What Can We Do About Partisan Gerrymandering? Jamelle Bouie has been on a tear with his analysis and historical contextualizing of the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act.
Citation Needed
• Molly White
Issue 105 – The new boogeyman
A crypto billionaire who escaped fraud allegations after investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Trump family’s crypto projects is now accusing them of fraud
Nolen Royalty : “My latest project is Marc...
Nolen Royalty: “My latest project is Marc Andreessen Egg Game - a game about drawing on eggs to make them look like venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.”
This Parasite Suffocates You
Malaria doesn’t just make you sick, it suffocates your organs from the inside. As parasites invade your blood cells, they trigger fevers, block vessels, and can shut down the brain itself.
#kurzgesagt
#inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #science #malaria #m...
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
The Bad Show
With all of the black-and-white moralizing in our world today, we decided to bring back an old show from 2011 about the little bit of bad that's in all of us...and the little bit of really, really bad that's in some of us.
Cruelty, violence, badness... in this ep...
The 2025 Alaskan Tsunami That Measured 1578 Feet Tall
Last year in an Alaskan fjord, a surprise landslide triggered a tsunami 1578 feet tall. That’s not a typo…the wave was taller than all but 13 of the world’s tallest buildings.
In the early hours of August 10, 2025, an enormous landslide triggered a massive tsunami down t...
Prophecy At 1420 MHz is the first single from Boards of...
Prophecy At 1420 MHz is the first single from Boards of Canada’s upcoming album. (It’s paired with a short intro track, so we’re basically getting the first five and a half minutes of the album here.)
Colossal
• Kate Mothes
In ‘Reverence,’ Three Decades of Paul Nicklen’s Remarkable Photographs Exalt Nature
The conservationist and wildlife photographer has traveled the globe to highlight our planet's phenomenal biodiversity.
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It’s David Attenborough’s 100th birthday...
It’s David Attenborough’s 100th birthday today! One of my few genuine heroes.
Longreads
• Brendan Fitzgerald
ISpyForGood
"On any given day I was seen as both valuable and disposable, sometimes oscillating between these in the same hour."
Longreads
• Longreads
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
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US, Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz
The US says it struck Iranian military facilities after Iran targeted American warships crossing the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran claims the US was violating the ceasefire. President Trump says the ceasefire is still intact. Also: Russia prepares to celebrate Victory Day amid fe...
Neal Schon on Journey’s “Still They Ride” #guitar #guitarist #shorts
“In nine experiments involving 1,800 participants,...
“In nine experiments involving 1,800 participants, researchers found that people consistently underestimated how interesting and enjoyable conversations about boring topics would be.”
Why the Next Generation of Musicians is Skipping College
In today's video, I'm breaking down why the next generation of musicians is skipping college and why it might actually be the smartest decision they can make.
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Prolost Watches 1.0
Stu Maschwitz:
Prolost Watches is an iPhone app for managing your watch
collection. It’s part database, part journal; designed for the
detail-obsessed mind of the watch fanatic. As you log each day’s
choice of watch, insights are revealed. Wear logs trace a path on
the m...
Colossal
• Kate Mothes
Explore 25 Incredible Photos of the Milky Way Captured Around the World
Organized by Capture the Atlas, the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year saw a record number of submissions from around the globe.
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Rogue One: The Andor Cut
David Kaylor is re-editing Rogue One into what he calls “The Andor Cut”; the trailer seems pretty compelling and well-done. He says this is Rogue One if it was produced after Andor:
The original version is the events of Rogue One as seen through Jyn’s perspective, and thi...
A brief history: lessons from the rise and fall of...
A brief history: lessons from the rise and fall of Reconstruction. “Must America be forever defined by strict hierarchies of race, gender, religion, and wealth – or can the nation finally realize its promise of egalitarian pluralism?”
llm-gemini 0.31
Release: llm-gemini 0.31
gemini-3.1-flash-liteis no longer a preview.
Here's my write-up of the Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview model back in March. I don't believe this new non-preview model has changed since then.
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