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Harvard Is Trying to Resist Trump. It Might Not Be Working.

For Harvard students, this year’s graduation ceremony comes amid an intense standoff between one of America’s most prestigious universities and the United States government. Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains how the conflict escalated and ...

WIRED
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Starship’s Latest Test Reveals New Problems for SpaceX to Solve

Unlike in recent tests, SpaceX’s ninth Starship survived launch, but a fuel tank leak meant it lost control before it could complete its objectives.

WIRED
Text • Jorge Garay

Hummingbirds Are Evolving to Adapt to Life With Humans

Anna’s hummingbirds have evolved to have longer, larger beaks to access backyard feeders in urban areas. It could be a step toward becoming a “commensal” species that lives alongside humans, like pigeons.

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
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Trump’s Rants about Harvard Get Darker as He Loses a Big One in Court

In a series of rants to reporters, President Trump’s rage at Harvard took a sadistic and unhinged turn. He made it clear that only total subjugation to him on Harvard’s part will satisfy him. This comes as a judge just blocked another one of his...

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Metabolizing mentions

Metabolizing mentions

We got those pesky little @ symbols doing the things they're supposed to

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On Browsers, AI, and the web

Almost exactly one year ago I wrote a follow-up post to comment on the newly—at the time—released website by the folks over at The Browser Company, a name I still find incredibly hilarious. It was all about their Arc browser, their big ambitions, and how they were going to I...

Anil Dash
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Who washes their hands?

Every few months, we see someone in culture who unabashedly talks about not washing well, whether it's a celebrity discussing their griminess, or a random person on social media who inadvertently reveals their poor ablutionary proclivities. Sometimes it’s about their own hyg...

Anil Dash
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The Internet of Consent

Click “I agree” to continue. You didn’t click it, though. Or maybe you did? I don’t know, it doesn’t matter. The concept of consent doesn’t exist on the modern internet. You didn’t read the terms of service. You didn’t agree to accept cookies. I didn’t consent to having my s...

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MCP is RSS for AI

We mostly don’t want to read the docs, but we do want to converse with them. When we build search interfaces for our docs, we have always tried to anticipate search intentions. People aren’t just looking for words; they need to use the material to solve problems and get things done. When you create an … Continue reading MCP is RSS for AI

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A World Without Touch Is a World Without Trust

A World Without Touch Is a World Without Trust

Touch is our first language. Older than words, deeper than thought. Before we can speak or remember, we understand the grammar of skin against skin; the newborn’s cry quiets at their parents' touch. This is where we all begin: not with boxes or categories, with contact.

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Countdown with Keith Olbermann
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LIBERATE THIS! JUDGES RULE TRUMP TARIFFS ILLEGAL - 5.29.25

omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/now-whitmer-learns-dont-appease-trump-destroy-his-presidency-5-29-25

SEASON 3 EPISODE 130: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:45) BREAKING NEWS: A Reagan judge, an Obama judge, and a Trump judge walk into a courtroom and rule Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs - which not only crashed our economy but that of the entire world's - are not ...

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BTW, just for fun, a search for Ole and Lena jokes. 😄

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UBI

In an interview with Axios today, Dario Amodei warns about the jobs that will be lost because of AI: Amodei said AI companies and government need to stop “sugar-coating” what’s coming: the possible mass elimination of jobs across technology, finance, law, consulting and oth...

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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SAP Simplifies ERP Data Access for Developers

A crowd of people walk in front of signage that reads, "SAP Bring out your best."

plans to deliver hundreds of new data products by the end of 2025, making it possible for developers to build

The post SAP Simplifies ERP Data Access for Developers appeared first on The New Stack.

Anil Dash
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Who washes their hands?

Every few months, we see someone in culture who unabashedly talks about not washing well, whether it's a celebrity discussing their griminess, or a random person on social media who inadvertently reveals their poor ablutionary proclivities. Sometimes it’s about their own hyg...

Anil Dash
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Who washes their hands?

Every few months, we see someone in culture who unabashedly talks about not washing well, whether it's a celebrity discussing their griminess, or a random person on social media who inadvertently reveals their poor ablutionary proclivities. Sometimes it’s about their own hyg...

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Archaea

Under the two-domain system, anyone who punches you is technically an Archaean pathogen.

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Federico Viticci provides an early look at the new LLM-powered automation tool Sky:

The real strength of Sky lies in its ability to mix and match the non-deterministic nature of LLMs with the deterministic approach behind scripts, combining the two in a new kind of hybrid automation that is smarter, more flexible, and more accessible.

Looks impressive. The preview right before WWDC seems like significant timing too.

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The Mercury Are Getting Plenty Of Help From Their Intriguing Randos

The Mercury Are Getting Plenty Of Help From Their Intriguing Randos
The other day, bemoaning the state of his WNBA fantasy team bench, my colleague Jasper mentioned that he’d just picked up a player he’d never heard of: someone named "K. Westbeld," with no photo. This was more or less how the real Phoenix Mercury conducted their offseas...

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Hard to believe I was there just a few weeks ago. It feels like forever ago now. Croatia.📷 Pentax KX🎞️ Fuji Superia X...

Hard to believe I was there just a few weeks ago. It feels like forever ago now. Croatia.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Spieker Film Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Croatia