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Are we closer to “Users writing code” using the microphone? I’d settle for my phone(s) not getting me killed while driving and I need something only found on the internet. I say phones because I’m tracking Android with a Pixel Pro and Apple with an iPhone. So, far it “ain’t soup yet”.

Is it the Year of the Sausage, the Year of Skin, the Year of Bao, or something else entirely? We discuss.

Jack Loftus, writing at McSweeney’s:

People assume scanning is the exciting part. And, sure, it is impressive. They shear off the spine, separate the pages, and run everything through these enormous machines so the computer can absorb every sentence ever written and use it to create some fairly compelling LinkedIn posts. But then, boy oh boy, the wheeled cart carrying those decimated remains comes to me. That is where the human touch enters the process, assuming you count industrial shredders and a giant burn pit out back as an extension of the hand, which I certainly do.

(Via Michael Sippey.)

I think at least half a dozen people have sent me a link to this video and now that I’ve watched it, I understand why. Perfect.

Cancellations have accelerated.

RFK Jr. went to Samoa to spread vaccine fears. The measles outbreak after killed 83.

The Trump administration is considering giving a private developer access to land inside Yosemite National Park so they can build a road to an 83-acre property they want to develop right outside the park. The National Park Service already rejected the same request years ago, and the previous

 

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotions of four Army officers selected for promotion to one-star rank, a highly unusual move that appears to be targeting officers who worked for generals he does not like,” the New York Times reports. “So far this year Mr. Hegseth has removed at least 45 officers, selected by […]

“In the latest salvo in California’s ongoing environmental battle with the White House, the state on Friday sued the Trump administration over its attempt to kill offshore wind farms,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Trump has long despised offshore wind power, falsely saying that it does not work and kills whales. This spring, his […]

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health situation is becoming increasingly difficult to understand, largely because his team continues to provide very little information about the 84-year-old senator’s condition. It has now been roughly two and a half months since emergency ...

Kia issued a recall affecting more than 21,000 EV9 SUVs because the airbag system may fail to detect a child in the front seat.

In today's Flyover news roundup we we reflect on five years and give thanks to you, dear reader.

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President Trump tried to kill the single biggest transportation project in America — the Hudson Tunnel project — for nakedly political reasons, eliminating tens of thousands of jobs.

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Ugh:

A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the “Squidpocalypse of ’26.”

That would be twenty tons of squid.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

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“The Trump administration on Friday appealed a freeze on President Trump’s plan to restrict mail-in voting, teeing up another series of legal decisions about whether the U.S. Postal Service can make changes to how ballots are handled ahead of the midterm elections,” the New York Times reports. “The issue will likely be settled by the […]