My Family Has Been Here Since 1621. That Is Not What Makes Me American. “We are a nation of immigrants that has watched as immigrants arrive, assimilate and begin pulling the ladder up behind them.”
McSweeney’s
• Jack Loftus
The US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by the Belief That Words Have Meaning
Six Colors
• Six Colors Podcasts
(Podcast) Clockwise 663: Fear-Based Approach
Apple’s price hikes and our buying plans, our beta OS strategies, dealing with subscriptions, and Meta’s new glasses fees.…
There’s been so much crazy to pay attention to over the...
There’s been so much crazy to pay attention to over the past few weeks that I missed this: Midjourney, the AI image-maker that you access through Discord, is making a medical imaging machine. “It starts by stepping into a shallow pool of golden light…”
WIRED
• Paresh Dave
An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in Mississippi
The incident could disrupt a key part of the defense company’s rocket motor business, which designs and tests prototype motors for military customers.
Electrek
• Peter Johnson
Toyota’s electric SUV clears 17,500 sales, outpacing the Land Cruiser and key EV rivals

The new 2026 bZ has emerged as one of America’s best-selling EVs, outselling several of Toyota’s popular SUVs.
Defector
• Billy Haisley
Michael Olise And France Are Soccer’s Greatest Evangelists
Amazing, but please no one else try this:
Two people who reached the top of the antenna on the Empire State Building in New York City on Wednesday afternoon are in custody, according to the New York Police Department.
The masked individuals also appeared to get engaged while atop the building.
More photos and videos from these crazy lovebirds on Instagram.
Defector
• Ray Ratto
The Fish Don’t Stink
Defector
• Tom Ley
The Game’s About The Ballers
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
• Steve Schmidt
Donald Trump has ruined Canada Day again
Donald Trump has spent years threatening, insulting, and assaulting America’s relationship with Canada.
Four-Byte Burger
A graphic of a floppy disk hamburger was created on an early Amiga computer, photographed, and then deleted (more specifically, it couldn’t be saved). Stuart Brown set out to recreate this image as accurately as possible, including colors, dimensions, etc. This is deliciously nerdy. Here’s the resulting image (with some horizontal padding I added):

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blog - aows
• Adrian Vila
Peaceful Morning, II
Galicia, June 2026.
Epilogue 2.4 for iOS updates the app for Liquid Glass, adds support for book background colors, and fixes setting a cover from Open Library.
WIRED
• Will Knight
You Can Now Sound the Alarm on AI Behaving Badly
Are you worried your AI chatbot is trying to build a bomb or leak personal information about you? There’s a website for that.
Electrek
• Michelle Lewis
Sicily is now home to Italy’s largest solar farm

Italy’s largest solar farm is now online, giving the country another boost in clean power as it races to add more renewable energy.
404 Media
• Becky Ferreira
Scientists Asked AI to Impersonate 112 Public Figures. What Happened Next Is a ‘Dire’ Warning
Researchers discovered that people found AI impersonators to be more authentic, coherent, and relevant than the real politicians, raising alarm bells around the potential for public deception.
Electrek
• Fred Lambert
Tesla Semi involved in first fatal crash, killing 2 in Nevada

A Tesla Semi was involved in its first known fatal crash, killing two people on U.S. 50 in Nevada on Sunday morning.
The driver of the Class 8 electric truck reportedly fell asleep before rear-ending two passenger vehicles stopped at a red light, according to preliminary statements from investigators.
Electrek
• Reinette LeJeune
Juiced Scrambler e-bikes at new lows from $1,694, Baseus X1 Pro solar security camera $140, Greenworks 80V CrossoverZ bundle, more
Liv Takes Miles, With Maitreyi Anantharaman
This week's episode of Nothing But Respect was recorded hours before Jalen Duren's representatives committed to using the Sacramento Kings as an unwitting partner in scrabbling a bit of leverage from the Detroit Pistons, which would have been great to talk about, but does not really change too much of the first bit of the show. Maitreyi Anantharaman came back on to talk Duren, Jaylen Brown, and Analyticsgate, but mostly catch us up on the WNBA season. We talked a ton about her incredible Olivia Miles profile, which you should all go read right now!
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