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macrumors.com/2025/12/02/dutch-app-store-antitrust-case-proceeds/
This is a pretty good optical illusion. If you’re not on your phone, it also works if you shake your head a little. (thx, caroline)
Tags: optical illusions
I’m working on the 2025 gift guide right now, but I wanted to separately shout-out my favorite gift recommendation of the year: Kelli Anderson’s incredible popup book about typography & the alphabet, Alphabet in Motion (Amazon).
From Nature, a list of 10 people who helped shape science in 2025. “A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10.”
I have been interviewed for Hyde’s “Over/Under” series.
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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Empress Anna’s Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia was the site of an incredibly strange wedding. Was it a cruel joke? A strategic power move? Or something else?
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Niche Museums: The Museum of Jurassic Technology
I finally got to check off the museum that's been top of my want-to-go list since I first started documenting niche museums I've been to back in 2019.The Museum of Jurassic Technology opened in Culver City, Los Angeles in 1988 and has been leaving visitors confused as to what's real and what isn't for nearly forty years.
Tags: museums
apnews.com/article/russia-internet-crackdown-facetime-restrictions-06301be480510b18ae02039c6524cd80
A birthday celebration, Beyond Tellerrand conference, Frankeninferno, and a whole bunch of random shots from Düsseldorf. (70 photos)
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My thanks to WorkOS for sponsoring last week at DF. Does your app get fake signups, throwaway emails, or users abusing your free tier? Or worse, bot attacks and brute force attempts?
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