link.dump.07.07.2026
eggs, subnautica, patriotism
I read a lot of random stuff. Link Dumps are the things I think are worth remembering. You can always check out my Link Dump Tag if you’re looking for even more to read and please forward to anyone else you think might find these interesting.
Human egg cells from human stem cells. This lead me down a whole rabbithole about how every cell contains all of our DNA and there’s thousands of things that go into how a particular cell expresses itself to be so different. This is a really fascinating field to me.
Noah Smith has something similar to a Link Dump of mine but with more intelligent commentary. Vibecession (or not); AI depolarization; Existential AI risk; Millennials vs. Boomers; Deindustrialization; Russian oil revenue; GLP-1s; AI and jobs
Playstation doing away with physical discs in 2028. 80% of games are digital at this point? I imagine there ain’t much in the way of margins for the discs themselves…
The Subnautica 2 legal situation thickens with the CEO resigning but folks still getting their paydays.
They built a living cell from nonliving tissue. Still have to constantly feed and care for it but this is pretty wild.
I enjoyed this write-up about how code reviews are theater and how that’s becoming more obvious with AI. The Lucy and the Chocolate Wrapper metaphors works very well here.
Tesla sales up 25% in Q2 of 2026 so despite all the fire-and-flash it would seem folks are pretty much over hating on Tesla and it’s CEO.
American patriotism dropping. Huh, that’s so weird I wonder why that is.
Good post on what it means to have an AI mandate from an organizational level and what it communicates to those receiving the mandate.
Plex five year subscriptions for $250 and lifetime subscription is now, holy shit, $750.
Some fascinating facts about Americans. Including nearly 1/3 of Americans live alone at this point. I literally do not think I have ever lived alone for more than a week or so.