Sure, If You’re An Unoriginal Hack

This newly renovated home has everything you need to move right in‭, ‬including a loving Cantonese family ready to welcome you with open arms‭.‬

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I just got $10 from the Fandango class action lawsuit. That’s not enough to buy a movie ticket.

Texas Bans Being Different Around Children. 🧅

Ever in a #Neovim :terminal, and want to open a file without having to back out to normal mode, or have a nested Neovim instance? There’s several ways to do this, but here’s a simple one.

Add a shell function that tests $NVIM, which is set to the server pipe when inside a Neovim instance. If Neovim is running, replace the nvim command with an alias that passes the --server and --remote options.

Here’s a complete example for the Fish shell, but it should be easily adapted to others.

#!/usr/bin/env fish

function nvim --description "Open Neovim within the same instance, if one is running"
  if test -n "$NVIM"
    command nvim --server "$NVIM" --remote $argv
  else
    command nvim $argv
  end
end

Picked up this jacket at a vintage popup on my way back from therapy for $35. Feeling myself. Also, it got chilly so now I’m grateful for the extra layer.

I switched to the Hack programming font in my terminal and IDE, and really enjoying it. Functional, readable, and nice to look at.

Todsy I learned that civil rights legislation in the United States was made possible by a peaceful protest of children.

The marches were stopped by the head of police, Bull Connor, who brought fire hoses to ward off the children and set police dogs after the children. This event compelled President John F. Kennedy to publicly support federal civil rights legislation and eventually led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

I laughed, I gripped my chair in anxiety, I laughed, I froze my face in a smile, I laughed, I walked out and felt like something insane would happen. Read more

I’m told this was planned, but I chose to believe a rogue heavy machinist had a vendetta against Penn State. Respect.

Had a great time at XL Happy Valley improv fest. The organizers put on the best run improv festival I’ve ever attended in my roughly twelve year improv career. Heading back to NYC tired and happy.

My improv team The Cat’s Cradle Ensemble played the XL Happy Valley Improv Fesitval last night. Such a fun show, as were all the other teams. Check out our set if you’re inclined.

Via Joe Wilkins at Futurism.

A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for an astonishing two-thirds of observable climate warming since 1990.

…I’m still hearing eat the rich.

Why does every macOS app ask for permission to access my local network?

It’s cherry blossom season, motherfuckers.

Corey Doctorow quoting others on fraud.

“The optimal amount of fraud is non-zero,” because “everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Complexity is generative, but “all complex ecosystems have parasites.”

Something to keep in mind during this extended “conversation” on waste we’re having in America. Worth a read. 🇺🇸

I rarely link to the New York Times opinion section, because it usually sucks shit. We all know this. However, One Way to Keep Trump’s Authoritarian Fantasy From Becoming Our Reality? Pretty good.

Trump wants us to be demoralized. He wants his despotic plans to be a fait accompli. They will be if no one stands in the way. But every time we — and especially those with power and authority — make ourselves into obstacles, we also make it a little less likely that the administration’s authoritarian fantasy becomes our reality.

When trying to type event.target.closest(), I instead wrote event.target.closet(). It took me too long to debug.

Currently, this is an embarrassing mistake. However, if we bug the ECMAScript standards committee, all event targets can have their own closet.

Subtle metaphors are for chumps. Read more

Started reading: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 📚

Remember when I asked for more anti-trust? Ask and you shall receive. It’s good for society when billionaires face plant.

Google keeps losing anti-trust cases. All of them will be appealed, but damn if that isn’t heartening. More anti-trust.

The precursor to the CIA wrote a manual for simple sabotage. Jason Kottke’s thoughts.

Ha, some of these things are practically best practices in American business, not against enemies but against their employees, customers, and themselves.

That has been my almost universal experience.

I’m pleased to announce that the cats will be playing Coachella next year. 🐈 🐈‍⬛

I’m now a proud supporter of independent, local journalists Hell Gate. Pictured here: my stickers and thank you note. 👏 for small operations.

You love to see it. The Alamo Drafthouse Workers Won via Hell Gate (paid link).