Separate the Cord from the Device(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

53 points by bookofjoe 5 months ago | 39 comments

Walking Men(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

71 points by surprisetalk 28 days ago | 25 comments

A bookofjoe blog post showing images of the 'walk' pedestrian signal figures used in different cities such as Montreal, Warsaw, and Kolkata.

How to save a life without knowing CPR(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

53 points by bookofjoe 23 days ago | 38 comments

A bookofjoe blog post in the BeyondTheMedspeak series explaining how to save someone in cardiac arrest without formal CPR training, with a survival-vs-time chart.

Why does aluminum foil have one shiny side and one with a matte finish?(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

40 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 37 comments

More likely than not you're using bubble wrap wrong(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

13 points by surprisetalk 6 months ago | 4 comments

Molly guard in reverse(unsung.aresluna.org)

204 points by surprisetalk 7 months ago | 83 comments

What your Bluetooth devices reveal(blog.dmcc.io)

501 points by ssgodderidge 8 months ago | 182 comments

A personal blog journal post from January 2026 about what nearby Bluetooth devices reveal about their owners, apparently introducing a tool called Bluehood.

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)

59 points by luu 1 month ago | 31 comments

An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.

The Other Epidemic: Trying to get off benzodiazepines(thebeliever.net)

265 points by gaplong 5 days ago | 247 comments

A Believer magazine essay about the difficulty of tapering off and withdrawing from benzodiazepine medications.

Troubleshooting: A skill that never goes obsolete(autodidacts.io)

351 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 117 comments

An essay on The Autodidacts blog arguing that troubleshooting, systematically finding and fixing causes of unwanted system behaviour, is a domain-agnostic skill.

The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public(honest-broker.com)

330 points by imartin2k 1 year ago | 279 comments

Ted Gioia essay on The Honest Broker arguing tech companies are forcing unwanted AI features on users, calling it tyranny rather than innovation.

How we lost communication to entertainment(ploum.net)

651 points by 8organicbits 10 months ago | 365 comments

Blog post by Ploum arguing that online communication tools have been turned into entertainment platforms, eroding genuine communication.