"An exhausted America turns two hundred and fifty."
Longreads
• Peter Rubin
Due to FIFA’s poor security practices, this guy...
Due to FIFA’s poor security practices, this guy stumbled into their wide-open broadcast portal w/ full access. “An attacker could have rickrolled the entire FIFA World Cup. Or played Subway Surfers gameplay. Live. On every TV network worldwide.”
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
New Domain for Sign In With Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email
Apple Developer:
Later this summer, Apple will unify the email domains used by Sign
in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email under a single, shared
domain: private.icloud.com.
New addresses generated for both features will be issued on the
new domain. For example:
Sign...
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
NetNewsWire Status
Brent Simmons, writing at Inessential:
My hope for retirement was to get a lot of work done on NetNewsWire.
A year ago it was in sore need of modernization, tech debt pay-off, and bug fixes. People were asking for features, but the foundation needed a ton of work before I could get on to adding new rooms.
Here are some highlights of what we’ve done with 2,188 commits in the past year.
NetNewsWire was already one of my favorite, most-used, most indispensable apps. Now it’s much better and improving steadily at a rapid clip. You love to see it.
Longreads
• Krista Stevens
The Whimsy and Heartbreak of America’s Garage Sales
"For $100, I bought bric-a-brac that explains a nation."
Longreads
• Carolyn Wells
The Brexit Catch
"Britain's fishermen became the folk heroes of Brexit. In Brixham, they were promised a brighter future. Did it ever arrive?"
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
SpaceX, Newly Public, to Acquire Cursor for $60 Billion in SpaceX Funny-Money Stock
CNBC, two days ago:
In November, Cursor said it crossed $1 billion in annualized
revenue, according to a release at the time. Cursor was also
ranked at No. 37 on the annual CNBC Disruptor 50 list in 2026. The
$60 billion in class A common stock that SpaceX has agreed to ...
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has given away half a...
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has given away half a billion dollars against a backdrop “where a growing number of billionaires are lashing out against philanthropy”.
Colossal
• Kate Mothes
Sour Soda Studio Depicts a Saccharine World Where Humans Have Lost Control
The illustrator takes a playful and slightly unsettling view of some of the most pressing issues of the Anthropocene.
Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Sour Soda Studio Depicts a Saccharine World Where Humans Have Lost Control appeared first on Colossal.
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Tim Cook, in Interview With WSJ: ‘Unfortunately, Price Increases Are Unavoidable’
Rolfe Winkler, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link):
Apple plans to raise prices on its products to offset the surging
costs of memory and storage chips, Chief Executive Tim Cook said
in an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal.
“Unfortunately, p...
Tankers moving again after Iran deal
Marine tracking platforms say at least four tankers have sailed through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on ending their war. The first to pass into the Gulf of Oman was a French-flagged vessel carrying liquefied natu...
Inspired by Ukraine, and Worried by China: Taiwan...
Inspired by Ukraine, and Worried by China: Taiwan Teaches Its Citizens How to Fly Drones. “I may not be a soldier, but if [a China invasion] ever happened here, as a citizen, I’d like to have the ability to help in some way.”
Assume You Will Be Hacked . “As AI tools have...
Assume You Will Be Hacked. “As AI tools have become extremely good at writing code, they’ve also become extremely good at pulling off cyberattacks. The result has been a change in the scale, speed, and sophistication of hacks…”
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Bonus: Wild Animal Dads from Terrestrials
In honor of Father's Day, here is a family friendly bonus episode from our kids' podcast Terrestrials.
What does it really mean to be a dad? In the animal world, fathers have long been painted as aggressive or absent. At best providers and protectors, but certainly no...
Colossal
• Kate Mothes
Surreal Figures Step from Leonora Carrington’s Paintings into ‘Shape of Dreams’
The prolific artist's oeuvre extends far beyond the two-dimensional surface.
Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Surreal Figures Step from Leonora Carrington’s Paintings into ‘Shape of Dreams’ appeared first on Colossal.
Why Lionel Messi is a genius on the football pitch .
Longreads
• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Weed Habit
"What would these weeds say of the city if they could talk?"
Longreads
• Dr. Dinesh Kumar Jangra
The People Who Know Too Much: A Reading List on Amateur Experts
Trump signs agreement to end war with Iran
The US and Iranian presidents have signed a memorandum of understanding which could be a first step to ending the war between the two countries. It includes an end to fighting on all fronts, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the US blockade of Iranian...
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Snap Unveils Specs, Its $2,200 AR Glasses, and They’re Fugly
Jay Peters, The Verge (gift link):
Snap is finally launching augmented glasses for the public. Specs,
which Snap describes as “a wearable computer built into
see-through augmented reality glasses,” will cost $2,195. You can
preorder a pair of Specs now at specs.com with ...