Plus: Becerra's invisible campaign could hurt down-ballot Democrats and Pelosi keeps the money flowing to Chan.
The San Francisco Standard
• Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler
Pentagon Changes How It Reports Casualties in Iran War (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
What to Know About Iran and the Houthis (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Letters from an American
• Heather Cox Richardson
Whitewashing
Just happened to notice I merged pull request #1000 for the Micro.blog backend today. About half of those are actually in the last year. I started using PRs way more often when AI could review them for me.
My social media philosophy nowadays
This post by Manton Reece makes me want to focus my online activity on my blog at mitchwagner.com and the associated daily newsletter. “Blogging is the backbone of the open web,” Manton says. This post by Cory Doctorow reenforces the point, though it’s only peripherally abou...
Fulang-Chang and I, 1937 #naveart #kahlo
Netanyahu Accuses Mamdani of ‘Hate Speech’ After Mayor’s Video Address (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
He served 26 years in prison. Then a key witness recanted. (wapo.st)
Seared Peach and Panela Salad Recipe • 40 min (Gift Recipe) (cooking.nytimes.com)
A trio of traveling superstars reaches its destination in Cooperstown (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Man Convicted of Shoving Flaming Car Into Gully, Igniting Giant Wildfire (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Brazil denies visas to U.S. delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say (wapo.st)
They built the world’s most powerful AI. They’re facing a mystery they can’t explain. (wapo.st)
Cory Doctorow: How to Do Everything (Lifehacking Considered Harmful
Writing in 2017 about the perils of self-optimization:
The past 14 years have regularly featured junctures where I had to get rid of something I liked doing so I could do something I liked doing more. Some of that was low-hanging fruit (I haven’t watched TV regularly in mor...
Turning our OpenAPI schema into a bug finder
How Buttondown uses Schemathesis fuzz tests to turn its OpenAPI contract into a practical API robustness check.
Twins thoughts: Offensive outburst, Connor Prielipp's return lead to another big series win (nytimes.com)
Republicans see ‘scary’ lack of enthusiasm among core voters ahead of midterms (washingtonpost.com)
Freshly Pressed - WordPress.com
• Patrick W. Marsh
Vitamin “No”
Ugh, when I as younger I had very little emotional discipline and regulation. This made me basically say “yes” to so many things I should have said “no” to. I was so consumed with wanting to fit in or be included, it completely warped my sense of “yes” or “no.” Everyone has different experiences, but […]
Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Sacrifice of Noah, 1512 #highrenaissance #michelangelo