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A Letter to My Three-Year-Old Self

You’ve Always Been This Way is a column written by Taylor Harris, a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman and 1980s preschool dropout, who identifies every moment from her past that filled her with shame, and mutters, “Yep, that tracks. I see it all now.” - - - - - - Dear Lit...

McSweeney’s
Text • Brett Miller

Self-Defense Techniques for Jazz Musicians

Jazz pushes boundaries. It has ambiguity. It makes people think. That’s why they hate it. And if you’re a jazz musician, this could be an issue. You never know when someone will have heard too many notes and become violent. Luckily, there’s a lot you can do to protect yourse...

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Online suckage is everywhere

The 300 char limit here has as much suckage as Claude pretending you want to know what it thinks you're trying to do. It's another freaking algorithm. Bluesky assumes you can say whatever you have to say in 300 characters. It's a fucking machine, how could it possibly know....

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Darryl K. Taft

PwC’s AI agents are now your consultants — whether you’re ready or not

PwC is putting its AI agents directly in front of clients and cutting out the traditional back-and-forth with consultants as

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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Jack Wallen

Exton Linux’s light version will “enlighten” you

I’ve been using Linux for a very, very long time. My Linux usage goes way back to the days of

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Dine ’n em-dash

The best defense is to write humanly.

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You can't really use Claude to do research. It always assumes you're trying to do something. If you don't tell it what you're trying to do it guesses, and then starts telling you what to do. Its guesses are always wildly wrong. How do you tell it to stop telling you what to do? It totally disrupts your train of thought. But it makes me miss the days of Stack Exchange and Google search.

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A review of 2,871 Opening Days — and the seasons that followed

A look at what Opening Day means for the other 161 games of the season.

WIRED
Text • Kat Merck

Clear Drop Soft Plastic Compactor Review: Eco Experiment

Clear Drop’s Soft Plastic Compactor is a unique household recycling solution that’s fun to use, but who is it for?

WIRED
Text • David Nield

How to Use Apple’s Live Translation on Your AirPods

If you have a recent Apple device, you can translate live conversations. It’s impressive, and the new AirPods Pro Max just joined the party.

WIRED
Text • Ryan Waniata

Best Premium Soundbars: Dolby Atmos, Hi-Res Audio, and More

Soundbars just keep getting better, but some rise above the rest. These are the best high-end soundbars and wireless A/V speakers I've tried.

WIRED
Text • Katie Drummond

Chris Hayes Has Some Advice for Keeping Up With the News

The host of MS Now’s All In, knows how hard it is to stay current. But he also knows where you should focus your attention—and it starts with a sober view of AI.

WIRED
Text • Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to Privacy

Attachment to smart devices and biometric surveillance leaves Americans more vulnerable to police searches than ever. Left unchecked it will only get worse.

WIRED
Text • Maddy Crowell

‘Get Down! Get Down! They’re Gonna See Us!’: Six Months of Hiding From ICE

A family in Chicago has been terrified to leave their apartment. Agents could be anywhere.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Adrian Bridgwater

Minimus aims to solve one of open-source’s long-festering problems

Container security company Minimus has outlined a new initiative to help open-source project maintainers strengthen the security and integrity of

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How China Made Itself Tariff-Proof

About a year into President Trump’s global trade war, China hasn’t just survived. It has emerged stronger than ever on the world stage. Keith Bradsher, the Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times, discusses the domination of China’s robot-powered superfactories and how t...

WIRED
Text • Jay Bennett

The Trip to the Far Side of the Moon

As soon as April 1, four people will embark on a journey that will take them farther from the Earth than anyone has ever traveled before.

WIRED
Text • Sophie Charara

Can Modular Phone Accessories Finally Evolve Beyond MagSafe?

True modular smartphone hardware never went mainstream. That could change as phone makers look beyond magnets.

WIRED
Text • Sammy Sussman

ICE Is Paying the Salaries of This Town’s Entire Police Force

Under a Homeland Security program, police departments around the US are signing up to assist in immigration enforcement. The cops of Carroll, New Hampshire, are going all in—and they’re likely not alone.

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Trump Accidentally Admits to Epic Iran Blunder as War Takes Worse Turn

Donald Trump’s war on Iran appears to be a fiasco, and speaking to reporters, he made a surprising claim: He insisted no one anticipated that Iran would attack other countries in an effort to widen the war. But this was widely expected, and amusingly, in saying that,&nb...