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The NY Times went back through a century of...

The NY Times went back through a century of women’s obituaries “to re-examine them with the benefit of distance — to see what was emphasized, what was minimized, what might have been left unsaid”. https://bsky.app/profile/prisonculture.bsky.social

WIRED
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Apple iPhone 17e Review: MagSafe Makes a Difference

A bump in storage and the addition of MagSafe make Apple's cheapest iPhone a better value proposition than its predecessor.

WIRED
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Feeld Was a Dating App for the Freaks. Now Some People Call It ‘Normie Hell’

The app that catered to unconventional kinks is gaining steam among daters with vanilla preferences—and some aren’t happy about it.

McSweeney’s
Text • Andy Schocket

Why I, Lucifer, Rejected a Deal for Donald Trump’s Soul

I’ve made contracts with every sort of lowlife. I’ve been to the crossroads. I’ve been down to Georgia. I’ve signed agreements with legions of lawyers, living, as I do, in the details, and ended up with the souls of everyone except Daniel Webster, that prig-tastic blowhole. ...

WIRED
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Best Sonos Speakers (2026): Soundbars, Headphones, Dolby Atmos, and More

From smart speakert so soundbars, Sonos makes the best streaming speakers you can buy. These are my personal favorites.

WIRED
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Hatch’s Sale Has the Restore 3, Rest, and Rest+ All Discounted

Hatch’s sunrise alarm clock is popular for a reason, and it’s on sale this week. An older-model sound machine for babies is on sale too.

WIRED
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Don’t Expect Big Surprises in the Government’s Alien Files

Donald Trump has ordered the release of files related to aliens, UAP, and UFOs. If previous disclosures are any indication, get ready for a letdown.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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The technical leap where most brilliant AI initiatives spectacularly fail

Stylized line art illustration of massive, towering ocean waves with white, curling caps. A large, simple orange circle representing the sun is in the upper right, set against a calm, pale yellow background. The image visualizes treacherous waters and is an ideal metaphor for the chaotic scaling demands and unpredictable workloads of moving AI projects from prototype to production.

The hard work is done. Your organization successfully navigated the treacherous waters of legacy infrastructure and now stands at the

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WIRED
Text • Julia Forbes

Are Smart Beds Worth It? A Certified Sleep Science Coach Weighs In (2026)

These tech-packed beds can adjust firmness, track your sleep, and regulate temperature automatically. Based on my testing, here's what's worth the investment.

WIRED
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Why RFK’s CDC Is Endorsing ‘Shared Decisionmaking’ for Vaccines

The MAHA movement is recasting the term—developed in the 1980s to help protect patients against paternalistic medicine—in service of its own agenda.

WIRED
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Can AI Kill the Venture Capitalist?

VCs are betting that artificial intelligence will disrupt nearly every industry in the world. Are they prepared for it to disrupt their own?

The Daily
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Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: Inside the Battle Over A.I. Warfare

In recent weeks, the Defense Department has tussled with Anthropic over how its artificial intelligence could be used on classified systems. That fight became bitter and negotiations fell apart. And war in the Middle East has made it increasingly clear how much the U.S. mili...

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
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Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult in Odd Rants as Polls Take Brutal Turn

We’ve noticed that whenever the news is bad for Donald Trump, Karoline Leavitt dials up the cultlike obsequiousness to 11. She just let out a strange rant basically declaring that Iran will have entered into “unconditional surrender,” as Trump wants, whenever ...

Countdown with Keith Olbermann
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TRUMP IS BASICALLY PAYING RUSSIA TO TELL IRAN WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE - 3.9.26

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SEASON 4 EPISODE 67: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump is in essence paying to provide Iran with the location of our forces in the Middle East. Our ships, jets, troops. Trump has just waived part of the embargo against Russian oil. So Iran’...

Bluesky
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Bluesky、新たな章の始まり

Bluesky をゼロから築き上げる、濃密で素晴らしい年月を経て、私はCEOの職を退き、最高イノベーション責任者(CIO、Chief Innovation Officer)という新しい役割へ移行することを決断しました。

Bluesky
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A New Chapter for Bluesky

After several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer.

Bluesky
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Coming Off the Bench for Bluesky

I'm excited to tell you that I will serve as interim CEO at Bluesky, a company whose mission I believe in deeply.

Nicholas Carlini
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How to win a best paper award

An opinionated perspective on how to do important research that makes a difference (and sometimes win awards).

Buttondown's blog
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Passkey support for two-factor authentication

Use your fingerprint, face, or security key as a second factor when signing in.

Machine Society
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When the boss is AI

When the boss is AI

First we used software. Then software started using software. And now software can use us.