Taylor Upchurch

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

First time I've seen an asterisk deployed here, thank you for sparing us all the embarrassment

just learned this today

Zverev forgetting the score and not realizing he just won the US Open is my favorite sports moment in a minute.

Insane article, strongly recommend

The studio cut of “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?” is a work of audio art, but Dolly playing and singing it in ‘77 for Johnny Carson (at two speeds) is just the sweetest thing.

James Baldwin on why he did not join the Nation of Islam also offers one of the most cogent explanations for why political Zionism in its current ultranationalist form has been so damaging to Jewish culture.

If you live in SF and vote for this then I'm afraid we can't be friends

Was not prepared for how good a recap this is

It took me a while to appreciate Krukow's "squaaaaaat" but its absence is really going to hit me when he's gone

this owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...

Ewok the Froodle, providing his signature occasionally overly sensitive neighborhood threat monitoring service

When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...

I personally have benefited from these benches! Thank you for making my life slightly better

Went to a lovely little street fair in Temescal yesterday

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

I double clicked to open an app on my phone this morning. My oldest old-man move yet

A nice piece on our fair city from Garden and Gun. gardenandgun.com/athens-georg...

I still think these two paragraphs from Ganz are the most important contemporary political writing

I can't believe this. @normcharlatan.bsky.social you're a Minnesota Legend, my man.

I love stories and people like this

At the very least, I wish more Americans would watch and support @pbs.org. If you haven't seen the @ricksteves.bsky.social Iran episode, you really should take the time. These little windows can change perspectives. Let’s start with empathy. youtu.be/CYoa9hI3CXg?...

And they say you can't get good sports on this app

This was a cool one! Got to sit down with @HarvardBiz for a lengthy Q&A on the Iran War and the ongoing, historic energy supply crisis: how it works, how bad it could get, and how decision makers should think about the risk. Check it out: hbr.org/2026/03/the-...

Perfect al pastor torta lunch at Tacos al Chilango on Valencia @ Cesar Chavez*

can think of at least 50 artists who, if you gave them each even like 100 thousand dollars, it would absolutely change the culture we live in for the better. 5 million is pocket change in the scheme of things. but we have to live in a world where all of that capital is wasted on bullshit like this.

Even if AI could write a novel what problem has been solved? The problem of knowing what you’re reading was written by another person? Who loves reading novels but hates the part where your mind briefly and mysteriously touched another?

The last few years really should have blown to smithereens the idea that very wealthy people are in any way smarter or better than you and me

i often think about this review

we're all looking for the guy that did this

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Fuckin knew it!

Achievement Unlocked: receive mountain lion text alert from SF

Great to see Alex Pareene back

it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant

It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle. There are a few basic skills involved, and so people teach each other those skills, and people are collectively refining them.