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• Jason Kottke

Photos of the Hands Off! Protests

On Saturday, millions of Americans flooded the streets of cities, small towns, and every other sized municipality in the nation to protest the illegal and damaging actions of the Trump regime. These photos published by a number of media outlets show the scale, enthusia...

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• Jason Kottke

A rare interview with Tracy Chapman. “But I grew up across the...

A rare interview with Tracy Chapman. “But I grew up across the street from a public library, and it was the only place my mom would let me go on my own. It was my second home, and I read everything that I could get.”

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• John Gruber

Millions Attend ‘Hands Off’ Protests Across U.S. — and Europe — to Oppose Trump’s Agenda

theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/05/hands-off-protests-trump-administration

Terrific photos and summary coverage from The Guardian. Additional coverage from The New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN. Update: The Atlantic has a great collection of photos from dozens of cities. There’s something so bizarrely asymmetrical about Trump’s political su...

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• John Gruber

The WSJ Estimates the Effect of Trump’s Tariffs on the iPhone

wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/iphone-apple-tariffs-china-bb20c7a3?mod=hp_lead_pos7

Joanna Stern, Adrienne Tong, and Nicole Nguyen, writing for The Wall Street Journal (News+): Take a look at this iPhone 16 Pro. Your cost, for the 256GB version, is $1,100. The cost of all the hardware inside — aka the bill of materials — was about $550 to Apple when the...

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• John Gruber

The Pricing Stability of the iMac

sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/the-pinnacle-of-apples-price-stability-is-the-imac/

Dan Moren, writing at Six Colors: In his piece, Gruber particularly calls out the trashcan Mac Pro sticking at $2999 throughout its existence, but I think an even more striking example is the iMac. Introduced in 1998 at a base price of $1299, today’s infinitely more powe...

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• John Gruber

Perhaps the E.U. Took Mercy on Apple and Meta (and Investors) This Week

ft.com/content/c3933e2f-787e-453b-82eb-a981ddd48a31

Barbara Moens and Henry Foy, reporting from Brussels for the Financial Times last Friday, March 28: The EU is set to impose minimal fines on Apple and Facebook owner Meta next week under its Digital Markets Act, as Brussels seeks to avoid escalating tensions with US Pres...

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• Jason Kottke

Season Three Trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

I am still stinge watching my way through the second season of Strange New Worlds, but the third season of the show premieres sometime this summer, so I’d better finish it up before then. Anyway, I love this show and crew and the trailer looks appropriately kooky and wacky so let’s goooo!

Tags: Star Trek · trailers · TV · video

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• John Gruber

Tim Sweeney’s Praise for Microsoft

x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1908303468349063539

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, yesterday:

Thanks to Microsoft for 50 years of being awesome to developers! Some years the software was great. Some years the software sucked. Every year the company and its ecosystem has stood with and supported developers.

I pity the man who doesn’t have enough fingers to count the number of game stores available on Xbox.

Link: x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1908303468349063539

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• John Gruber

Microsoft’s 50th Birthday Was Interrupted, Twice, by Employees Protesting Against Israel

theverge.com/news/644027/microsoft-50th-anniversary-protest

Tom Warren, reporting for The Verge: Microsoft held a special 50th anniversary event at its headquarters earlier today. During Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman’s presentation, a Microsoft employee interrupted the event to protest the use of Microsoft’s technologies in I...

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• Jason Kottke

They’re gonna do a season three of The Lord of the Rings:...

They’re gonna do a season three of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. I enjoyed both seasons, but the second one was definitely better.

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The Rewatchables

‘The Saint’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Kyle Brandt to honor the late Val Kilmer in ‘The Saint,’ who stars alongside Elisabeth Shue. Watch this episode on our Ringer Movies youTube channel! Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Jessie Lopez, Jon Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• John Gruber

The Truth Is, These Are Not Very Bright Guys

newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/donald-trumps-ego-melts-the-global-economy

Susan Glasser, writing for The New Yorker, “Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy”: In this new political moment of the unthinkable made manifest, the sheer power rush for Trump should also not be underestimated. Imagine his joy as he sat down to sign an executive ...

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• Jason Kottke

There’s a new Frank Lloyd Wright house that was just built in...

There’s a new Frank Lloyd Wright house that was just built in Ohio. The home was constructed according to plans completed by Wright just before his death.

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• Jason Kottke

The extended trailer for Mario Kart World, the new Kart title launching...

The extended trailer for Mario Kart World, the new Kart title launching on Nintendo Switch 2 in a couple months. Love a new Kart.

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• John Gruber

Trump Claims to Extend TikTok Deadline for Another 75 Days

cnbc.com/2025/04/04/trumps-extends-tiktok-second-time.html

CNBC: President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. operations of TikTok or face an effective ban in the country, marking the second time he has taken such action. Trump, on Truth Social, which is by far the most ...

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• John Gruber

‘Floundering’

reuters.com/technology/will-trump-tariffs-make-apple-iphones-more-expensive-2025-04-03/

From that same Reuters report by Akash Sriram that I just wrote about, speculating that iPhone prices might rise dramatically under Trump’s tariffs: However, other analysts noted that iPhone sales have been floundering in the company’s major markets, as Apple Intelligenc...

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• John Gruber

★ Tired: Irresistable Force vs. Immovable Object — Wired: Unchanging Prices vs. Nonsensical Tariffs

Akash Sriram, reporting for Reuters under the headline “A $2,300 Apple iPhone? Trump Tariffs Could Make That Happen.”: Most iPhones are still made in China, which was hit with a 54% tariff. If those levies persist, Apple has a tough choice: absorb the extra expense or pa...

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• John Gruber

Reuters Headline: ‘A $2,300 Apple iPhone? Trump Tariffs Could Make That Happen.’

reuters.com/technology/will-trump-tariffs-make-apple-iphones-more-expensive-2025-04-03/

Akash Sriram, reporting for Reuters: Most iPhones are still made in China, which was hit with a 54% tariff. If those levies persist, Apple, opens new tab has a tough choice: absorb the extra expense or pass it on to customers. Shares of the company closed down 9.3% on T...

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• Jason Kottke

50 Ways to Rest. “Wander slowly around the block. Look at the...

50 Ways to Rest. “Wander slowly around the block. Look at the trees. Look at the clouds. Look at the moon. Stand barefoot on grass.”

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• Jason Kottke

NYC is getting a new subway map, based on the 1972 Unimark/Vignelli...

NYC is getting a new subway map, based on the 1972 Unimark/Vignelli map. I know this puts me in the minority of design aficionados, but I have never cared for the Vignelli map — too much style over substance IMO.

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