I also enjoyed the blog from Google about Rust adoption.
Leadership
The Founder Mode Tradeoff - "Wielding power comes at a cost. Ignoring that cost serves no one in the long run. We all love a good hero story, but it’s not the whole story."
Engineering
Radio Survivor: Podcast #342 – The Famous Computer Cafe [Podcast] - meta episode about the radio show, with one of the creators.
Transcribing audio with AI using Speech Note [LWN] - nifty!
Whither the Apple AGX graphics driver? [LWN] - the problem of two programming language styles colliding.
Deploying Rust in Existing Firmware Codebases - Googles approach of using Rust more.
Urbanism
How American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed [YouTube] - all policy decisions have side effects and are probably about money.
Tokyo Has the BEST Streets in the World [YouTube] - they seem to be designed for purpose and not exclusively for cars.
The Secret to Japan's Great Cities [YouTube] - more on this from Not Just Bikes.
Can Paths Save America's Suburbs? [YouTube] - they certainly make cul-de-sacs more useful for people walking and cycling. Suddenly, you don't just have islands.
Environment
Up in Smoke [Podcast] - bacteria in smoke from wildfires … something to look forward to!
Meta - 2024 Sustainability Report - doing well apparently?
When heat turns deadly - heat is more dangerous than previously thought.
Random Satellites
Your Name In Landsat - fun tool, see image above.
THE WIRE’S Bubbles: How do you help an addict? – SHRINK THE BOX [Podcast] - The Wire is still the best TV show, and Bubbles is in the top three of best characters on it.
Is my blue your blue? - I am colour-blind and get "Your boundary is at hue 182, bluer than 89% of the population. For you, turquoise is green. "
End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell - that's a shame. I am pretty sure I included quite a few of their articles in this blog.