A history lesson behind the now-infamous keychain.
The End of Textuality - Real Housewives of San Francisco
Authenticity in the age of GenAI
Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers - The Old New Thing
Not an artistic judgement. Just a technical one.
The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner., Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
Opinion | Is It Time for a New Sexual Revolution?
One that actually brings men and women together.
Drei Gedanken zu: Ladies First - Filmlöwin
Unter dem Deckmantel einer feministischen Komödie reproduziert die Netflix-Produktion LADIES FIRST patriarchale Ideologie.
MAiD, ableism, cognitive accessibility, and more
This one took a bit to write. The first piece is long (1,600+ words), and intense. But it needed to be said. I'll be interested to hear what you think. You...
How to Install Swift on Debian (13, 12, 11) - LinuxCapable
Install Swift on Debian 13 and 12 using APT, Swiftly, or the official tarball. Includes version switching, update scripts, and removal.
"Präraffaelitische Girls erklären Hexerei": Wenn Musen die Macht von Twitter entdecken
Als hätte man Zeitreisenden die Macht von Twitter erklärt: Die Autorin Christiane Frohmann macht in ihrem neuen Buch feministische Memes aus präraffaelitischen Gemälden
The Dark Mode Toggle Discourse
How the dark mode toggle discourse unfolded One designer's argument against the classic light/dark/system three-way switch turned into weeks of blog rebuttals, parody posts, and "do you even need a toggle at all?" takes. The timeline Aug 1…
Improving the usability of C libraries in Swift
There are many interesting, useful, and fun C libraries in the software ecosystem. While one could go and rewrite these libraries in Swift, usually there is no need, because Swift provides direct interoperability with C. With a little setup, you can directly use existing C libraries from your Swift code.
Don’t Create The ‘Draw a Dick’ Button—Aria’s Barks
A stupider Torment Nexus, for a stupider timeline.
‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn’t During Its Release
While promoting his cautionary tale about fascism, Disney asked Gilroy to refrain from using the word. Nine months after it aired its finale, the 'Star Wars' series feels scarily prescient.
Is ubiquitous A.I. writing "inevitable"?
On a weird few weeks of A.I.-writing scandals
Peter Thiel's "Palantir," The Company That Owns The Trump Regime, Just Published Their 22 Point Manifesto For America And It's Terrifying.
22 Points · A Tolkien-Themed Surveillance Empire · A Chairman Who Loved Epstein · A Philosopher-King Blogger On Speed-Dial · And The IBM-Nazi Template Nobody Wants To Name
