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Kottke points out a crazy statistic that explains so much of what's wrong with the US and our politics-- turns out Evangelicals are much less likely to see empathy as important.

Obama is called an elitist, but that Cheesecake Factory line was more relatable than anything Trump has ever done.

I don't think the fact that Jesse is a creep means that Taking Back Sunday is somehow the better band. They never have been.

Normalize explaining what pedals were used after each song instead of telling us the track name and some silly story about what the lyrics mean and how grateful you are to play to this crowd.

"You look like you're trying to delete democracy. Are you sure you want to do this?" "Oh fuck, nonononono, cancel! Cancel!"

Netflix is my least used subscription: https://json.blog/2026/10/25/netflix-is-my-least-used-subscription

Impeachment During the Omnicrisis: https://json.blog/2026/10/24/impeach-or-not-impeach

I've got a plan to get a lot of music recording done this weekend. I've had this plan before, but I'm hoping this time I've actually made some adjustments to make it far more likely I succeed.

Another short, tiresome post about the web: https://json.blog/2026/10/24/blogs-and-the-web-remain

Did the Warm Audio Microphone Mystery Box again, got the same mic I don't want again. So of course I got in on the Chase Bliss Mystery Box again. At least I don't gamble on sports?

I never type "peak" I always type "peek" and only ever realize when it's been out there for too long and it would almost be worse to correct.

Abdul El-Sayed's answer was great, but he missed an amazing opportunity to win over my very narrow demographic by failing to respond, "Did Glenn Beck rape and murder a girl in 1990?"

Finally completed the saga started in May of updating my passport by providing my new document information to Global Entry. While there, I noticed that they had my old, expired driver's license information as well.

What are these new anti-property tax righ wingers seeking?: https://json.blog/2026/10/18/what-anti-property-tax-is-about

I played a couple of Novo guitars today. I'm in danger.

If the reporting is accurate, I would consider Elon Musk to be a war criminal. But sure, post on Twitter again because the Nazi's don't come for you there but the anti-LLM crowd comes for you on Mastodon.

HomeView sounds more like the OS/widget screen feature than the product.

Shockingly, today marks only the second time I've been in Georgia and left the Atlanta airport. And it'll be the first time I stay here overnight.

Not every choice we make in our personal and professional lives is in perfect alignment with our ethics and values. But some values are easy to uphold, and even easier to at least feel shame if you fail to do so.

Right wing bloodlust is sociopathic. Some academic must have used the term culturalpathic by now, right?

I am struggling with a major decision for the first time in years. I don't enjoy that part. But it does make me appreciate that all things considered, the last few years have been pretty good.

Yeah, AI sucks at a lot of things, but it doesnt suck at taking a query plan and immediately noticing an index miss on a join because of a mismatch in column collation. I have no idea if I would have figured that out with infinite time.

People I know, love, and respect think Teams is great. I hate it compared to Slack. Just hate it. Other people I know, love, and respect think Discord is great. I cannot understand why. 1 I do understand it has community moderation tools, but I also find trying t... https://json.blog/2026/10/02/p

Amazon. I'm begging you. Page turn buttons. Please.

I wish every Discord was just a forum instead.

There's a YouTuber I don't like that much, but do end up watching more than I'd like to admit. His video today, "In 2026, you don't need an amp." And all I can think is, "Yeah, you don't need an amp, because your playing is entirely recording for Yo... https://json.blog/2026/09/26/yeah-i-need-an-amp

Has there ever been a bigger lie than the MyChart notification that an earlier appointment is available?

i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's

Years ago I would have written a long blog post on the Nikole Hannah-Jones article, but these days that feels like a painful chore. I will say that I've enjoyed watching everyone react and finding within this one story exactly whatever it is they already believed about education.

I thought Elon Musk straight up admitted that Hyperloop was invented just as a way to kill California High Speed Rail-- not replace it, kill it-- because it was never meant to work. Why isn't that the first thing everyone is saying about this new Texas nonsense?

I'm pretty unconvinced that "it's the phones", but boy I absolutely think it's hogwash to suggest "it's the Common Core". Dramatically overplays how much change actually happened in classrooms due to the Common Core. A childhood aut... https://json.blog/2026/09/16/common-core-is-a-silly-explanation

Declaring your art, music, or performances a space without politics is the same as declaring your art empty and pointless. Valueless art is valueless.

Drinking at nearly 40 is a total crapshoot. Sometimes I get fully drunk and feel 100% fine. Sometimes I have a single, light beer with dinner and feel terrible the entire next day.

Media Literacy is Dead: https://json.blog/2026/09/12/as-someone-who-watches-tv-the

The best songwriting shines through covers. When the same song can be utterly transformed by a new performance, yet still be recognizable? That's when you know the core song was something really special.

I am far from needing a new Apple Watch, so I've mostly not been thinking about its new AI listening feature. But now that I've decided I'm going to try out the Duo, I am thinking about it more. Mostly my feeling is "ick".

Doomed to love apps for notes and todos without having any use for them.

I'm a trans rights maximalist. I'm not sure there's even some ridiculous interpretation of that phrase that I wouldn't agree with.

I believe the technical term for Matt Mullenweg is "messy bitch".

Is there a bigger lie than Amtrak wifi?

Me: that Folio Society hardcover looks incredible. Yes, I will click that ad. Me: ... wait ... $825? American dollars? Really? backs away

With so many, ahem, load-bearing, open source and even specifically Linux projects out there, why the fuck is a distribution which is basically Arch + ricing + default applications collecting millions of dollars? Even if you find this to be a flippa... https://json.blog/2026/09/09/omarchy-nazi-shit

I don't know which phone I want or what I want to do now that the Upgrade program is over.

This episode of Ted Lasso was on its way to being my favorite until they dropes my absolute least favorite trope.

The End of History and the Final Girl is another absolute banger by Katherine Alejandra Cross who is fast becoming my favorite writer. If you are at all interested in this political moment, this one is worth your time. I couldn’t put it down.

Our world was built for information scarcity json.blog/2026/09/07/our…

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Finally booked time back in Mexico City for a few weeks this winter.Reply by email →

I'm pretty sure I now have more lines of code looking at who is hitting my RSS feeds than it took to get the entire v1 of this blog running. It's close.

Now that I'm reviewing logs for RSS feed fetching I can say with a lot of confidence there are a ton of bots and bad internet citizens out there. It might be a complete fool's errand to try and estimate subscribers on my own based on what I can gather. I... https://json.blog/2026/08/29/rss-analytics