tools, paperbacks, and rice straw

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

My wife sent demons to collect me when she came back from the dead.

1. Publishers killed the 25-cent paperback — then blamed you for not reading
2. An edible pregnancy test you feel with your tongue
3. Millions of tonnes of US rice waste are now becoming house walls
4. The San Francisco housing simulator that explains everything One of the best uses of a browser game for political education
5. A rebuttal to Rich Hickey: LLMs are tools, and bad ones reveal bad judgment
6. Is your dishwasher a robot? A standards committee spent two days on this