Knowing that Tetris started life in the Soviet Union, I always assumed the backstory would be interesting. I mean, there’s a graphic novel and a movie about it! But there are even more twists and turns than I expected.

The quiet grief of adult friendship hits a little too close to home in the ways it reflects my own struggles with friendship and in its diagnosis of the pathologies of this moment in time.

Modern adulthood encourages optimisation in almost every sphere. Be productive. Be efficient. Heal yourself. Monetise your hobbies. Curate your identity.

TIL there are 60-ish “Pizza Hut Classics” scattered in small towns around America still offering the classic Pizza Hut sit-down experience, complete with salad bar.

Shaw Brothers, makers of classic Hong Kong movies, are posting full-length movies on Youtube

Stone Tools is a series of modern reviews of old software, some highlights:

• VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3
• Before Supabase, there was Superbase
• Thanks to the ThinkTank review I learned Dave Winer’s quest to make outliners a thing dates back to 1979, a journey his is still on today
• And, of course, HyperCard

Felt nudibranchs from Arino Borevich

I’m a little late, but this is too good not to share:

Throughout these Olympics, people asked me why I was cheering for Team USA at this bleak moment in American history. I get it! Our government is a nightmare, causing endless harm internationally and at home. Abroad, they’re picking needless fights with our closest allies — remember what I said about Donald Trump reposting AI-generated videos of himself punching imaginary Canadians in the face? And domestically, they’re building camps for immigrants, and sending masked goons to brutalize and occasionally murder our neighbors in our streets.

So yeah. It felt weird being patriotic during these Olympics. Many Team USA athletes said so themselves.

But America is so much bigger than Donald Trump and his evil government.

The flag that flies when an American athlete wins a gold medal isn’t Donald Trump’s flag. It’s ours. The anthem that plays isn’t Donald Trump’s song. It’s ours. If we refuse to celebrate what’s great about our country because of the people trying to ruin it, they’ve already succeeded.

Thanks Rodger

I love seeing art created in mundane spaces. Liz West turned a Bristol parking garage into a color soaked experience.