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New MacBook Air With M5
apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-the-new-macbook-air-with-m5/
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• John Gruber
apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-the-new-macbook-air-with-m5/
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macrumors.com/2026/03/03/apple-accidentally-leaks-macbook-neo/
Joe Rossignol, MacRumors:
A regulatory document for a “MacBook Neo” (Model A3404) has appeared on Apple’s website. Unfortunately, there are no further details or images available yet. While the PDF file does not contain the “MacBook Neo” name, it briefly appeared in a link on Apple’s regulatory website for EU compliance purposes.
My money was on just plain “MacBook”, but I like “MacBook Neo”.
Link: macrumors.com/2026/03/03/apple-accidentally-leaks-macbook…
This video traces the history of Apple’s HyperCard from Vannevar Bush’s idea of the Memex to the Mother of All Demos to the Xerox PARC Alto to Bill Atkinson, the inventor of HyperCard, who said:
HyperCard is a software erector set. It lets people put things together without having to know how to solder.
There’s a ton of information about HyperCard at hypercard.org, including this HyperCard simulator that runs in your browser.
Tags: Apple · Bill Atkinson · computing · HyperCard · Vannevar Bush · video
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apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-macbook-pro-with-all-new-m5-pro-and-m5-max/
Does Your Country Need Regime Change? A Quiz. “Is your country a notorious bad actor in the Middle East? Has your leader deployed the country’s military domestically against civilians who were protesting peacefully?”
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Remember the “scroll lock” key on your keyboard? What the heck was it for? And why is the same scrolling mechanic showing up in streaming service interfaces?

Per Betteridge’s law of headlines and also the map above, my answer is clearly no. You can try it yourself here…you draw them one at a time and it adds them to the map automagically. I’m going to blame my trackpad use a little, but I’m not sure I would have done much better had I drawn with a pencil and looked a map beforehand.
Update: Your periodic reminder that Senator Al Franken can draw all 50 US states from memory with astonishing accuracy.
(thx, eric)
[This is a vintage post originally from Jul 2017.]
Tags: Al Franken · geography · maps · timeless posts · USA · video
Recent advances in science have revolutionized our understanding of the Maya, e.g. there’s evidence that “more people lived in the classic-era Maya lowlands than on the Italian peninsula during the peak of the Roman empire…”
“Boredom is the price we pay for a life rich with meaning. Recognizing this makes the feeling more endurable.”
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey form a special task force and head to El Paso to revisit Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 crime thriller, ‘Sicario,’ starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Matt Pevic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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workos.com/docs/authkit/cli-installer?utm_source=tldrdev&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q12026
npx workos launches an AI agent, powered by Claude, that reads your project, detects your framework, and writes a complete auth integration directly into your existing codebase. It’s not a template generator. It reads your code, understands your stack, and writes an integration that fits.
The WorkOS agent then typechecks and builds, feeding any errors back to itself to fix.
Link: workos.com/docs/authkit/cli-installer?utm_source=tldrdev…
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