- Dave Barry wrote a lovely essay on what it was like to learn from Google’s AI-powered search results that he’d recently passed away. Allison Parrish wrote a bonkers analysis detailing more than you wanted to know about how Game Boy cartridges work. – both via cassidoo
- If you still have any subscriptions on their platform, send the author this detailed piece on how and why to leave Substack. – via kottke
- Related: Substack has once again revealed itself to be a Nazi bar.
- Some notes on the iPhone’s New Satellite Messaging Function – via @sweat_science
- New research reveals that Americans have abandoned a simple daily habit that reduces stress as well as — and, at times, more effectively than — exercise, meditation apps, or massage. Taking just 15 minutes to read for pleasure can reduce your stress levels by 68 percent — but 84 percent of American adults no longer do it daily. – via Arnold’s Pump Club
- Related: More than half of American adults now read below a sixth-grade level. – via Kimchi & Gabagool
- Nobody Knows How to Make a Pencil is a brilliant essay from 1958 which I first read on Jason’s site forever ago. (The original link is gone but I found a copy on the Internet Archive.)
- I Am An AI Hater
- Help save Ned the snail!
- Introduction to AT Protocol – via cassidoo
Things Can Only Get Better:
- The United States, just months before its 250th birthday as the world’s leading democracy, has tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and fascism. – via Laura Olin
- Scientists say flesh-eating bacteria cases are rising because of climate change.