I never found Letterman funny, and he comes off as mean and a little bigoted in this clip with the late, great Richard Simmons. But Simmons has a ton more charisma than Letterman, outshining him in a 4-minute clip produced by Letterman’s own team.
https://youtu.be/I4AflonZ6S4?si=QLkmjj6mHCNm1sE-
https://youtu.be/I4AflonZ6S4?si=QLkmjj6mHCNm1sE- https://youtu.be/I4AflonZ6S4?si=QLkmjj6mHCNm1sE-
Everyone who has ever traveled by airplane has at least one infuriating story, including me. But when I missed a scheduled flight on American Airlines last week, the customer service person put me on the next flight with none of the fees, up-charges or judgment that I was expecting, and it was nice.
Oral Argument for Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive – CourtListener.com
This oral argument before the 2nd Circuit about the legality of Internet Archive’s controlled digital lending program is a great listen, regardless of what side you support.
Find all the litigation filings here.
#law
https://www.courtlistener.com/audio/92800/hachette-book-group-inc-v-internet-archive/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67801014/hachette-book-group-inc-v-internet-archive/
Sure, Elon, I’ll go right ahead and disable my privacy related extensions…
Laurens Hof, writing in Episode 73 of his Last Week in Fediverse newsletter:
"What makes the situation with rumours of Mastodon leaking private messages so interesting to me is that the original posts that contained the rumours got significantly more engagement than the corrections. So it seems to me that the structural feature of decentralised networks that ‘significantly limits the reach of fake news’ can also work to limit the reach of corrections to fake news as well."
This is a good point, but the structural aspect of decentralized networks that makes it as difficult to circulate corrections a... joeross.me https://joeross.me/2024/06/21/laurens-hof-writing.html
Louisiana classrooms now required by law to display the Ten Commandments | CNN Politics
I haven’t looked into yet, but my first thought is that this middle finger to the Constitution has the stench of Leonard Leo and his ilk all over it.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/politics/louisiana-classrooms-ten-commandments/index.html
🦎 What are some good dinosaur apps and games to learn and play with your kids on iOS?
I’m happy to pay for good apps, I just want to avoid scams and low-effort nonsense.
🔗 Rich Idiot Tweets
Nick Heer has a great post about the vapid coverage of vapid Elon Musk, but this bit from the end of Heer’s post struck me as the perfect Twitter bio for Musk:
"words from the fingers of a dipshit"
Now that Spotify’s family plan costs $20/month now I don’t have much incentive not to switch to YouTube Music, which comes with the YouTube Premium I’m already paying for. I’m also giving the Tidal 30-day trial a shot, but that would be $22/month for a family plan.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170301/spotify-us-price-increase-plans
⌨️ A quick MS Word tip: Press control + shift + F9 to remove all hyperlinks in a selection of text. You may need to include the Fn or equivalent key if you're a keyboard nerd using several layers.
This is handy for work because while I'm writing briefs I like to keep the citations hyperlinked for easy ref... joeross.me https://joeross.me/2024/06/03/a-quick-ms.html
Alito's intellectual honesty https://joeross.me/2024/06/01/alitos-intellectual-honesty.html
TenBlueLinks.org shows you how to make Google’s old school, AI-free search filter, called, and this is true, Google Web, the default.
I’m not a fan of Chrome on iOS, or anywhere really, so I added the &udm=14 suffix to the Google action I use in Drafts and shared it to the Drafts directory.
https://tenbluelinks.org/ https://directory.getdrafts.com/a/2S3
🪶 This is only my opinion, but it is one I strongly hold: Tom Bombadil is equal parts omnipotence and ADHD.
🔗 Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors
Tripp Mickle, Brian X. Chen and Cade Metz report at The New York Times that:
"The decision came after the executives Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing OpenAI’s new chatbot, ChatGPT. The product’s use of generative artificial intelligence, which can write poetry, create computer code and answer complex questions, made Siri look antiquated, said two people familiar with the company’s work, who didn’t have permission to speak publicly."
Apple can’t be serious here. My earliest IFTTT recipes made Siri look antiquate... joeross.me https://joeross.me/2024/05/12/apple-will-revamp.html
🔗 Does the Statute of Limitations Ever Apply in Legal Malpractice?
Hey look, my employer has a blog about the kind of work I do, and I wrote a thing for it.
I wore transitions (™️?) lenses for a year and half in my late thirties and no one close to me loved me enough to punch me in the face and force me to replace them. I’m not saying I don’t take responsibility, or that I’m not loved at all, just maybe not enough.
😠 Google’s connected speakers and hubs are actually useful (unlike Alexa and Siri…), but it’s really hard when you’re super angry about something and have to mumble “Hey Google …” through gritted teeth. Just let us change the wake phrase.
(Yes I know some devices/command combinations don’t require a wake... joeross.me https://joeross.me/2024/04/29/googles-connected-speakers.html
🔗 Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book | Books | The Guardian
I’m not quoting from the review or her memoir because Noem is deplorable, and because, somehow, it’s worse than the headline suggests.
When people tell you who they are, believe them.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/26/trump-kristi-noem-shot-dog-and-goat-book
Bunker Hill Environmental Education Center.
Bunker Hill Environmental Education Center.