Stop thinking of a "network" as a big thing.
They can be small too, the same software works, but the priorities are different.
Phillies take a risk in drafting Tyler Spangler, who didn’t play his senior year (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
What next for Christian Pulisic, the U.S. soccer star who can never live up to the hype? (nytimes.com)
How an Election Fight in Arizona Could Affect the Nation’s Midterms (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
World Leaders Remember Senator Lindsey Graham (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
There Was Never a Road for Us LGBTQ People (medium.com)
Still Messi: Legend does less, but means more to Argentina's survival (nytimes.com)
Golden Knights owner Bill Foley on NBA eyeing Vegas expansion: ‘I know I can rally a team’ (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
A duck and a dog formed an unlikely friendship. Now they’re inseparable. (wapo.st)
At World Cup Ticket Prices, Even Messi Can’t Fill a Stadium (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Christians are disappearing for worshipping a God other than Xi (telegraph.co.uk)
My first RSS.chat podcast
Notes prepared by Claude.ai.
In this podcast, recorded July 12, 2026, Dave introduces rss.chat — his first podcast about the project — and explains why he thinks of it as more than a product: it's meant to be an ecosystem, something that exists to create other products or in...
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Youth Vote Fuels Democratic Socialist Surge
New York Times: “There are a multitude of reasons for the Democratic Socialists of America’s expanding reach in blue states like New York: dissatisfaction with the status quo, anger over Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, concern about the growing affordability crisis.” “But what became clear during the June primaries is that those sources of friction have […]
Willem de Kooning, Untitled from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, 1984 #willemdekooning #museumarchive
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Emine Yücel
Lindsey Graham, Longtime South Carolina Senator, Dies From ‘Brief And Sudden Illness’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died Saturday evening from a “brief and sudden illness,” according to a statement from his office....
i.webthings hub
• joe jenett
twofer.diversions 07-12-26
lumber.land Lumberland is a diachronic photographic series of a black walnut tree in Lumberland, New York. This project began on September 23, 2015. [ 📌raygrasso ] blunder.clinic blunder.clinic is a chess trainer that finds real positions where a player of your skill level blundered, but the best move should have been within their capability to find. your goal is to find the best move at each position, which get increasingly more difficult... [ 📌tdjones ]
Defector
• Patrick Redford
The Inter-Red Bull Teammate Drama Is The Best Story Of The Tour de France So Far
BERGERAC, France — The 2026 Tour de France is thus far mostly bereft of big narratives and interesting surprises. The race for the first two podium places seems mostly over. There is no off-bike story that's captivated the race or raised larger-order implications like the sa...
Finally, my first rss.chat podcast. 20 minutes. As always, I take forever to get to the point.
Electrek
• Micah Toll
VMAX launches new full-suspension VX2 Lite e-scooter for a mere $799
Swiss electric scooter maker VMAX has launched the new VX2 Lite, a commuter-focused electric scooter that packs premium features like full suspension, a 56-mile (90 km) maximum range, and up to 1,400W of peak motor power into a relatively lightweight package.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Hard-Liners in Iran Want to Keep Fighting America
“The striking prominence of red flags — a Shiite Muslim symbol for vengeance — among the sea of mourners attending the weeklong funeral of Iran’s late supreme leader was considered a none-too-subtle statement that the country should continue the war with the United States,” the New York Times reports. “That is a demand of the […]