Clive Thompson

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications

2026, man

www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

Tired of dystopian sci-fi? You might like Solarpunk. A recent literary genre imagines what happens when our climate changes—and so do we.

" #Solarpunk poses a fascinating question: What would a world that had seriously tackled climate change look like?" @clivethompson.bsky.social in @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...

The secret to a better city is a two-wheeler E-bikes get cars off the road and reduce pollution—and that's only part of why places like Denver are giving them away.

"Parking is hassle-free. And she can carry groceries in a crate strapped to the rear rack. She’d just ridden 4 miles to a doctor’s appointment for a checkup on a recent hip replacement." @clivethompson.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #ebikes #EVs #climatesky

agreed

or the reincarnated spirits of some dead 60s french situationists

Yeah, some other folks had the same thought -- it makes sense!

Very close!

i also agree with this confusion

wooooooo

It was *wildly* overengineered -- that's what fascinated me so much when I read the teardowns

they were custom-milling parts to aerospace specs

totally unglued

i kind of love it

Yes, that's adjacent!

yes!

100%

One of my favorite failed ideas

A good guess! But no

correct!!

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

“I feel like I’m grieving my mother” Damaris Bello’s mother attended a green card interview—and was deported less than 24 hours later.

Last month, 22-year-old Damaris Bello’s mother attended a green card interview—and was deported less than 24 hours later.

Before the officers could handcuff her, Maria Estrada Juarez asked if she could hug her daughter one last time.

It does have extremely retro vibes!

Yeah those gears make that seem likely!

I was on IRC before I was on the web. Bringing ATproto to IRC is amazing.

A grammatically and syntactically correct appraisal

This is our bizarro world

With this war on Iran costing $1B per day, we are now at 4$B, an amount that would fund 3,200 five year NIH biomedical research grants.

😂

Nailed it

lol yes

as daft as this entire concept was, I admire the absolutely berserk amount of unnecessary quality in these components

You know it

Precisely!

Definitely a kitchen thing!

A kitchen thing that got tens and millions of dollars in VC funding and sold almost none of them lol

That’s a good guess though!