2026-01-28 07:07:35
I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: https://anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/
Interessante analyse van wat voor soort dementie Trump precies heeft. En wat daar het gevaar van is.
https://open.substack.com/pub/frankgeorge8675309/p/dammit-its-not-alzheimers-heres-why-c9f?r=4fpew…
The #AI Revolution in Coding: Why I’m Ignoring the Prophets of Doom
https://codingismycraft.blog/index.php/2026/01/23/the-ai-revolutio…
The Bonfire team have met their first “maintenance” fundraising goal. The next stretch goal is designing and shipping federated groups.
There is lots of good writing in this post about the needs of different types of groups.
https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-<…
The Securitization of Minerals in the EU: Why Europe is Not Immune to the Resource Curse - 15/15\15 https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2025/12/24/the-securitization-of-minerals-in-the-eu-why-europe-is-not-immune-to-…
🗜️ The Silicon Valley Stack Doesn’t Work Here: Why Africa Will Lead the Post-Bloat Web
https://paulallies.medium.com/the-silicon-valley-stack-doesnt-work-here-why-africa-will-lead-the-post-bloat-web-e7c34b577c61
Mailbag: Why the struggles in zone coverage? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-why-the-struggles-in-zone-coverage
"While Reform UK has seen a spike in media coverage since it took a commanding lead in the polls, our research shows the Greens have not received more airtime in recognition of their growing popularity."
Why isn’t the Greens’ growing success reflected in media coverage?
https://
Five reasons why the Patriots made 2026 Super Bowl: Mike Vrabel, Drake Maye, free agent spending spree, more
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/five-reasons-why-the-patriots-made-…
Why Are You Even Like That?!
We inherited relationship structures, absorbed our parents' values, mistook productivity for worth, and called it normal...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/why-are-you-even-like-that/
Whoever thought it would be a good idea to rely on a handful of companies from a single country to maintain the UK’s digital infrastructure?
Well, the government for one.
https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/2026/why-cloud-first-has-…
Why Does Pam Bondi Want States' Voter Rolls? (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian)
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/why-does-pam-bondi-want-states-voter
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p97#a260127p97
Bastyr University still offers it, has done for decades...
Homeopathy isn’t medicine. Why is this pharmacy school pretending it is?
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/homeopathy-isnt-medicine-why-is-this
"The number of women globally who commit violent crimes is very small – in 2021 they were responsible for just 10% of homicides. Indeed, women are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators. But when women do kill, in many cases the victim is a male partner or family member and there is a history of domestic abuse."
Q&A with Edison Scientific CEO Sam Rodriques about Kosmos, Edison's AI tool for scientific research, why AI probably won't cure diseases anytime soon, and more (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/podcasts/hardfork-ai-science.html
#Oumuamua was first spotted on October 19, 2017, by a telescope in Hawaii called Pan-STARRS 1.
At first, scientists thought it was just a regular comet or asteroid -- But as they watched it more closely, they realized it was very different.
Here are some key things about Oumuamua:
#Shape: Unlike most as…
Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/
Kremlin teaches to kill! Why Russian teens are drawn to knives and violence: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/kremlin-teaches-to-kill-why.html
Why Doubt Your Version of History?
Fragments of the past: every record tells a story, but none tells the whole story
https://edintone.substack.com/p/why-doubt-your-version-of-history @…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The House of Love:
🎵 I Don't Know Why I Love You
#TheHouseofLove
https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/track/soft-science-i-don-t-know-why-i-love-you
https://open.spotify.com/track/1jhLdcLxciVhLh4pQHPLa3
The persistence of the foreign film category at the Oscars feels increasingly misplaced as foreign films and shows are now mainstream viewing due to streaming (Jack Simpson/Monocle)
https://monocle.com/culture/why-the-academy-awards-should-…
One thing that grinds my gears about both SA and DISCO are that they don't fully engage with their premises, despite leaning on old, reasonably well-trodden foundations for them. "here, have some therapy" but no engagement with _why_ or what's going on. Show the audience why! Show how it works! But no we just skip to "adding therapy makes everything better" and that's not just bad storytelling, that's not how therapy works.
Repeat for all the other soft elements of the show. Interpersonal dynamics are all summed up, in ways that defeat the very premises they're trying to show.
I fully blame the run time for a lot of this. But geez.
"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…
"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Sade:
🎵 Why Can't We Live Together
#NowPlaying #Sade
https://deemontero.bandcamp.com/track/sade-why-cant-we-live-together-dee-montero-balearic-rendition
https://open.spotify.com/track/7pd7fTNMtn4jRv80CSdgcq
As a scientist myself, I have been wondering, if there was a pattern of #Epstein's support to research. In addition to support for "AI" research, there's this:
"One disturbing explanation for Epstein’s support of science comes from his interest in genetic determinism. This idea, which dates to the eugenics era, is still fashionable in some wealthy circles [...]."…
Mailbag: Why the struggles in zone coverage? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-why-the-struggles-in-zone-coverage
Super Bowl 2026: Five reasons why Seahawks won NFC to reach big game, including historic rebuild
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2026-five-reasons-why-seahawks-won-nf…
[OT, LinkedIn] The Napsterization of AI — and why it hits different https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/napsterization-ai-why-hits-different-brian-malone-yebqe On how Chinese AI labs aim to undercut U.S. tech giants by flooding the market with cheaper, …
Why the Raiders' Last Two Games Are Their Most Important https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-last-two-games-are-their-most-important
Series C, Episode 10 - Ultraworld
TARRANT: How, but not why. What's the reason? Why suddenly decide to teleport down to a strange planet?
VILA: Day trip?
AVON: When the planet was on the screen, did anyone notice Cally's reaction?
VILA: I didn't.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/310/113
By post, it's mostly web rather than Phanpy.
Suspect it's mostly replies over stand-alone only because of threads here really. Most of a thread counts as a reply because it's a reply-to-self.
I mostly use the web interface for new posts rather than the phanpy one because I can't type an emoji in Phanpy. Only instance custom-emojis can be typed starting with a colon and I usually want 😄 or 😉 or 🙄 not the custom emojii. Can't type them on Phanpy. So I mostly compose on web.
Maybe the Phanpy dev has some kind of emoji plugin or something? Dunno why he makes it only do the custom ones.
But this is why I mostly post from web even though I almost entirely read from Phanphy. Which means replies mostly come from Phanpy but standalone mostly from Web.
3 Reasons Why Everyone Has "Something To Hide" - good article from @…
https://ghost.thenewoil.org/3-reasons-why-e…
"Dana, Elliot wants to know why there's a 20-pound frozen turkey on the light grid."
"It's 24 pounds."
"I'll tell him, but he'll probably just want to know why there's a 24-pound frozen turkey on the light grid."
#ThanksgivingQuotes #HashtagGames
Free link. --> Why I Got Thrown Out of a Jasmine Crockett Rally - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/02/texas-senate-democratic-primary-talarico-crockett/686154/?gift=7dKt…
Not linking to it, but why do news outlets keep amplifying “AI” propaganda from companies making chatbots without at the very least some basic vetting?
(No, statistical algorithms on calculators don’t have feelings. Never have, never will.)
"why Europe needs to take its own defence more seriously. Russia is still a long way from winning on the battlefield, despite devoting half its budget to the war... If the West chooses to let its enemies win, history will not judge its leaders kindly"
https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/01/22/a-chilling-yet-plausible-scenario-what-if-putin-wins?giftId=NGQzZmU5MGEtOTY3YS00NmNlLWIzOWEtMzM4ZDNlNWE5NTk2&utm_campaign=gifted_article
Police Told to Be 'as Vague as Permissible' About Why They Use Flock (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p71#a260127p71
Gregor Macdonald's “Cold Eye Earth” is an excellent big-picture newsletter on energy trends and why it’s so freaking difficult to reduce global emissions. There are grounds for optimism, but still… https://www.coldeye.earth?r=wabr
Sonnet 137 - CXXXVII
Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes,
That they behold, and see not what they see?
They know what beauty is, see where it lies,
Yet what the best is take the worst to be.
If eyes, corrupt by over-partial looks,
Be anchored in the bay where all men ride,
Why of eyes' falsehood hast thou forged hooks,
Whereto the judgment of my heart is tied?
Why should my heart think that a several plot,
Which m…
😠 Why Chinese Energy Projects Are Facing a Backlash in the Balkans
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-Chinese-Energy-Projects-Are-Facing-a-Backlash-in-the-Balkans.html
“In the media, success is often reduced to the size of a company or the bank account of its founder. Can we just stop equating success with short-term economic growth? What if we used usefulness and longevity?”
Why there’s no European Google? https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-euro…
Um... why would they have a Star of David on their chest Pierre?
"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says antisemitism is on the rise in Canada and around the world, and is spreading through educational institutions.
He says Canadians must stand up to ensure Jewish people can live “safely, peacefully and openly with the Star of David on their chest.””
#Holocaust #Nazi #HolocaustRemembranceDay
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/carney-says-holocaust-remembrance-day-a-time-to-remember-canadian-complicity/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
reason to lose ten minutes to stupid computer shit: libreoffice appears to default to UTF-7 (sic) when importing CSV files
why in the ever living fuck would you want to use UTF-7. ever. at any point in your life
Why do you follow me? Multiple choice...
(Just saw someone else do such a poll and it reminded me to do the same...)
I've always loved the Atlantic for taking a chaotic news cycle and pulling out the 10,000 foot story. Please check these out if you have time.
(For the doubters who have been skeptical) "Yes, It’s Fascism: Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny."
(For the people wondering why residents are risking their lives)
"Believe Your Eyes: If it still is not clear why this matters, compare the …
chatcontrol e oscuramento: la guerra alla crittografia è in aumento. A causa di una losca collaborazione tra Stati Uniti e Unione Europea.
Sorveglianza di massa statale
Dopo la denuncia di Snowden nel 2013, ampie porzioni di Internet sono diventate crittografate, consentendo comunicazioni private e sicure. Non tutti hanno accolto con favore questo cambiamento. In particolare, l'FBI e altre agenzie governative statunitensi hanno combattuto quella che viene spesso definita la &q…
"Étonnamment [?], les temps de réaction lors de l'utilisation d'écrans au volant sont pires que ceux d'une personne ivre ou sous l'emprise de stupéfiants. Pas étonnant que 90 % des conducteurs détestent utiliser les écrans tactiles dans les voitures. L'industrie automobile revient enfin Š la raison."
Trump got involved in a state Senate race — and he might lose
“Phil Berger has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election,” Trump wrote on social media,
making no mention of redistricting in a long list of Berger’s accomplishments.
He urged Berger’s opponent
— a staunch ally who chaired Trump’s 2020 campaign in North Carolina
— to drop out.
The race shows how the power of Trump’s endorsement can advance his agenda.
But it could also end up …
Cowboys reveal the why in odd George Pickens incident vs. Chiefs https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-reveal-why-odd-george-pickens-benching-vs-chiefs/047419a0b6a88088759588b9
Why NFL.com considers Eric Stokes the Raiders' 2025 'unsung hero' https://www.raiders.com/news/why-nfl-com-considers-eric-stokes-the-raiders-2025-unsung-hero
🔧 Antifragile Programming and Why AI Won’t Steal Your Job
#programming
Here's why Minneapolis reminds me of what I once saw in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/25/heres-why-minneapolis-reminds-me.html
The clues behind Bill Belichick's baffling first-ballot Hall of Fame miss
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/why-bill-belichick-did-not-make-hall-of-fame-first-try/…
The regularity of leftish political parties wondering why they lose voters after they've tried so, so hard to embrace centrism* is truly awe-inspiring
*centrism doesn't exist, it's right-wing politics with some lipstick and eyeshadow
If you’ve never been into exercise or considered yourself “a gym person,” the idea of starting exercise in midlife can feel daunting, or even futile.
But here’s the good news:
from a scientific standpoint, your 40s may be one of the most powerful times to get started.
When it comes to bone, muscle, metabolism, heart health and even brain function, it is never too late to start exercising.
In fact, your body is remarkably responsive to change at this stage of life, and y…
Why Trump got involved in a state senate race -- and why he might lose (Hannah Knowles/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/27/trump-redistricting-north-carolina-midterms/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p9#a260227p9
An interview with OpenAI for Science head Kevin Weil on the team's mission, why LLMs can't come up with game-changing discoveries yet, and more (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/26/1131728/ins…
Why Dallas Cowboys should sit Javonte Williams in season finale https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/why-dallas-cowboys-should-sit-javonte-williams-nfl-season-finale
Why the Lammy law change is a serious mistake
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/news/crime-and-justice/why-the-lammy-law-change-is-a-serious-mistake/
Great video, "This is why Prince is the best | NFL Halftime Show"
#Prince
Why Raiders' Maxx Crosby Is All-In on Fernando Mendoza https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-maxx-crosby-all-in-fernando-mendoza
🖌️ Why You Should Embrace Abstract Photography
#photography
Stop Letting Republicans Off the Hook for the ICE Killings (Dan Pfeiffer/The Message Box)
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-republicans-cant-escape-accountability
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p127#a260127p127
💸 Why the price of coffee has skyrocketed: from Brazilian plantations to specialty coffee houses
https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-12-28/why-the-price-of-coffee-ha…
TikTok US says it doesn't "have rules against sharing the name Epstein in direct messages" and is "investigating why some users are experiencing issues" (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/nx-s1-5689104/tiktok-epstein-direct-me…
Why Mendoza Shouldn't Remind Raider Nation of Draft's Past https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-fernando-mendoza-shouldnt-remind-drafts-past
Overlooked by the Western canon: Why Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi matters now: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/26/overlooked-by-the-western-canon.html
Why Sonny Styles was the biggest winner of 2026 NFL combine's first on-field workouts https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7075474/2026/02/27/nfl-combine-player-field-workout-winners-draft/
This is also another indication why Europe should be less dependent on US companies with Trump as president.
#trump #bigtech #anthropic
”A MUST-READ FOR THIS ERA"
-- JAKE TAPPER
KIM WEHLE:
HOW TO READ THE CONSTITUTION
— AND WHY
https://kimberlywehle.com/how-to-read-the-constitution-and-why/
Why Raiders' Job is More Well-Regarded Than Initially Expected https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-job-more-well-regarded-than-initially-expected
Q&A with James Wu on leaving his role as DJI's chief scientist to found FJDynamics to build robots for labor intensive sectors like agriculture and construction (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8e6c58eb-9133-4574-8bbc-d4476289021b
🤝 Why protests can bring people together across political divides
#protests
'It's a crazy story': Why Raiders' Alex Bachman lives in a guesthouse and has no attachments https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47409745/las-vegas-raiders-alex-bachman-giants
PRICES TO THE MOON, LIFE IN THE DITCH! 🚨 Why Are Russians Panicking About 2025?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/prices-to-the-moon-life.html
Why the Raiders don’t need a veteran QB bridge for Fernando Mendoza https://raiderramble.com/2026/02/27/why-the-raiders-dont-need-a-veteran-qb-bridge-for-fernando-mendoza/
Why an NFL graphic from Week 1 is sparking Super Bowl conspiracy theories after wins by Seahawks and Patriots
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-grap…
Apple says iPhone and iPad on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 have become the first consumer devices NATO approved for use up to the "restricted" level of classified data (Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-iphone-ipad-nato-classified-sec…
What will people do when AI can handle most current white-collar tasks?
I don't know.
And that's the whole point.
Nobody knew what displaced agricultural workers would do, either,
-- until they did it.
The absence of a visible next chapter isn't evidence that there won't be one.
It's evidence that we're bad at predicting what humans will invent when constraints shift.
WATCH LIVE! Jake Broe on Trump and “peace”: why the Kremlin won’t end the war, and Ukraine’s future: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/27/watch-live-jake-broe-on.html
Why Laveranues Coles decided to give up his retired cushy life to become an officer https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47413232/new-york-jets-ex-wr-laveranues-coles-jacksonville-police-officer
🌟 Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water
https://theconversation.com/why-too-much-phosphorus-in-americas-farmland-is-polluting-the-countrys-water-273326
Precious metals soared Monday
— with gold extending its record run past $5,100 per troy ounce and silver surging to new highs
— as investors continued to load up on hard assets as a hedge against geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty.
Gold was up 2.4 percent on New York’s COMEX commodities exchange before pulling back;
it had crossed the $5,000 threshold for the first time a day earlier.
Silver, which tends to be more volatile, spiked 14.6 percent Mon…
Chargers kicking meltdown: Why Cameron Dicker's bad day was so shocking in loss to Texans
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/chargers-kicking-meltdown-cameron-dickers-bad-day/<…
Last-minute NFL Week 17 picks: Joe Burrow, Bengals stay hot, plus why we like two specific underdogs
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/last-minute-nfl-week-17-picks-underdogs-best…
Why the Raiders Have Some Decisions That Are Easier Than Others https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-have-some-decisions-are-easier-than-others
Why the Raiders Need to Remain Open With No. 1 Pick, Fernando Mendoza Options https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-remain-open-no-1-pick-fernando-mendoza-options