthaw.club/) lets you ditch BC and AD for designations like ABW (After Barbed Wire), BHCS (Before High Carbon Steel), AIP (After iPhone), and ASCR (After Supersonic Combusting Ramjet). No ATSDB (After [Trial-Size Dove Bar](https://infinitejest.wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/index.php?title=Subsidized_Time)) tho…
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Improved Relative Time · relative-time.jthaw.club
BC and AD? What even is those? Tell me something like its relation to the iPhone or internet???
](https://relative-time.jthaw.club/)
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posted 17h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Beautiful Public Data posts about [the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII using historical documents from the Library of Congress & National Archives](https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/wwii-japanese-mass-incarceration-collections/), including photos by Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange.
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WWII Japanese Mass Incarceration collections · beautifulpublicdata.com
Haunting photos document a shameful chapter of America’s history—the forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
](https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/wwii-japanese-mass-incarceration-collections/)
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posted 18h ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America’s unbeautiful suburban sprawl.](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/19/maga-america-suburban-donald-trump) “Somewhere along the line, the American Dream became to live alone, surrounded by all of this, rather than living in connection with other people.”
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What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America's unbeautiful suburban sprawl | Alexander Hurst · theguardian.com
I drove 2,000 miles with a French friend across my home country – and saw the endless nowhere land that is the crucible of Trumpism, says Guardian Europe correspondent Alexander Hurst
](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/19/maga-america-suburban-donald-trump)
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posted 1d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[A History Professor Answers Questions About Dictators](https://kottke.org/25/03/a-history-professor-answers-questions-about-dictators)
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In [this video for Wired](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6fALsenmw), historian [Ruth Ben-Ghiat](https://ruthbenghiat.com/), who studies fascism & authoritarianism, answers questions from the internet about dictators.
> Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? What’s the difference between a dictatorship, an autocracy, and authoritarianism? What are the most common personality traits found in tyrants and dictators? Is Xi Jinping a dictator? How do dictators amass wealth?
* [politics](/tag/politics)
* [Ruth Ben-Ghiat](/tag/Ruth%20Ben-Ghiat)
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posted 1d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[The Sticker Box and the Woodstock Message Tree](https://noahkalina.substack.com/p/newsletter-175-the-sticker-box). “What makes this sticker-covered electrical box even more interesting is its location. It sits right across the road from the former site of the Woodstock Message Tree.”
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Newsletter #175 - The Sticker Box · noahkalina.substack.com
and the Woodstock Message Tree
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posted 1d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
“[Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now](https://thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lonely-but-beautiful-actions) which probably won’t magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important.”
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Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important · thewhitepages.net
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
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posted 1d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link · via [@charliejane.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/charliejane.bsky.social)[](https://bsky.app/profile/charliejane.bsky.social)
We might get to see Coyote vs. Acme after all…[Warner Bros. is in the process of selling it](https://deadline.com/2025/03/coyote-vs-acme-movie-deal-sale-warner-bros-ketchup-1236329381/).
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Warner Bros Negotiating Big Sale Of Shelved ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ Movie: The Dish · deadline.com
Warner Bros' shelved 'Coyote vs Acme' movie finally might find a new home with the studio deep in sale negotiations. Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor star.
](https://deadline.com/2025/03/coyote-vs-acme-movie-deal-sale-warner-bros-ketchup-1236329381/)
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posted 1d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
On [Edward Gorey’s Great Simple Theory About Art](https://lithub.com/edward-goreys-great-simple-theory-about-art-is-essential-reading-for-writers/) “Anything that is art…is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one without the other…”
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Edward Gorey’s “Great Simple Theory About Art” is essential reading for writers. · lithub.com
“Many of Edward Gorey’s most fervent devotees,” Stephen Schiff wrote in a profile of the artist in The New Yorker in 1992, “think he’s (a) English and (b) dead. Actually, he has never so much as vi…
](https://lithub.com/edward-goreys-great-simple-theory-about-art-is-essential-reading-for-writers/)
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posted 1d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[A UN World Meteorological Organization report](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/unprecedented-climate-disasters-extreme-weather-un-report) “lists 151 unprecedented extreme weather events in 2024, meaning they were worse than any ever recorded in the region.” Heat, floods, storms — all made worse by global warming.
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More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN · theguardian.com
Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced
](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/unprecedented-climate-disasters-extreme-weather-un-report)
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posted 2d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/opinion/trump-musk-constitutional-unconstitutional.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.ES9E.iQJkDbyhmvus). “\[Anti-Constitutionalism\] rejects the premise that sovereignty lies with the people, that ours is a government of limited and enumerated powers and that the officers of that government are bound by law.”
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Opinion | Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional · nytimes.com
Where all this goes is still up to us.
](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/opinion/trump-musk-constitutional-unconstitutional.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.ES9E.iQJkDbyhmvus)
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posted 2d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Editorial from Nature magazine: [Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them.](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00789-7) “We urge policymakers to help boost people’s confidence in vaccines, and not to undermine scientific and medical institutions or the process of research.”
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Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them · nature.com
Nature - Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harm’s way.
](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00789-7)
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posted 2d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Don’t Be a Sucker!](https://kottke.org/25/03/dont-be-a-sucker)
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In 1945, the US Department of War (the precursor to the Dept of Defense) produced this educational film on the “destructive effects of racial and religious prejudice” and the use of such prejudice to gain power.
> Reel 1 shows a fake wrestling match and “crooked” gambling games. An agitator addresses a street crowd; he almost convinces one man in the audience until the man begins to talk to a Hungarian refugee from Germany. A Nazi speaker harangues a crowd in Germany denouncing Jews, Catholics, and Freemasons. Reel 2, a German unemployed worker joins Hitler’s Storm Troops. SS men attack Jewish and Catholic headquarters in Germany, and beat up a Jewish storekeeper. A German teacher explains Nazi racial theories; the teacher is dragged away by German soldiers.
It’s a good watch, but perhaps keep in mind this was produced at a time when American citizens were imprisoned for being of Japanese descent (among other things…Jim Crow, sexism, discrimination of LGBTQ+ people, etc.)
* [Nazis](/tag/Nazis)
* [racism](/tag/racism)
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vintage post from May 2016 · gift link
[What Are the Physical Limits of Humanity?](/16/05/what-are-the-physical-limits-of-humanity)
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A new video from Kurzgesagt explores the limits of human exploration in the Universe. How far can we venture? Are there limits? Turns out the answer is very much “yes”…with the important caveat “using our current understanding of physics”, which may someday provide a loophole (or wormhole, if you will). Chances are, humans will only be able to explore 0.00000000001% of the observable Universe.
This video is particularly interesting and packed with information, even by Kurzgesagt’s standards. The explanation of the Big Bang, inflation, dark matter, and expansion is concise and informative…the idea that the Universe is slowly erasing its own memory is fascinating.
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posted 3d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[A 6‑Hour Time-Stretched Version of Brian Eno’s Music For Airports](https://www.openculture.com/2025/03/a-6-hour-time-stretched-version-of-brian-enos-music-for-airports.html). “The tonal field is the same, but now the notes are no attack, all decay.”
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A 6‑Hour Time-Stretched Version of Brian Eno’s Music For Airports: Meditate, Relax, Study · openculture.com
Robert Wyatt, Music for Airports started the idea of slow, meditative music that abandoned typical major and minor scales, brought in melodic ambiguity, and began the exploration of sounds that were designed to exist somewhere in the background, beyond the scope of full attention.
](https://www.openculture.com/2025/03/a-6-hour-time-stretched-version-of-brian-enos-music-for-airports.html)
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posted 3d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
UbuWeb, a pirate library of avant-garde artifacts, closed in 2024. But last month, [they started the site back up again](https://ubu.com). “Archiving reemerges as a strong form of resistance, a way of preserving crucial, subversive, and marginalized forms of expression.”
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posted 3d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Bad at Goodbyes](https://badatgoodbyes.com/) is a podcast highlighting a different critically endangered plant or animal on each episode. Recently featured: Vancouver Island Marmot, Dama Gazelle, Koyama’s Spruce, Cuban Crocodile, and Pariette Cactus.
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bad at goodbyes // bad at goodbyes · badatgoodbyes.com
A podcast highlighting endangered species and original improvised music
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posted 3d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Fooling a Self-Driving Tesla Is Dangerously Easy](https://kottke.org/25/03/fooling-a-self-driving-tesla-is-dangerously-easy)
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In his latest video, Mark Rober shows how easy it is to fool Tesla’s self-driving capability (they use cheaper video cameras) when compared with other self-driving cars (which use lidar). Big Wile E. Coyote energy from the Tesla here.
Oh and he also uses lidar to map out the interior at Disneyland’s Space Mountain ride, which is entirely in the dark.
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posted 3d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link · via [anyakamenetz.net](http://www.anyakamenetz.net/)[](http://www.anyakamenetz.net/)
From The Climate Mental Health Network, [a downloadable free zine for youth](https://www.climatementalhealth.net/gen-z-zine) that “offers a collection of perspectives and tools to support other climate-concerned youth around the emotional impacts of the climate crisis and healthy ways to respond”.
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Zine | CMHN · climatementalhealth.net
Our Gen Z Advisors, an amazing group of young climate leaders, created this brilliant “zine” for youth about climate emotions and wellness. Our grassroots digital magazine offers a collection of perspectives and tools to support other climate-concerned youth around the emotional impacts of the clima
](https://www.climatementalhealth.net/gen-z-zine)
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posted 3d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[The Women Who Wanted to Leave Their Husbands Over Politics.](https://slate.com/life/2025/03/donald-trump-divorce-marriage-politics-men-women.html) “This fall, I followed three women who had been thinking about divorce. What happened when Donald Trump won again?” Really interesting and depressing.
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I Followed Three Women Who Wanted to Divorce Their Trump-Supporting Husbands. I Can’t Believe Where They Ended Up. · slate.com
This was supposed to be the election where women showed America.
](https://slate.com/life/2025/03/donald-trump-divorce-marriage-politics-men-women.html)
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posted 3d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Freedom of the Press Foundation](https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/): “\[Wired\] is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.”
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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow · freedom.press
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
](https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/)
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posted 3d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
You may have already seen it, but I finally got around to reading this piece: [One Word Describes Trump](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/corruption-trump-administration/681794/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ8KkIkdVAhXiRuX6iDMYBDM). “Patrimonialism is distinguished by running the state as if it were the leader’s personal property or family business.”
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One Word Describes Trump · theatlantic.com
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/corruption-trump-administration/681794/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ8KkIkdVAhXiRuX6iDMYBDM)
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posted 3d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Song Exploder talks to Theodore Shapiro [about how he created the main title theme music for Severance](https://songexploder.net/severance).
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Episode 289: Severance · songexploder.net
Theodore Shapiro breaks down the main title theme from the TV show Severance.
](https://songexploder.net/severance)
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posted 4d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link · via [buttondown.com](https://buttondown.com/lauraolin/archive/193-i-know-now-is-not-the-time-to-take-up-flying/)[](https://buttondown.com/lauraolin/archive/193-i-know-now-is-not-the-time-to-take-up-flying/)
From One Million Experiments, [a printable zine](https://millionexperiments.com/zines/making-a-plan) meant to be “used as a template for those seeking to make an activism or organizing plan” with knowledge distilled from seasoned activists.
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Making A Plan · millionexperiments.com
"It is my hope that this tool in process, which benefited from the input of many seasoned activists, helps you to connect the personal to the political. I hope that this offers the beginning of a bridge between information and action." (Mariame Kaba) This zine is meant to be printed and used as a te
](https://millionexperiments.com/zines/making-a-plan)
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posted 4d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[The Curious 100](https://www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/2025/) from The Eames Institute is, “a celebration of one hundred courageous leaders and creative minds across the United States who are harnessing the transformative power of curiosity to solve today’s most pressing problems”.
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The Curious 100—Innovative Problem-Solvers | Eames Institute · eamesinstitute.org
The Curious 100 celebrates innovative leaders and creative minds from the United States who use the power of curiosity for solving today’s most pressing problems.
](https://www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/2025/)
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posted 4d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Indie game Blobun has [a joke setting that eliminates its lesbian content](https://www.polygon.com/gaming/538959/blobun-lesbian-toggle-steam-lgbtq-option-setting). But the main character is gay “so flipping the so-called ‘lesbian toggle’ in the options menu removes her from the game and renders it totally unplayable”.
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Indie game’s ‘lesbian toggle’ makes it hilariously unplayable · polygon.com
“It was really important to us, especially in the current political climate, to put this in the game.”
](https://www.polygon.com/gaming/538959/blobun-lesbian-toggle-steam-lgbtq-option-setting)
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posted 4d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link · via [@amandalitman.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/amandalitman.bsky.social)[](https://bsky.app/profile/amandalitman.bsky.social)
If you’re mad as hell, one thing you can do is run for elected office. [Run For Something](https://runforsomething.net/) recruits & supports “young, diverse progressives to run for down-ballot races in order to build sustainable power for Democrats in all 50 states”.
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Run for Something · runforsomething.net
Run for Something recruits and supports talented, passionate young leaders to run for state and local office - we’re building long-term power.
](https://runforsomething.net/)
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posted 4d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[A really important point from Masha Gessen about the Trumpist attacks on (and “denationalization” of) trans people](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/trump-trans-denationalizing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k4.TCWM.culuYfbSduBD): “The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others.” 🎯🎯🎯
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Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing · nytimes.com
The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.
](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/trump-trans-denationalizing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k4.TCWM.culuYfbSduBD)
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posted 4d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[A good, long piece from Thomas Zimmer](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means) about how we “underestimated the Trumpist threat and overestimated how resilient both the political system as well as American civil society would be…that is something we all need to grapple with in earnest.”
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What Authoritarianism Means · thomaszimmer.substack.com
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means)
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posted 4d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Timothy Snyder on the terrifying deportations being undertaken by the Trump regime](https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-at-your-door). This is a prelude to any American being stripped of citizenship and expelled from the country for any reason (protesting, faving the wrong photo, using pronouns).
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The evil at your door · snyder.substack.com
The deportation action as regime change
](https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-at-your-door)
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posted 4d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/tuberculosis-death-usaid-trump/682062/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ98TitRzvHP4TD5sXU0ooPg). John Green, author of [Everything Is Tuberculosis](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0525426051/ref=nosim/0sil8), warns that the Trump regime’s gutting of international aid and scientific funding will result in more death & suffering from tuberculosis.
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The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse · theatlantic.com
By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/tuberculosis-death-usaid-trump/682062/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ98TitRzvHP4TD5sXU0ooPg)
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posted 4d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Canada is so furious at the US right now](https://www.vox.com/politics/403927/canada-tariffs-alcohol-steel-trump-51st-state-boycott). “Everything Trump has said and done has led to a level of rage and defiance that I think very few Americans fully appreciate.” And rightly so!
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Canada is so furious at the US right now · vox.com
Vox’s correspondent in Canada reports on the reaction to Trump’s tariffs.
](https://www.vox.com/politics/403927/canada-tariffs-alcohol-steel-trump-51st-state-boycott)
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posted 5d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Beginning April 20, Pride & Prejudice (w/ Keira Knightley & Matthew Macfadyen) [is heading back to US theaters](https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/pride-and-prejudice_20-anniversary_trailer_tickets) to mark the 20th anniversary of its release.
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Focus Features to Re-Release Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice to Celebrate Film's Anniversary · focusfeatures.com
Watch the all-new 20th anniversary trailer.
](https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/pride-and-prejudice_20-anniversary_trailer_tickets)
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posted 5d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Something new from Radiohead on the horizon? [Radiohead Members Form New LLP, Historically a Telltale Sign of New Activity.](https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-members-form-new-llp-historically-a-telltale-sign-of-new-activity/) New album? Reissue? Tour?
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Radiohead Members Form New LLP, Historically a Telltale Sign of New Activity · pitchfork.com
RHEUK25 LLP is the first British limited liability partnership to feature all five band members since a 2021 filing that preceded Kid A Mnesia and the Dawn Chorus LLP that heralded A Moon Shaped Pool
](https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-members-form-new-llp-historically-a-telltale-sign-of-new-activity/)
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posted 5d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Ross Andersen writes thoughtfully](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/lebron-james-bronny-smith-journalists/682059/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ9VmZ_Jex54QARMjT7Sa35U) about LeBron James’ protectiveness of his son Bronny James and accusations of nepotism. “The emotions of parenthood are gigantic. They can knock anyone off their game, even the great LeBron James.”
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LeBron James and the Limits of Nepotism · theatlantic.com
It’s embarrassing for everyone involved.
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posted 7d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
A bunch of people who have never heard of Radiohead [listen to Creep for the first time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V60El1FRxI). Some of them [were in tears](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFn12Kls1Ml/). It \*is\* a pretty great song.
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The Best Reactions To Radiohead "Creep" Compilation · youtube.com
A compilation of the best reactions to Radiohead's "Creep" SUPPORT THE CHANNEL HERE https://www.paypal.me/DBrooksEdits If you enjoyed this video feel free to like, subscribe, or comment. Let me know what song I should do next, and please show some love to the artists and reactors featured in this
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posted 7d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link · via [waxy.org](https://waxy.org)[](https://waxy.org)
The Pudding: [How do animals sound across languages?](https://pudding.cool/2025/03/language/) “How can cultures hear the same physical sounds yet translate them into language so differently?”
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How do animals sound across languages? · pudding.cool
Analyzing animal onomatopoeia across languages can demystify how we shape sound into meaning.
](https://pudding.cool/2025/03/language/)
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posted 7d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Always a delight to see [the newest issue of Laura Olin’s newsletter](https://buttondown.com/lauraolin/archive/193-i-know-now-is-not-the-time-to-take-up-flying/) in my inbox.
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](https://buttondown.com/lauraolin/archive/193-i-know-now-is-not-the-time-to-take-up-flying/)[
\> 193: I know now is not the time to take up flying. · buttondown.com
Georgia O’Keeffe Hitching a Ride to Abiquiu, by Maria Chabot, 1944 You know, I don’t even know where to start when it comes to… everything so I’m not gonna....
](https://buttondown.com/lauraolin/archive/193-i-know-now-is-not-the-time-to-take-up-flying/)
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posted 7d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[This One Goes to 27](https://kottke.org/25/03/this-one-goes-to-27)
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On this day 27 years ago, on March 14, 1998, I started this here website. I’m not sure what there is to say about the ridiculous length of time that I’ve spent doing this “moderately anachronistic thing” that I [haven’t already said before](https://kottke.org/23/03/kottke-is-25-years-old-today):
> A little context for just how long that is: kottke.org is older than Google. 25 years is more than half of my life, spanning four decades (the 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s) and around 40,000 posts — almost cartoonishly long for a medium optimized for impermanence.
As always, thank you so much for reading and for [the membership support](https://kottke.org/members/). 💞
* [kottke.org](/tag/kottke.org)
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posted 7d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Wired has a big story (150+ sources) that takes a look [Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’](https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-digital-coup-doge-data-ai/). “The next step: Unleash the AI.” 😱
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Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’ · wired.com
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
](https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-digital-coup-doge-data-ai/)
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posted 7d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
Sarah Wynn-Williams’s memoir about working at Facebook, [Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1250391237/ref=nosim/0sil8) ([Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9781250391230)), is on the bestseller charts after Meta tried to get the book [pulled from sale](https://www.theverge.com/news/628643/meta-careless-people-sarah-wynn-williams-arbitrator-suing). The [Streisand effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect) strikes again.
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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism · amazon.com
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posted 7d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Ted Lasso is returning for a fourth season](https://deadline.com/2025/03/ted-lasso-season-4-a-go-jason-sudeikis-juno-temple-1236325043/). Not every actor is on board (yet)…it’ll be interesting to see where this goes.
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‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Officially A Go With Jason Sudeikis; Juno Temple In Negotiations To Join Returning Cast As Apple Series Heads To Kansas · deadline.com
Apple TV+ has greenlighted a fourth season of Ted Lasso, with Jason Sudeikis set to return as star & executive producer. It will film in Kansas & UK.
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posted 7d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Trailer for season two of Poker Face](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ6tzxg-sJM). If you haven’t seen it, it’s directed by Rian Johnson (Knives Out/Glass Onion) and Natasha Lyonne plays an itinerant Benoit Blanc sort of character. Very good.
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Poker Face Season 2 | Official Teaser | Peacock Original · youtube.com
New Season of Poker Face is streaming May 8 on Peacock, plus catch up on Season 1 streaming now: https://pck.tv/3WAWBce Synopsis: Poker Face is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road wit
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posted 9d ago by [Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) · gift link
[Harvey Silikovitz tried 10 times to get on Jeopardy! over 24 years and finally made it](https://www.theringer.com/2025/03/11/tv/harvey-silikovitz-jeopardy-win-24-years-in-the-making). (And won!) “He’s pretty sure he has made history as the first Jeopardy! contestant to play with Parkinson’s.”
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A ‘Jeopardy!’ Win 24 Years in the Making · theringer.com
Harvey Silikovitz first auditioned for ‘Jeopardy!’ in 2001. On Monday, he finally got a chance to play.
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