A terrarium iPhone case that houses actual growing plants and moss.
Vera Rubin Observatory
Billy Joel talks about “Piano Man” #piano #billyjoel #shorts
AI Worming through Word
AI Worming through Word
Neat new prompt injection variant by Håkon Måløy, who found a way to upgrade prompt injection attacks against Microsoft Word to full self-replicating worms:
An attacker places hidden instructions in a document that is later used as source material in...
Quoting Matthew Green
Right now we’re in the midst of a historic transition from traditional public-key algorithms based on EC-based cryptography and RSA, moving over to new post-quantum algorithms based on novel problems. This is why there are so many standards like HAWK being consider...
Adding a custom MCP server to Claude and ChatGPT
TIL: Adding a custom MCP server to Claude and ChatGPT
Connecting a custom MCP server to Claude and ChatGPT's standard chat interfaces is possible, but can take quite a few steps.
Tags: ai, generative-ai, chatgpt, llms, claude, model-context-protocol
“ Zugunruhe is a German term describing the...
“Zugunruhe is a German term describing the restless, twitching urge migratory birds feel when caged — and the same primal restlessness humans feel when trapped.”
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Apple Upgrade — New Program With Klarna for Leasing iPhones, Macs, iPads, and More for Near-Zero Interest
apple.com/newsroom/2026/07/apple-upgrade-launches-in-the-united-states/
Apple Newsroom:
Apple today announced Apple Upgrade, a new product leasing
program provided by Klarna for iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad
available on the Apple Store online, in the Apple Store app, and
at Apple Store locations in the United States. Apple Upgrade make...
Some Interesting Apples
Something that still blows my mind is that every apple seed produces a new variety. Every single one.
This is a lovely short documentary about a project called Some Interesting Apples, which aims to find apples growing in unusual places (i.e. not commercial orchards but i...
Work Chronicles
• Work Chronicles
(comic) Highly unprofessional
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Pastebot 3
New from Tapbots: version 3 of their excellent clipboard manager for Mac. There are so many clipboard managers for the Mac. I run two other apps — Keyboard Maestro and LaunchBar — that offer good clipboard managers as ancillary features. But for years now I’ve chosen to use ...
Participants in a recently published study spoke 28%...
Participants in a recently published study spoke 28% fewer words per day in 2019 than they did in 2005. (People are spending more time alone and more time digitally communicating.)
Colossal
• Kate Mothes
Innovation Meets Heritage in West African Contemporary Artists’ Masquerade Ensembles
'New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations' celebrates contemporary creations by artists in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon.
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 Innovation Meets Heritage in West African Contemporary Artists’ Masquerade Ensembles appeared first on Colossal.
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Count Those Underscores
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/police-missed-one-underscore-and-sent-the-wrong-man-to-prison/
Nate Anderson, reporting for Ars Technica under the headline “A Missing Underscore Sent Innocent Man to Prison for 18 Months”:
Police were looking for a man using the Kik messaging service
under the name “fus__ro_dah” (two underscores after “fus”), but
they accidentally ...
The Thomas Crown Affair? Directed by and starring...
The Thomas Crown Affair? Directed by and starring Michael B. Jordan? Ok, I’m in.
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
‘eBay’s Bizarre Cyberstalking Saga Ends With a $56 Million Settlement’
theverge.com/tech/972209/ebay-cyberstalking-harassment-settlement
Emma Roth, The Verge:
eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as
part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a
bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as
reported earlier by CNBC. The settlement will resolve a
lengthy leg...
OnlyMarms: Funding Science Research on OnlyFans
This is an extremely 2026 story (derogatory): because of the Trump regime’s assualt on scientific funding, a group of scientists who has been studying marmot populations in Colorado since 1962 turned to OnlyFans to fund their research this year.
From The NY Times:
In Ju...
Study: Dinosaurs Were Charbroiled After Chicxulub Impact...
Study: Dinosaurs Were Charbroiled After Chicxulub Impact. “The impact would have produced an immense cloud of dust that superheated the upper atmosphere, charbroiling living organisms unable to take shelter and igniting widespread wildfires.”
Strombo about interviewing Robert Plant #strombo #robertplant #shorts
Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?...
Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? “Musk’s virulent racism and vicious, disturbing views are no secret. He does not hide them. They sit in plain view, easily accessible on the social media website he owns…”