American Doctor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7_u8jzHzU
From the computer of Peter Clark
Trying to be an excellent father, human and product manager.
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How to spot AI writing
> First, consider words. The vocabulary that bots overuse has changed: they no longer “delve” and there are not as many “tapestries”. Instead they offer a significant number of polysyllables like “significant”, “increasingly” and “consequences”. They use more rare words (“interdependence”, “reindustrialisation”) and scientific lingo (“parameter”, “methodology”) than humans, and are fond of…
'Transformers: The Movie' at 40: the cartoon spin-off that traumatized a generation of kids
https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/transformers-the-movie-at-40-the-cartoon-spin-off-that-traumatized-a-generation-of-kids
Jason Arday's Fairy Tale Is Over
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/08/jason-arday-cambridge-academic-memoir-resignation/688206/?gift=Uq9aaByt3RTe8kcxtvbv8yB6TBzUjdlxdvFhr70NW8E
Shohei Ohtani bows to Shota Imanaga
https://youtu.be/7ZS2Q_lce8g
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90 degrees in London is awful; nowhere has AC!
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big trip #2 starts in 15min!
The lost joy of music piracy
> Launched in 2004, Oink’s Pink Palace was created by a 21-year-old computer science student in England in response to legal action being taken against users of public file sharing services like Napster and The Pirate Bay. In a few short years, Oink grew into a massive community of like-minded music enthusiasts, offering high-quality downloads of virtually every album in existence. “It was like…
Pokemon 30th Anniversary Gamestop Markups
Pre-orders are still open but wow they fleece you: | Product | Price | Markup % | |---|---|---| | Knock Out Collection | $19.99 | 0% | | ex Box | $44.99 | +105% | | Poster Collection | $29.99 | -14% | | Tech Sticker Collection | $29.99 | +100% | | Booster Bundle | $59.99 | +123% | | Battle Deck | $3...
Blue Prince became a bonding — and learning — experience for my family
https://www.theverge.com/games/964262/blue-prince-family-bonding?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6ImFBekZaTFRNTWwiLCJwIjoiL2dhbWVzLzk2NDI2Mi9ibHVlLXByaW5jZS1mYW1pbHktYm9uZGluZyIsImV4cCI6MTc4NDMxOTMxNywiaWF0IjoxNzgzODg3MzE3fQ.QAU10815zbqKNsWPSyHNV-6XrrIMfzqvPoVAJojb_Jo&utm_medium=gift-link
How terrorists groups are using AI
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/us/politics/ai-terrorism-boko-haram-nigeria.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wlA.esFl.8OknaEDN003f&smid=url-share
The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-02/why-hotels-theme-parks-and-summer-camps-are-harder-to-access?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4Mjk5ODYzMCwiZXhwIjoxNzgzNjAzNDMwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSEpMNE9LSUpIOUMwMCIsImJjb25...
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apologies for the lack of posts — my past week: 1. flew to Anchorage Alaska 2. took a helicopter to bear glacier lagoon 3. slept in a yurt there 4. kayaked around ice bergs 5. took a small plane to Denali 6. flew to Atlanta 7. watched England play in the world cup 8. flew back to Louisville 9. playe...
Colorado wildfires: 3 firefighters killed battling fires near Utah border
https://www.denverpost.com/2026/06/28/colorado-wildfires-firefighters-killed-mesa-county-evacuations/?share=vhtvwefmot2wh6tskn2f
An Oral History of Steven Spielberg, a Raider of a Lost Art
https://www.vulture.com/article/oral-history-of-steven-spielberg-and-his-movies.html
How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/?gift=Uq9aaByt3RTe8kcxtvbv8xWV4rKO-3-DT7jpjqsQDdc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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“Ok, so tomorrow [at the baseball game], both teams will bat?” — englishman learning about baseball
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I’m in Chicago with some friends — watching england game (on TV) today, cubs game on Friday — it’s going to be great! except I only brought shorts and no jacket and it’s pouring.
An interview with Ollie Wagner, Apple emoji designer
https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2026/06/ollie-wagner/
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The Pokemon booster pack market is utterly insane now. I was talking to the owner at our local board game store and he said most of the time they sell through their entire allotment of booster packs in the first day! I'm resisting buying packs for my kids online, so it's extra exciting when we find...