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Baseball tends to present the first men to crack the sport’s shameful racial barrier through a gauzy lens, their caps topped with a halo. There is the sanctified Jackie Robinson, and his Brooklyn teammates Don Newcombe and Roy Campanella; there’s Larry Doby, the first black ...

Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, and Jimmy Vielkind, New York state issues reporter for Gothamist and WNYC and author of the substack "Notes from Jimmy," talk about the latest in the mayor's race, including Gov. Hochul's endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, and a wrinkle in the relationship between comptroller Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani.

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Hearing the news yesterday that Robert Redford had passed away reminded me of one of the most moving, and bittersweet, memories that Prince shared with us toward the end of his life. It began as an uncharacteristically direct moment of vulnerability, and eventually turned in...

The virgins on my screen are in their 20s and 30s. The pilot opens with seven women and eight men. Two are Texans, one is a late-blooming comedian, two went to Brigham Young University, and two wear cross necklaces. What unites them is they’ve all—up to now—made the choice t...

Every Kindle works in multiple languages, and can download books in just about any tongue. Here’s how to take advantage.

Editor’s Note: This excerpt comes from the second chapter of the Manning Book: “Fluent Bit for Kubernetes.” This book teaches

The post A Guide To Fluent Bit’s Health Check API Endpoints appeared first on The New Stack.

When real-world systems depend on split-second decisions, the database must deliver intelligence, not just storage. Traditional databases are designed to

The post How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database appeared first on The New Stack.

A bunch of new people are trying out FeedLand news products. I haven't looked at them in a long time. I'm glad they're looking, but most of my demo news products were broken. Oy. It was hard to untangle. It should be a lot easier, and next time I can dig in and do it over I think it will be. Anyway as I convert my demos, I'll list them here: mblriver.com, politics.newsriver.org, bloggers.scripting.com, dave.podcatch.com.

Naveen Naidu built an app that found product-market fit backwards.Most apps launch first and then try to find users. Monologue, Naveen’s AI voice dictation app that came out of beta yesterday, did the opposite. It built a following of thousands of users during its incubation ...

Naveen Naidu built an app that found product-market fit backwards. Most apps launch first and then try to find users. Monologue, Naveen’s AI voice dictation app that came out of beta yesterday, did the opposite. It built a following of thousands of users during its incubation...

Want to make the most of MCP? You should check out Microsoft Research’s MCP Interviewer. Model Context Protocol (MCP) has

The post New Python CLI Tool Catches MCP Server Issues Before Agents Do appeared first on The New Stack.

In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing, Donald Trump's advisors were sure who was to blame. Whether they actually were didn't, and doesn't, much seem to matter.

The Trump administration's recent lethal strikes on purported drug boats in Venezuela drew widespread condemnation from experts in international law. Brian Finucane, senior adviser at the International Crisis Group and a non-resident senior fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law, talks about the strikes and breaks down their legality, plus discusses the implications of that analysis.

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Democratic nominee U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill (D, NJ-11) talks about her campaign for governor and takes calls from NJ voters.

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An ancient secret order finds itself up against its most powerful foe: the Moon Goddess has returned.

For all the hype about developer productivity and AI coding tools, recent research has thrown a reality check on expectations.

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Love this story and illustrations on animator James Baker’s blog, from a trip to China in the late 1980s.

In this WP Tavern episode, Nathan Wrigley interviews Mary Ann Aschenbrenner at WordCamp US 2025 about transitioning websites from classic to block themes in WordPress. Mary Ann shares her journey from community activism to web design, explains the benefits of block themes, including easier maintenance and better SEO, and provides a step-by-step guide for migrating sites. They discuss practical challenges, client education, and the evolving user experience, emphasising that block themes can eliminate the need for page builders and are generally more accessible for clients. Mary also shares anecdotes from her own migration projects and involvement in the WordPress community. Whether you’re a seasoned WordPresser, or are just starting out, and keen to know how block themes are making site building more accessible for everyone, this episode is for you.

Welcome back to The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off, where Kelsey and Chris attempt to complete the technical challenges from the newest season of The Great British Bake Off in their own home kitchens, with the same time parameters as the professional-grade bakers competing on the show.

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You’ve Always Been This Way is a column written by Taylor Harris, a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman and 1980s preschool dropout, who identifies every moment from her past that filled her with shame, and mutters, “Yep, that tracks. I see it all now.” - - - In another worl...