The first red flag in the piece:

even better, those traits that weren't selected for combined with other traits can (much later) lead to brand new function (this is one of my favorite examples carlzimmer.com/evolution-hi...)

evolution is jazz

the crosswalks are now battlefields

Chemical toxicity and drug toxicity aren't the same thing. No drug is 100% pure. Tox studies exist to identify unintended consequences resulting from the drug, yes, but also its formulation and impurities. Trying to rely on a computational model to do this will literally kill people.

It's disgusting that the Paper of Record is now appealing directly to Trump even in Wirecutter

Link to his blog post on the subject here:

www.wheresyoured.at/the-rot-econ...

That's actually close to Ed's thesis, but you can only get so much across in two words lol. Enshittification is passive voice "things are getting worse". Where Ed argues the "growth at all cost mindset" actually drives anti-consumer decisions to drive profit because they have no novel ideas

Wheeen theee headline is dark but there's still lots of snark, that's good posting

When it's clear they don't pay but they have lots to say, that's good posting

not a new game, but I've always liked how Quest for Glory did this. things like spells and certain items got carried through from game to game. since the setting was different in each game, your exploits get mentioned by recurring characters, but don't affect much

*picking teeth with christ's finger bone* yeah, shit, he just walked on out of here, you just missed him

So, you're saying climate change is going to make shitstorms a regular occurrence in Massachusetts

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