







20-25 years ago during the skatepark boom, I was concerned what kind of effect it would have on skateboarding. Like, what skating will mean if 90% of it happens in a fenced-in designated area. A generation later, we’re finding out.— Whatever Forever (@Scotch_Sailor) February 4, 2026
The team behind Alto’s Adventure tackles skateboarding
A new attempt at making skateboarding work on your phone

NOlympics Guide to Tokyo 2020
TOKYO 2020: A Disaster a Decade in the Making The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are over. They have exposed to the entire world the depths to which the IOC will play with our lives in order to satisfy TV and sponsorship contracts, and the media has largely echoed the fact that much of the world has now sour

SkateAT — the social app for skaters · SkateAT
SkateAT is a free social app for skaters, built on the AT Protocol: spots, sessions, tricks and mutual support between riders.
Meredith Whittaker on Twitter / X
I read it. And I'll engage here in good faith. But before I get into substance, I implore you to open the window, touch grass, and let yourself connect with the reality of what’s happening right now. This is a world historical moment. Please recognize what ICE is at this time,… https://t.co/DJVVqNX6oX— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) January 29, 2026
3 Disruptive Game Design Trends to Look Forward to in 2020
There’s always innovation happening in the game industry, and disruptions can happen anytime. Here are 3 game design trends for…


100 years of whatever this will be
What if all these weird tech trends actually add up to something? Last time, we explored why various bits of trendy technology are, in my o...
Pluralistic: More Everything Forever (22 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Astrophysicist Adam Becker knows a few things about science and technology – enough to show, in a new book called More Everything Forever that the claims that tech bros make about near-future space colonies, brain uploading, and other skiffy subjects are all nonsense dressed up as prediction:
Dean W. Ball on Twitter / X
The mood has been a bit dour lately, so here are some less-obvious things that I expect to take shape over the next decade that I am excited about:1. Space! Lots and lots of stuff is going to be happening in space by the mid-2030s, and right now the U.S. looks like it will be…— Dean W. Ball (@deanwball) October 9, 2026
The Future of Games is an Instant Flash to the past
The success of an open source browser game called Friday Night Funkin tells us where "instant games" might go. Hint: we've been here before.

Taelin on Twitter / X
Bend2's Pitch Deck!I'm so happy about this direction. After years of deep fried research, I feel like we finally built a well-rounded product that ppl will use to solve real world problems - and it connects so nicely to the stuff we'll build later onPublic slides ↓— Taelin (@VictorTaelin) June 26, 2025
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere

The Shape of Things to Come, Part 1: The Continuous Thunderdome — Steve Yegge
Part 1: The Continuous Thunderdome. Loops and graphs, Wheelhouse and Beads, the end of human code review, the Land Rush that replaces CI/CD, and the Wish Factory — a field report from 12 months in the future.

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NOlympics Guide to Tokyo 2020

Opposition in Japan to the Olympics during the COVID-19 pandemic
Effect of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games on COVID-19 incidence in Japan: a synthetic control approach

Ex-event firm chief guilty over Tokyo Games bid-rigging

French Olympic probe eyes Japanese firm Dentsu

Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed