Open Channels FM Podcast Network
• Bob Dunn
In today's news, markdown streamlines AI input, AI-generated security reports increase workloads, and autonomous agent costs affect project efficiency
HomeView is not available in the EU because Siri AI isn’t available there. I think Europe should hold the line on this, or find a compromise that will allow limited third-party voice assistants. Talking to my OpenAI dot on a HomeView is exactly what I want.
The video introducing HomeView isn’t making me feel the way Apple probably intended. Now I’m just sad for when my kids were all living at home. Note to parents with younger kids: try to appreciate even the crazy mornings.
Chris Coyier
• Chris Coyier
I finally got around to importing my whole historical Twitter archive (just my own original tweets, not replies or retweets) into this WordPress site as a proper Custom Post Type: https://chriscoyier.net/tweets I haven’t added it to the navigation or anything else on the site yet. Not sure what I want to do there. Just feels […]
“I’m forced to admit that these AI-decompiled web browser ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Halo: CE, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Skate 3, and The Simpsons: Hit and Run actually seem to run very well.”
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Trump administration’s challenge to a requirement that DOGE turn over internal communications in ongoing litigation. The administration calls the demand “intrusive” and argues it violates the separation of powers.
Zacharia abruptly ends the press briefing after taking questions from Fox, Brietbart, and Daily Mail, one of which was about her family life
Zacharia: My president... excuse me, my husband... that's a good one
Trump's rally in Ohio last night:
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Zacharia, stuttering: Now we have a booming economy
Zacharia: Attendance is at record highs as Americans are and packing arenas to support Trump and Republicans
Zacharia: There's energy and excitement never seen before in the history of midterms thanks to Trump
Defector
• Barry Petchesky
The technical term for them is Transient Luminous Events, and it's a good term. Transient, because they last just a few milliseconds. Luminous, because they light up the sky, but also because they invoke the radiant immanence of an old-testament manifestation. Events because—well, imagine you saw this. You would agree this was an Event.
The most commonly observed TLE is a red sprite, an enormous electrical discharge shooting upward from thunderstorm clouds, usually a blood-red color due the excitation of nitrogen atoms. Below is one of the finest images of sprites ever recorded, by nature photographer Florian Riou last month:
Defector
• Chris Thompson
Poynter
• Angela Fu
Local journalism has been in decline for decades. But 2026 was an especially bad year as both the rate of newspaper closures and the number of new news deserts spiked, […]
The post Local newspaper closures have surged to more than three a week appeared first on Poynter.
Portrait of Bishop John Fisher, 1534 #northernrenaissance #holbein
How a botched execution and proposed livestream of a firing squad fit in to the US’ death penalty history
story via @theconversation.com
https://theconversation.com/how-a-botched-execution-and-proposed-livestream-of-a-firing-squad-fit-in-to-the-us-death-penalty-history-294052
McSweeney’s
• Jack Loftus
Six Colors
• Jason Snell
On Tuesday as a part of its deluge of smart home announcements, Apple has launched something a bit different: a series of products called Apple Home Collection that are… not quite Apple products, but not not Apple products.…
Six Colors
• Dan Moren
In an announcement sure to shock the very foundations of the world, Apple rolled out a new Apple Siri Remote with support for Find My with Precision Finding and a speaker that can play a noise, ensuring you’ll never again lose it in your couch cushions for months on end.…
