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Text • Carolyn Wells

The Prom Went On in Kyiv, but Masha’s Date Danced Alone

"Masha Polska, 15, was an avid dancer who had been dreaming of a star turn in the group waltz. That was not to be."

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jane Kenny

Meet the San Francisco Signal, the Bay Area’s new pro volleyball team

Fans voted among three finalists for the name of the expansion franchise that will launch in January.

John Battelle's Search Blog
Text • John Battelle

The Economics of AI Are Shifting

One of the best ways to find signal in the noise of a major technological shift is through the time-tested journalistic tactic of following the money. Back in January I predicted that in B2B markets, AI Can’t Cost This Much. I argued that “pricing the future based on the cost of the present is a … Continue reading "The Economics of AI Are Shifting"

Defector
Text • Patrick Redford

The Tour de France’s Infernal Present Portends Its Impossible Future

The Tour de France’s Infernal Present Portends Its Impossible Future
SAINT-GAUDENS, France — On Monday morning, the Tour de France's media-wranglers sent us all a text announcing something genuinely shocking for such a French organization: They had banned smoking. The ASO said nobody could smoke in the TV areas "in order to combat fire risks,...

Defector
Text • Robert Rubsam

‘The Furious’ Kicks Ass

‘The Furious’ Kicks Ass
What’s the sickest action sequence you’ve ever witnessed on screen? I’ll give you five. There’s the tea parlor shootout at the top of John Woo’s Hard Boiled, of course, as well as Jackie Chan’s multi-level shopping mall free-for-all at the close of Police Story. William Frie...

Electrek Valid
Text • Peter Johnson

BYD’s first pickup goes on sale for $63,000 in the UK, with more EV range than the Ford Ranger

BYD launched the Shark, its first pickup in the UK and across Europe, priced from about $63,000, with 56 miles of pure-electric range. Powered by its Super Hybrid plug-in powertrain, BYD claims the Shark “brings performance far in advance of what can be achieved by traditional diesel pickups.”

rss.chat worknotes
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github.com/scripting/rss.chat/blob/main/server/code/worknotes.md

Server v0.5.21. Comments feeds are live — the feature previewed in the last entry shipped today, and its first real thread was Manton Reece saying hello. Here's how it works. Any post that has replies now carries a new element in its feed item: <source:comments count="1"...

The Every Podcast
Audio • Dan Shipper

How a Writer Uses AI Without Losing His Voice

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Craig Mod used to pay Campaign Monitor roughly $7,000 a year to send his newsletters. After rebuilding the tool himself with AI, his bill is closer to $150. It’s the kind of thing that convinces him we’re about to enter a “golden age of tool building”—one where anyone can bu...

The Every Podcast
Audio • Dan Shipper

How a Writer Uses AI Without Losing His Voice

Craig Mod used to pay Campaign Monitor roughly $7,000 a year to send his newsletters. After rebuilding the tool himself with AI, his bill is closer to $150. It’s the kind of thing that convinces him we’re about to enter a “golden age of tool building”—one where anyone can bui...

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and then look at the items, you'll see some new stuff there. ;-)

Whatever
Text • Athena Scalzi

You’ll Never Guess Who Rescued More Kittens

UPDATE: They’re claimed! Thank you! (The Short Version: Athena rescued two adorable kittens near her home here in Ohio but cannot keep them and is offering them free to a home who will take them as a package deal. They have been to the vet, are healthy, have been vaccinated and gotten rid of fleas […]

rss.chat: all posts
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Cool, I'm checking out the feed for my posts. I see the rssCloud element too.

Scripting News Valid
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I said to Claude: "We're the first social network that thinks getting his support is the first thing." Claude replied: "And that's the whole thesis in one move — every other network treats the open-web guy as an afterthought; here he's the launch audience."

Scripting News Valid
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It's funny, I haven't been writing about WordPress much, even so, more people are using the news site I put up for WordPress. If you have a blog or podcast that covers WordPress, send me a link to the feed and I'll add it. This is the kind of thing that works great on the web, and with WordPress of course. People take interop for granted when it's always been there. But these days places where people work together by default are rare. And interop and the web imho are the same thing.

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
Text • Carena Liptak

Bunnie Xo Caught Kissing a Reality Star at Jelly Roll's Bar

Over Independence Day weekend, Bunnie Xo was spotted locking lips with a reality TV star who's 22 years her junior. Continue reading…

rss.chat: all posts
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hey manton, great to see you here.

this is the web btw. 

feeds everywhere

and everything in a feed.

daveverse
Text • Dave Winer

More people are using the news site I put up for WordPress. If you have a blog or podcast that covers WordPress, send me a link to the feed and I’ll add it. The OPML list of the sites we cover is public, so you can always load the feeds into your feed reader, they […]

kottke.org Valid
Text • Jason Kottke

British political news: Nigel Farage is facing...

British political news: Nigel Farage is facing competition for his parliamentary seat from “a man with a ‌trash can on his head, better known as Count Binface”. From the country that brought you Boaty McBoatface…

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Hello! 👋

Remarkable People
Text • Guy Kawasaki

Create Clarity, Not Consensus

Create Clarity, Not Consensus

Alignment matters more than agreement.