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President Trump claimed over the long weekend that he was on the brink of a peace deal with Iran but offered few details. The United States then carried out new strikes against the country on Monday. David E. Sanger and Tyler Pager, who cover the Trump administration for The...

Sonny Rollins, the Saxophone Colossus, has passed. He is probably my favorite saxophonist, and while the aforementioned album is one of the five I would take to a deserted island, he has so many other good ones like The Cutting Edge which also has bagpipes, or Sonny Side Up with Sonny Stitt and Dizzy Gillespie. … Continue reading RIP Sonny Rollins →

The project’s first mission could arrive as soon as this year, with a little help from Blue Origin.

Bob Dunn announces the July launch of Open Channels FM Live, a short-form live stream focusing on the intersection of open source and the open web.

After Donald Trump attended his physical, he proclaimed his health perfect. Then the White House rapid response team—which leads the charge for Trumpworld—unleashed an extraordinary series of angry attacks on journalists. Their transgression? Reportin...

Conversations on OpenChannels FM highlight a federated approach to package distribution, concerns over AI consequences, and utilizing Site Health tools for effective WordPress troubleshooting.

What happens when the author of The Lean Startup starts questioning the very system that built Silicon Valley? In this episode of Remarkable People, Eric Ries joins Guy Kawasaki to unpack the ideas behind his new book, Incorruptible, and explain why so many great companies l...

Previously: Old databases are new again Why implement a REPL? And what the heck is a REPL anyway? Why should I care? As some remember, classic Frontier had the QuickScript Window: Type some UserTalk, click Run, get the result in a little output area. It was useful, and we used it. A lot! While working […]

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Claude just asked if I was breaking for the day. At 10:53AM. Why did it ask me that? Now I can't stop thinking about that. The answer is no. I have a few more hours before I stop. # I need an easy way to do a mini-podcast. An idea that should be said...

On this week’s episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his thoughts about the recently reported peace talks between the United States and Iran. David argues that these reported talks indicate the United States is losing the war in Iran, and that t...

At the beginning of the 4th quarter, I thought the Spurs might come back, but just not their night. Wish there were a couple days off before game 6. This series has been amazing but exhausting. 🏀

And so Colin Allred’s three-year journey through the wilderness of ambition ends more or less where it began. In May 2023, the NFL player-turned-civil rights attorney announced he was leaving behind a deep-blue U.S. House seat composed largely of Dallas County residents. On Tuesday night, he effectively won a deep-blue U.S. House district composed entirely […]

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The Democratic establishment successfully thwarted Maureen Galindo and her increasingly unhinged and conspiratorial tirades against American Zionists—which were roundly denounced as antisemitic—in the runoff for the newly redrawn 35th Congressional District in South Texas. Johnny Garcia, an official with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, easily beat Galindo by around 20 points Tuesday night.  Galindo, a […]

The post Blue Dog Dem Fends Off Maureen Galindo in Wake of Anti-Zionist Tirades appeared first on The Texas Observer.

The highly dramatic—if not as thoroughly entertaining as advertised—U.S. Senate Republican runoff between Ken Paxton and John Cornyn ended about as soon as counties started reporting their early vote totals Tuesday night, with the attorney general challenger leading by around 20 points—effectively skunking the incumbent.  This, of course, was little surprise by the time it […]

The post Judgement Day Comes for John Cornyn appeared first on The Texas Observer.

I am terribly saddened at word of the death of Donald Newhouse, the last great gentleman of the newspaper business. Soft-spoken, unassuming, humble, kind, and generous, Don Newhouse was at the same time a publisher of vast experience, universal respect, and great strength. I had the great privilege of working for him via his sons, […]

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Mozilla found 271 unknown Firefox vulnerabilities in days using AI—bugs that millions of automated test runs had missed for years. Steve Gibson argues this isn't a crisis. It's the industry finally paying down decades of security debt, and for the first time, defenders may ...

Anthropic's Boris Cherny tells me major job loss due to automation really is coming — but job creation is, too. PLUS: the Pope's AI encyclical, and Trump abandons an AI executive order

A slow week in Apple news as we wait for WWDC to begin on Monday, June 8th! Apple is seeking a Supreme Court review of the Epic Games case. Apple unveils new accessibility features utilizing Apple Intelligence. And Apple TV used an iPhone 17 Pro to broadcast a MLS match! ...

The Holy Father referenced The Lord of the Rings in his encyclical about AI—an expert (if unintentional) troll of tech billionaires who keep misinterpreting the series.

My Son’s Math Homework Is Essentially Just Pokémon. “As I watched my son play Prodigy, it became clear there wasn’t much learning happening. In about 10 minutes of gameplay, he spent less than 30 seconds answering math questions.”