Defector
• Nicholas Russell
How The U.S. Military Rots American Masculinity
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Defector
• Nicholas Russell
Art But Make It Sports is now available in book form. “Epic moments in modern sports are masterfully paired with their fine art doppelgangers…”
The Texas Observer
• Ben Sargent
To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section. Find Observer political reporting here.
The post Loon Star State: Shredded appeared first on The Texas Observer.
The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Nahal Toosi, Politico’s senior foreign affairs correspondent and columnist, discusses her latest reporting on how President Donald Trump and his aides have grown frustrated that the U.S. pressure campaign against Cuba, which includes depriving the island of fuel, doesn't seem to be working and what sort of military action might be on the table.
Photo: A person waves US and Cuban flags during a "Free Cuba" rally in Miami, Florida, on April 26, 2026, to call for the departure of the Castros and the Communist Party from power in Cuba. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)
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The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Everlane, the brand built on "radical transparency" and sustainable basics, is reportedly selling to ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein for $100 million. Elizabeth Cline, author of Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion (Penguin, 2012) and The Conscious Closet (Plume, 2019), talks about her piece in The Atlantic, "Everlane, Shein, and the Limits of the Ethical Consumer," on what the sale reveals about so-called sustainable fashion and the limits of ethical consumerism.
Photo: A customer checks a tag at the new Shein fast fashion retail at its opening day in the BHV department store in Angers, western France, on February 25, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP via Getty Images)
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The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Julia Moskin, food reporter for the New York Times, talks about New York's proposed ban on potassium bromate, a flour additive that gives New York pizza and bagels their distinct textures—and a possible carcinogen in humans.
Photo: ESPN invites fans to get a bite of the NBA action at PopUp Bagels ahead of season tip-off on October 22, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for ESPN)
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Another way to look at Claude Code. It's a way to talk to your code, to ask it questions, and tell it how you want it to change.
Remarkable People
• Guy Kawasaki
We’re revisiting another past conversation with David Pogue—and it feels even more relevant today.
I have news for you -- Claude forgets important stuff. I catch it forgetting to do things it was "programmed" to do. It's not a computer, it's not garbage in garbage out. It could be good stuff in garbage out. As I've said before there's a big chunk of the app I'm working on where I don't read code. User interface stuff only. No control of what comes in our out. Trying to not take any chances here.
Defector
• Sabrina Imbler
WIRED
• Simon Hill
Your modem and router are the dynamic duo you need to get online, so long as you don't mistake one for the other.
Defector
• Patrick Redford
You know what it is. Many-time NBR guest Noah Kulwin came back this week to talk about the two pretty incredible NBA Conference Finals we have going. Noah predicted both the Boston Celtics' ultimate fraudulence, as well as the New York Knicks' comeback in Game 1, so we had to bring him back. We also talked about the Oklahoman publishing an op-ed comparing the Oklahoma City Thunder to the state of Israel, which Samer wrote about this week.
Speaking of Israel, Noah's podcast Blowback (which is great!) is about to drop a mini-series about the history of the U.S.-Israel relationship. It's called "No Daylight," and it drops next Friday, May 29. Subscribe!
McSweeney’s
• Kristen Mulrooney
WIRED
• Steven Levy
The search giant’s AI-crafted answers are so convenient, you’ll be sucked in—to the detriment of the web and the artists and thinkers behind it.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Matthew Burns
JetBrains is making a new argument for why developers should care who owns their coding tools. Cursor is tying future
The post JetBrains is selling independence as the rest of AI coding picks sides appeared first on The New Stack.
This is a multi-billion dollar idea. I want to link to "report-up" concept in something I'm writing. There is no Wikipedia page for that but there is a brief explainer in Google, via their AI. Here's the feature: add a permalink to that response. I'm lazy and will link to it in my writing.
Does it ever cross anyone's mind that according to the rules of war, Iran would be totally justified in attacking the United States?
Defector
• Ray Ratto
Defector
• Kathryn Xu