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The U.S. Open is a notoriously difficult tournament even under normal circumstances, but forcing professional golfers to play in the kind of weather that tormented the greater Pittsburgh area on Sunday was a televised exercise in humiliation. Battling relentless rain that essentially gave Sunday's action an extended halftime break, contending players like Adam Scott and Sam Burns sunk themselves with final-round scores of 78 and 79 respectively, as a course saturated with water worked to make their lies as miserable as possible. To put golfers in these conditions is like trying to make Sabrina Ionescu shoot threes in a wind tunnel, or Harry Kane take a penalty with a ball made of lead. It stops being about "Who's the best?" and starts being about "Who can survive?"

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Look on the bright side: There's a new crossword for you to solve! This week's puzzle was constructed by Hanh Huynh and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. Hanh is a bankruptcy attorney who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his wife and two kids.

Defector crosswords, launched in partnership with our friends at AVCX, run every Monday. If you’re interested in submitting a puzzle to us, you can read our guidelines HERE. Note that our submissions are closed through July 31.

Police departments in Oregon created an "analyst group" where they casually offer each other assistance with surveillance tools.

Progress report on linkblogging in WordLand.

As some of you may have already noticed, in the latest #Mastodon update, we've reworked the layout of the web app for smaller screen sizes. It should be easier to navigate and more pleasant to the eye. Let me know what you think!

Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of a weekly column on life in Washington, and the host of the Political Scene podcast, talks about the latest national political news, including the latest on Los Angeles, President Trump's military parade, the "No More Kings" protests and the politically-motivated shooting of lawmakers in Minnesota.

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Today we shipped an update to Micro.blog for iOS that has lots of little bug fixes. You can grab it in the App Store. Here are the changes: Added publish status to post options screen for publishing drafts. Added poster frame URL when copying HTML for videos. Improved acces...

David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, offers analysis of the housing plans the mayoral candidates discussed in last week's Spectrum News NY1 debate.

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When the Red Sox closed out their three-game series at home against the Yankees on Sunday afternoon, spirits were high. The win made for a sweep of their division rivals and put the Red Sox half a game back of a wild card spot. A middling rotation haunted Boston for much of ...

Python’s ecosystem relies heavily on third-party packages, making package management a critical aspect of development workflows. Three prominent package managers

The post How To Choose the Best Python Package Management Tool appeared first on The New Stack.

D. Griffin Jones blogs a mockup of the Finder icon, restoring the colors:

The frustrating thing is that Apple definitely prototyped this exact design. It was probably one of the first designs they tried.

One issue Apple might’ve run into is what to do about dark mode. In Tahoe, they keep the person outline in the same blue. I hope they continue to iterate on this.

Editor’s Note: This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. Growing up in San Antonio, Reina Saldivar had always loved science—all she wanted to watch on TV was “Animal Planet.” Yet until she applied on a whim […]

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The introduction of sophisticated AI coding assistants has fundamentally altered the way developers work. What once took hours of concentrated

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There is a defensible reading of Game 4 of the NBA Finals as an aesthetic disappointment, a slugfest of a game defined by Bennedict Mathurin missing a bunch of free throws in the final minute and the Oklahoma City Thunder shooting a collective 3-for-16 from three-point range...

Listened to AppStories on my walk this morning. Fascinating what a completely different WWDC experience I had without a ticket this year, mostly hanging out in San Jose. I had a great time, though, more chill and less frenzy than past years. Part of getting older is I don’t need to do everything. 🍻

The first big trade of the NBA offseason arrived yesterday, and it was one that no one saw coming: Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard Desmond Bane has been shipped off to the Orlando Magic in exchange for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony, and four unprotected first-round...

With these high-tech automatic litter boxes, gone are the days of scooping and smells. Welcome to the future.

On a mission to deliver an EV with long range but at low cost, Kia has high ambitions for this uniquely styled sedan.

Touchscreens don’t always get the job done. Try one of these WIRED-tested controllers for your iPhone or Android instead.

Elham Jalak and Mustafa Pashtoon met for the first time on a flight from Kabul in February 2016. Jalak was 6 years old, Pashtoon just 8. Their fathers had known each other in the Afghan Army, and their families came to the United States through the Special Immigrant Visa program, which has helped resettle Afghan […]

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