My favorite video game company is currently making news because they admitted to falling to AI hype and pushing it on employees even though they’ve (predictably) seen no actual benefits.
I am sad about it but, in good news, writing with a fountain pen continues to be an extreme delight.
I developed carpal tunnel nine years ago, and handwriting would always be a stolen joy in the brief moments before pain would start again. I have been feeling nearly 0 pain in the last two weeks despite filling 50 pages. I feel like I’ve been given a new lease on life in a small way.
‘Dit drukmiddel van importheffingen wordt misschien komende week al uit Trumps handen geslagen’ | de Volkskrant
https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/dit-drukmiddel-van-importheffingen-wordt-misschien-komende-week-al-uit-trumps-handen-geslagen~be3533ba/#Echobox=1768713483
Leuke analyse van de Volkskrant.
Wat ik alleen volledig mis is de 'logische keus' om Groenland in bezit te willen hebben.
The devil is waarschijnlijk in de details van de bijzondere aardmetalen. Een Amerikaans bedrijf heeft daar al een flinke vinger in de pap bij een van de bedrijven die zich er mee bezig houdt. Maar Groenland heeft een paar problemen:
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I need people to understand that a Lenovo ThinkPad and a Lenovo IdeaPad, or a Lenovo Yoga and a Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga, are totally different things, where one is a flimsy piece of shit and the other has a good chance of being a computer that you replace because it finally got too slow rather than because every part on it failed multiple times. ThinkPads (mostly) last.
Gloom & Bloom IV ☁️🌺
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📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
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"The latest data showed that the economy created 64,000 net new jobs in November following a decline of 105,000 in October. The Journal's editors noted in a new editorial that the figure "sounds worse than it is because the net jobs decline was all in government jobs.""
'Some renaissance': WSJ editorial board roasts Trump's latest economic report - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/wall-street-journal-2674405810/
Kender I podcasten The Europeans? Jeg har arbejdet på at erstatte min diæt af amerikanske politiske podcasts med danske eller europæiske og er blevet rigtig glad for deres nede-på-jorden men samtidig grundige gennemgang af europæiske nyheder. Og de har et udsyn jeg kan lide, se fx denne anbefaling fra dem:
“So go get your beautifully designed copies of the European Review of Books or even take out a subscription if you're feeling generous.
Because they're another independent pan-Eur…
How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
@… I answered based on international travel, as that’s where I’ve done most of my flying. There it’s around 3 hours because I, like my mother, become a restless mess starting like 24 hours before I’m going anywhere.
I barely ever sleep the night before.
For US domestic, which have become more common for me lately, I’ve been purposefully trying to break the habi…
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Er blijken verschillende digitale versies te zijn. Deze versie duurt 10 minuten langer.
Bekijk deze film op MUBI: THE STRAIGHT STORY
https://mubi.com/films/the-straight-story (sub)