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🌠 Disney Nixed a Ben Solo ‘Star Wars’ Movie Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Adam Driver Says

2025-10-24 12:20:06

TheWrap

I typically reserve this kind of link for Foofaraw, but the idea of Steven Soderbergh doing a Star Wars movie is just too fascinating. I feel like you could add up the budget of his last ten movies and they still wouldn’t equal a Star Wars movie.

🤖 OpenAI buys Sky, an AI interface for Mac

2025-10-24 12:17:50

TechCrunch

Sky is a product I actually thought could have some real utility. Security was always the issue though, and now that OpenAI controls them, I’m not sure I’d want OpenAI to be able to essentially see everything I do on my computer.

🤡 Trump Keeps Attacking Americans. Why Does He Get Away With It?

2025-10-24 12:13:59

The New Republic

And the media, with its long-standing bias toward treating Republican grievances as more legitimate than Democratic ones, follows the lead of whichever party is making the most noise. Republicans scream about “deplorables” for weeks, so it becomes a story. Democrats shrug at Trump’s latest attack on blue America, so it doesn’t.

Trump and his administration (and minions) are all guilty of basically everything they accuse democrats of doing. They’re the biggest snowflakes there are.

🐂 Takeaways from the Bulls season opener

2025-10-24 12:12:21

Noh

The most glaring thing is how often he is scoring off cuts this year. Synergy had 22 percent of his possessions coming off cuts in this game as compared to around 7 percent last season. He has gotten MUCH better at timing those plays out, and he’s pretty devastating when changing directions on a dime.

The NBA is back! And Buzelis seems to be catching up to the NBA game this year. I wasn’t able to watch it, but even from Noh’s clip you can see how active he is on both sides of the ball. Vooch, of course, killed it, as he always has the ability to when given the chance.

A system to organize your life

2025-10-21 11:55:34

Johnny.Decimal

Johnny.Decimal is designed to help you find things quickly, with more confidence, and less stress. You assign a unique ID to everything in your life. These IDs help you stay organised. They impose constraints that make it harder to get lost. And you create your own index to link everything in your life together. The system is free to use and the concepts are the same at home, work, or that club you manage.

I've followed this project for many years. I was immediately drawn to the sheer ambition to organize everything, helping you “find things quickly, with more confidence, and less stress.” The system is robust, walks you through every step, and addresses every scenario. There seems to be a rich community to support your journey. The site itself is beautifully rendered, bolstered by the irresistibly exacting typeface Berkeley Mono.

A few days ago, the proprietor made the workbook free. Check it out if you've ever felt stressed about losing track of something in your life.

💼 Personal Business

2025-10-19 12:11:35

Are.na

My motivation throughout the ups and downs was not that Are.na would one day make me rich, it was that we had to keep Are.na alive because it, the service itself, was part of how I understood (and still understand) myself.

One of the best things I’ve read in awhile. Loved the Kinopio shout-out too. While not software, the sites I’ve been spinning up like this, Foofaraw, the upcoming Quotidian Bagatelle, and maybe one other come from a similar place of wanting to bootstrap the things I want to see in the world.