The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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I retracted this article after confirming that, while Gemini 2.5 Computer Use did try to solve Google's own CAPTCHA, it was actually Browserbase that successfully performed the solve. I'll update this with more details shortly.
Tags: gemini
The first new edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary in 22 years contains a bunch of new words & phrases: cold brew, petrichor, doomscroll, adulting, beast mode, farm-to-table, etc.
The Onion made a movie about Jeffrey Epstein and they’re airing it for free on YouTube. Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile airs Thursday, Oct 9 at 7pm ET.
Ryan Christoffel, 9to5Mac:
Alarms and timers are now harder to dismiss thanks to a new ‘Slide to stop’ gesture. Both alarms and timers were updated in iOS 26 to utilize a new design with much larger on-screen buttons than before. Now in iOS 26.1 beta 2, Apple has replaced the ‘Stop’ button with a new sliding gesture that requires a little more intentionality. This should make accidental alarm dismissals more rare.
That’s one of several changes that caught my eye. Seems like a great idea. Another notable change: Slide Over returns to iPadOS.
See also: Juli Clover’s rundown of changes in iOS 26.1 beta 2 for MacRumors.
Link: 9to5mac.com/2025/10/06/everything-new-in-ios-26-1-beta-2/
Daring Fireball
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Link: drata.com/daring/?utm_source=Daring_Fireball&utm_medium…
“The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system.”
For quite some I wanted to write a small static image gallery so I can share my pictures with friends and family. Of course there are a gazillion tools like this, but, well, sometimes I just want to roll my own. [...]
I used the old, well tested technique I call brain coding, where you start with an empty vim buffer and type some code (Perl, HTML, CSS) until you're happy with the result. It helps to think a bit (aka use your brain) during this process.
— Thomas Klausner, coining "brain coding"
Tags: vibe-coding, definitions
In 1969, Fred Rogers appeared before the Senate to argue against cutting federal funding for public broadcasting. During his testimony, Rogers recited a song from his show, What Do You Do with the Mad That You Feel? In this short video, Jon Lefkovitz accompanies Mister Rogers’ words with some music and short scenes from movies like Moonlight, The 400 Blows, Do the Right Thing, Lady Bird, 2001, and Return of the Jedi.
Tags: Fred Rogers · Jon Lefkovitz · movies · music · remix
I missed that NIN’s Tron:Ares soundtrack came out a couple of weeks ago. Listening this morning to catch up!
