- Keller, Murray, Ivory & Cabreros for The NYT: The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s. A beautifully-illustrated case for America’s king-sized vehicles being the main culprit for increased pedestrian deaths. The careful reader will remember that this “Big SUV hypothesis” was also highlighted by Brian Potter a while back, though it didn’t explain all of the increase. And of course my conspiracy theory may also be true, although if there are people who said a while back “hey, these big A-pillar will lead to more pedestrian deaths” and then there are more pedestrian deaths, well, there’s a conspiracy theory for you.
- Adam Cifu: Advice for Internship. July already? Seems like my last day of residency was but a few years ago, but now, it’s been a full dozen years as of today. And I’ve given up sharing tips almost as long ago.
- Casey Handmer: In Defense of the Marginal Baby. Handmer presents the case for having more babies, with which I agree wholeheartedly. I do not share his enthusiasm for a contraption some call a “Snoo”, a preposterous subscription-based baby rocker.
- Charlie Stross: The Golden Age Of (sic!) Bond Villains. Stross shares the afterword for a reprint of his book The Jennifer Morgue, which is about a billionaire who wants to unleash a Lovecraftian horror in order to rule the world. It was written in 2009 and yes, some idiot billionaire — probably one from the Dialog crowd — must have confused it for an instruction manual. Anyway, Stross’ “Interview with the Entrepreneur”, the entrepreneur in question being Bond arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, is a thing of beauty.
- Ian Finder: UHF X11. A beautifully pixelated window system built for visionOS and Apple Vision Pro. Due to my newfound aversion to Apple I haven’t touched my own AVP in almost a year. This has persuaded me to pick it up again, for the novelty if nothing else.