2025-04-18 20:58:47
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences: Academy Establishes Stunt Design Award for 100th Oscars
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the creation of an annual competitive Academy Award® for Achievement in Stunt Design, beginning with the 100th Academy Awards® for films released in 2027.
Good! Stunt performers are a critical part of filmmaking, especially in a culture where audiences want to see more "real" things on screen. Their work has been underappreciated in the past, and I am excited to see this in a few years.
2025-04-18 20:10:00
Apple Newsroom: Apple Surpasses 60 Percent Reduction in Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Apple today announced that the company has surpassed a 60 percent reduction in its global greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2015 levels, as part of its Apple 2030 goal to become carbon neutral across its entire footprint in the next five years.
I certainly not one to praise Apple for everything they do, but they are doing good work here. A 60% reduction in emissions is meaningful, especially at Apple's scale.
It's also worth recognizing that while Apple intends to buy carbon credits to achieve their 100% reduction goal, which in my opinion is a dubious system on the whole, they do call out that these will be to close the gap, and will still mean a 75% reduction by 2030, which let's be clear, is still a massive win.
Apple’s 2030 strategy prioritizes cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent compared with its 2015 baseline year, before applying high-quality carbon credits to balance the remaining emissions.
2025-04-18 00:56:29
Niléane brings a spicy browser extension, Chris works through some iPad feelings, and Matt made the gang decide what app they consider "undefeated".
We want to hear from you! How would you have done our challenges? How would you answer the question at the end of the show? Let us know!
2025-04-17 21:48:08
The Vice President of the United States on Twitter:
To say the administration must observe "due process" is to beg the question: what process is due is a function of our resources, the public interest, the status of the accused, the proposed punishment, and so many other factors. To put it in concrete terms, imposing the death penalty on an American citizen requires more legal process than deporting an illegal alien to their country of origin.
I try to only bust out the curses when they're warranted on this blog, but fuck everything about this. This clown who pretends to be an intellectual argues that due process, which the US Constitution guarantees to all "persons" in the 5th Amendment is more of a suggestion than a mandate. The amendment itself:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Vance argues that someone facing the death penalty obviously deserves more due process than someone facing deportation. But that misses the point: the purpose of due process is to determine whether the government’s charge is legitimate in the first place, not just to scale the process to the severity of the punishment.
The big-brained Vance ends the post with:
President Trump and I will not stand fori t.
Closing out your anti-Constitutional screed with a typo is perfect.
I'll close with a quote from Ezra Klein's piece out today, The Emergency is Here (gift link):
The president of the United States is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. A prison known by its initials — CECOT. A prison built for disappearance. A prison where there is no education or remediation or recreation, because it is a prison that does not intend to release its inhabitants back out into the world. It is a prison where the only way out, in the words of El Salvador’s so-called justice minister, is a coffin.
2025-04-17 20:30:00
2025-04-16 10:23:33
I went through the act if installing custom firmware on my New Nintendo 2DS tonight, and I wanted to shout out this guide for being absolutely spectacular. Not only does it have the best step-by-step instructions I think I've ever seen, it even has branches off the main guide for those who have something go wrong during the setup process. Truly, every button press is laid out in detail, with screenshots to boot most of the time. I knew exactly what was happening and what to do next at every step of the way, and that's often not something I can say when installing open source stuff.