we are the 99% of the 37

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Now is the spring of our discontent ...

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Anyone remind me what SKY was again? Trying to figure out why I would have set alerts for it.

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all i need is the air that i creep https://youtu.be/0XbogWA-riU?si=teZ1_KJbNSylkLCb

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Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) Report 2026: Understanding, Detecting, and Documenting Manipulation in the Research Ecosystem ❝The FoSci Report 2026 establishes Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) as a data-driven discipline dedicated to understanding, detecting, and documenting manipulation across the research ecosystem to strengthen scientific integrity. The field organizes its investigations into three interdependent levels: the micro level, which focuses on anomalies in individual papers; the meso level, which targets organized misconduct networks; and the macro level, which addresses systemic issues. The report provides contributions from experts across these topics, outlining methodologies, examples, and proposing a roadmap of solutions for publishers, institutions, and policymakers to combat the gradual undermining of science.❞ https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/_b_Forensic_Scientometrics_FoSci_Report_2026_b_Understanding_Detecting_and_Documenting_Manipulation_in_the_Research_Ecosystem/32178456

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“The difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, certainly is one of degree and not of kind.” — Charles Darwin ❝Scientists wanted to know why the chatter of Alston’s singing mice sounds so much like human conversation. What they found might change how we study both species.❞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/science/a-mutation-gave-humans-the-gift-of-speech-these-mice-have-it-too.html?unlocked_article_code=1.glA.Izb9.mjSXlhKLthPn&smid=url-share

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humans are suckers for stories https://www.ft.com/content/eb6f5398-6635-4938-b890-625e7c8d3af2

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war, good gawd

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good PSA from @pichi

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if it really went without saying, you wouldn't have had to say it

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https://www.there-i-ruined-it.com/

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Beeple's new exhibit reminds me of John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982) — though more darkly funny than creepy.

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"Regular Animals" are more human than human ... [WaPo] Robot dogs with Musk and Zuckerberg heads roam around Berlin museum in Beeple's new exhibit ❝Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after world-renowned figures — including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso — can be seen roaming around a Berlin museum, occasionally “pooing” printed images of their surroundings which they’ve previously captured with integrated cameras.❞ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/28/germany-berlin-robot-dogs-beeple-bezos-digital-art/36e131b4-42f4-11f1-b19d-32431046b5b4_story.html https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/beeple-regular-animals/

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Spirit no longer moves anyone

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My VPN provider no longer surfaces its Salt Lake City server in the app UI as of May 1 — days before Utah’s new VPN liability law takes effect. But: 👉 Hostnames still resolve in DNS 👉 Traceroute still reaches SLC (Zayo backbone) 👉 Connection attempts to VPN ports just hang (no response) So this isn’t a clean removal. The endpoint still appears in DNS and routing, but isn’t responding to connection attempts from this vantage point — effectively taken out of service. That kind of partial withdrawal — visible in infrastructure, absent in the product — is exactly what you’d expect if a provider were reducing exposure without fully tearing down a location. Utah’s law goes into effect May 6, per EFF: ❝Next week, on May 6, 2026, Utah will become, to EFF’s knowledge, the first state in the nation to target the use of VPNs to avoid legally mandated age-verification gates. While advocates in states like Wisconsin successfully forced the removal of similar provisions due to constitutional and technical concerns, Utah is proceeding with a mandate that threatens to significantly undermine digital privacy rights.❞ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/utahs-new-law-regulating-vpns-goes-effect-next-week No direct confirmation these are related — but the timing and behavior line up in a way that’s hard to dismiss.

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