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Geologic Core Sample

If you drill at the right angle and time things perfectly, your core sample can include a section of a rival team's coring equipment.

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One mistake I made building the bed platform for my car is these flimsy little brackets. They ended up bending enough over months that they broke in half. Worked on fixing this today.

Wooden pieces are connected with metal brackets and screws, forming part of a bed frame.

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Text • John Gruber

Jmail

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Luke Igel and Riley Walz made a phony Gmail interface that, rather than showing you your email, shows you Jeffrey Epstein’s emails:

You’re logged in as Jeffrey Epstein. We compiled these Epstein estate emails from the House Oversight release by converting the PDFs to structured text with an LLM.

Brilliant.

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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Joab Jackson

Percona Brings Transparent Data Encryption to Postgres

At KubeCon+CloudNativeCon North America last week, premium database service provider demonstrated its new technology for encrypting data at rest on

The post Percona Brings Transparent Data Encryption to Postgres appeared first on The New Stack.

WIRED
Text • Megan Farokhmanesh

Activists Are Using 'Fortnite' to Fight Back Against ICE

Players are roleplaying ICE raids in Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto to prepare for real-world situations.

Post Reports
Audio • The Washington Post

Trump’s pivot on the Epstein files and his polling plunge

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After months of buildup, Congress voted to release the Epstein files on Tuesday. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law. But language in that legislation leaves wiggle room for the Justice Department to hold back some of the files, and questions remain about how muc...

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Text • Tim Young

Thoughts on the GigaOm Radar for Vector Databases v3

Colorful lights in a data center.

GigaOm has just released its latest Radar for Vector Databases, now in its third edition. The report evaluates 17 leading

The post Thoughts on the GigaOm Radar for Vector Databases v3 appeared first on The New Stack.

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Text • John Gruber

Another Limited Edition Accessory From Apple: Hikawa Phone Grip and Stand

apple.com/shop/product/hsbd2zm/a/hikawa-phone-grip-stand-magsafe-compatible

Apple Store: The Hikawa Phone Grip & Stand is a MagSafe compatible adaptive accessory for iPhone designed by Bailey Hikawa to celebrate the 40th anniversary of accessibility at Apple. Designed with direct input from individuals with disabilities affecting muscle stre...

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Text • John Gruber

‘Grok’s Elon Musk Worship Is Getting Weird’

theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/825675/groks-elon-musk-worship-is-getting-weird

Adi Robertson, The Verge:

As a number of people have pointed out on social media over the past day, Grok’s public-facing chatbot is currently prone to insisting on Musk’s prowess at absolutely anything, no matter how unlikely — or conversely, embarrassing — a given feat is.

Grok claims Musk is fitter than LeBron James, funnier than Jerry Seinfeld, and would likely figure out a way to resurrect himself from the dead faster than Jesus.

But it’s a trustworthy source to author an encyclopedia, sure.

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Notifications in Leaflet

Lab Notes 015: we now have in-app notifications for post comments, replies, and new publication subscribers

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A thoughtful post today from Laurens Hof in the Fediverse Report about Mastodon’s new CEO and the project’s sustainability. It’ll be interesting to look back a year from now on whether there are visible changes. Hope in the meantime that Eugen Rochko gets some rest and a vacation or two.

Defector
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Basketball Is Too Hard For All This Soft Tissue

Basketball Is Too Hard For All This Soft Tissue
Soft tissues are having a moment. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr rang the bell on the tissue issue this week when he told ESPN's Anthony Slater that he is "very concerned" about the dangers inherent to the NBA's ascendant style of play. Shooting has warped the floor. Active,...

WIRED
Text • Boone Ashworth

Pranksters Recreated a Working Version of Jeffrey Epstein’s Gmail Inbox

Using Jmail, you can read thousands of Jeffrey Epstein's emails in a familiar format. Use the star function to highlight notable finds.

WIRED
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MediaWorld Accidentally Sold iPads for 15 Euros. Then It Asked for Them Back

The advantageous offer appeared to loyalty card holders of the European electronics chain on November 8. After 11 days, the company began contacting those who made purchases, calling it a "clear error."

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Phil Wilkins

What To Know Before Building Fluent Bit Plugins With Go

Birds taking off from water.

Editor’s note: The following article is an excerpt from the Manning book: “Fluent Bit with Kubernetes,” a practical guide on

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Text • Kathryn Xu

Now Is The Time To Fantasize About Your Loser Club Trading For Tarik Skubal

Now Is The Time To Fantasize About Your Loser Club Trading For Tarik Skubal
At this juncture of the baseball offseason, trade rumors are broadly wishful fantasies for Yankees fans. I know this because yesterday, Barry Petchesky dropped a tweet in Slack from a Yankees fan account that read, "Would you rather trade for Paul Skenes or Tarik Skubal?" Ac...

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Text • Idan Yalovich

Is Spec-Driven Development Key for Infrastructure Automation?

Spec-driven development

Since GitHub Universe and the announcement of GitHub Spec Kit, spec-driven development (SDD) has taken the dev world by storm.

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Text • Wendi Aarons and Ali Solomon

To Grandmother’s House We Go

Over the river and through the woods, To Grandmother’s house we go; At the airport on time, which is good cause the lines Are moving super slow. Over the river and through the screens Then stuck at security I’ve been patted down and thrown to the ground Due to my lithium bat...

WIRED
Text • Brad Bourque

These Beats Headphones Are Marked Down to $150 for Black Friday

You can save big on the colorful and bass-forward Beats Studio Pro.

The Brian Lehrer Show
Audio • WNYC

'We Hold These Truths...'

As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson, professor of history at Tulane and the author of several books, including his latest, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written (Simon & Schuster, 2025), digs in on a key sentence in the Declaration of Independence and how its reverberated throughout the country's history.


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