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A Flood of New, Deadlier Drugs

As America is beginning to wrap its arms around the fentanyl crisis, a new kind of drug epidemic is emerging. It is faster, more addictive, more lethal and powered by synthetic drugs — substances that can be made almost anywhere. Matt Richtel, a science and health reporter, ...

WIRED
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Cearvol’s Wave Design Fights Off Hearing Loss and Aging Stigma

Cearvol’s Wave Lite hearing aids take on the stigma of aging with tech-inspired design, but they lack the nuance to be truly useful.

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
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Trump Tirades Take Unhinged Turn as His Epic Poll Collapse Rattles GOP

GOP discomfort with Donald Trump is growing. Republicans have effectively blocked taxpayer money for his ballroom, revolted against his corrupt slush fund for insurrectionists, and turned against his war. GOP panic about the his crater...

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Text • Bob Dunn

New Tools and Updates in WordPress 7.0 for Developers and Content Managers

WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" introduces significant updates including visual revisions, responsive block visibility, and enhanced workflow features, promoting collaboration among users and developers while emphasizing safe updating practices.

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14 down, 30 more to go

The stars are finally aligned again, and I’m back on the road for chapter 3 of this 10-part saga. Clear sky, not too warm, I have someone who can come pick me up and drive me back to my car, the calendar is empty, so we’re going for it. Contrary to the previous two segments ...

joe.dev
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I counted nine kinds of agents

The word "agent" is doing too much work. A rough map helps.

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Scripting News: Monday, May 25, 2026

Monday, May 25, 2026 Good morning. Today is Memorial Day in the United States. We remember all the men and women who gave their lives to keep our country safe and a bastion of liberty for the world. Don't give up on us yet. We are still willing to sacrifice for a good cause...

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Hoba Meteorite, Namibia

This is not really a travel blog but we have been traveling and my camera roll is ponderous with photos from around the world. I plan to post some of...

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Flag Design

Every place has a local cryptid; more places need a local Pictish Beast, a creature in historical art that's drawn so weirdly that no one can tell what animal it's supposed to be.

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Text • Jon Henshaw

A plugin to reset the WordPress plugin update cache

A free, open source WordPress plugin that solves the frustrating problem of WordPress caching plugin update checks for up to 12 hours. The plugin clears the cache, allowing developers to update and test new iterations without manually uploading them to the server.

WIRED
Text • Jeremy White

The Electric Ferrari Luce Is Finally Here

The covers have come off the Ferrari Luce, the most anticipated EV ever. It completely breaks the Italian car maker's aesthetic archetype.

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Apple insisting on approving beta versions of iOS apps that are going to just a handful of people remains one of the dumbest possible things about the App Store. A waste of time for everyone. Likely makes apps worse because it discourages beta testing.

The Atavist Magazine
Audio • Barry Meier

You Can Run

When their parents ripped two young sisters from their privileged lives, gave them fake names, and took them on the lam, they thought it was because their father was in trouble with the IRS. It would be years before they learned the truth about his life of crime.  By Barry Meier The Boxes Erin McCann racedContinue reading "You Can Run"

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Thinking out loud, with a URL I own

On returning to writing, ditching the platforms, and what ATproto makes possible.

WIRED
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A Swimmer Broke a World Record at the Enhanced Games

Dozens of juiced athletes competed at the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas. Most won’t admit what drugs they used.

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Working a little on our Strata app this morning. There were a few changes for Android in the queue, those should be out this week. Also the Liquid Glass update for iOS.

Fresh Air
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Billie Eilish & Finneas

Popstar Billie Eilish has a new 3D concert film that she co-directed with James Cameron. She and her brother and co-producer Finneas spoke with Terry Gross in 2024 about the album ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft.’

Also, for Memorial Day, book critic Maureen Corrigan reflects on the history of pocket-size books that soldiers were given in WWII. 


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Code Block Enhancer: Syntax highlighter and code copier plugin for native WordPress code blocks

Coywolf Code Block Enhancer is a lightweight, open-source WordPress plugin built with Claude's help that brings performant syntax highlighting to native code blocks.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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GitLab 19.0 trades its string section for a full DevSecOps orchestra

Illustration of two hands plucking the strings of a large harp against a warm orange and yellow background, evoking the idea of orchestrated, coordinated performance.

There are orchestras… and then there are mere string, horn, or woodwind sections. As the self-styled intelligent orchestration platform for

The post GitLab 19.0 trades its string section for a full DevSecOps orchestra appeared first on The New Stack.

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Hanging out with JY and Don Park

I've worked with both these guys for a long time, and now we're in the same sphere again, and it's very useful to be able to tell them about what I'm doing. They understand. It's not over their heads. Refreshing. ;-) This is happening on Elon Musk's X, but that won't be fore...