The Independent Variable
The Independent Variable
Kevin Humdrum
Welcome to The Independent Variable, the official linkblog of the interwebs covering culture, politics, sports, and tech since 2012.
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THRUnited Talent Agency has signed the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, the governing body for āthe king of cheesesā Parmigiano Reggiano, to get the supermarket staple placement in films, TV shows and streaming projects around the...
PoliticoAbigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill cruised to double-digit victories in Virginia and New Jersey. Two Georgia Democrats flipped seats on the stateās Public Service Commission, the first non-federal statewide wins for a Democrat...
Roc CameraAI has blurred the line. Now, how we take, share, and create images has changed. Social media has made sharing images easy. Generative AI now creates any image we can imagineā¦By combining attested sensor data, zero-knowledge...
ESPNThere are still a lot of unknowns about this, and Iāve seen passing mention that the FBI might be overstating how big of a bust this is and maybe conflating a few different things to make it look bigger to put a black eye on the NBA,
TheWrapI typically reserve this kind of link for Foofaraw, but the idea of Steven Soderbergh doing a Star Wars movie is just too fascinating. I feel like you could add up the budget of his last ten movies and they still wouldnāt equal a...
TechCrunchSky is a product I actually thought could have some real utility. Security was always the issue though, and now that OpenAI controls them, Iām not sure Iād want OpenAI to be able to essentially see everything I do on my computer.
The New RepublicAnd the media, with its long-standing bias toward treating Republican grievances as more legitimate than Democratic ones, follows the lead of whichever party is making the most noise. Republicans scream about...
NohThe most glaring thing is how often he is scoring off cuts this year. Synergy had 22 percent of his possessions coming off cuts in this game as compared to around 7 percent last season. He has gotten MUCH better at timing those plays...
Johnny.DecimalJohnny.Decimal is designed to help you find things quickly, with more confidence, and less stress. You assign a unique ID to everything in your life. These IDs help you stay organised. They impose constraints that make it...
Are.naMy motivation throughout the ups and downs was not that Are.na would one day make me rich, it was that we had to keep Are.na alive because it, the service itself, was part of how I understood (and still understand) myself.One of...
Letters from an AmericanIn fact, protesters turned out waving American flags and wearing frog and unicorn and banana costumes and carrying homemade signs that demanded the release of the Epstein files and defended Lady Liberty. They...
BirchtreeIn the 6 years weāve been making these TV+-on-TV-on-TV jokes, I havenāt seen any evidence that this has caused any actual pain for users. Maybe itās out there and Iām just blind to it, but I just havenāt
The VergeHonestlyā¦ this is probably going to work extremely well. Just like the article mentions, Lingo is an obvious comp for how this can work, but I also think something like Chain Reaction could provide some inspiration for keeping...
Eye to the TelescopeCyberpunk demands that we find the human in the face of oppression. It is a glimpse into the future we can experience inside the present. It is what happens when a world loses touch with its own humanity and asks us...
KlimBecause every creative endeavour has a small part of your soul and spirit, it would be too vulnerable and unbearable to admit the real cost and fear involved in making something new and offering it up to the world, to our customers...