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Peter Gabriel’s Myst game cameo is as bizarre as it is unforgettable:

Congratulations: You have reached the Unskippable Peter Gabriel Cutscene, featuring a roughly three-minute cut of “Curtains,” originally the B-side of his 1986 single “Big Time.” Things do not get less weird from here!

Peter Gabriel is truly the bizarro version of Ronald Reagan. The more I learn about him, the more I love him.

Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Thinking:

The point is not that the status quo is always right, that every fence should remain standing. Rather, it’s that reform should be preceded by understanding and that critique should be informed by context.

In Readwise if your highlight has one or more double spaces in it you can do the following:

1. Open in edit mode
2. Open a new tab in your browser
3. Return to the Readwise highlight tab

All double spaces are removed.

Can anyone explain why this works?

Of course, the Explore option in Google Sheets is gone because the monopoly kills everything slightly good.

Do you have a Mount Rushmore of tech CEOs

I find Sean Evans of Hot Ones to be one of the most unappealing interviewers I have ever seen. I feel like I am being gaslit by people who enjoy it, and I will be playing this clip for them in the future.

Raycast is absolutely the gift that keeps on giving. Being able to study Anki on Raycast is a delight I wasn’t expecting.

Community Mourns Death Of Hawaiian Activist And Homeless Advocate Twinkle Borge:

For years, the Native Hawaiian activist had worked tirelessly to forge a tight-knit sense of community among the several hundred people living in makeshift shelters near the Waianae Boat Harbor, turning what could have been a miserable and lawless encampment into the kind of place where people could think of themselves not as homeless but simply houseless.

Then, nearly a decade ago, she launched a movement to make her community houseless no more, leading efforts to buy a 20-acre plot of fallow land in Waianae that she hoped to transform into a vibrant village surrounded by fruit-bearing avocado, papaya and banana trees.

Borge, known by countless people as “Aunty Twinkle” or simply “Mama,” was still working on that effort when she died this week at the age of 54.

I never got a chance to meet her, but Aunty Twinkle is an inspiration. Rest in Power.

Smartphone use decreases trustworthiness of strangers:

In our experiment, we had participants wait in groups of six for approximately 20 minutes, allowing them to interact as they wished. In one treatment, participants could use their smartphones during the wait time, while in the other they did not have access to their phones. We then randomly paired participants within each group to play a trust game and answer a brief survey. As predicted, we find that limiting phone access resulted in higher levels of trustworthiness.

More solarpunk content:

• A great video essay from DamiLee
• A mixtape of vaporwave titled Solarpunk: A Possible Future

A Solarpunk Manifesto:

The aesthetics of solarpunk merge the practical with the beautiful, the well-designed with the green and lush, the bright and colorful with the earthy and solid. 

Solarpunk can be utopian, just optimistic, or concerned with the struggles en route to a better world ,  but never dystopian. As our world roils with calamity, we need solutions, not only warnings.

“I ka wā ma mua, ka wā ma hope”
The future is in the past.

George Daniel’s first solo release, “Screen Cleaner,” is so good. It is undeniably groovy and evokes the early 2000s techno/garage of Basement Jaxx.

Heroes of Hawaiian advocacy on Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea:

At just 11 years old, Ke Aliʻi Bernice Pauahi Bishop captured a pivotal moment in Hawaiian history. In her journal, she described the day in 1843 when Hawaiʻi’s sovereignty was restored after being usurped by English Captain George Paulet: “They pulled down the English flag and hoisted the Hawaiian flag and we were all rejoicing.”

As we celebrate Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, it’s crucial to remember the wāhine aloha ‘āina (patriotic women) in history who fought for sovereignty and the preservation of the Hawaiian kingdom. These women’s contributions are not just historical footnotes; they are the foundation of ongoing Native Hawaiian advocacy.

I love the effort to bring back lānui Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian holidays, and historically accurate narratives about Hawaiʻi’s history, which was and is fraught with colonization.

I am loving the Comfort Zone Podcast. It is always nice to hear tech folks talk about how the feel of a thing can outweigh its technical aspects.

We went to the Bonsai Exhibition at Kaimukī Middle School today and these were just a few of the beauties on display. I just started with very minimal effort last year, but it is a really enjoyable hobby.

Robin Rendle — Be loud about the things you love:

A writing tip for myself in the future, if I may (and I do): delete every use of “…for me…,” “in my opinion,” “some might disagree,” “I think,” etc. etc. These snippets are a bad habit and make your writing fragile, lacking any conviction, with one eye always over your shoulder.

Yep yep yep!

Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with store employees in Maryland:

“By reaching a tentative agreement with Apple, we are giving our members a voice in their futures and a strong first step toward further gains,” the union’s negotiating committee said in a statement. “Together, we can build on this success in store after store.

This is an excellent first step! Hope their vote goes well and a contract quickly follows.

Here’s a little lo-fi remix for @TechConnectify@mas.to (original video).

We Need "AGI" More than Apple Intelligence! - Stager-to-Go:

Apple needs to resurrect HyperCard for the iPad, the freakin’ hardware built for the software that preceded it.

I love Gary Stager.

-Queen Liliʻuokalani