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I still have “wow” moments with AI. Codex Security was one of those… It reviews the Micro.blog backend source regularly and not only flags potential bugs but also drafts patches. Today another one: I asked for a draft of release notes and it guessed to put them directly in the edited appcast XML.

As we get closer (next year) to the 10th anniversary of Micro.blog, I’m thinking about whether our strategy with indie blogging is still relevant for the next decade. What is true now that will continue to be true years from now? Some thoughts… While there will be a lot of ...

The document, titled “Facial Recognition Activists.docx,” includes specific activists’ comments about MSG's facial recognition program and tweets criticizing it.

Texas does not have enough water. Texas also cannot get rid of the water it has. Both of those things are true right now, and in the dry stretch of West Texas where the two collide, they are turning into the same problem. On one West Texas cattle ranch, the problem looks concrete. Old and […]

The post Texas Has a Water Shortage and a Water Glut. They Are the Same Problem. appeared first on The Texas Observer.

Step into a virtual Criterion Closet. “A walk-in closet of 1,327 real Criterion editions, shelved in spine-number order — exactly as a true collector keeps them. Look around, read the spines, and pull any one off the shelf to inspect the case.”

In March, Vivian, an undocumented transgender sex worker from the state of Chiapas, Mexico, was driving from San Diego to her house in Santa Ana when her biggest fear came true: She was stopped by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a traffic checkpoint. "Thank God they l...

400,000,000 BCE The creatures that will one day evolve to become human beings glide gracefully through the Paleozoic sea. They emerge onto the rocky shore with new legs, a new dominion for animals on this young marble planet. 300,000 BCE Drowning. 25,500 BCE Drowning. 1,500 ...

The new Meta-branded glasses have the same camera, microphones, and chatbot as the Ray-Bans. They come in three styles, one of which was codesigned with Kylie Jenner.

Losing support in polls, the governor is leaning into his role as the avatar of an unpopular Democratic establishment.

TCA Ethera proves that Art Nouveau's celebration of ornament, nature, and individuality still feels remarkably relevant in an era of digital sameness.

The post Maybe What We Need Right Now Is More Art Nouveau appeared first on PRINT Magazine.

WIRED’s favorite Wi-Fi 7 mesh system from Netgear is cheaper than ever on Prime Day.

'Contra la Oscuridad' is a monograph featuring more than two decades of Catalina Estrada's work.

The post The Daily Heller: Depicting a Natural Order Through Design appeared first on PRINT Magazine.

After 180 days, Comcast can no longer say which customer was linked to a given IP address. This retention limit has kept old piracy accusations out of reach for years, but that's beginning to change. A series of BitTorrent lawsuits from film companies targets alleged pirates whose identities Strike 3 Holdings, an adult-content producer, had already obtained in earlier suits over the same addresses.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

After 180 days, Comcast can no longer say which customer was linked to a given IP address. This retention limit has kept old piracy accusations out of reach for years, but that's beginning to change. A series of BitTorrent lawsuits from film companies targets alleged pirates whose identities Strike 3 Holdings, an adult-content producer, had already obtained in earlier suits over the same addresses.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

WordPress is slow. Something those of us working with WordPress hear all the time from people not in the know. As I did yesterday when I posted this on X: That is not a controversial statement if you understand performance. It is simply how performance analysis works. A slow site is not slow because a […]

The post “WordPress Is Slow” Usually Means You Stopped Looking Too Early appeared first on Remkus de Vries.

“Do you want to play Pokémon with us tonight?” asked Sean Reid, my new concrete frat house brother. His question marked the first time in my adult life I had been invited to play an in-person game instead of an online one. \

The post Did Prison Cure My Brain Rot? appeared first on Prison Journalism Project.

Each time Jack W. has been released from prison, he’s been sent back. In an interview with me in 2025, where Jack asked that I only use his first name for privacy, he talked about how the reasons that sent him to prison in the first place — not-good people, places and things — were always still there when he got out. No alternatives were available.

The post For Some, It’s Easier to Stay in Prison Than Leave appeared first on Prison Journalism Project.

The single most essential ingredient of good journalism is trust. By that measure, journalism is in a very bad way: According to The Reuters Institute’s annual survey, only 37 percent of the global public trusts the news industry, down nearly 20 points from ten years ago. In the US, that figure stands at 25 percent. … Continue reading "How Can You Trust the News?"

Emily Wilson’s 2017 translation of Homer’s epic—the first by a woman—was called a woke “abomination” by online reactionaries. Christopher Nolan’s film is facing similar critiques.

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