holy shit

Shocked to hear David Hockney has died. His huge achievement was to make serious painting look effortless. He carried forward one of the most sustained investigations into vision, space and representation by any post-war artist. British art has lost a giant.

Windows power users - can you open a PDF when you are on a video call?

Probably the most important graph explaining California’s housing crisis. Construction costs are up 53% since January 2019. Interest rates are up from 2.7% to 4.1%. This is why a San Francisco report recently found that most housing projects are no longer feasible.

BTW we're using R19 under roof decks in addition to R38 at ceilings.... the roof deck insulation performs as a radiant barrier, better than reflective sheathing we've used starting in 2003. All very effective.

Attention dark house painters:

it's funny how many times i'm told i'm not "technical" because i don't use JS in half the websites i build. when in reality, i choose tech stacks out of practicality first when it comes to content-based sites for the general public. seems like this sentiment seems to be popular:

This might also lead to a boom in ADUs added to $5 million houses

I find it incredibly easy to believe. Pratt basically performed at his poll numbers, in a city that is bluer than the county and in a county that is bluer than a very blue state. Bass is establishment Dem (not by her resume but by virtue of her incumbency) at a time of surging leftwing populism. The idea that either of the Democrat candidates wouldn’t have preferred to run against Pratt is preposterous. So the conspiracy to tank Pratt would have to be against the wishes of both candidates who benefitted from this conspiracy. Also, the forces that tanked Pratt were fine with letting the Trump backed Republican gubernatorial candidate make it to the general? Really? Also the demographics of Raman voters are perfectly consonant with the habits of young voters. Last, California’s incompetence at counting votes has yielded GOP wins in the past. Assuming that the same delays now “prove” anything other than consistently lethargic counting is a giant logical error. Meanwhile, the fact that a lot of low information people think it was obviously stolen means nothing to me in terms of how to think about the facts, but you’re right that it matters politically and culturally. That people who should know better are letting their motivated reasoning get the better of them and are stoking this belief matters more.

Such a sad photo. Two scientists on a remote island collect seeds from the last known example in the world of a type of tree, hoping to preserve it. Imagine being beside the last known of anything in the world. A humbling experience Photo and story: livescience.com/planet-earth…

Apple is also running a lot of their AI on device which is going to benefit them vs everyone else immensely

I came on here to post the same thing and saw that Max beat me to it. Both in the city and regionally there are still barriers to developing denser housing.

The real solution to massively reducing fire deaths is similarly simple. Instead of spending millions on cockamamie systems in modern apartment buildings that are already incredibly safe, or fighting new single stair buildings replacing unsafe older structures, the best way to prevent fire deaths would simply be putting hardwired fire alarms in older homes.

That “pollinator seed mix” might be planting a problem. A University of Washington study grew out 19 wildflower seed packets and found something wild: Every single packet contained invasive species. Not one or two bad mixes. All 19. Some had 3 invasive species. Some had 13. Eight contained plants considered noxious weeds in at least one state. A third of the packets didn’t list contents at all. And only 5 accurately listed what was inside. The most common species? Bachelor’s button. Pretty? Sure. But absolutely harmful. It can spread into native grasslands and crowd out the plants local insects actually evolved to use. That’s the trap. People buy “wildflower” mixes because they want to help bees and butterflies. But vague seed packets can introduce aggressive nonnative plants that make the problem worse. Better move: Buy region-specific native seed mixes. Use local native plant nurseries. Check with your state native plant society. Look for packets that list every species by name.

I could watch roofing videos like this all day long

The SP500 didn't go along with this in the end

You're offered $3million but you have to show up at an office 5 days a week every week for 30 years and it's divided and paid out weekly Do you take it?

I love election day. I walked past two candidates' offices this morning and my neighbors have a polling place in their garage. Here's what to look out for in San Francisco: missionlocal.org/2026/06/san… via @MLNow @EskSF

It won't be the top until people start hiring "Chief AI Officers."

It’s interest rates that explain the shape of the curve