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Trump invited his friends over and you’ll never guess who happily showed up (with movie snacks, I can only assume)
McKinley Franklin: White House Holding VIP ‘Melania’ Screening Ahead of Doc Premiere With Mike Tyson, Tim Cook, Andy Jassy and
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The White House is creating their own reality
Violet Jira writing for NOTUS: White House Admits to Sharing a Fake Photo of Minnesota Activist After Her Arrest
The
micro-apps
Micro app 7: Quick Tier List
I'm excited to share another micro app with you today, and this time, I'm making it
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Micro app 6: SRT Tester
This is probably the quickest I've gone from zero to functioning app in this series so far. Last
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What's making us stupid now?
Nicholas Carr writing for The Atlantic: Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Over the past few years I’ve had an
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Thing that everyone with a functioning brain said about tariffs is indeed happening
Tom Fairless writing for The Wall Street Journal: Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
By analyzing $4
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Everyone experiments a little in college (or, should I say, experiments with Linux, and by college I mean in 2026)
Stevie Bonifield writing for The Verge: I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows
Customizing every visual
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I'm learning so much non-AI stuff by using AI
Casey Newton quoting one of his readers: Meta’s scam problem, UK edition
I did not know what an SQL
Reviews
ROG Xbox Ally X review: amazing performance, but the worst software I've ever used
The ROG Xbox Ally X is a story in two parts. On one hand, you have hardware that is, in
ChapterPod is out now!
I'm excited to announce that ChapterPod, my new app for adding chapters to your podcasts, is now available
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Micro app 5: MP3 Dreams
MP3 Dreams was a little experiment to see how much of a viable music player I could create in an
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Fast track another one of those gold trophies!
Jeanna Smialek: After U.S. Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Going All-Out
Europe has a trade weapon
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Micro app 4: App Store Images
This is an exciting micro app because it's the first one I'm releasing to the public.
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Moving beyond consoles
This video from Brendon Bigley resonated with me. A PC is really the ideal gaming platform in 2026, and it&
Politics
Worldwide enemies of sovereignty now includes the United States
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom in a joint statement:
We will continue to
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Trump raises taxes on Americans again
Shawn McCreesh: Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland
President Trump announced in a social
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Let the ChatGPT enshitification begin!
OpenAI: Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT
Today we’re bringing Go to the U.S. and
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Meet Apple's new AI model, Gemini
Joint statement from Google and Apple
Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation
