With four more years like 2023, carbon emissions will blow past 1.5° limit - Ars Technica

I believe humanity has given up and we aren’t collectively really trying anymore. I know some people are still trying, but for the most part, humanity’s actions speak louder than its words. We aren’t trying, and we aren’t going to do what we need to in order to avoid giant catastrophe.

I got dysentery so you don’t have to | Eukaryote Writes Blog

Talk about taking one for the team. There’s even a good reference to The Oregon Trail in here, which I’ll admit is the first thing I thought of when I read the headline.

Why birds are smart: Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Hey, bird brain! No, I mean this is a study about bird brains. Birds have small brains but can be as intelligent as primates that we consider relatively smart. I can only dream of being called bird brain.

The Thought Experiments That Fray the Fabric of Space-Time | Quanta Magazine

Apparently we only live in an approximation of reality or at least a view of reality that’s not fundamental. I KNEW IT!! Most of the stupid stuff we’re required to do to stay fed and housed doesn’t seem very fundamental to reality either.

Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity | WIRED

This story is kind of playing out all over the world whether it be power or water, whether it be about semiconductor manufacturing or data centers. This stuff takes resources, and we’re kind of running out of them.

Ancient supermassive black hole is blowing galaxy-killing wind, James Webb Space Telescope finds | Space

This is wild. I always think of black holes as sucking everything in, and now they’re blowing it all out. Kind of reminds me of Spaceballs.

Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021

OH HAY THANK GOODSNESEZ LINUS IS IMPERVIOUS TO HAXORS!!?? Oh, yeah. It’s not.

This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself | CNN

Forget about that giant black hole, this is REALLY wild. A college dropout developed his own surgical cure and then talked someone into performing it on him. This guy does not take “lie in bed quietly for the rest of your life” for an answer!

A brief history of defragging – The Eclectic Light Company

It’s fun to spend hours mocking Windows users for defragging their hard drives, but Macs used to need it too. Also, no one on Windows defrags anything anymore either, let’s be real. But you should still spend hours mocking Windows users anyway.

Darpa Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against Hurricanes | WIRED

I wonder what effect climate change will have on this plan (specifically the oysters part).

Three beautiful outside-the-cities places to visit in Hokkaido with a connection to Golden Kamuy – SoraNews24 -Japan News-

I never read the manga or watched the anime Golden Kamuy so I don’t know the Hokkaido connection here, but I’d still like to visit Hokkaido for more traditional reasons when I get back to Japan someday.

Diving Deep on Tuna to Uncover Surprising Variety | Nippon.com

Sometimes a maguro is not just a maguro

Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users

You don’t love to see it. There are certainly more websites than I have hands and fingers to count who I’d put in line in front of The Internet Archive in terms of things I’d like to see hacked and knocked offline.

We only learnt of our son’s secret online life after he died at 25

This is quite a story. To me it serves as a reminder that people aren’t necessarily as they appear.

Eat Japanese prison food at this unique cafeteria in Abashiri | SoraNews24 -Japan News-

I don’t know, I think I might do time in Japan for some of that Katsudon!

Apple Balks and Walks from OpenAI Investment

I dont’ know what’s going on with OpenAI in general, and I really don’t like the way Apple’s framing of their AI features smacks of Wall St. placation. It’s clear that they’re trying desperately not to slip into irrelevancy by letting something pass them by, but it’s still very un-Apple-y.

Japan’s legions of panda-lovers bid farewell to beloved pair in Tokyo - The Japan Times

Turns out zoos can be unhealthy for animals, who knew? I wish the furballs all the best.

Honda’s on a Roll Reviving Retro Mini-Motorcycle Designs

The Japanese are bringing back bikes that were in their first round of popularity when I lived there. Very cool.

Why I’m so fired up about macOS Sequoia’s screen (and a solution!)

I guess it’s not much of a security solution if it’s so easily bypassed, that wacky Sequoia screen recording permission pesterer. I paid for Amnesia by Jordi Bruin, and it is a really nice way to make the pain go away.

Jellyfish surprise scientists by learning without a brain - Big Think

There’s hope for me yet!

How Does the Milky Way Compare to Other Galaxies? - Universe Today

The Nurburgring’s 24-Hour Bicycle Race Is the Real Green Hell

An International Space Station Leak Is Getting Worse—and Keeping NASA Up at Night | WIRED

Japan’s Vampire Smoothie arrives with semi-coagulated blood looks for Halloween【Taste test】 | SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Low Orbit Satellite Companies Respond To Scientists’ Concerns About Light And Environmental Pollution With Even Bigger, Brighter Satellites | Techdirt