Highly recommend this week's conversation between Nicolle Wallace and Heather Cox Richardson. The contrast of their points of view is dramatic, the election wasn't a win for the Dems, it was a victory for the people.
Sir, This Is a McDonald’s
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Post Reports
• The Washington Post
Is the gambling explosion ruining sports?
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Frederic Lardinois
Google Launches Gemini 3 Pro

today launched Gemini 3 Pro, the latest iteration of its family of foundation models, with other Gemini 3 variants to
The post Google Launches Gemini 3 Pro appeared first on The New Stack.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Tinega Onchari
A Guide To Stress-Testing Your ML Data Pipelines

This is the second of two articles. Read also: Why You Should Break Your ML Pipelines on Purpose In Part
The post A Guide To Stress-Testing Your ML Data Pipelines appeared first on The New Stack.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
RHEL 10.1 Soft Reboot Slashes Downtime for Updates

ATLANTA — Red Hat officially released Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.1 at KubeCon+CloudNativeCon North America. This is the first
The post RHEL 10.1 Soft Reboot Slashes Downtime for Updates appeared first on The New Stack.
New trailer for Project Hail Mary! This is going to be great. I’m going to try to re-read the book before the movie comes out.
McSweeney’s
• Ben Greenman
The Nickel Knows It’s Next
When You Give a Bully Your Lunch Money
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
ACLU and EFF Sue a City Blanketed With Flock Surveillance Cameras
“Most drivers are unaware that San Jose’s Police Department is tracking their locations and do not know all that their saved location data can reveal about their private lives and activities."
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
HOPE Hacking Conference Banned From University Venue Over Apparent ‘Anti-Police Agenda’
"The lack of due process on its own is extremely disturbing," the conference said.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Michelle Gienow
How Kubernetes Became the New Linux
Once upon a time, major banks built their own Linux kernels because there were no distros yet. They were pioneers
The post How Kubernetes Became the New Linux appeared first on The New Stack.
Love this blog post from Ton Zijlstra about discovering a train ticket in an old book:
While the book is in excellent condition, not at all ‘well traveled’, it does make me wonder about its path through the world. From that 1991 train trip up the valley towards the St. Gotthard massif, to a bookshop in Galway, Ireland. And now to my bookshelves.
In 1999 when my wife and I were traveling in Europe, I left a book in a hostel in Italy. I wrote a note in it for the next reader. I still wonder where that book ended up.
Defector
• Drew Magary
Which Fictional Character Would You Hate To See Go MAGA?
Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we're talking about eating with your mouth open, Epstein fuckery, extended TV title sequences, and more.
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Defector
• Patrick Redford
Which NBA Teams Are Cool?
This week on Nothing But Respect we were joined by the boys from You Know Ball for a special home-and-home podcast series. Part 1, which you can find below, was in theory dedicated to the question of which teams this season are cool. I say in theory because we had to first get through an extended Luka Garza segment, a lengthy appreciation of Tyrese Maxey and V.J. "MJ Edgecombe" Edgecombe, and a brief look at the dire state of the New Orleans Pelicans. We then had a discussion around my admittedly vague prompt to name some cool teams as to how to even define that term in the first place. It was a fun one.
Harry and I will be recording Part 2 later this afternoon, where we will be discussing the obverse of this episode's question and conducting a survey of the teams with the worst vibes.
Ben Stiller On His Parents’ Showbiz Marriage
After the deaths of his parents, comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ben found a stash of their audio recordings. Those tapes are at the center of a new documentary, ‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.’ He spoke with Terry Gross about growing up in the spotlight, his father’s life-changing role on ‘Seinfeld,’ and the connection between his family life and ‘Severance.’
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WIRED
• Brad Bourque
This Quest 3S Bundle Is $50 Off and Includes a Game and Gift Card
Pick up a new Meta headset, Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, and pocket a $50 gift card in the process.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Call Your Senator: Sen. Kim on the Affordable Care Act Subsidies and More
Andy Kim, U.S. Senator (D NJ), talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey, including ACA subsidies, the New Jersey election results, USAID and more.
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WIRED
• Molly Higgins
The Best WIRED-Tested Extreme Alarm Clock of 2025: Not for the Faint of Heart
From runaway robots to “sonic bombs,” we reviewed offbeat alarm clocks designed to awaken even the heaviest sleepers.