WIRED
• Jake Lahut
Nancy Mace's Former Staff Claim She Had Them Create Burner Accounts to Promote Her
According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
Texas Solicitor General Resigned After Fantasizing Colleague Would Get 'Anally Raped By a Cylindrical Asteroid'
Judd Stone resigned after admitting to the statements, a letter circulated at the Texas Attorney General's office states.
Defector
• Tom Ley
It’s A Great Time To Be A Pathetic Loser
WIRED
• Megan Farokhmanesh
'Grand Theft Auto' Publisher Swaps DEI for 'Diversity of Thought' in Annual Report
Take-Two’s latest 10-K report has removed any mention of supporting social justice and LGBT+ rights, as more industries fall in line with President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI agenda.
Bono was great on Jimmy Kimmel last night. I was lucky enough to see his show a few years ago, but still excited to watch the filmed version when it drops on Friday. And hints at a new U2 album! 🎶
This is probably a dumb, self-inflicted privacy leak, but as an experiment I asked ChatGPT to look at the last 5 months of bank transactions. No major surprises: we spend too much on eating out, cell phone plans, and streaming services.
The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
City Politics: An ICE Arrest; Cuomo's Nursing Home Legacy; The Campaign Money Trail
Elizabeth Kim, WNYC and Gothamist reporter, and Brigid Bergin, senior political correspondent for WNYC and Gothamist, talk about the latest news from the campaign trail, including Adrienne Adams' criticism of Cuomo on COVID, Eric Adams' statements related to ICE's arrest of a student, and more.
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Why Mobile App Reliability Is So Complicated

Mobile development doesn’t get enough credit. While web and backend engineers often benefit from relatively standardized environments, mobile developers face
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WIRED
• Adrienne So, Brenda Stolyar
The Best E-Readers, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
These WIRED-tested ebook readers let you take your library anywhere.
Defector
• Jae Towle Vieira
The Champagne Socialist And The Espresso Martini Capitalist
Junior high is tough for everyone. Shifting friendships! Being stuck somewhere between childhood and adolescence! All those hormones! If you’re lucky, you don’t also have to manage a parent who thinks they can backseat-drive you through all the challenges that come with being 13.
This week, we’re off to a prestigious private school in the West Village, where our friend-of-a-friend Ellen will have to figure out how involved she wants to get in her daughter’s 8th-grade fundraising competition. Unfortunately, it seems like Ellen’s mom-nemesis, Hazel, has no intention of playing by the rules. Would it be moral to just let Hazel get away with that?
The Every Podcast
• Dan Shipper
GitHub CEO on the AI Coding Arms Race: One Agent, 150M+ Devs | Thomas Dohmke
The Every Podcast
• Dan Shipper
GitHub CEO on the AI Coding Arms Race: One Agent, 150M+ Devs
The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
'Bad Vibes' at the Supreme Court
Leah Litman, professor of law at the University of Michigan and a former Supreme Court clerk, co-host of the podcast "Strict Scrutiny" and the author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2025), offers her take on the current Supreme Court, the major decisions coming this term and why she says it's running as “no law, just vibes.”
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WP Tavern
• Nathan Wrigley
#171 – Felix Arntz on How Speculative Loading Is Speeding Up Your WordPress Website
WIRED
• Brenda Stolyar
All the Top Features in MacOS Sequoia
MacOS 15.5 is here. Here’s what's new and how to install macOS Sequoia.
The Internet of Consent
McSweeney’s
• Tom Halford
The Blockbuster Manifesto: How to Stop Writing Boring Poems
McSweeney’s
• John Warner