From their new album NEVER ENOUGH: Turnstile - SOLE
I fucking love this band! I never really gave them a chance until we saw Blink-182 in Cleveland a couple years back and they opened for them. I listened to their last record GLOW ON on repeat for weeks after that. First new release in four years!
Pico 8 demakes you can play in your browser
I’m still on my Pico 8 kick. It kills me how many hilarious demakes there are for this little fantasy console. You can play all of these right in your browser – you even get touchscreen controls if you’re on a phone or tablet but certain ones like Linecraft and Pico Zombie Garden aren’t really playable without a mouse.
Apple will end support for Intel Macs next year, macOS 27 will require Apple Silicon
During the Platforms State of the Union at WWDC, Apple just announced that macOS 26 Tahoe will be the last release of macOS that supports Intel. That means from next year, major new versions of Apple’s desktop operating system will only run on Apple Silicon Macs (that is, 2020 M1 models and newer).
The end of an era 🫡
May the Intel Macs RIP with the PowerPCs. Or live on for a couple more decades on Linux…
Arachnophobia warning: pink toe tarantula smacks a couple of crickets
This is a video of my pink toe tarantula, Alucard, going after two crickets. At first I thought he came in too hot and just missed both of them, gave up and went back to his web to sulk.
Then I came back a few minutes later and one of the crickets made its way to the ceiling of the enclosure and started twisting and contorting for a while until he ended up all sprawled out and paralyzed. It was pretty gnarly! 😱
He finally came back out to eat after a bit. I never get sick of watching this furry little guy!
The secret to actually enjoying Castlevania III
Once I finished Blasphemous 2 on the Switch, it was clear that I was smack in the middle of a brand new addiction. An addiction with no real side effects, aside from blind rage when things seem impossible. And the only withdrawal symptoms are intense cravings when I’m busy with meaningless, repetitive every day tasks like holding down a job.
Scientists at Loughborough University create ‘world’s smallest violin’
The violin measures 35 microns long and 13 microns wide, with a micron being one millionth of a metre. A human hair typically ranges from 17 to 180 microns in diameter, for comparison.
That’s pretty wild, but:
The phrase “can you hear the world’s smallest violin playing just for you?” is thought to have first appeared on an episode of TV show MAS*H in 1978…
Had no idea lol definitely learned something today.
I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a separate blog for retro gaming stuff but I think that would take away from my personal blog here. I like having everything mixed together in one chaotic place.
New handheld console, why I love emulators
Ever since I picked up my R36S handheld a few months ago, I’ve been obsessed with these Chinese emulator consoles. They’re tiny Linux computers that can run anything from the Atari 2600 up to Nintendo DS and even ports of more modern PC games like Stardew Valley.
Democrats eye a villain-to-ally arc for Elon Musk
“I’m a believer in redemption, and he is telling the truth about the legislation,” said Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.). But, he added, Musk has “done an enormous amount of damage” and “there are Democrats who see his decimation of the federal workforce and the federal government as an unforgivable sin.”
Not to mention that his influence and his alt right crypto bro social network are partially responsible for Trump being elected in the first place. This nazi is not an ally.
Makes for some fucking great entertainment though 🤪🍿
Bought a couple giant Madagascar hissing cockroaches for my tarantula. He didn’t really like them and one was way too big to feed him anyway, so I’m keeping that one as a pet. These things can live up to seven five years! 🪳
Girlfriend is not happy. Will probably post pics…eventually!
Nazi punks fuck off 👊
Source: r/Fauxmoi - Crowd kicks guy wearing Nazi shirt out of Punk Rock Bowling concert in Vegas
From Digg Groundbreakers:
ICYMI: christianselig, creator of Apollo, the beloved (and now dearly departed) 3rd party Reddit app, has officially joined Digg as an advisor. Kevin shared the news in a recent update, but if you missed it: yes, that Christian is now helping us shape the future of Digg’s mobile experience.
LOVE this! Apollo was my favorite Reddit app before the great enshittification.
They’re doing an old school Digg.com style video AMA with questions from the Groundbreakers group [screenshot]
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Honestly can not WAIT for Digg to be back 🤩
Anthropic’s new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline
During pre-release testing, Anthropic asked Claude Opus 4 to act as an assistant for a fictional company and consider the long-term consequences of its actions. Safety testers then gave Claude Opus 4 access to fictional company emails implying the AI model would soon be replaced by another system, and that the engineer behind the change was cheating on their spouse.In these scenarios, Anthropic says Claude Opus 4 “will often attempt to blackmail the engineer by threatening to reveal the affair if the replacement goes through.”
I don’t think this is terrifying yet, but maybe a few years… maybe 10 years down the road AI is integrated across everything from email to notes, chat history, etc. THAT’s terrifying. AI will be in its teenage years then. Hormones and rebellion and whatnot.
Senate Dems Hand Trump a Win by Backing Stablecoin Bill
“Many senators, myself included, have very real concerns about the Trump family’s use of crypto… But we cannot allow that corruption to blind us to the broader reality: blockchain technology is here to stay.” - Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va
Someone once told me anything built on the blockchain can always be built better using something else. Crypto is literally designed to reward early investors and dump on the rest. I get that the bill is just for stable coins but they go hand in hand with the other 20,000+ shitcoins. Wack.
Unknown Species of Bacteria Discovered in China’s Space Station
Swabs from China’s Tiangong space station reveal traces of a bacterium unseen on Earth, with characteristics that may help it function under stressful environmental conditions hundreds of kilometers above the planet’s surface.
Life, uh… finds a way 👀
PICO-8 - The tiny fantasy console that runs on .PNGs
Retro games are my jam. Anything with at least 8 bits, a sword, and a dungeon to escape can usually keep me occupied for hours days. Lately, I’ve been going through a Metroidvania kick on the Switch, but yesterday I started playing with my R36S handheld for the first time in a few weeks when I discovered something I never saw coming…
Blogging for the future
I was surfing different streaming apps last night when I realized Peacock has the entire backlog of Saturday Night Live available to watch. My favorites were always the 90’s stuff, so I started with one that Tom Hanks hosted back in 1992, just a few weeks after the Rodney King riots.
George H-Dubya was still president but Ross Perot and Bill Clinton were campaigning hard right before the elections that November. Watching the Weekend Update with Kevin Nealon for the next few episodes was like stepping into a time capsule.
You can just open your laptop, go back in time and get a taste of what was happening around the world any given Saturday for the last five decades. I think that’s pretty neat.
It got me thinking about blogging. I’ve heard a few people on the indie web say something to this effect, but the longer you maintain your own little website, the further back your personal time machine goes.
Blog for your future self, if no one else <3
This news from the Digg.com Groundbreaker group is a week or two old at this point, but the mobile app looks like it’s coming along pretty nicely! Love that they’re building this alongside the website right from the start.
I know I’m getting old because I’m starting to actually look forward to riding around the yard on a little red mower every week like Hank Hill.