Edward Hopper, Night Windows, 1928 #museumofmodernart #edwardhopper
Trees keep absorbing carbon long after they stop growing
Oak trees keep absorbing carbon dioxide long after their annual growth has ended, revealing that photosynthesis and wood production are not as closely linked as scientists once believed. The finding could reshape forecasts of how much carbon forests will be able to store in a warmer future.
Letters from an American
• Heather Cox Richardson
July 8, 2026
After the U.S.
A vitamin A discovery is changing what scientists know about vision
A surprising discovery is reshaping scientists' understanding of how humans develop sharp central vision before birth. Instead of blue cone cells migrating away from the retina's center, the study found they transform into red and green cones under the influence of vitamin A-related signals and thyroid hormones. The findings could improve lab-grown retinal tissue and lay the groundwork for future cell therapies to restore vision lost to age-related eye diseases.
Silver Bulletin
• Nate Silver
The game theory of replacing Graham Platner
20 thoughts on who really has the leverage in Maine — and what Democrats should do next.
Scripting News for email
• Dave Winer
Scripting News: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Donny Meacham
Taylor Sheridan Keeps Winning Fans—Just Not Emmys
Taylor Sheridan's latest TV hits continue drawing millions of viewers, but Emmy voters once again passed over the creator and his biggest stars. Continue reading…
The Ozempic and Wegovy mistake sending thousands to poison control
Poison control calls involving semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy) soared after the drug was approved for weight management, with researchers linking the increase to accidental dosing mistakes rather than intentional misuse. Simple education about proper weekly dosing and gradual dose increases could help prevent many of these avoidable incidents.
Jonathan Desrosiers
• Jonathan Desrosiers
13 Years Contributing to WordPress
Join me as I reflect on reaching a new milestone in my journey as an Open Source maintainer: 13 years since first contributing to the WordPress project.
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The Lever
• Matt Stoller
Corporate Dems Are Weaponizing Graham Platner’s Demise
Democratic powerbrokers are now positioned to use the Maine Senate candidate’s withdrawal to overturn voters’ policy demands.
AramZS's Amplify RSS Feed
• Aram Zucker-Scharff
‘Absolutely bananas’: San Francisco homes sell for $1m above asking price amid AI boom
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/san-francisco-home-sale-prices-ai
Report finds widespread overbidding as rapid AI growth generates increased wealth in city where housing is scarce
Techdirt
• Timothy Geigner
Sony Announces An End To PlayStation Discs & Everyone Hates It
Sony just gave the world another lesson in how they don’t actually own the content they’ve bought digitally generally, and particularly not through Sony’s digital storefronts. Instead, as readers here will largely know, what is actually being bought is a temporary license to download and play these games, movies, music, whatever. Sony has done this […]
Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
• Steve Greenberg
Outrage Over Enrichment Corruption
Harvard scientists turn a silicon chip into a DNA writing machine
Scientists have created a silicon chip that can write dozens of DNA sequences simultaneously using electricity and water-based enzymes, offering a cleaner alternative to conventional DNA manufacturing. The breakthrough could eventually support portable DNA-writing devices and even massive DNA data storage, although new chemistry will be needed to scale the technology further.
You all keep fighting for us, and we just want to do the same. The way you care about our parks, forests, and wildlife inspires us every single day.
Six Colors
• Jason Snell
Make an iPhone into a Dumb Phone ↦
Jeremy White of Wired has a great tip that also serves as a reminder that amazing things can be found in accessibility settings:
…Surely there must be a way to set up an iPhone as the perfect dumb phone for children—one with access to only the apps you deem appropriate, no internet browser, but with all-important tracking and navigation abilities—without having to pay another company to make it work?
Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
Code for the People
Lights! Camera! Action! Todd Spangler at Variety writes: Automattic’s ‘Code for the People’ Documentary Is a Rallying Cry for Users to Fight for the Open Internet, from the NYC premiere last week. I’m looking forward to the San Francisco premiere of the documentary, and then tomorrow everyone can stream it for free on codeforthepeople.com! Appearances … Continue reading Code for the People →
Tiny silica particles wiped out aggressive prostate cancer in mice
Tiny silica nanoparticles engineered to seek out prostate cancer caused tumor cells to self-destruct and supercharged the immune system in preclinical mouse studies. Combined with immunotherapy, the treatment produced complete remissions in multiple mice, raising hopes for a powerful new approach to prostate cancer.
The trail continues. Stay rooted. Stay wild. ✊
Jon Udell
• Jon Udell
Don’t infer behavior from code, observe it in logs
Agents are hardwired to be prolific writers and readers of code. As my work on Bram progressed I found that their code-first instinct wasn’t serving me well. So I began pushing them to be, also, prolific writers and readers of logs. Bram is a Tauri app, so it’s written in Rust. But it’s also a … Continue reading Don’t infer behavior from code, observe it in logs
