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Improvising a band concert

I’m a firm believer most people are good people. After Trump canceled a concert performance for a diverse group of high schoolers, military band members rallied and helped 22 of those students put on the performance.

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  • Improvising a band concert

    I’m a firm believer most people are good people. After Trump canceled a concert performance for a diverse group of high schoolers, military band members rallied and helped 22 of those students put on the performance.

  • Waymo crashes less than human drivers

    Maybe we’ll get driverless cars some day. Waymo vehicles are showing promise, crashing less than human drivers. Last September, I analyzed Waymo crashes through June 2024. So this section will focus on crashes between July 2024 and February 2025. During that period, Waymo reported 38 crashes that were serious enough to either cause an (alleged) injury or…

  • COBOL runs the world

    If Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook operate the surface level, what you can see of modern business, COBOL is the collective history of plumbing keeping a business functioning. Especially when it comes to financials. Consider: Over 80% of in-person transactions at U.S. financial institutions use COBOL. Fully 95% of the time you swipe your bank card,…

  • Salmon Swimming

    Salmon Swimming, 2024digital illustration

  • 2025 Barkley Marathon

    The Barkley Marathon is a unique and rugged ultramarathon. After 5 people completed the race last year, the race was made more difficult.

  • White House social media strategy

    Washington Post explores the new White House social media machine After years of working to undermine mainstream outlets and neutralize critical reporting, Trump’s allies are now pushing a parallel information universe of social media feeds and right-wing firebrands to sell the country on his expansionist approach to presidential power. For the Trump team, that has…

  • Dining Alone

    The New York Times delves into dining alone and its experiences. I’ve had mostly good experiences dining alone. Good service, occasionally bad table, even got to speak with a local chef about Maryland style crab cakes.

  • Woman finds man under a bed

    Nightmare fuel: Kansas babysitter checking for monsters finds man hiding under bed

  • Torpedo baseball bats

    Major League Baseball bat science doesn’t change much. Every so often there’s an innovation such as the Yankees and their torpedo bat designed by an MIT physicist.

  • ChatGPT turning images into Studio Ghibli

    ChatGPT turning images into Studio Ghibli The trend kicked off pretty wholesomely. Couples transformed portraits, pet owners generated cartoonish cats, and many people are busily Ghibli-fying their families (I’ve stuck to selfies, not wanting to share with OpenAI my siblings’ likenesses). It’s an AI-generated version of the human-drawn art commissions people offer on Etsy —…