Remember that if you are a bad example you are still an example.

Couldn’t help but notice that in the Final Fantasy VI montage within the FF Resonance demo they included the obligatory train duplex scene.

Today in Labor History August 7, 1971: Jonathan Jackson, aged 17, brother of imprisoned Black Panther George Jackson, raided a Marin County, CA courtroom with an automatic weapon, and freed prisoners James McClain, William A. Christmas and Ruchell Magee. He took a judge, Deputy DA, and three jurors hostage. He demanded the release of the "Soledad Brothers," including his brother. Police killed 3 of the hostages as they attempted to drive away from the courthouse, as well as Jonathan Jackson and the freed inmates. Angela Davis, who owned the weapons used by Jackson, was jailed for 2 years, but was later acquitted of conspiracy, kidnapping, and murder. Prior to the escape attempt, Davis had organized a defense committee for the Soledad Brothers which included Noam Chomsky, Pete Seeger, Marlon Brando, Jame Fonda, the scientist Linus Pauling, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg.

In 1970, George Jackson had published his book, “Soledad Brother,” a collection of his prison writings from the 1960s, including numerous letters he had written to his then kid brother Jonathan. He also wrote critically about racism and white supremacy, class, and the brutality of the prison system. The Soledad brothers were George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo and John Clutchette, accused of murdering a prison guard at Soledad Prison, in California, in retaliation for the murder of three black inmates by prison guards three days prior. Clutchette and Drumgo were later acquitted. Jackson never got his day in court. He was murdered by prison guards, at San Quinten Prison, California, before his trial, exactly two weeks after his brother’s murder in the botched escape attempt. George Jackson had originally been imprisoned for the crime of stealing $70 from a gas station in 1961.

In 2022, August was declared as Black August, the Black History Month Alternative for Freedom Fighters, in honor of all the Panthers killed in August (Jonathan and George Jackson, in 1971; W.L. Nolan, cofounder of the Black Guerilla Army and mentor to George Jackson, murdered in Soledad in 1970; Khatari Gaulden, leader of prison resistance movement, murdered in San Quinton, 1978).

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Spider-man
Spider-man
Does whatever a spider can
Trap and sting
Passing bugs
Melt their insides and slurp them out

That feeling when you think of ways your moderately successful shitpost could have been a better shitpost.

Huh feels weird to have @gruber do a thing about an app I wrote a few years ago (https://guifero.app/), except someone else wrote it this time (https://lexfriedman.com/gnome/).

Guess I would have made more than $50 off it before the HOA of software pissed me off the mac app store if I had had this kind of help.

Not pissed off at anyone but pissed off at my terrible experience trying out putting an app on the store.

Today in "the team's intern is younger than some of my WWDC t'shirts"

Figma made the progress bars the colors of the pride flag for pride month.

I'm sure that'll show the reactionaries in charge of the country right now 🙄.

Sometimes it's dumb things like this that make me pine for the Glorious Communist Revolution.

Here’s an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of yourwill REALLY appreciate.

It’s so good, I had to make a video.

The mad scientists at Nintendo are testing the limits of wholesomeness, as seen in the last Yoshi game.

Over the past decade, my Junk Prayers folder in Outlook grew by 10,000% due to online sports betting.

Feeling called out by the Onion today: https://theonion.com/overambitious-man-wants-to-get-2-things-done-today/

I couldn't stop thinking about this so I had to make it and share it

https://theonion.com/fractures-emerge-between-gops-pro-pedophilia-extremely-pro-pedophilia-wings/ was supposed to be a parody…

Banksy: A local man came up and said ‘Please – what does this mean?’ I explained I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens. <3 Banksy In Gaza: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/17/street-art-by-banksy-in-gaza-palestine/

Ask your doctor if Placebo is right for you.

Must-read piece on the malignancy of extreme wealth. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/?utm_source=www.garbageday.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-doj-will-go-after-you-just-because-it-can

I can't believe it: there's actually (finally!) a trailer for the Coyote vs. ACME movie and the movie itself is actually coming out on Aug 28. Looks fun! I hope it makes a billion dollars. https://kottke.org/26/04/finally-the-trailer-for-the-coyote-vs-acme-movie