Jason Snell, with some excellent analysis (in addition to his usual visualizations of Apple’s numbers):
Another way Apple can reduce the impact of tariffs is by changing
which global factories it uses to build products destined for the
U.S. market. “For the June quarter,...
A recent survey “shows a steep decline in the number of parents reading aloud to young children, with 41% of 0- to four-year-olds now being read to frequently, down from 64% in 2012.”
TIL I learned about gravastars (aka a gravitational vacuum star), theoretical objects related to black holes. Both are massive & dense, but instead of a singularity surrounded by an event horizon, gravastars are made up of dark energy surrounded by a extremely thin she...
Scope of Work’s Spencer Wright on imports, tariffs, and maturity. “I buy a pair of shoes, make myself a drink, take a sip of water — it all has so much meaning.”
Pre-show: Marco reaches another milestone
ThinOptics round clear
New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: School, Then and Now
Follow-up:
A surprising Vision Pro corner:
Adventure: Hill Climb
Laura’s Hot Lap
Neutral Special: Please Lose Control of Your Car Now
Laura...
Robert Paxton is one of the world’s foremost scholars of fascism and in his 2004 book The Anatomy of Fascism (Bookshop), he defined the term:
Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or vic...
Pirouette Abecedarium at MoMA: “Twenty-six designers, scholars, DJs, photographers, and entrepreneurs will each present on one paradigm-shifting object or idea, each corresponding to one letter of the alphabet.”
Even after 60+ years, Lawrence of Arabia is one of the best-looking films out there; this video explores why. I got to see Lawrence of Arabia on a big screen last fall and it was stunning — the colors, the amount of detail, the cinematography in general.
Jay Peters, The Verge, under the headline “Epic Says Fortnite Is Coming Back to iOS in the US”:
Following a court order that blocks Apple from taking a commission
on purchases made outside the App Store, Epic Games CEO Tim
Sweeney says on X that the company plans to brin...
Last Sunday, I’ve been on another photo trip with Florian. We had a great time in fantastic weather at the Tetraeder in Bottrop. He took some fabulous photos:
I’m linking here to Techmeme’s roundup of news coverage and commentary, but I highly recommend you start by reading Gonzalez Rogers’s 80-page decision. It is excoriating. I’ve read few legal decisions quite like it. But it’s also incredibly cogent and plainly written.
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Tim Sweeney is a legendary video game programmer, founder and CEO of Epic Games that created the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, and many other groundbreaking and influential video games.
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