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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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Vibe coding could cause catastrophic ‘explosions’ in 2026

The steady buildout of vibe-coded applications into production will lead to catastrophic problems for organizations that don’t properly review AI-developed

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WIRED
Text • Brad Bourque

Super Savings on This Unique Air Fryer That Cooks Food in Heat-Proof Glass

Ninja turns the air fryer on its head with the semi-portable Crispi.

The Texas Observer
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‘Black Bird Redemption Song’: A Fort Worth Artist’s Work on Confinement, Freedom, and Fred Rouse

The rolling grounds of the UMLAUF Sculpture Garden and Museum near Austin’s Barton Springs are dotted with bronze pieces, their patinas letting them almost blend in with the scenery. But up close, they’re vividly detailed. A refugee holds a baby in gnarled hands, molded by American artist Charles Umlauf—the garden’s benefactor and namesake—in 1945. John […]

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Don't change me

Nobody wants to be told how to think. I think the best thing is to be friends with everyone you can. And maybe don't make a big issue about who people voted for, and relate as people and Americans. That's something to put in the bank.

Also if you let people relax around you, you may find out that someone you trust and like is actually antisemitic or racist. That's also something to put in the bank, this is not someone I want to trust if and when things get worse.

Things are changing radically now. so you may not have to do anything to wake anyone up. And it's good to reflect on your own attitudes and whether or not some of the things they say about you are fair criticism. We all put up barriers, and those don't ever serve us imho, esp in a democracy -- but they are esp nasty now.

Post Reports
Audio • The Washington Post

How Trump’s Nobel obsession is upending geopolitics

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Over the weekend, President Donald Trump sent an unusual text to the prime minister of Norway.  The two leaders had been messaging about Greenland – specifically, Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on European countries opposed to the United States taking over the autono...

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Exactly one year since Trump was sworn in for his second term. Some things have been predictably bad and some things (Greenland?) have been nutty even for him.

I re-listened to the podcast episode I recorded two days after the 2024 election. I should listen to this every year to recenter myself.

Defector
Text • Giri Nathan

The Knicks Are Exuding Toilet Aromas

The Knicks Are Exuding Toilet Aromas
The New York Knicks, beautiful NBA Cup champions of December, have drifted toward the toilet. After winning the midseason trophy amid a 23-9 start, they have gone 2-9 in the weeks since. Monday night at Madison Square Garden, a severely undermanned Dallas Mavericks squad rac...

WIRED
Text • Louryn Strampe

7 Best All-Clad Deals From the Factory Seconds Sale (2026)

All-Clad cookware is fantastic and expensive. This sale makes it more accessible.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Vicki Walker

Are your CI/CD pipelines accidentally increasing technical debt?

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For most platform engineering teams, internal developer portals are considered the best way to solve DevOps scalability challenges. The ability

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WIRED
Text • Jorge Garay

‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool

This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists astonished.

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Quamina v2.0.0

There’ve been a few bugfixes and optimizations since 1.5, but the headline is: Quamina now knows regular expressions. This is roughly the fourth anniversary of the first check-in and the third of v1.0.0. (But I’ve been distracted by family health issues and other tech enthusiasms.) Open-source software, it’s a damn fine hobby

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Badump. Badump.

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Close-up selfie of an older man in glasses smiling beside a woman smiling, both leaning into the frame.

Tomorrow is my birthday. I’ll be 62. And yes, it is also my father’s birthday. Ironically.Not ironically.Kismet.Habit. A cosmic joke we’ve both been in on since the first day I opened my lungs and learned the sound of his name. It is all I’ve ever known, sharing a birthday with a man like him.And this […]

Fresh Air
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Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths On Love, Tragedy & ‘Survivor Mode’

On the day Griffiths married author Salman Rushdie, her long time best friend died unexpectedly. Eleven months later, Rushdie was stabbed multiple times while being interviewed on stage. In her new memoir, ‘The Flower Bearers,’ Griffiths examines her grief, healing, and living with Dissociative Identity Disorder. She spoke with Terry Gross. 

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I hinted a few times that I was adding WordPress and Ghost sync to Micro.blog. It was a big change, and I deployed it just for myself last week to test in production. It’s sort of amazing, unlike anything out there… but also it’s not good enough. Putting it aside for a couple weeks.

WIRED
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ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States

Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.

Defector
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Who Wants To Be A Hero?

Who Wants To Be A Hero?

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 music, Caleb Williams, dishwasher mishaps, best foods to throw up, and more.

Your letters:

Adrian:

McSweeney’s
Text • Jack Loftus

The Democrats of the Seven Kingdoms

“As support for abolishing ICE grows among Democratic voters, party leadership continues to argue for reform instead.” —Salon - - - The Delegation to the Wall When word reached King’s Landing that the dead were stirring beyond the Wall, the brave Democrats of the Seven Kingd...

The Brian Lehrer Show
Audio • WNYC

Another Idea to Bring Down NYC's Sky-High Grocery Prices

Stephen Smith, executive director of the Center for Building in North America, talks about his idea to bring down NYC's sky-high grocery prices -- which is to make it easier to build more grocery stores.


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How Wikipedia Will Survive in the Age of AI (With Wikipedia’s CTO Selena Deckelmann)

How Wikipedia Will Survive in the Age of AI (With Wikipedia’s CTO Selena Deckelmann)

The Wikimedia Foundation’s chief technology and product officer explains how she helps manage one of the most visited sites in the world in the age of generative AI.