Daredevil Michelle Khare ran 7 marathons on 7 different continents in 7 days. The first one was on Antarctica.
Moderna developed an mRNA Covid-flu combo vaccine and...
Moderna developed an mRNA Covid-flu combo vaccine and it’s been approved for use in the EU, “but it continues to be shelved in the US, where it was developed”.
I like No. 8 the most. Runner ups 1 and 15. Also: 14 and 15 feature the same people. :)
jasper.tandy.is blog posts
• Jasper Tandy
Sven Visit 2026: Day Four
We went up to a car boot sale this morning. The light was absolutely perfect for me to spend an hour trying to rip Martin Parr off.
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Motives of suspected Washington gunman under scrutiny
The suspected gunman at the White House correspondents' dinner, Cole Tomas Allen, is a 31-year-old Californian who reportedly worked as a tutor. Donald Trump says the suspect had a manifesto and "hatred in his heart" - but the president defended security arrangements in Wash...
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
★ The New York Times Printed the Wrong Crossword Grid Last Sunday, and I Find That Timing Serendipitous
The New York Times PR account, on Twitter/X a week ago:
Sunday’s crossword puzzle in the print edition of The New York
Times Magazine contains a grid that does not match the clues. The
correct version of the puzzle can be found in the news section of
Sunday’s print editi...
The Global Story: The global network hunting predators on the internet
Warning: this episode includes discussions of child sexual abuse and upsetting scenes.
The BBC has been following a global team of undercover officers as they investigate the most hidden corners of the internet to stop those who exploit and harm children.
A dedicated n...
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
DF Paraphernalia: Last Call for This Round of T-Shirts and Hoodies
[Update: The store is now closed. Thanks to everyone who ordered — you should start getting shipping notices very soon.]
It’s really just a coincidence, but it was 20 years ago this week that I went full-time writing Daring Fireball (after writing the site in my spare time ...
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Report Claims Samsung Might Post Its First-Ever Mobile Division Loss This Year, Blaming RAM Crisis
Ben Schoon, 9to5Google:
In March, a report revealed some of the internal cuts
Samsung has been making for its mobile division, with the company
initially concerned it could post an operating loss for the first
time ever. It’s a big deal, as Samsung’s mobile (MX) division...
Paul Ford: This Is How We Get Moral A.I. Companies ....
Paul Ford: This Is How We Get Moral A.I. Companies. (Tl;dr: regulation.) “The entire culture of American technology is built around two terms: disruption and, of course, scale. But ethics are constraints on disruption and scale.”
Wow, Sabastian Sawe set a world record with a 1:59:30...
Wow, Sabastian Sawe set a world record with a 1:59:30 marathon. “They call Sabastian Sawe the silent assassin. But it was impossible to ignore the beautiful destruction on the streets of London as the 30-year-old Kenyan…”
25.04.2026
Donald Trump evacuated from dinner after shots fired
A person is in custody after shots fired at event with President Trump. He praised the secret service operative who'd intercepted him. The US president and the first lady were unharmed. Also with Mr Trump was the US Vice-President, JD Vance, the Defence Secretary, Pete Hegse...
Matteo Mancuso on improvising #guitar #guitarist
The Happy Pod: I invented a way for my brother to communicate
Ari wanted to help his brother Ben engage with the world after he lost the ability to walk, talk or move his hands. So he designed and built him a bespoke communication and entertainment system - allowing him to chat, go online, watch TV or play video games with just two but...
WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS
@scottjla on Twitter in reply to my pelican riding a bicycle benchmark:
I feel like we need to stack these tests now
I checked to confirm that the model (ChatGPT Images 2.0) added the "WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS" sign of its own accord and it did - the prompt Scott used was:
Create an image of a horse riding an astronaut, where the astronaut is riding a pelican that is riding a bicycle. It looks very chaotic but they all just manage to balance on top of each other
Tags: text-to-image, pelican-riding-a-bicycle, ai, generative-ai, slop, chatgpt
US and Iran travel to Pakistan for peace talks
US and Iran delegations are travelling to Pakistan for further peace talks - but there might not be a direct meeting between the two sides. We ask our world affairs editor about the likelihood of progress in Islamabad, and what a deal to end the war might look like. Also: th...
Colossal
• Grace Ebert
An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’
"Play is how we give permission." —Vitor Freire
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Longreads
• Brendan Fitzgerald
When Your Digital Life Vanishes
"A broken phone or corrupted drive can mean the loss of work, evidence, art, or the last traces of the dead. But sometimes data-recovery experts can summon lost files from the void."
Quoting Romain Huet
Since GPT-5.4, we’ve unified Codex and the main model into a single system, so there’s no separate coding line anymore.
GPT-5.5 takes this further, with strong gains in agentic coding, computer use, and any task on a computer.
— Romain Huet, confirming OpenAI won't release a GPT-5.5-Codex model
Tags: generative-ai, gpt, openai, ai, llms
GPT-5.5 prompting guide
GPT-5.5 prompting guide
Now that GPT-5.5 is available in the API, OpenAI have released a wealth of useful tips on how best to prompt the new model.
Here's a neat trick they recommend for applications that might spend considerable time thinking before returning a user-visible...