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Hawaii Is Overthrowing Citizens United

Hawaii Is Overthrowing Citizens United

How an innovative new law is challenging the rules that transformed money into the most powerful force in American politics.

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Trump Mental Decline Exposed as Damning Video Evidence Flummoxes Rubio

As Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before a House committee on Wednesday, Representative Ted Lieu questioned him at length about Donald Trump’s mental decline. It was an extraordinary moment. Lieu repeatedly confronted Rubio with damning video of...

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Pura Promo Codes: $20 Off May 2026

Enhance your home's ambiance for less with active Pura promo codes. Find savings on smart diffusers, exclusive scents, and subscribe & save offers.

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Breville Promo Code: $700 Off | June 2026

Discover the top Breville coupons and discount codes for coffee machines, kitchen appliances, and fresh coffee beans, with deals up to $700 off.

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Jason Snell has developed a tool for podcasters called Double Ender. He blogs about what’s possible now without coding:

Whatever you call it, whether it’s being a producer or product manager or something else that isn’t a programmer, creating good software in the AI era still requires the power of a human brain: being creative, solving problems, and making decisions.

I also agree with Jason that Apple should be rethinking Xcode for how developers actually work. I still use Xcode but I’m using significantly less of it. A streamlined Xcode with half the features would pair well with Codex.

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Scripting News: Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 We need a social web for nobodies. # Claude is much better at starting from scratch with a big piece of code than humans are. It can suck in a full app and all its dependencies in a few seconds. For me, I would never get there. A finished piece of ...

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Argh. Great game but that loss hurts. Feel like that offensive rebound by the Knicks with a couple minutes left just flipped it, otherwise that might be a Spurs win. Hope we can bounce back in game 2. 🏀

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Intelligent Machines 873: Superman's Mustache

AI is upending the movie business, from Amazon's new AI Creators Fund to contract battles that just gave synthetic actors the green light in Hollywood. This episode dives into the real-world impact of generative tools on jobs, creativity, and who gets to tell the next gener...

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Enshittification, Despotification, and the Open Internet via Mike Masnick

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It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.

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Ted Chiang on the question of LLM consciousness

theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/?gift=R2zbWGNBDp_xHqoa7Q8ZRp-EV6jGaHiamQBxQQlMJqI

I agree this is true right now, and the horrific implications if it wasn’t, but he’s more certain about the future than I am

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“NEWS MAN BAD”: A Personnel Memo from Animal, Your Editor-In-Chief

“‘The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable,’ Scott Pelley said late Tuesday, just hours after being fired from CBS News after almost 40 years at the network. ‘The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.’” — Variety - - - Previously, in th...

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OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons

Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.

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Joanna Stern on the cottage industry removing Meta’s Ray-Ban recording lights

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modders are widely advertising the service on, where else, Facebook Marketplace

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Surveys in transactional emails

Surveys now render and record responses in your transactional emails, like your welcome email.

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A new home for Progress Planner, and for us

Today I'm happy to share that Progress Planner is joining Your.Online. And it's not just Progress Planner: Marieke, our whole team, and I are joining too.

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Road to WWDC 2026: What’s a developer?

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Tim Cook and Craig Federighi at WWDC 2024.

Next week is WWDC, which has always represented Apple’s connection to its community of third-party developers, and in recent years has also served as the official start of Apple’s annual operating-system cycle.…

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👁️ 🔗 We need a social web for nobodies. writes @dave

1] Every nobody is a somebody to somebody.

2] That is what we have … it’s just spoiled by tech bros, algorithms and loud mouths.

3] People typically have more pride in that which they own versus rent. I think this a core tenant of why ‘global town squares’...

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Where’s All the AI Magic?

“Hey Google, how are the Giants doing this year?”  I was standing at my bathroom sink, finishing up my daily ablutions, when a random thought popped into my head. It’s been a minute since I checked in on my favorite baseball team – ever since I moved East, they’ve been in a slump. Maybe they’re … Continue reading "Where’s All the AI Magic?"

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“Descartes Against Humanity” and Other Games Designed by Famous Philosophers

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Counting down the hours… NBA finals, game 1. I really don’t know what to expect. 🏀