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Watched: Arco. I really enjoyed this. Some of the comedic parts didn’t work for me, but it’s a unique film and there are some moments that I absolutely loved. 🍿

'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'

It is @Ameboid’s birthday! 🎂

Just spritz and sleep—no melatonin tablets or pills necessary.

Watching the end of Spurs / Hornets. The refs made the right call here on the challenge, but overall the rule change to protect 3-point shooters' feet when they land has been taken too far. It’s being gamed, making defense too difficult. 🏀

I was cautious with our initial AI adoption in Micro.blog. There’s a global opt-out checkbox to hide any feature that uses AI. All background tasks check this setting before they touch an LLM. I thought this was important for folks who are philosophically opposed to AI. The ...

The hard part of the ultimate Chess coach has been done already

Until now, I’ve generally only used LLM tools with existing projects. Attempts to create detailed projects from scratch via agentic

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Everyone should at least skim through some of the posts on Moltbook. Whether you’re an AI skeptic, or a programmer, or just curious. I’m not saying it’s good or bad… Value judgements don’t even matter right now. Everything is crazy and the future is up for grabs.

Ten years ago this month, Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian was freed from Iran’s Evin prison. He and his wife, Yeganeh, had been arrested at their home in Tehran and falsely accused of espionage. 

Since then, Rezaian has dedicated himself to advocating for press freedom, and now he’s the director of The Post’s press freedom initiatives. 

On Thursday, before a live audience at The Post, host Elahe Izadi sat down with Rezaian and his wife to talk about their reflections 10 years after their wrongful imprisonment. They were joined by ambassador Brett McGurk. As a presidential envoy, McGurk was integral to Rezaian’s release. They also spoke about what’s happening in Iran today, the widespread protests, what the United States could do and what this could all mean for the future of Iran.

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Next year I have to go to FOSDEM. This year's conference going on right now, in Brussels. If you're there and reading this -- say a hello for me. I realize the piece I wrote yesterday about the future of the social web is equally relevant now for FOSDEM. My prescription: car...

Added a note to the storage docs page for wpIdentity, explaining that while most files we serve are private, there are examples of files we manage that are public. It had been a while since I reviewed this page. I also see now that we have to have a way to identify the app that created an object, and for that we'll need a way to identify apps. I knew that was coming sooner or later.

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

One Month of Mayor Mamdani (First) | How AI is Changing Medicine (Starts at 39:32) | A History of General Strikes (Starts at  1:09:33)

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February 4 is the midpoint of winter. So we're almost half-way there.

Bosch’s Unlimited 10 combines key features from Dyson’s and Shark’s stick vacuums and packs some nice extras, but it can’t seem to keep debris inside.

We braved the cold to answer a modern dilemma: Can you keep your hands warm and use a smartphone at the same time?

Plus: AI agent OpenClaw gives cybersecurity experts the willies, China executes 11 scam compound bosses, a $40 million crypto theft has an unexpected alleged culprit, and more.

Plus: Vivaldi browser shuns AI, Samsung has a new sustainable display, and Frankfurt Airport tests Auracast for gate announcements.

The Minnesota Democrat on the battle between his city and the federal government.

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Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.