Prepare for your next family trip and keep everyone online and fully charged with these WIRED travel tech tips.
WIRED
• Simon Hill
The Best Travel Tech for Families (2025)
WIRED
• Julian Chokkattu, Brenda Stolyar
6 Best Webcams (2025), Tested and Reviewed
You might see your coworkers in only two dimensions, but don’t let that stop you from looking your best.
Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed
• Manuel Moreale
P&B: Seth Werkheiser
This is the 91st edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Seth Werkheiser and his blog, sethw.xyz
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WIRED
• Dina Temple-Raston
Kentucky’s Bitcoin Boom Has Gone Bust
In the US state's coal country, crypto mining was supposed to bring renewal. Now mines are powering down, and investors are hoping AI-powered data centers will fill the void.
WIRED
• Nena Farrell
Best Sheets for Every Bed and Budget, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
Whether you’re shopping for cotton percale or silky bamboo, we’ve slept on nearly 100 different bedsheets to find the best ones.
Open Channels FM Podcast Network
• Bob Dunn
Open Channels FM is Sponsoring WordCamp Europe 2025
We're exciting to sponsor WordCamp Europe 2025 again. Come by our booth and join the community conversatoin.
WIRED
• Matthew Korfhage
I Got a Sneak Peek of the Upcoming Ratio Eight Series 2
Ratio’s new coffee maker is a luxury machine that avoids plastic and makes delicious coffee.
The Daily
• The New York Times
An Outcry in Europe, a Shooting in Washington and a Blockade in Gaza
For the past week, an international outcry has been building, particularly in Europe, over Israel’s plans to escalate its military campaign in Gaza and over its two-month-long blockade, which has put Gaza’s population on the brink of starvation.
On Wednesday in Washington D....
Trump’s Angry New Attack on Harvard Is Already Blowing Up in His Face
After raging at Harvard earlier this month, President Donald Trump is now revoking the university’s right to receive foreign students. The administration sent an unhinged letter to Harvard making the announcement while demanding extensive i...
"Call it the MAGA Murder Budget! Repeat repeat repeat!"
In light of the House passing the MAGA Murder Budget - Joe digs up some stats you have to hear to believe. Think America knows the truth about Medicaid cuts? Think again. Joe has a solution - but it's going to take a lot more than Democrats are doing right now. Americans generally like tax cuts... when they think it's for them. But when those cuts are framed as helping the rich? No-brainer. So let's get moving. And start repeating. Read the CBS news report tracking Trump spending here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-promised-cuts-spent-200-billion-more/
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Social Warming by Charles Arthur
• Charles Arthur
The AIs are coming for the films. Which humans should worry?
It might not be Marvel-lous
WIRED
• Molly Higgins
Adidas Promo Codes & Deals: 30% Off
Enjoy 30% off sitewide, 15% off when you sign up to be an adiClub member, and more with our Adidas coupons and deals.
WIRED
• Scott Gilbertson
10% Off Canon Promo Code and Coupons
Save 10%, plus up to $1,000 on cameras, $300 on lenses, and more with today’s Canon coupons for new and refurbished tech.
Drafting
Platformer
• Casey Newton
OpenAI is going to make hardware
Generative AI and devices haven't yet found a good fit. Will Jony Ive be the one to change that? PLUS: Claude 4 arrives
With Pocket shutting down, I’ve updated Micro.blog’s bookmarks import for Pocket’s latest export format. Also supports Instapaper, Raindrop, and Pinboard. Happy bookmarking! 🔖
Updating some legal features
Mastodon’s core purpose is to connect you with your friends and communities, to have conversations that matter to you.
Communities need some ground rules; and, on the internet, we also need to be aware of any regulations that are relevant where our services are being operate...
SimpleAnalytics integration
Privacy-first analytics integration for tracking newsletter web traffic without cookies.
Best practices on pre-launch emails
The trickiest thing is keeping people's interest in the interim between announcing and launching your product.
McSweeney’s
• Ginny Hogan
GOP Euphemisms for “Cutting Medicaid”
“Fixing Medicaid” “Deficit reduction” “Fiscal responsibility” “Wealth redistribution (direction undisclosed)” “Cutting waste, fraud, abuse (and some health insurance)” “A big, beautiful social welfare cut” “Classic Reaganism” “Undoing Biden’s budget mess” “Operation Keep the...