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When Drew and I recorded this week's episode of The Distraction roughly a week before Christmas, we were aware of the risk we were taking. All kinds of stuff can happen in an ungovernable and deranged culture over the course of two weeks, even during the two weeks of the year in which the least tends to happen. But Drew was getting ready to go on a longish family vacation, and I was getting ready to make my annual pilgrimage to Maine for six freezing days of last-minute shopping and Amato's sandwiches; there were only so many options. And so we placed our bet that nothing in the remaining days of 2025 would change our assessment of this stupid, brutal, mostly awful, but ultimately survivable year.

Meghana Indurti writing for The New Yorker on our optimized, convenient lives:

During the drive, I instruct my A.I. assistant to send custom responses to all my friends’ and family members’ text messages. Some of them text back right away with laughing emojis. I guess my A.I. has learned to emulate my sense of humor. I smile, knowing how much time I must have saved today, unlike my ancestors who had to engage in the hours-long, monotonous task of corresponding with their loved ones.

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In 2026 we’re going to see incredible advances in AI and also incredible pushback.

As AI tools become increasingly integrated in many industries across all levels, there has been a quiet but undeniable shift.

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The nonprofit research group Epoch AI is tracking the physical imprint of the technology that’s changing the world.

Hiller spent years scraping by in Hollywood by taking on various small roles and commercials. Then he landed the role of Joel on HBO's ‘Somebody Somewhere’ and everything changed. His memoir is ‘Actress of a Certain Age.’

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Jason Snell has some good predictions for Apple at Macworld:

I doubt any new-and-improved Siri will be as good as we dream it might be, but I think it’ll be appreciably better than it is today. (And the arrival of a better Siri will unlock Apple’s ability to ship new smart home products, which the company has been itching to do for at least a year.)

I still think Apple’s whole AI approach works against having a universal Siri across devices. Hoping for some surprises in 2026.

A screen shot of some work in progress. This may or may not ship, just some idea work I'm doing.

As we wrap up 2025, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the goals we set at the beginning of the year. Some were a huge success, while others didn’t quite go as planned. Plus, we’re giving you a sneak peek at our exciting goals for 2026. Ready to see what’s next? Let’s take a look!

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Gentoo was that Linux distribution that every user strived to build, so they could wear it as a badge of

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On this New Year's Day: Ahead of the Mamdani swearing-in ceremony, a look back: Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter; Ben Max, host of the Max Politics podcast and executive editor and program director at New York Law School’s Center for New York City Law; a...

Getting stuff stuck in your rectum is so 2025. Doing Looney Tunes–style violence to your groin is the new hotness. Below are some very real, very gnarly penis injuries suffered by Americans.

All descriptions are taken verbatim from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s database of emergency room visits:

A note to Josh Marshall, David Frum, Jay Rosen and Heather Cox Richardson, just a few of the political pundits I read. Now you all have seen up close the "move fast and break things" philosophy of Silicon Valley. They do this with investors' money. This was a preview of how they will govern, after Trump, when Silicon Valley is fully running the world. We need to get some tech background in your writing. The history of tech is very much the history of politics as we go forward. We had a merger, and you can and should incorporate our history in your understanding of US history.

All the Scripting News OPML's for 2025 in one GitHub folder. That's an example of user-owned storage. It's going to be repo's like that tie the world together, if we ever manage to get it together. There's a bit of hope. Paul Frazee of Bluesky pushed a piece last night about user-owned storage. He bound it to his invention, AT Proto, which has very few instances. That's why we need an API above all of this, so he can have his AT Proto stores and I can use RSS and Markdown and someone else who may not even be born yet can use whatever they love. The protocol that connects our services won't know or care how we're storing stuff behind the API. A great prototype for such an API is imho the WordPress wpcom API.

As fast as the old year passes, it’s been heartening to see people preserving the work of those who came

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Observability is not living up to expectations. As prices continue to rise, the pain is increasingly felt. This year has

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Whether you want to run a marathon or learn to play the guitar, here’s how to set yourself up for success.

I distinctly remember waking up early, on January 1st, 2017, going downstairs with my laptop, making myself some coffee, and coding what ended up being the first iteration of this blog. I wanted to write weekly updates to hold myself accountable. I failed spectacularly. Read...

After years of hype about generative AI increasing productivity and making lives easier, 2025 was the year erotic chatbots defined AI’s narrative.

Reduce your chances of catching these respiratory illnesses, and make sure you don't spread it to others.