Chris Thomas

In one test, an investigation was rated more accurate, important, and relevant when it was surrounded by community-focused stories (rather than other investigative reporting). buff.ly/kxeTIhf

Finally finished with the hospital On the plus side, none of clothes are getting too small anymore!

The irony of me forgetting headphones when getting admitted to the hospital is palpable

Wife: use the newspaper to get that spider down Me *reads the news out loud* Spider *depressed* holy shit

I mean, what to even say at this point? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...

Well then, looks like I'm drinking banned whisky tonight

There's no tariffs on free information I publish so...

Pretty much youtu.be/LE3BDqrKKL8

I think the surest sign I wasn't going to buy the house was when I fell through the basement floor due to undisclosed water damage. So anyways, the house hunt is going as well as I've heard it goes.

BC has declared a provincial state of emergency due to regional wildfires. Please avoid non-essential travel to the Summerland area. If you must travel there, be alert to rapidly changing situations @EmergencyInfoBC & @DriveBC.

It’s the end of an era: we are sunsetting rpubs.com, quartopub.com, and shinyapps.io in favour of connect.posit.cloud. These services are important, but we need to focus our efforts on a single platform (and it’s overall less confusing to have one place to publish everything you do in R or Python).

A very kind neighbor texted me today about a "sick" crow laying motionless in the yard with its wings outstretched. Because today is the first really hot day of the summer, I knew right away the bird was fine and what was going on. Here's @corvidresearch.bsky.social on what they're doing and why.

Look at this awesome work!

Our cold opens are getting a bit more avant garde

A statement from WIRED leadership.

Canada's first Eurovision performance should be Angine de Poitrine (even though there's no way it isn't The Weeknd). youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so

After the historic win against Qatar and a solid effort against Switzerland, the Canada Men’s National Soccer Team is moving on in the #FIFAWorldCup2026! An exciting and historic step forward for the men’s program, with fans throughout BC and beyond proud to be behind the team. (1/2)

Oh hey there, some good news if you weren't aware:

This year's Vienna lager came out great #homebrewing #beer

And there it is techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/g...

I never thought I'd ever describe measuring headphones as "hellish" but the last two weeks have not been kind to me

As much as my position on this is pretty clear, I'm happy so many of you agree www.soundguys.com/nobody-wants...

My oldest just heard that the Bruins were losing and went "oh no they're gonna get thrown in the harbor!!" It definitely sucks, but I haven't laughed like that in a while

Given the score, I'm not mad that the Bruins currently have an entire line in the penalty box

Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want

Finally got a crow present with monetary value

If the recent Google search core update gave your site's rankings a healthy whack, my 10-years-running proven SEO hack will save you: Make Good Shit™ that genuinely helps/informs/entertains. People will follow. After a couple weeks:

Movie props, prototypes, and more could get wrapped up in the new 3D printing blocking mandates being considered in NY and CA. Beyond censorship, this could enable manufacturers to surveil and lock in users. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Golden ears, or the FR of an ill-fitting ATH-M50; you decide

I did not write a new blog about tech journalists using AI but let me leave this from last summer right here www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

Anyone else seeing low-end noise on the AirPodsMax 2 when the ANC is off? Damnedest thing. Audible, too.

Happy comeback day, to all who observe

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There's only 3 major browser engines left. Only one is independent: Gecko, the engine behind Firefox and all of its forks. That independence matters because fewer engines means less choice in how the web is built. blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/20...

Spotify error is playing ads for Premium subscribers

Here lies yet another fundamentally bad idea that would never have worked. It never sold. RIP metaverse www.wired.com/story/fake-m...

I mean... Yeah

An under-discussed consequence of generative AI: to prove *your* scientific text is human-authored and should be taken seriously, you'll have to show your credentials, which benefits people with privilege and harms people without it. Harvard gets a pass; U of Nairobi, maybe less often.

The new AirPods Max 2 are here, but can they take on the Sony XM6?

Tell your governor to hold robotaxi companies accountable for following traffic laws and staying safe on our roads. Send a message:

People really don't like it when things change www.soundguys.com/bose-quietco...

US only, but a big move

Lots of folks asking how to join the class. My lawyers' emails and contact-form here. As well as the complaint if you want to take a look. prf-law.com/current-case...

If by "missed the mark" you mean "never ran it by legal" ok

If you have published anything at all that's cited frequently, you should be aware you may be caught up in this. The most unsettling thing about this is how widespread it is, not merely how violating it feels to have someone else charge money for an impersonation of yourself to edit writing.