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Kari types in the code for "Frogger" (and other games) from a mid 80s computer magazine. Progress is...gradual. She shared her typed in code either the original scanned PDFs or the a working version - assuming you have an emulator.

AOC seizes the moment as Dems seek a new identity - "Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is drawing tens of thousands of people to her rallies with Sanders — even in red states. She's breaking her own fundraising records, and surging in early polling of potential 2028 presidential candidates. It feels to many top Democrats like she's grabbing Sanders' torch as a progressive leader — and that...

Part of the problem is that for most of Silicon Valley's existence, its overarching monoculture privileged a certain type of "smart person." It was the kind of smart person who campaigned for Barack Obama, marched for gay rights, and built a custom prayer stool to complement their priest fetish at the Folsom Street Fair. The subject of ethics was brought up frequently, but almost...

Blue Prince is a roguelite puzzle game based around a young boy, Simon P. Jones, learning that he is the heir to his late granduncle's title and fortune - but on one condition, that he finds the 46th room in the family's 45 room estate, Mount Holly. Which might be more of a problem than you might think, given that the house rearranges itself...

"I found Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones in a small-town library four years ago. ... It is a book about writing, it is a book about life, it is a book about the inner workings of my own mind."

Red, green or orange roofs could super cool your home. Australian research has found a fluorescent film placed on top of super cool roof materials can solve glare problems while maintaining a comfortable temperature inside homes.

angela lansbury in famous works of art: thread by RiotGrlErin on BlueSkySee also: the spice girls in famous works of art: thread and tim curry in famous works of art: thread

Palestinian-Canadian singer-songwriter Nemahsis won two significant awards at this year's Juno Awards: Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Alternative Album of the Year.The Juno Awards are Canada's Grammys. Nemahsis interviewed by Teen Vogue. Nemahsis in Rolling Stone magazine. Rolling Stone also covered when she was dropped by her label for refusing to be silent about the massacre in Palestine. Also her debut album, Verbathim, has...

But if xAI wants to maintain its reputation as a legitimate player in the AI space, rivaling OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, it needs massive amounts of computing power. That's why Musk, who started xAI many years after its competitors, moved at lightning speed to build a facility needed to train its AI model, Grok. In about 122 days, xAI built Colossus, "the world's largest...

Jorge Bergoglio was born to immigrant parents in a working-class Buenos Aires neighborhood, training as a chemical technician (and moonlighting as a nightclub bouncer) before a life-threatening brush with pneumonia turned him to a life of faith. He rose steadily through the ranks of the Jesuit order, cultivating a pragmatic yet compassionate "theology of the people" that valued mercy over rigid doctrine and focused...

I want to meet this solemn man, a legend I've only read about. Mostly I want to be in the presence of somebody who can speak for bees. Not about bees—I've already met plenty of people who can do that. I want to meet the humans who can speak for them. I've heard they are in the mountains of Slovenia and in the Himalayas...

An Aussie-themed cafe has been ordered to destroy $8000 CAD of Vegemite by order of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.The cafe offered imported jars of the savoury Australian condiment for sale, causing conflict with Canadian regulations around vitamin fortification. Yes, the Prime Minister has weighed in. It appears that thoughtful diplomacy and negotiation has proven to be fruitful. Certainly statesmanship by example. Australian authorities...

"The debunking of unicorns as an ontological category did not prevent their horns from remaining desirable adjuncts to enlightened cabinets," Spary writes, "even if they declined in financial value and changed in significance. They now became a symbol, not of extreme rarity, but rather of the program of putting the world to rights for which the collection stood." from The Undying Unicorn [jstor; paper]

Welcome to the first of hopefully many regular posts of news for, of, and about the LGBTQIA+ community. A lot of it is transgender-centric right now, but that's because of things going on in politics. I do promise more when it happens. But just to show how bad the US Government is (we'll get to the UK in a moment), let's just note that...

Other actors than these three are also possible. I fear, though, that whether I am right or wrong about the specific source, there can be no doubt that we are far more vulnerable than we were three months ago. And any major attack, regardless of origin, would lead to the same kind of terror management. The people in the White House have no governing...

Attendees describe the day as liberatory, joyful and even sacred. As irreverent as Hunky Jesus is, Sister Merry Peter explained, the contest embodies a core principle of the sisters: "using the symbology of these traditions to open up a conversation with a society." Last year, state Sen. Scott Wiener stepped up to the mic and called out, "Let's hear it for triggering the right-wing...

Alberto Mielgo's Reveal Cinematic Short - "Calling this a 'Reveal Cinematic Short' does not do it justice. This is a short FILM." (previously)-Watch Dogs: Legion - Tipping Point Cinematic Trailer -Jibaro | Love, Death and Robots -Spider-Verse Storyboards[*] -gentrification -The Windshield Wiper

Even though many people who grew up in religious, sexually conservative households have strong negative feelings about pornography, many of those same people continue to use pornography. And then they feel guilty and ashamed of their behavior, and angry at themselves and their desire to watch more. from Science Stopped Believing in Porn Addiction. You Should, Too [Psychology Today]

Bill Hammack, the engineerguy, (previously) explains the engineering behind your typical soda bottle, as well as juice and sports drink bottles.

When Marlon Williams started writing in Māori, his music shifted. One of New Zealand's most celebrated voices has embraced te reo Māori for his new album, arriving during a tumultuous time for Māori rights.

The National Science Foundation has updated its priorities The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) was established in 1950 to promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare, and secure the national defense. In response to the new administration they have updated their priorities. It's not good.Included in the updates are: Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been...

A 20-year-old U.S. citizen, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, is being held in Florida's Leon County Jail, charged with illegally entering Florida as an "unauthorized alien" — despite the judge examining his U.S. birth certificate in court.Meanwhile, the Supreme Court said it will hear oral arguments May 15 on whether the Trump administration can take steps to enforce its contentious proposal to end automatic birthright citizenship...