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Everything You Need to Know About the World Cup

The 2026 World Cup is about to descend on North America — spread across three countries, with 48 teams, and 104 games, and with billions of fans across the globe tuning in to watch the biggest sporting event on the planet. Today, Tariq Panja, global soccer correspondent for ...

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A new episode in my series of tutorials on how to use #Mastodon! This time, going over every profile customization feature, from the basics, to custom fields, to verification, and more. Have you learned something you didn't know before from this video? Then please let me know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b_F1INtMFY

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Worked out some of my disappointment with that basketball loss by writing a bunch of new code. Always feels good to make progress on something.

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Scripting News: Friday, June 5, 2026

Friday, June 5, 2026 Google could do a mixture of AI and search. I want to search my blog for a place where I discuss the idea of hate is betrayed love even if I don't use the actual words. I bet they're working on it. # It's really cool we get another NBA Finals game ton...

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Insane 4th quarter. Heartbreaking final 10 seconds. 🏀

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Best Of: Novelist Maggie O’Farrell / A personal history of the N-Word

Maggie O’Farrell wrote the novel ‘Hamnet’ and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation. She has a new book called ‘Land,’ about a father and son mapping 19th-century Ireland after the devastation of the Great Famine. Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the latest...

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Almost glad I’m not at the game because too many Knicks fans in San Antonio. Tough series so far. Spurs played better in game 1 but couldn’t get the win. Knicks playing better so far in game 2. One more quarter to go! 🏀

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In pursuit of desirable difficulties

In pursuit of desirable difficulties

The psychologist Robert Bjork called them desirable difficulties. Learning sticks better when practice is made harder, rather than easier. Students who have to struggle to retrieve an answer remember it longer - and clearer - than students who are handed the same answer with minimal effort on their part. The

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Cloudflare CEO says AI bots now exceed human traffic on the web

tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/bots-have-now-passed-human-traffic-online-cloudflare-boss-laments-says-agentic-traffic-wasnt-expected-to-eclipse-real-people-until-next-year

over a year earlier than anticipated, currently 57% to 43% by their metrics

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This Week in Space 213: Live From ISDC With Gerry Griffin

Recorded live from the International Space Development Conference in McLean, Virginia, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Apollo legend and former Johnson Space Center director Gerry Griffin. Griffin takes us on a journey through his extraordinary career, from his appoi...

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Calls for Testing, Gutenberg 23.3, Block MCP and more — Weekend Edition 367

Howdy, This is the time of the year when publishing on the Gutenberg Times becomes less frequent. I will be on vacation and back at the beginning of July with the weekend edition, just in-time for Beta 1 of WordPress 7.1. Three more Gutenberg plugin releases will happen before that. What also happened was that…

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Sprinter Van Phone Mount + Better CarPlay-Compatible Cable Situation

This is the stock look of my 2021 Sprinter van front console area: If it’s not obvious, there’s no great place for a phone. You’ve got the cup holders. Those are actually sorta workable, except for this boss battle: wired-only CarPlay. Wired CarPlay is not ideal, but that’s all this van has. I expect upgrading […]

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Looking for love in all the wrong places

Looking for love in all the wrong places

Our consumer culture has us looking to corporations to supply us with relationships.

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Web Domain Castles in the Sand

I always did this as a kid on the beaches of Ocean City, Maryland. I would use my shovels and plastic containers to build some kind of sand castle with big walls and a deep moat. I would place them just out of reach of the water in low tide, and the game was to […]

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I didn’t expect Google of all companies would need to rent server space from SpaceX. I wonder how they’re preparing to accommodate the new Gemini-powered Siri, too.

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I don’t listen to Pivot regularly anymore, because I need a break from politics, but sometimes Scott Galloway captures an idea perfectly:

The ultimate luxury item isn’t a home in Aspen or a Gulfstream. It’s being 28 and figuring out a way to live in New York, and knowing that every time you leave your house, your life could change. You could find someone to fund your business. You could find a cofounder. You could find just some incredible inspiring piece of art or culture. You could find someone you end up marrying.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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Replit shows how vibe coding is getting its own financial stack — and a path to profit

A conveyor belt with bundles of money on it.

Making apps is easier than it’s ever been, but making money from them is another matter entirely. While almost anyone

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Cloudflare aqui-hires VoidZero: Did a piece of the open web just stabilize, or become more brittle?

Cloud network security and content delivery network company Cloudflare announced its acquisition of VoidZero this week, and VoidZero founder Evan

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WCEU

Cześć wszystkim, Kraków… I made the call not to fly to Poland for WordCamp Europe. I’m very sorry for the last-minute notice; I was really hoping to make it. I’m okay, but I want to stay close to loved ones going through difficult times. Seeing the pictures from Contributor Day warms my heart. Bardzo za … Continue reading WCEU →

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Long Links (AI-free)

Hey everyone, I know you’re overloaded because everything has become overly efficient. Long-form reading or writing or art or music, who’s got time for that? Fortunately there are those who still do and here’s some if it. I hope one or two of the link targets can chisel their way into your jammed schedule and bring with them joy or rage or another appropriate feeling. Today’s curation has a lot of books and music and way more humor than usual. Also, a good electric wok