Post Reports
• The Washington Post
Not sure why, but I shot a quick video going up the glass elevator at the hospital. Maybe because our photos and videos fill in details of visits when we don’t write everything down.
Defector
• Kelsey McKinney
Why Is Everyone Talking About the Damn Rapture Again?
Wake up, sheeple! It's the end of the world. Everyone's saying it. And by everyone I mean a gazillion conservative content creators who made TikToks this past weekend warning everyone to be awake and aware because the Rapture will be happening either Sept. 23 or Sept. 24!
I, Defector's resident ex-evangelical, am reluctantly here to answer all of your most pressing Rapture questions.
I’ve been writing about the rebirth of WordPress in similar terms, on my blog, in podcasts, hoping people would listen. WordPress is a lot more than people think. We can have all this, a lot sooner than you think.
Elizabeth Gilbert On Love, Loss, And Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert's new memoir, All the Way to the River, is an unflinching personal account of addiction, grief, and healing. The book tells the story of her relationship with Rayya Elias, first her hairstylist and friend, and later her romantic partner, who died of pancreatic and liver cancer in 2018. Gilbert writes about leaving her marriage for Rayya, the devotion and chaos of that love, and her own dangerous impulses. The Eat, Pray, Love author spoke with Tonya Mosley about her recovery from sex and love addiction, caregiver collapse, and why she isn't reading book reviews.
Also, John Powers reviews the FX series The Lowdown, starring Ethan Hawke.
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Defector
• Israel Daramola
Is God Punishing His Son Dabo Swinney?
WIRED
• Brad Bourque
Save $36 on a Cool, Compact Hall Effect Keyboard
This Keychron Q1 HE brings our favorite new type of keyboard switch to the mainstream.
McSweeney’s
• Colin Nissan
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
UNGA Preview
Richard Gowan, International Crisis Group's director of UN and Multilateral Diplomacy, shares what to expect at the UN General Assembly, including what President Trump may say in his Tuesday address, the war in Gaza and other crises and the role of the United Nations globally.
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Defector
• Luis Paez-Pumar
Carlos Sainz Dragged Williams Back To The Podium
Defector
• Lauren Theisen
Jacob Young Kicked The Mets While They’re Down
WIRED
• Zoë Schiffer, Manisha Krishnan
WIRED Roundup: The Right Embraces Cancel Culture
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss OpenAI's new teen safety features, the right's retaliation against critics of the late Charlie Kirk, and more of the week’s biggest stories.
Chris Coyier
• Chris Coyier
Flies
Listen, I had some flies in the house. I had a party, it was nice having the doors open, some flies got in, and they apparently set up shop. You can’t just wait them out. They live like a month. Too long. Not to mention I gotta imagine they were having fly sex in their […]
The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Changing Your Faith
In a new memoir, Yusuf Islam, also known as the singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, writes about how converted his faith after a near-death experience. Listeners call in to share what has prompted them to change their faith.
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How to Fix Performance Issues Error Monitoring Can’t See

Your error monitoring is solid: 99%+ crash-free rates, catching critical issues before they spread. But users still complain about “buggy”
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Offering up the #Plushtodon to the lake deity for a bountiful federation.
Defector
• Alex Sujong Laughlin
Ceara (Almost) Learns To Cartwheel
At some point when she was growing up, Ceara Jane O'Sullivan created this whole mythology about Girls Who Can Cartwheel: they're organized, they're determined, they follow through, and they're brave. These are not things Ceara thinks about herself, and, coincidentally, she also cannot do a cartwheel.
You see how this becomes a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy, right?
404 Media
• Emanuel Maiberg
AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot
YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.