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New Core Int just published. We talk about Meta’s Orion prototype, Daniel trying to remember his Apple Vision Pro password, and more about the future of computers that we put on our face.

WordPress.org users are forced to confirm they are not "affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise" before registering a new account or logging in.

Matt Mullenweg has said things that are misleading and in other cases appear to be outright false. One of his own lawyers is disagreeing with him over fundamental issue (it isn’t the only issue they disagree with him). Was the trademark donated to the WordPress Foundation or not?

On today’s “Post Reports,” we look into why Republicans are waging legal battles to disqualify mail-in ballots, and why rhetoric against mail voting might actually hurt their presidential candidate.  Read more: Since 2020, the Republican Party has waged a nationwide ...

Old steps to nowhere in east Austin. Someone’s house used to be here.

As usual I’m working on a few different things in parallel. Server bug fixes, mobile app updates, and something new… Sneak peek in this screenshot. Can’t share more for now, it’s too early! But I love the potential.

Podcast: I was able to write a post that appeared on Mastodon using ActivityPub. Via the WordPress API. Congrats to the ActivtyPub community, Automattic and Mastodon. "It just worked."

Upgraded to macOS Sequoia. iPhone Mirroring is fascinating. It’s better and more native-y for clicks and scrolling than using the iOS simulator.

A quick podcast to explain what happened here.

Interesting heads-up from Gareth Edwards that .io might be going away:

Once this treaty is signed, the British Indian Ocean Territory will cease to exist. Various international bodies will update their records. In particular, the International Standard for Organization (ISO) will remove country code “IO” from its specification.

I will be surprised if there isn’t a special case for .io renewals because of how widespread it is. I have a few registrations myself.

BTW, it also supports HTML pretty well, but the title does not appear on the Mastodon version. That's going to be a problem. Actually the title is visible at the bottom. Let's call that an anachronism. Of course the title should/must be at the top.

Okay this is blowing my mind. My friends at Automattic showed me how to turn on ActivityPub on a test WordPress site I've been using. I wrote a test post in my simple WordPress editor, forgetting that it would be cross-posted to Mastodon. I'm following my WordPress site on my...

There are stories about both Trump and Biden in this overview of Bob Woodward’s new book War, but the headline is definitely this Covid intro:

As the coronavirus tore through the world in 2020, and the United States and other countries confronted a shortage of tests designed to detect the illness, then-President Donald Trump secretly sent coveted tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal use.

Again and again Trump shows that he’s not on our side. And yet the election is close. 🇺🇸

As a part of the Wall Street Journal's "About Face" column, author Roxana Robinson discusses her decision to stop dyeing her hair after previously covering her grays. Listeners continue this conversation by sharing when they decided to opt out of anti-aging treatments.

 

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Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights leader, host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation, founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN) and the author of Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America (Hanover Square Press, 2022), offers his take on the latest developments with the Adams administration, plus talks about the presidential campaigns.

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Some parts of the U.S. that were formerly deemed as safe havens from the impacts climate change were hit by Hurricane Helene recently. Manuela Andreoni, writer for The New York Times Climate Forward newsletter, talks about how there are likely no states that are exempt from climate change.

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Melissa Murray, NYU law professor and co-host of the podcast Strict Scrutiny, looks at the cases the Supreme Court will hear this term and the news from the Court this week.

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Guy Kawasaki and I have been going back and forth privately about what we want from our personal ChatGPT. Here's one thing for the list. When I go to Google and search for NBB, it should take me to this page on my blog. It shouldn't even require me to click on Feelin Lucky. ...

Kenneth C. Davis, author of the Don't Know Much About History series and most recently, The World in Books: 52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction (Scribner, 2024) makes the case for reading and offers a curated guide to some of the best and most provocative key works of nonfiction.

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This is an only slightly exaggerated story that I see play out again and again from customers: “Micro.blog looks like a good idea. I’m sick of social media and want to blog more.” Blog, blog, blog, microblog, microblog, reply, blog. “Not getting enough engagement. Let’s try...