https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/11/emoji-evidence-errors-dont-undo-a-murder-conviction-people-v-harmon.htm

The Database Powering America’s Hospitals May Not be What You Expect

Ever heard of MUMPS? Both programming language and database, it was developed in the 1960s for the Massachusetts General Hospital. The goal was to streamline the increasingly enormous timesink that …read more
#hacking #projects
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/03/the-database-powering-americas-hospitals-may-not-be-what-you-expect/

I have so so many questions https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/end-to-end-encrypted-smart-toilet-camera-is-not-actually-end-to-end-encrypted/

For Decades, Cartographers Have Been Hiding Covert Illustrations Inside of Switzerland’s Official Maps

https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/for-decades-cartographers-have-been-hiding-covert-illustrations-inside-of-switzerlands-official-maps/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/science/article-artemis-ii-mission-moon-nasa-orion-capsule-astronaut-jeremy-hansen/

https://futurism.com/future-society/lost-password-chip-magician

The EU is set to announce on Wednesday it has given in to US lobbying and will allow firms to train AI on customer data, amongst other things. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251115-eu-bows-to-pressure-on-loosening-ai-privacy-rules

A timeline cleanser: recent newsletter is about rise of "repair cafes" around the world, where communities come together to fix each other's beloved things. The goal: reduce consumer waste, and maybe make some buddies in the process 🔧👭

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11112025/todays-climate-repair-cafe-consumer-waste/

Every now and then I rediscover this amazing website that integrates tax assessment photos taken of almost every building in NYC in the 1940's with a clickable map. Sort what Google street view would look like, if it were 1946.

https://1940s.nyc/map/

https://cefboud.com/posts/tcp-deep-dive-internals/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/waymo-san-francisco-kit-kat.html

@ianr
OMG. That is so funny.

For anybody following the link click on the question mark in the top corner for an explanation.

@ianr this is art:

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewell-from-farmers-almanac

https://clocks.brianmoore.com/

https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/10/31/the-cryptography-behind-electronic-passports/

This is a wonderful #YouTube channel. Separate from his main channel https://www.youtube.com/philipbloom, this is his cat-oriented channel and it's simply great: https://www.youtube.com/@OneManFiveCats -- the title from the number of cats he had when he began the channel (he has more now). I can't recommend this channel highly enough. He's a director and filmmaker by trade -- that's the focus of his main channel (no pun intended, of course). But if you care about cats, his cat-oriented channel is wonderful. Among other things, he reviews products explaining both the positive AND the negative aspects, he obviously cares very deeply about cats and their people, and of course his production values are very high. No jump cuts. No "let's get into the video!" rants. When you have some time, I urge you to check out his channels, even if you don't really care about cats or filmmaking. If nothing else, he shows how to run a wonderful YouTube channel with zero hype and great content.

https://youtu.be/3wlNemFwbwE?si=LzAWxaL7X44t8uG9&utm_source=ZTQxO