Simon Carstensen has rebuilt Jottit, the web publishing tool he built with Aaron Swartz in 2007:
Aaron believed the web should be easy enough that anyone could participate. Not just people who know how to code or who can afford a platform’s cut.
McSweeney’s
• Carrie Brownstein
Excerpts from The Believer: Ask Carrie: Winter 2025
Carrie Brownstein delivers a few sports-related tips and pointers. - - -
Q: My partner is the captain of a coed dodgeball league and has started hinting that he wants me to attend more games. I went to one recently and found myself feeling secondhand embarrassment for him. ...
McSweeney’s
• Jenny Singer
I’m the Second-Born Bridgerton Son, and I Don’t See Race
As a cisgender, white, bisexual second son of a viscount, and as a gentleman landowner of multiple estates on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Celts and Saxons, I don’t see race. Of late, many of my acquaintances have expressed very great wonder at this. I set down my l...
Bazookasaurus
Defector
• Luis Paez-Pumar
An Exquisite 2026 Formula 1 Preview For True Sophisticates
The trick with every Formula 1 season is to believe, at the start, that it will be exciting. Fortunately, if last year's preview was any indication, sports fans tend to be quite good about doing this.
But this year, this year really, there is a lot to be excited for. There'...
I wrote about loss, the old web, and why I rebuilt Jottit. simonbc.com/rebuildin…
Rebuilding Jottit
In 2007, Aaron Swartz and I built a small tool called Jottit. The idea was simple: make it as easy as possible to put a page on the web. You typed something, clicked a button, and got a page on a secret URL. You didn't need to create an account first. If you wanted to keep i...
WIRED
• Henri Robbins
Corsair Sabre V2 Carbon Fiber and Magnesium Gaming Mice Review
It is worth using motorsports materials in a gaming mouse? As long as it's the same price as plastic.
WIRED
• Brent Rose
Jones Mercury FASE Snowboard Bindings Review: The Best Fast Entry System
In! Out! In! Out! Jones’ latest fast-entry snowboard bindings mean you’ll never get left behind by a bunch of skiers again.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/116177753236186999
There won't be any more new merch for a couple months at least, I need to sell these out before I can make more stuff like the beanies.
WIRED
• Louryn Strampe
These 2 Apps Help Me Make Sense of My 100K Screenshots
The shameful pile of screenshots on my phone was as useless as it was disorganized. Rodeo and Swipewipe are helping to change that.
WIRED
• Andy Greenberg
From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’
New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick.
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• Manuel Moreale
Eric Schwarz
This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Eric Schwarz, whose blog can be found at schwarztech.net.
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WIRED
• Reece Rogers
Why Is Alexa+ So Bad?
I stuck Amazon’s Echo Show 15 and its Alexa+ AI assistant in my kitchen for a month. Things have not gone well.
The Daily
• The New York Times
The Firing of Kristi Noem
On Thursday, President Trump fired Kristi Noem, his secretary of homeland security, whose agency is at the center of his second-term agenda.
Hamed Aleaziz, who covers the department, explains how Ms. Noem ended up losing the president’s trust.
Guest: Hamed Aleaziz, who...
WIRED
• Steven Levy
Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block’s cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”
Trump Press Sec Tirade Takes Truly Weird Turn as GOP Iran Angst Spikes
This week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lashed out at a reporter and accused the media of trying to make Donald Trump “look bad.” The occasion was a question about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who had previously accused the media of the...
WIRED
• Anna McKie
Sleep Apnea Often Goes Undetected in Women. That’s Starting to Change
Women’s sleep apnea symptoms differ from men’s and can often be confused with hormonal shifts. Researchers are working to close the detection gap.
Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
Bar Gyu x Wapuu
For the Japanese WordPress community, I have planted a special Wapuu at the coolest spot in Niseko, Bar Gyu, aka the refrigerator door bar. Now on the handle you’ll find a special surprise. Anyone recognize which WordCamp it’s from? Ioanna and Hisashi run one of the coolest bars in the world; it’s been on my … Continue reading Bar Gyu x Wapuu →
WIRED
• Carla Sertin
The War on Iran Puts Global Chip Supplies and AI Expansion at Risk
From helium extraction in Qatar to shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, the semiconductor industry depends on fragile links across the Gulf. Escalation could ripple through global chip production.