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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techcrunch.com When asked if Objection could make it harder for media to publish important stories holding power to account, he said “If it raises the standards of transparency and trust, that’s a good thing.”There is so much wrong with...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com Today, when asked if he were comfortable with Trump’s threat of last week that an entire civilization would die if it did not meet his demands, Senate majority leader John Thune (R-SD) changed the...
mcsweeneys.net It’s naïve to imagine the government can continue to function without the tireless dedication of our best and brightest rapists. ... The American voter isn’t stupid. They know what they’re getting into when they cast a...
anildash.com A month old, but I'm testing something..
wired.com Essentially, the firm creates networks of social media pages (typically on TikTok) and uses them to drive the band’s music into the recommendation algorithm. Songs are dropped into the backgrounds of videos. Live clips are...
nytimes.com The NBA was said to be seeking a sliding scale of investment, depending on the market, between $500 million and $1 billion for a “license,” or permanent entry into the new European league, and two sources familiar with the...
byedoom.com via chrisglass.com Add any public Instagram profile, YouTube channel or X account to quickly get an RSS feed for your favorite reader.I feel like I've seen a few of these tools before. I'm always skeptical that following...
wired.com via kottke.org There is no widely available public tool comparable to the Wayback Machine, and if it continues to lose access to major news sources, its preservation efforts could erode to the point where early digital records...
youtube.com Angine de Poitrine performing live at ESMA in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales 2025I am fully obsessed with these guys. Are the outfits and stuff a gimmick? Sure. But they still jam. I said it before, but they feel like...
reactormag.com This isn’t the first time filmmaker Bong Joon Ho has created an appealing creature for one of his films (that would be Okja). But Ally is a new level of cute.I get that he did Okja with the cute little animal, but man,...
thefader.com via relisten.net Adam Jacobs, an avid concertgoer and once casual, later committed, concert archivist, began recording the concerts he attended in 1984 to tape. He went on to record over 10,000 concertsI've seen this...
sports.yahoo.com I'm just trying to figure out why he went for the back heel. It almost feels like the guy just has no left foot. Should we give him credit for that?
unfolder.app via maya.land Unfolder is a 3D model unfolding tool for creating papercraft.I haven’t given it a spin yet, but this looks incredibly cool.
publishersweekly.com via kottke.org The imprint was formed in 2016 by then FSG publisher and president Jonathan Galassi to publish experimental works. Under the direction of Sean McDonald, MCD published a range of bestselling and...
nypost.com via clone.fyi The method is “100 percent fatal,” claims the company.We are living in the dumbest and most absurd timeline where *Idiocracy* meets *Silicon Valley* except nothing is funny and I hate it all.