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I made a change today that seemed right, but something about it was nagging at the back of my head. So before I deployed it, I asked our robot overlords… It correctly pointed out that I had forgotten the old code worked that way for a reason! A snippet from its analysis:

Original behavior likely intentional: archive_site previously only ran prepare_plugins(…, full_themes: false) so “small” plugins could contribute assets/includes, but it avoided full theme overrides and didn’t layer the user’s theme on top of “archive”.

A federal judge has ordered ICE to improve the conditions at its Manhattan facility, which advocates and formerly detained immigrants describe as unsanitary and overcrowded. Gwynne Hogan, senior reporter for The City, talks about her reporting on the squalid conditions and the temporary order.

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The cult classic 2005 film is selling for double the MSRP on the secondary market.

Governor Greg Abbott’s first special session is coming to an abrupt end after House Democrats’ fled the state to protest the Texas GOP’s cynical exploitation of the deadly Fourth of July Hill Country floods to enact redistricting that would, at President Donald Trump’s orders, rig the maps to deliver Republicans up to five new seats […]

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There's a new guard of paramilitary activists, whose youthful membership, edgy aesthetics, use of Instagram, and, in many cases, overt nods to religion points to a new brand of anti-government Christian nationalist militias.

Some people are fans of the Seattle Seahawks. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Seattle Seahawks. This 2025 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here.

Your team: Seattle Seahawks.

When we talk about business agreements, we often think about how they impact profits, customers and legal teams. However, there’s

The post The Agreement Trap: A Developer’s Perspective appeared first on The New Stack.

Center-left governments in Australia, Canada, France, and UK are moving toward recognition of Palestinian statehood in hope of diminishing pro-Palestinian violence on their own soil. My latest in @theatlantic.com https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/08/france-uk-australia-canada-palestine-state/683857/

As part of fixing the Mac app on Sequoia, I’ve switched builds over to Xcode Cloud. Gotta admit, it’s better than my old workflow. Maybe one day I’ll automate the appcast RSS feed. (I’ve been editing it by hand since 1.0 shipped in 2017.)

Great news for Apple Watch fans: blood oxygen feature coming back to recent watches. Sounds like they’ve worked around the patent by doing more processing on the iPhone.

In an article introducing GPT‑5 to developers, OpenAI claimed that the new model “excels at front-end coding, beating OpenAI o3

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I always try to avoid new preferences in Micro.blog because it can add a lot of clutter to the UI. Harder to use, harder to maintain. But adding better date and time formats this week, might be unavoidable. The “just do the right thing” defaults only get us about halfway there.

Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are demanding answers from Cantor Fitzgerald after WIRED reported that the firm was essentially creating a way for clients to bet on whether Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in court.

There should be a connection between DC residents and Kiev residents. They could teach us how to do this. They have decades of experience.

On a breezy spring night in 2023, the Georgia Room at the Freehand Hotel was humid with sweat. Queers of various genders wore cowboy hats and bedazzled denim, camouflage and American flag bikinis. The lights were low and clubby. A New York Times reporter milled around with a...

Duesenberg was an American racing and luxury automobile manufacturer founded in 1920. It was unusual in that it shipped with

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I am the Overtourist. I’m here to overtour your picturesque town or world-class city. Shooting water pistols at me only hydrates and emboldens me. I have no idea how anything works here. I will pause in the middle of crowded sidewalks, amble in rushing zones, and fail to pos...

REI’s Base Camp is a sturdy, well-designed, well-built six-person tent to keep your family dry in the great outdoors.

Electrolyte beverages are all the rage—but should you be consuming them in the first place, and if so, how often? Experts weigh in.

LG’s B5 is another great value contender, but is it the best OLED for your dollars?