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Explanation: This shot captured an unexpected silhouette.   Which is it? It isn't the sunspots, the small dark regions caused by concentrated magnetic fields visible around the Sun's bright disk.   Sunspots typically last for weeks and were expected, since these sp...

After 10 years of intense preparation and strategizing, Bill, Van, and Craig are ready to revisit Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx in the 2009 crime thriller ‘Law Abiding Citizen.’

Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Matt Pevic

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Last week TypeSafe AI unveiled Jev, their first example of a new category of model that they are calling "System One models" (I'm with Maggie Appleton, I think "decision models" is a better name for these). Jev is an interesting variant on the usual LLM format: it still acce...

Cloudflare Python Workers are now generally available After a two year preview, Cloudflare's support for running Python code in their server-side Workers platform is now stable: "Python is now a first-class, fully supported language on the Cloudflare Developer Platform". A n...

My comment on MCP was always a bad idea? — Hacker News. This article entirely misses the value that MCP brings today. Sure, there's almost no reason to use MCPs if you are running a full-blown terminal agent (Claude Code, Codex, Meta Muse, OpenClaw etc) with unfettered inter...

Release: llm-keys-ui 0.1 This plugin solves a very specific problem. I've started using Codex Remote to run coding agents on various machines while controlling them from my phone. Sometimes I use those machines to hack on LLM projects, and occasionally that means I need to configure an API key. I don't like pasting API keys into agent sessions, so I wanted a way to get those keys onto a machine without pasting them into the ChatGPT app directly. With this plugin, I can tell Codex to run: uvx --with llm-keys-ui llm keys-ui --all Then have it tell me the URL - including local network or Tailscale device IPs - for an interface to save additional API keys. Then later it can use a command like llm keys get anthropic as part of a shell command when it needs to use a key. Tags: llm, coding-agents, codex

Release: datasette-explain 0.2.2

• Explain plans now work on read-only stored-query pages.

I upgraded datasette.simonwillison.net to Datasette 1.0a40, which inspired me to ship a new version of this explain plugin.

Tags: sqlite, datasette

Monopoly as a metaphor for racial inequity. “During the first half of the game, we said that Cas and I could buy property, but you could not, then halfway through the game, we say, ‘Now the rules are even. Now the rules are the same for everybody.’”

Video isn’t just something to stream; it’s structured data you build with.

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In this episode I go to the oldest drum manufacturer in the United States, Noble & Cooley. They show me how they have been hand crafting their world-class drums since 1854.

My Beato Club supporters:
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I first recommended Strategery back in May 2009, including a link to Friedman’s review at Macworld. I described it thus: Strategery is a beautiful $2 Risk-like strategy game for the iPhone. Lots of fun and the gameplay has a great feel. Still lots of fun and still has ...

Relationships are key to human happiness. “The top five [determinants of subjective well-being], ranked in order of impact, were romantic and familial relationships, financial situation, work, community and friends, and health.”

Joanna Stern, on X:

GM has confirmed it is NOT rolling phone projection to GM EVs. Instead this announcement is specific to JUST their new gas powered light-duty pickups, which have always supported Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

Link: x.com/JoannaStern/status/2102105565195288859

MLB:

Comerica Park has had several alternate identities since it became the Tigers’ home in 2000. Some have called it Comerica National Park for its spacious dimensions. Some fans simply came to call it Comerica, or abbreviated it to CoPa, as they grew comfortable with it over the years.

Starting next year, the Tigers’ ballpark will have a new formal name: Fifth Third Park.

Filth Turd Park. Rolls right off the tongue.

Link: mlb.com/news/tigers-ballpark-name-changed-to-fifth-third…

In the 70s, photographer Langdon Clay took photos of cars parked on NYC streets at night and compiled them into a project: Cars, New York City | 1974-1976. Using his Leica CL, Kodachrome 25, and a 40 millimeter lens, Clay traversed the streets of 1970’s Manhattan fi...

In our era of digital screens and virtually endless images and videos, it's a challenge to imagine the time before photography existed.

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 France Celebrates the Bicentennial of Photography with Traveling Themed Exhibitions appeared first on Colossal.

The Film Experience is a free online course from MIT about movies & cinema. “This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers…”

I didn’t know Beehiiv had a program to support independent journalists. Members get access to tools, a health insurance stipend, legal protection, and waived hosting fees. Oh, and they don’t proudly host Nazis like Substack. ✌️

"Generational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not."