Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Oingo Boingo - Alive (1988). While this is a live album, the band didn’t play in front of an audience. Nothing is mixed. It sounds like a studio recording it’s so tight. #music #nowplaying

Well, this is fascinating! The city of Poznan, Poland uses eight clams to control their water supply. When the water is clean, they remain open, but close when contaminated, closing a sensor harmlessly glued to their shell. Computers do the rest. After three months, the clams are returned to their original home and replaced with new clams. #science #health #clever kottke.org/24/12/eig…

Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant (Deluxe)(2011). Eric Clapton. Steve Winwood. Tom Morello. Trent Reznor. Nothing short of an amazing album. Why are you still reading this? Go listen! #music #nowplaying

It’s #CNN listicle season, and I hate it. I can’t walk around my house now without wading through hip-deep listicle muck. It’s sooooo gross. Normally this would signal the oncoming new year and a refreshed sense of hope, but that’s not in the cards for #2025. Ugh. #news #enshittification

I don’t think I mention how much I hate private medical insurance (even more than I hate paid parking at medical facilities). So, I’m going to mention that the people at Select Health are terrible for denying a 9 year old girl born with one arm a $24K robotic arm because it was “cosmetic”. Despite their callousness, she got her arm. Read her story. #healthcare #humanrights science.slashdot.org/story/24/…

I’m not sure this is the most complementary of headlines for the #Flexbar. #Apple’s Touch Bar was almost as unloved as the disastrous Butterfly keyboard, and now both have long been excised from the MacBook lineup. #tech appleinsider.com/articles/…

This is heartbreaking. I was very lucky to be among those whose loans were mostly wiped clean by the Biden administration and I’m “only” 56. And my outstanding loans were a pittance compared to Valerie’s. I thought my 16k was stressful… #studentloans #debt yro.slashdot.org/story/24/…

While my favorite #rally car of all time is the #Lancia Delta Integralé 16V, but a close second is the #Renault 5 Turbo 2. Now I’m looking at this new R5 Turbo 3E and I am blown away at how powerful this little thing looks! Over 500 HP and 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. I love it! #cars #racing www.autoblog.com/news/rena…

I’m quite sad that 2011’s #animated ‘The Adventures of #Tintin’ directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson & Kathleen Kennedy hasn’t gotten a sequel yet. It’s a great #movie and did well at the global box office. Now Tintin and Popeye will soon be entering the public domain. www.polygon.com/news/5022…

#HomestarRunner has been on #YouTube for years. I’m subscribed to their channel and watch when they put out new content. Nice to see Polygon finally noticing, though. If it’s been a while, you should revisit some old faves. #cartoons #comedy www.polygon.com/yuletide-…