Writer, journalist, and feminist activist Gloria Steinem has died. She was 92.
Longreads
• Seyward Darby
The Anatomy of a Journalism Scandal
"The the first time 'The New York Times' had lost a defamation case in over half a century."
Longreads
• Longreads
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Jon Ronson
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
• SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
Captain Becky’s Wind-Powered Boat (Classic)
We meet Becky Sigwright, who captains a wind-powered boat that’s been sailing around Maine since before the invention of the telephone. This episode was produced in partnership with the Maine Office of Tourism.
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Handedness
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
iOS 27 Introduces New ‘iPhone Handoff’ Feature
Joe Rossignol, MacRumors:
“iPhone Handoff” can be set up from the Settings app, under the Cellular menu. During the setup process, you can choose which iPhone you want to be the main device that you use most often and which one you want to be the companion device.
Apple...
Professor of Rock on The Beatles influence of other artists #thebeatles #shorts
llm-openrouter 0.7.1
I Went To Austria To Meet The TALLEST Mozart Expert
In this episode I travel with my team to Vienna and Salzburg, Austria to interview Mozart historian and CEO of the Mozarteum Foundation Linus Klumpner.
Check out The Mozarteum Foundation here: https://mozarteum.at/en/home#information
My Beato Club supporters:
Justin Scott...
llm 0.34
Release: llm 0.34
One new feature:
llm logs --usageMarkdown output now includes the response duration in milliseconds and as a human-readable duration.llm logs --shortincludes a newduration_msfield. #1653
Plus several contributed bug fixes, and a significant performance improvement to llm logs thanks to waveplate on GitHub, see also llm-openrouter 0.7.1.
Tags: llm
Colossal
• Kate Mothes
Hans Op de Beeck Taps into Memory, Time, and Enigma in ‘Vanishing Point’
The artist's solo exhibition 'Vanishing Point' opens soon at Almine Rech in Brussels.
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llm-gemini 0.34
Release: llm-gemini 0.34
- New model
gemini-3.8-flashfor Gemini 3.8 Flash, with low, medium and high thinking levels. #146- Fixed async responses failing to record the resolved model version. Thanks, Charlie Tonneslan. #137
llm-anthropic 0.28
Release: llm-anthropic 0.28
Claude Fable 5.1, reasoning traces are now displayed by default for models that support them, plus a new llm_anthropic.ClaudeRefusal exception for when Claude throws a refusal.
Tags: llm, anthropic, claude, claude-mythos-fable
Longreads
• Krista Stevens
The 17 Minutes That Changed America
"For the briefest of windows, September 11, 2001, wasn’t yet a calamity but merely a strange accident. And that pivotal span forever altered the way we look at disasters, at the sky, and at one another."
Work Chronicles
• Work Chronicles
(comic) Bold moves
Colossal
• Kate Mothes
Avian Beauties and Rarities Top the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards
Audubon Photography Awards runs parallel opportunities for photographers in the U.S. and Canada and in Chile and Colombia.
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Claude's new system prompt really doesn't want to reproduce song lyrics
Anthropic publish the system prompts for their Claude consumer applications (Claude.ai and the Claude mobile apps - sadly not for Claude Cowork or Claude Code). I love that they do this, and that they share not just the current prompts but historic changes to their prompts a...
Colossal
• Grace Ebert
Dappled Light and Hazy Shadows Characterize Clio Sze To’s Dynamic Paintings
Clio Sze To paints impressionistic pieces that capture the feeling of a contemplative hour spent on foot.
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Longreads
• Seyward Darby
A Mississippi Death Penalty Jury Was Seated. With One Black Juror.
"The jury sentenced Pitchford to death."
Longreads
• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Memory Architecture
"Devotion to a Florida home."