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Iran’s Desperate, High-Risk Survival Strategy | The New Yorker What sympathy there may have been for a cornered, bruised Iranian regime among its neighbors has faded in the face of Tehran’s escalation. A Gulf official, who spoke to me anonymously, said Iran’s strategy was “counterproductive,” given …

Operation Epic Fury: The Bombers the U.S. Is Using to Strike Iran

Finished reading: How to Be a High School Superstar by Cal Newport 📚

Finished reading: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 📚

Trent McDuffie trade grades: A secondary star for Rams, a big haul for Chiefs - The Athletic - Chefs just made a big mistake. Never trade a good CB.

Formula 1® begins this weekend, exclusively on Apple TV in the U.S. - Apple

“Just Peachy,” and Other Fruity Feelings - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

CIVIC Travel Bag 35L Features Outline Video - YouTube

This New F1 on Apple TV Feature Is Unreal! (Apple Maps Track View)! - YouTube

Say hello to MacBook Neo - Apple

America’s Most Famous General on the Stakes in Iran: A Conversation With David Petraeus - YouTube

Can Donald Trump Win a War with Iran If He Can’t Explain Why He Started It? | The New Yorker

Record Numbers of Workers Are Raiding Their 401(k) Savings - WSJ – Never a good sign.

Gemini Said They Could Only Be Together if He Killed Himself. Soon, He Was Dead. - WSJ

How Trump Decided to Go to War With Iran - The New York Times

Inside the Operation That Killed Khamenei - WSJ

James Talarico - Wikipedia - Republicans should be scared of this guy.

Apple unveils new Studio Display and all-new Studio Display XDR - Apple

Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max to supercharge the most demanding pro workflows - Apple

The new MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max - YouTube

UPPAbaby Rove - Rear-Facing Belt Installation - YouTube

The Hidden Details of Minnesota’s Fraud Case - YouTube

HazeOver: Distraction Dimmer™ for Productivity on Mac

Claude Code from scratch. - YouTube

Secondary Prevention after Ischemic Stroke | New England Journal of Medicine

Microbial Flora in War Wounds from the Ukrainian Front Line | New England Journal of Medicine

How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart - The New York Times This account of the failure of the Anthropic talks and the success of the OpenAI deal is based on interviews with a dozen people with knowledge of the negotiations. The New York Times spoke to people from multiple …

Why the U.S. and Israel Struck When They Did: A Chance to Kill Iran’s Leaders - WSJ Trump got on the phone Thursday with his two envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. officials said. They told him the talks had gone badly: Tehran wasn’t willing to end its nuclear enrichment or dismantle its …

Wordle in 2! No fluke!

See a Breakdown of Ayatollah Khamenei and Other Top Iranian Leaders - The New York Times

Quicksilver — FAQ

Tuna — Quicksilver is back. Sort of.

Gauging the Impact of Massive U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran | Council on Foreign Relations

The Iranian Officials Killed in Strikes

In California, About the Only Way to Get a House Is to Inherit One - WSJ

Donald Trump Launches a War of “Epic Fury” on Iran | The New Yorker

Watch: Trump’s full statement on U.S. strikes against Iran - YouTube

Shop Mens Watches at Trump Watches | Trump Watches

Greg Abel’s Shareholder Letters

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’ - The New York Times — If true, all these doctors should be investigated and perhaps lose their medical licenses.

Inside the USS Ford, the Navy’s Newest Aircraft Carrier, as It Heads to Mideast - The New York Times

4 Takeaways About the U.S. Birthrate Decline - The New York Times

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Schedule recurring tasks in Cowork | Claude Help Center — this is super powerful. It will change the world.

Mortal Kombat II | Official Trailer II - YouTube

Rogue Move Workout Summary Date: 02/26/26 Time: 20:00.0 Distance: 3137M Avg Pace: 3:11.2/500M Total Calories: 160 cals Avg Stroke Rate: 20 S/M Avg Power: 50 watts

New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000 - The New York Times

Summers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish University Professorship Over Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson

Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Season 8 | First Look | Netflix - YouTube

When Do We Become Adults, Really? | The New Yorker

How Should Your Suit Fit? A Guide For Men - WSJ

Introduction - Acme Weather

Exclusive | Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein Ties - WSJ

Exclusive | Trump Administration Considers Requiring Banks to Collect Citizenship Information - WSJ

Miami Dolphins: The NFL Team Eating $200 Million to Dismantle Its Roster - WSJ

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The Final Adventure begins tonight. Three years in the making (for me).

The Devious Mind Behind Wordle | The New Yorker

Claude Cowork is the Most Useful AI on Mac - YouTube

Should I Refrigerate Apples? And More Fruits and Vegetables Storage Questions, Answered - NYT Cooking

I Will Not Board a Plane to Visit Your Baby | The New Yorker

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Peril and Promise Coincide | The New Yorker

Claude explains scoring in curling

Memory is King, Again - MacSparky

The Quad God and American Reckoning at the Olympics | The New Yorker My favorite Olympic scandal: Long bouts of exposure to the wild sometimes drive men crazy. You know the archetype—frozen beard and frantic eyes, a raving, paranoid quality of speech. Maybe this explains the bizarre case of the …

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Life in Pictures | The New Yorker

Bench Presses, Pull Ups … Kid Rock? The White House Had a Very Manly Week. - The New York Times

An Annotated Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Tariff Decision - WSJ

Alysa Liu Comes of Age | The New Yorker

A Yale Professor’s Investment Formula Says You Need More Stocks. See How It Works. - WSJ

My Scholarly Writing Desk (and What’s Still Missing!) - YouTube

Claude COWORK Clearly Explained (& how to use it for beginners) - YouTube

🚣‍♂️ Rogue Move Workout Summary Date: 02/18/26 Time: 20:00.0 Distance: 3152M Avg Pace: 3:10.3/500M Total Calories: 161 cals Avg Stroke Rate: 21 S/M Avg Power: 50 watts

‘Woke’ AI Feud Escalates Between Pentagon and Anthropic - WSJ

One Tiny Country Dominates the Olympics—and Everyone Wants the Secret - WSJ

Gen Z, Locked Out of Home Buying, Puts Its Money in the Market - WSJ

Wes Cook and the Centralia McDonald’s Mural

Gifted and Talented in Mamdani’s New York | The New Yorker

The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie | The New Yorker

Ilia Malinin finishes in 8th after mistake-riddled skate - YouTube — Quad god did a quad choke

Quad God stumbles: Ilia Malinin falters on Olympic stage on night of spills - The Athletic

Unbelievable to see the number 1 on my car' - Norris reviews ‘good’ first day on track in Barcelona

🚣‍♂️ Rogue Move Workout Summary Date: 02/12/26 Duration: 20:00.0 Distance: 3153M Avg Pace: 3:10.2/500m Calories: 160 kcal Stroke Rate: 21 S/M Power: 50W

🚣‍♂️ Rogue Move Workout Summary Date: 02/10/26 Duration: 20:00.0 Distance: 3130M Avg Pace: 3:11.6/500m Calories: 159 kcal Stroke Rate: 20 S/M Power: 49W

Compare and contrast the writing styles of f Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Jhumpa Lahiri. These are my 3 favorite writers Claude: claude.ai/share/ee1… Gemini: g.co/gemini/sh…

The Exact Moment Lindsey Vonn Broke Her Leg and Just How Serious This Is - Doctor Explains - YouTube

Albert Breer on Seahawks Smothering Patriots in Super Bowl LX

The Seahawks are Super Bowl champions because they blocked out the BS - The Athletic

How Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin Have Defined Greatness | The New Yorker

I Built My Dream AI Assistant. Then I Shut It Down. - YouTube — Sparky breaks it down.

Wordle in 2

‘Bluey’ Is the Most Conservative Show on TV - WSJ

The Yale Review | Anahid Nersessian: “When Does a Divorce Begin?”

The Trump Administration Plays the Name Game | The New Yorker

Stewart Brand on How Progress Happens | The New Yorker

The ‘Ribbon of Death’ Is the Most Petrifying Ski Course in Olympic History - WSJ

Matthew Stafford wins NFL MVP in closest vote since 2003 - ESPN

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🚣‍♂️ Rogue Move Workout Summary Date: 02/05/26 Duration: 20:00.0 Distance: 3107M Avg Pace: 3:13.1/500m Calories: 158 kcal Stroke Rate: 20 S/M Power: 48W

Exclusive | A Revolt Inside Paul Weiss Over the Epstein Files Took Down Brad Karp - WSJ

The Famous Names in the Latest Release of Epstein Files - WSJ

New Yorker Mini Crossword Puzzles | The New Yorker

Instagram — Savannah Guthrie instagram vid

Rogue Move Workout Summary Date: 02/03/26 Duration: 20:00.0 Distance: 3076M Avg Pace: 3:15.0/500m Calories: 156 kcal Stroke Rate: 20 S/M Power: 47W

Colleges See Major Racial Shifts in Student Enrollment - The New York Times

The Temptation Of St. Warren | The New Republic

U.S. Will Cut Tariffs on India to 18% in Trade Deal - WSJ

Gavin Newsom Is Playing the Long Game | The New Yorker For years, Newsom has cultivated the air of an accidental politician. He notes that, in his twenties, he was a wine entrepreneur: with support from the dynastic businessman and composer Gordon Getty, he launched a wine shop, then a café, and …

Gavin Newsom Memoir Describes Difficult Childhood, Contrary to Image - The New York Times

Carlos Alcaraz has the career Grand Slam, but his tennis legend is long in the writing - The Athletic

Why this New Jersey gym is known as the ‘most dangerous gym in America’ - ESPN

Federal Judge Rules Out Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione - WSJ — Weak judge.

“Will Sally Have a Baby Before All Her Eggs Die?” A Word Problem - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

The Brilliance and the Badness of “The Sun Also Rises” | The New Yorker I found myself reading the book quickly, unable to slow down to the pace that Hemingway’s style requires, knowing, as I sped through, that what I was doing was as senseless as taking big gulps of a grand-cru wine. Periodically, …

Rogue Move Workout Summary Date: 01/30/26 Duration: 20:00.0 Distance: 2965M Avg Pace: 3:22.3/500m Calories: 151 kcal Stroke Rate: 20 S/M Power: 42W

Apple announces all-time record in revenue, iPhone sales – Six Colors

Reviews of Biographies of Ernest Hemingway

The Super Bowl’s Biggest Loser: The New York Jets - WSJ

U.S. Companies Are Still Slashing Jobs to Reverse Pandemic Hiring Boom - WSJ

SRS #257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser ak – Shawn Ryan Show - 6 hours of high yield Goljan.

The Cruelty and Theatre of the Trump Press Conference | The New Yorker Leavitt pounced. “Oh, O.K., so you’re a biased reporter with a left-wing opinion.” She said “left-wing opinion”—referring to an opinion she’d solicited just a second ago—with a slight, taunting singsong in her voice. She …

How High Should Your TV Be Mounted? | Reviews by Wirecutter

🚣‍♂️ Rogue Move Workout Summary Date: 01/28/26 Duration: 20:00.0 Distance: 2878M Avg Pace: 3:28.4/500m Calories: 146 kcal Stroke Rate: 22 S/M Power: 38W

How to View the Artemis II Moon Launch - The New York Times

How the Online SAT May be Vulnerable to Cheating - The New York Times — The only to test is pencil and paper.

What the Census Says About the U.S. Population, in Six Charts - WSJ

Apple introduces new AirTag with expanded range and improved findability - Apple

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Clawdbot — Personal AI Assistant — The future.

Tax Deductions for 2025 That Can Get You a Bigger Refund: SALT, Seniors and More - WSJ

Who Can Actually Afford a $500K House in 2026 (The Math Is Brutal) - YouTube

Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo expects to miss 4-6 weeks due to calf - ESPN — Don’t believe the hype. Giannis wants out of Milwaukee.

How Companies Learn Your Secrets - The New York Times — Or, how Target knows your pregnant. Love this article. A classic.

Why AI is Overrated - with Neil deGrasse Tyson - YouTube

Claude Code Built This Entire Article—Can You Tell? - WSJ

Months After Daniel Naroditsky’s Death, the Chess World Remains Divided - The New York Times After initially being investigated as a suicide or accidental overdose, a toxicology report from the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released this week revealed Naroditsky had …

🚣‍♂️ Rogue Move Workout Summary Date: 01/22/26 Duration: 20:00.0 Distance: 2632M Avg Pace: 3:47.9/500m Calories: 137 kcal Stroke Rate: 21 S/M Power: 29W

CBS says Broncos-Bills clash was most-watched Saturday NFL playoff game ever - The Athletic CBS said audience numbers peaked at more than 51 million viewers during the overtime period.

Lando Norris: Ride with the champ

2026 NBA All-Star starters include 4 first-time honorees and no LeBron James - The Athletic — Appropriate.

BMW drops plan to charge a monthly fee for heated seats | The Verge

Who Said It: Donald Trump or Martin Luther King Jr.? - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Hot take: Is it just me or is Elmo on meth? Modern episodes of Sesame Street are frenetic, noisy, unfocused and woke. The older episodes are calm and better at teaching basics. The slower, deliberate pace allow kids time to think as they learn. I learned English and learned reading by watching …

Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway’s Prime Minister - The New York Times

[Chicago Bears on X: “CALEB WILLIAMS YOU ARE RIDICULOUS 📺: NBC t.co/2zphVCnNb…” / X](https://x.com/ChicagoBears/status/2013078241406251493) — Play of the season so far.

How Many Immigrants Has Trump Deported? - The New York Times - Excellent data analytics

Bo Nix Fractured His Ankle on This Play - Doctor Explains Shocking News - YouTube

MELANIA | Official Trailer - YouTube — January 30th.

I Have Over 16,000 Unread Emails. Gmail’s New AI Wants to Help. - WSJ - Personal intelligence

Did Covid Spending Fuel Drug Abuse? - WSJ — I was thinking the same thing

If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One - The New York Times

The Truth About Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic: You Probably Need Them Forever - The New York Times

BTS' New Album Title & Its Inspiration Has Been Revealed. — Yes! BTS has a new album!

Inflation in 2025: How Prices for Food, Cars and Clothing Moved in 5 Charts - WSJ

Why Greenland Matters to U.S. Defense, in 7 Maps - WSJ

Trump to Hit European Nations With Tariffs Until Deal Reached to Buy Greenland - WSJ — This will end in disaster.

Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump | The New Yorker —This will be highly entertaining! This changed last Friday, when Jeanine Pirro, a lawyer and former Fox News co-host who is now the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., served the Fed with grand-jury subpoenas demanding …

Inside Mike Tomlin’s decision to walk away from Steelers - ESPN

Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders - The New York Times — The legal battle begins.

Was I Married to a Stranger? - The New York Times — Sad, but true. Almost three years later, I still have no understanding of why my husband left. His strangeness only increased, becoming an adversary in the divorce process and, while kind with our children and occasionally in touch with me by …

White House Plan Would Let Americans Tap 401(k)s for Down Payments on Homes - WSJ — Bad idea.

Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin Isn’t Finished

Clicks Communicator: the ultimate communication companion — Kinda like the old BlackBerry.

Many college players among dozens charged in point-shaving plot - ESPN — Most high level sports is rigged

Inside Mike Tomlin’s emotional final meeting as Steelers head coach - The Athletic

Speeding truck runs light and pops a wheelie at the 11foot8 bridge - YouTube — Excellent can opener. They all run red lights.

Moving truck obliterated by the 11foot8 bridge - YouTube — Absolute classic.

U.S. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker - WSJ U.S. officials have said that they are working with the Venezuelan government, and that the U.S. would receive Venezuelan crude that is backed up in onshore facilities and floating tankers that serve as oil storage and then sell it. Many of those barrels …

Love Takes Wing on New Stamp - Newsroom - About.usps.com — Very cute!

America’s Hottest Job Opening: NFL Coach - WSJ

Necessary Prerequisites for Having a Baby - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Read the Clintons’ Personal Letter to Comer - The New York Times

Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps - Apple

ICE Shooting in Minnesota: Who Is Wrong? Justified? Renee Good - YouTube — The best analysis so far

Why have death rates from accidental falls tripled? | USAFacts

Why Mike Tomlin belongs among the giants in NFL history - The Athletic — I know he’s great, but part of me feels like he quit on the Steelers.

Giannis Antetokounmpo boos fans back as Bucks drubbed at home - ESPN — Classy. Can’t imagine Giannis staying in Milwaukee for long.

[Pittsburgh Steelers on X: “Statement from Mike Tomlin: t.co/66O3ktES2…” / X](https://x.com/steelers/status/2011167696659046497) — End of an era

Suze’s Projections for 2026 - Suze Orman’s Women & Money - Omny.fm — An annual must listen.

NASCAR restores 10-race ‘Chase’ championship format - ESPN - Finally.

Google’s AI Advantage, CES 2026 Highlights and More | Technology for Jan. 11 - WSJ The launch late last year of Gemini 3, its most powerful AI model, gave Google the edge it needed to pull ahead of OpenAI in developing the most capable chatbot. Gemini usage is now on its fastest growth trajectory …

U.S. Prosecutors Are Investigating Fed Chair Jerome Powell - WSJ — Wow! Amazing.

Clicks Power Keyboard: One keyboard. All your smart screens.

APOD: 2026 January 10 - Jupiter with the Great Red Spot

Home | Penn Brand Standards

Aaron Rodgers, Football’s Rorschach Quarterback | The New Yorker — The obligatory New Yorker profile.

Older Americans Making Catch-Up 401(k) Contributions Set for Tax Hit - WSJ

Inside the 36 hours that decided John Harbaugh’s fate with the Ravens - The Athletic — What a horrible way to conduct a HR move! Harbaugh was fired by owner Steve Bisciotti in a phone call while the coach was driving from the team facility to his Baltimore County home. And it was neither a …

Sportico Top 100: NFL Towers Over U.S. Media Market in 2025

What “The Pitt” Taught Me About Being a Doctor | The New Yorker I’ll say it. Dhruv Khullar is pushing boundaries like Gawande never could. He’s bringing medicine mainstream like Gawande never could. Gawande mainly appealed to medical technocrats. I binged “The Pitt” over the holidays, during an …

Chase to become new issuer of Apple Card - Apple

NFL coaching changes 2025: Latest firings, rumors - ESPN - McDaniel out. No factor.

‘The Pitt’ Season 2: Behind the Scenes with Noah Wyle - The New York Times

A Letter Won’t Always Be Postmarked the Same Day You Drop It in the Mail - WSJ

This May Be the Choke of The Century - YouTube

The three shows that should be required watching for all Americans. MacGyver Theme Song - YouTube Airwolf Intro - YouTube Knight Rider - Original Show Intro | NBC Classics - YouTube

Wordle in 2!

Todd Bowles returning as Buccaneers head coach; staff changes expected: Source - The Athletic

I did the NYT mini today in 34 seconds. After a few years away from the mini, I’m slowly working up to my usual speed - about 18 to 20 seconds to finish the mini.

MacGyver Theme Song - YouTube

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Will Shut Down in May - WSJ - one of America’s great newspapers.

John Harbaugh out as coach of Ravens after missing playoffs - ESPN - He would look good in Miami.

Everything Student-Loan Borrowers Need to Know About Wage Garnishment - WSJ

It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons @ tonsky.me

Looking Ahead to 2026 | sn scratchpad - Uncle Satya’s new blog

The Year the NFL Was Conquered by a New Wave of Quarterbacks - WSJ

Minnesota’s Tim Walz Drops Re-Election Bid in Wake of Fraud Scandal - WSJ

“Deal-Breaker,” by Allegra Goodman | The New Yorker - Excellent. I love the cadence of the prose. It’s rhythmic.

ICE Is Using Facial-Recognition Technology to Quickly Arrest People - WSJ

Coca-Cola: The Complete History and Strategy

Economic inequality does not equate to poor well-being or mental health A meta-analysis of 168 studies covering more than 11 million people found no reliable link between economic inequality and well-being or mental health. In other words, living in a place that has large gaps between the rich and …

The Killers: A story about two hitmen in a bar. Well done. My favorite so far.

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The $358 Billion Question for the New CEO of Berkshire Hathaway - WSJ

Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance - WSJ — Compare and contrast Trump’s honesty with Biden’s deceptions.

A Day in My Highly Optimized, Convenient Life | The New Yorker With a single tap on the screen, I open the blinds, with another, I turn on the espresso machine, and with a third, I review the footage from my Ring camera.

Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful - The Athletic — Yes, it was a great speech. YouTube link midway through the article.

Wipr 2

Brock Purdy - Wikipedia — With Pat Mahomes out. This is my new favorite QB to follow. Purdy’s favorite team as a youth was the Miami Dolphins, and he wears number 13 in honor of Dan Marino. Marino-fan. Another plus.

Tatiana Schlossberg on Being Diagnosed with Leukemia After Giving Birth | The New Yorker

Ph.D.s Can’t Find Work as Boston’s Biotech Engine Sputters - WSJ

Some of Our Most-Read Stories of 2025 - The Atlantic

Victorinox Swiss Army Knives Used by MacGyver – Swiss Knife Shop

55 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2025 - The Atlantic

Tennis Is the Ultimate Lifetime Sport - The Atlantic

New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It. - The New York Times

The Double Life of Thomas Goldstein, a Supreme Court Lawyer - The New York Times

MAHA Country | The New Yorker

F1® 25 Ratings

Opinion | Sick of Trump News? I’m Here for You. - The New York Times — David Brooks’ Sidney Awards.

Our 25 Most-Read Pieces of 2025 - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

The New Stealth Recliners - The New York Times

Is A.I. Actually a Bubble? | The New Yorker

Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025 | The New Yorker

An Ounce of Silver Is Now Worth More Than a Barrel of Oil - WSJ

Before This Physicist Studied the Stars, He Was One - The New York Times

Merry Christmas! Among many activities today, I watched Home Alone. It is a deceptively great movie. Funny and campy, yes. Also, thoughtful and well constructed.

Bari Weiss’s A Charlie Brown Christmas - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

A 3-D Look Inside Trump’s Revamped Oval Office - The New York Times

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Why Tech Upgrades Feel Pointless Now (The Post-Plateau Paradox) - YouTube — Deep thinking.

The Top Twenty-five New Yorker Stories of 2025 | The New Yorker

A Woman Froze to Death on an Alpine Trek. Is Her Boyfriend to Blame? - The New York Times The case has brought to the fore a legal doctrine known as Garantenstellung, a broad concept in Germanic law that establishes a responsibility to intervene for people who have a “duty of care” in a range of …

Tweek Calendar — Minimal To Do list and Weekly Task Planner App: Tweek Calendar — Minimal To Do list and Weekly Task Planner App: -- My new favorite planning app.

Domestic Yearly Box Office - Box Office Mojo - Definitely a weak year at the Box Officr.

The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever | The New Yorker The medical profession of the twentieth century was a hegemon; today, it is a regional power. When a hegemon loses status, it can take a few paths. It can aim for restoration—bringing back the empire—which in this case would probably focus on …

Hills Like White Elephants: Another vague short story where there is not enough context to figure out the result. It was okay. This story would have far more impact if you knew what the characters decided to do. Many “experts” say that the unspoken procedure is an abortion. But is it really that? I feel like this conversation …

How do I stop showing reminders in calend… - Apple Community - A mystery has been solved.

Trump Accounts - Jumpstarting the American Dream

In Another Country: I have to admit this story took a long time to read. I can’t grasp the underlying meaning of the story. I can’t clearly see the overall narrative arc. I think it’s more an exploratory piece about physical injury, recovery from injury and disillusionment with the promises of modern medicine. It also …

hellobucky | The StoryGraph — I opened a StoryGraph account. Follow along!

The Pitt Season 2 | Official Trailer | HBO Max - YouTube

The Pitt Season 2 Trailer: Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby Clashes With Replacement

The story of Bembo

The Trump Gold Card — The website is up. Let’s do this!

The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich - The New York Times

Writing one sentence per line | Derek Sivers

What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing? | The New Yorker Education, particularly in the humanities, rests on a belief that, alongside the practical things students might retain, some arcane idea mentioned in passing might take root in their mind, blossoming years in the future. A.I. …

Anthony Geary, Luke on ‘General Hospital,’ Dies at 78 - The New York Times — Ah, yes, Luke and Laura. American originals.

With return, Philip Rivers extends NFL health insurance plan for 5 more years - The Athletic — the truth.

The New College Unemployment Line - WSJ The unemployment rate last year for 20-to-29-year-olds who had recently received an associate degree was 2.1% versus 15.3% for those with a bachelor’s degree.

Fizz, forklifts and failed McDonald’s runs: How F1 winners celebrate world titles - The Athletic “I really wanted some McNuggets, but it was the morning, so they didn’t have any left,” he said. “I had a Sausage McMuffin. Was it the breakfast of champions? Certainly not. I regretted it …

Trick for installing/upgrading your Sonos speakers — Turn off all VPNs. On your phone and on your main router.

Star Wars Returns to Theaters for 50th Anniversary | StarWars.com On February 19, 2027, we’ll celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Wars with a re-release of the 1977 original back for a limited time, in theaters everywhere.

Europe is weak and delusional (but not doomed) — DHH breaks it down.

How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? - The New York Times

Fizzy — Kanban as it should be. Not as it has been.

How much are doctors paid? | USAFacts

Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit - The New York Times

401(k) limit increases to $24,500 for 2026, IRA limit increases to $7,500 | Internal Revenue Service

Size of Life

The Undefeated Long story about a washed up bullfighter trying to make his comeback. It doesn’t go well. Detailed descriptions. Great story. But, I just didn’t like the ending. I wanted him to win.

The Big Two-Hearted River Love the description of the land, the result of a forest first and his hike. Clearly the physical task represents an escape from personal crisis. But a crisis of what? It’s not a crisis of fishing. What’s the point of telling the story of Hopkins? What are the two hearts of …

The Three Day Blow Basically, I interpret this story as a setup and explainer for The End of Something. Bill is jealous that Marjorie will take Nick from him and so recommends the breakup. Nick is ambivalent if the relationship is truly over and is optimistic for the future of his romantic life. I …

Soldier’s Home An account of unhappiness and disillusionment of a soldier who has returned home from war. I feel sorry for Harold Krebs. His experiences have changed him. They have flattened him and his psyche. His family loves him, but he can’t return the love. Well-written. Easy to read.

3 TURNOVERS IN SAME PLAY 🤯 Jalen Hurts throws interception & fumbles | NFL on ESPN - YouTube

My favorite Abu Dhabi photos from The Athletic

Lando Norris is a Unique Champion: I’ve been watching Formula 1 since 2021. Lando quickly became my favorite driver. And, this year I had the pleasure of watching him become world champion. Watch the post-race interview and you’ll see why I like him so much. He’s a different kind of champion than you’ll usually see. Max Verstappen is …

Parc fermé - Wikipedia

Lando Norris: The small, shy Somerset kid who became F1 world champion - The Athletic Now that much older and wiser, Norris seems perfectly at ease with the media and full of confidence in what he says. He may still be an introvert at heart, but few would now describe him as shy.

Lando Norris: The small, shy Somerset kid who became F1 world champion - The Athletic

Lando wins the championship!

Field Notes | Limited Editions List

F1 title permutations: How Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri can win 2025 Drivers' Championship at season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | F1 News | Sky Sports

What each driver needs to win F1’s first three-way title showdown in 15 years - The Athletic

Productivity - Sam Altman

Make Something Wonderful: A must read book. Read it for advice and read it for history. – Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words

Crossherd | Daily Mini Crossword

Following Max Verstappen’s Race Day Like NEVER BEFORE | Behind The Charge - YouTube

The Most Reliable Path to Financial Freedom - Scott Galloway - YouTube

Life Advice That Sounds Good But Will Destroy You - YouTube

The Giants Kicker Just Missed The Football - YouTube

It May Finally Be Time for Mike Tomlin and the Steelers to Part Ways — Not yet. The team needs a franchise QB and better offensive coordinator. Tomlin will get it done.

The 50 Best Clothing Stores in America - The New York Times

Chiefs’ locker room was different after loss to Cowboys. So was Patrick Mahomes - The Athletic “We can beat everybody, but we’ve shown that we can lose to anybody,” Mahomes said. “We’ve got to be more consistent.”

How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch - The New York Times — Tim Walz needs to resign. Shame on the New York Times for not bringing more focus on this during the 2024 presidential election. This is something the electorate would want to know about a VP candidate.

Hemingway's Prose: The thing that I enjoy most about Hemingway’s prose is its cinematic nature. It’s as if you are watching a movie while reading a book. Very few authors can do this effectively.

Exclusive | Witness Photos Captured Attack on the National Guard - WSJ — Amazing photos

Butterball’s Helpline Helpline - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

In-Depth: The Engineering Behind Apple’s 3D-Printed Watch Cases - Hodinkee

Here’s What’s Really in a Can of Campbell’s Chicken Soup - WSJ

Testing Audio: First audio test

Under the Radar - Relay — The end of a great podcast.

The State Department is in charge of diplomatic recognition. | USAFacts The US recognizes 196 other countries as independent states and has positive diplomatic relations with 193 of them — all but Bhutan, Iran, and North Korea.

Are Americans spending more during the holidays than ever before? | USAFacts

Predictors of Emergency Physician Productivity in a National Emergency Medicine Group - ClinicalKey Both physician- and shift-level factors are associated with emergency physician number of patients per hour. Higher number of patients per hour is not associated with increased 72-hour returns with …

Four Apple Executives Who May Succeed Tim Cook as CEO - WSJ - My prediction: Ternus.

McLaren’s microscopic Vegas DQ brings Verstappen into title fight - ESPN

The End of Something I like the parallelism of the dying lumbar town and the dying of a relationship. Gradual, expected, and predictable. Maybe heartbreaking. Maybe not.

Cross Country Snow Not exactly sure what this story is about. But great description of skiing.

Indian Camp A story about a child first learning about birth, death and the circle of life. This is an incredible short story. I love the precision and economy of Hemingway’s writing. It’s fully on display in this short story. This is my favorite so far.

CLUTTERED CLOSET CLEANUP! EFFECTIVE METHODS THAT LAST - With Rajiv Surendra - YouTube

The Bucky Starter Pack: Here are the 5 most important books that have shaped my approach to life and personal improvement. I can recommend each book without reservation. If I had only to pick one book, it would be The 7 Habits.

I am reading a collection of Hemingway’s short stories, called The Hemingway Stories and will post my quick thoughts about each story. Up in Michigan A story, in my interpretation, about the problem of unrequited love told through a depiction of sexual assault. Other short stories I’ve …

Shedeur Sanders Confident He Can Deliver Everything Browns Fans Have Come To Expect - The Onion

Best Deals, Sales, & Savings Right Now - Consumer Reports - Consumer Reports Black Friday page. High-quality and highly rated products. No fluff. No BS. My thinking on Black Friday has evolved. In the past, I was focused on the Doorbuster. But in a post-Covid, post-Biden, post-Tariff world, I am …

Somewhere Fuse - YouTube

Remember More of What You Read! Books! - YouTube — Reading journals

Today’s NYT mini

NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

NASA Releases Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS Passing by Mars - The New York Times “I’d like to address the rumors right at the beginning.” Amit Kshatriya, the associate administrator of NASA, said during the news conference. “This object is a comet. It looks and behaves like a comet.”

The Psychology of People Who Don’t Post Their Photos on Social Media - YouTube

Bengals' Chase suspended one game for spitting on Steelers' Ramsey - ESPN

Kash Patel’s Acts of Service | The New Yorker “It’s completely effing wild,” Patel said. “I mean, I don’t even know how to describe it.”

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What to Know About SNAP, America’s Main Food Aid Program - The New York Times

Texas’s Water Wars | The New Yorker

Kugler Resignation From Fed Board Followed Disclosures of Improper Stock Trades - WSJ

Major League Soccer is coming to Apple TV starting in 2026 - Apple

This single-step Apple Shortcut might quickly become your new favorite - 9to5Mac

The American Revolution | Premieres Nov. 16 | PBS

America Has Pulled Off the Impossible. It Made Getting a Passport Simple. - WSJ

The Smartest Fliers Use This App to Survive America’s Travel Hell - WSJ — Flighty! Love it! “The whole app is designed so that you can largely use it with one hand,” he said.

In Charts: How Much Coffee, Beef and Banana Prices Have Gone Up Over the Past Year - WSJ

Here Are the New Contribution Limits for 401(k)s, IRAs in 2026 - WSJ

Apple introduces Digital ID, a new way to create and present an ID in Apple Wallet - Apple

iPhone 17 Pro & 17 Pro Max Internals Wallpapers — Basic Apple Guy — Stunning as usual

Paul Skenes’ evolution into unanimous Cy Young winner, in 14 steps - The Athletic — Was there ever a doubt?

159. What Every Premed Parent Needs to Know with Ryan Gray, MD

Ernest Hemingway’s Journaling Secrets! Writing Tips! - YouTube — must watch for anyone who journals

Case 29-2025: A 43-Year-Old Woman with Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Fever | New England Journal of Medicine

Why Can’t A.I. Manage My E-Mails? | The New Yorker

Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, Two MLB Pitchers, Charged in Gambling Investigation - The New York Times — Just more evidence. Gambling has negatively affected pro sports.

Joe Manchin on the Fight for America’s Future: Term Limits, Bipartisanship & the 2028 Election — All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg — Overcast

Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones - YouTube

Exhibition Overview - Books That Shaped America | Exhibitions - Library of Congress

James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97 - The New York Times

The Lonely New Vices of American Life - The Atlantic

Are immigration judges keeping up with rising caseloads? | USAFacts

Musings on Markets: A Golden Year (2025): Gold’s Price Surge - The Signal in the Noise! — Excellent primer on Gold investing.

Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland dies after apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following police chase - The Athletic Police called off the search at 1:31 a.m. after finding Kneeland dead inside the porta-potty.

The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’ - The New York Times

Apple Codenames

Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown arrested on attempted murder charge - ESPN

How ‘The Office’ Memes Became the Language of the Internet - The New York Times

How To Be A Better Reader (Do This To Your Books) - YouTube — Hi yield techniques in this video.

The Case That A.I. Is Thinking | The New Yorker I once had a boss who said that a job interview should probe for strengths, not for the absence of weaknesses. Large language models have many weaknesses: they famously hallucinate reasonable-sounding falsehoods; they can be servile even when you’re …

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The Calling: A Medical School Journey | PBS

So You Want to Be a Doctor? - video Dailymotion — The best documentary I’ve ever seen about becoming a doctor.

Where to start reading Ernest Hemingway’s books | books in order

How to Decide What to Do | GTD® - YouTube

Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 - The New York Times — Love him or hate him. He’s one of a kind. A true model of an active vice-president. On Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked airliners destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and crashed into the Pentagon …

Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 - The New York Times

Victor Conte, BALCO founder at center of steroid scandal, dies at 75 - ESPN — The Cream and The Clear.

Thrilling World Series Game 7 Brings Enormous Ratings to Fox Viewership peaked between 11:30-11:45 p.m. to 31.54 million as both teams tried to find what would prove to be the World Series-clinching run.

In Game 7, Dodgers, Blue Jays deliver fitting finale to World Series that had ‘everything’ - The Athletic

Jayden Daniels Horrible Elbow Injury - Doctor Explains - YouTube

Is vaping less harmful than smoking, and does it help people quit? - Our World in Data

Collection of Dark Patterns and Unethical Design

I’m Your Uploaded Bloodwork Results, and No, I Will Not Explain Myself to You - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency — LOL. So true.

The problem with dollars - All this

Uni Watch: 1999–2025 And that, my friends, is a wrap. For the record, the very first Uni Watch column was published in The Village Voice on May 26, 1999; this final blog post is appearing on Oct. 31, 2025. That’s a span of 26 years, five months, and five days — not a bad run for a project that I …

Human | NOVA | PBS

The art of choosing what to do : TED Radio Hour : NPR

On time or late? It’s a cultural debate : Shots - Health News : NPR

Let My People Go Surfing Patagonia: Let My People Go Surfing - Paperback Book by Yvon Chouinard This books gets the highly-coveted Bucky recommendation. It’s part memoir, part history of Patagonia.com, and part corporate manifesto. My favorite parts include the history of some of Patagonia’s …

Real-life story of “The Big Short”; 2020’s economic emergency; Jerome Powell in 2020 | Full Episodes - YouTube — I’m working my way through the “Big Short.” What happened is quite technical. This is a good summary to help orient the prospective reader.

Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid | The New Yorker Behind a fence, and past several vehicle checkpoints, the campus was a spacious expanse of nothing, except for one corner, which was populated by a row of numbered sheds. The sheds were white, narrow, tall, and …

Colleges Face a Financial Reckoning. The University of Chicago Is Exhibit A. - WSJ

Charts: Apple caps off high-flying fiscal year with Q4 record – Six Colors

Apple reports fourth quarter results - Apple -Annual rev of $416 B!

Folklore.org: Pirate Flag It’s better to be a pirate than join the navy.

Here’s How Much Obamacare Prices Are Rising Across the Country - The New York Times — Excellent data set to inform the debate.

Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Winners of the 2025 Epson International Pano Awards - The Atlantic

The Stalman Podcast 151: Inside the iPhone 17 Camera Design

What’s new in Final Cut Camera - Apple Support

Postal Service Announces 19 New Issuances for 2026 — Stamps Forever – Some beautiful stamps coming next year.

Trump Says He’s Barred From Running for Third Term After Weeks of Speculation - WSJ — Too bad. I was hoping for an exciting constitutional showdown in 2029.

Michael Jordan talks load management and why he never wanted to miss any games - YouTube

What’s The MORAL Of The Lord Of The Rings? - YouTube

The Ancient Blueprint For All Storytelling - YouTube

Why This Scene Makes You Feel Things - YouTube — Brilliant!

Board — The future of family game night.

Oversight Committee Releases Report on the Biden Autopen Presidency - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A new approach for the world’s climate strategy | Bill Gates

The Economy That’s Great for Parents, Lousy for Their Grown-Up Kids - WSJ

Renters Have the Upper Hand. And They Are Probably Keeping It. - WSJ Apartment rents nationally are advancing at their slowest pace in years, thanks to the glut of new units that has taken longer than expected to absorb. More recently, job concerns among young people are posing a new threat to the …

It’s the Best Offense in the NFL—and Nobody Saw It Coming - WSJ

See How the Average U.S. Worker Has Changed Over 250 Years - WSJ

Roundabouts in Keene Help Cut Emissions and Air Pollution - The New York Times

Dark Academia is my preferred aesthetic.

First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine

U.S. Inflation Picked Up to 3% in September - WSJ

Why The iPhone Keyboard Sucks - YouTube

What we know about the Billups-Rozier NBA gambling cases - ESPN

Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier arrested in gambling inquiries - ESPN Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers player and assistant coach Damon Jones have been arrested as part of a pair of wide-ranging investigations related to …

Charting the course of the M5 processor – Six Colors

Our Wedding Gifts: Ten Years Later - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Project Indigo - a computational photography camera app — My new favorite photo app.

Surrogacy Is a Multibillion-Dollar Business. Sometimes the Money Goes Missing. - WSJ

“Apocryphal Inventions,” an exploration of Generative AI — Jonathan Hoefler The objects in the Apocryphal Inventions series are technical chimeras, intentional misdirections coaxed from the generative AI platform Midjourney. Instead of iterating on the system’s early drafts to create …

Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College? - The New York Times — This sounds like a fun way to retire.

Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million in Vegas playing blackjack

Daniel Naroditsky, Chess Grandmaster, Dies at 29 - The New York Times

Why Is the Drug Kingpin Daniel Kinahan Living Large in Dubai? | The New Yorker

Can the Golden Age of Costco Last? | The New Yorker

ESPN NFL Primetime Music Compilation (24 Tracks) - YouTube My favorite starts are 8:41.

Apple is the exclusive new broadcast partner for Formula 1® in the U.S. - Apple Apple TV will deliver comprehensive coverage of Formula 1, with all practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix available to Apple TV subscribers.

Some N.F.L. Players Are Finding Second Careers as Nurses - The New York Times The path from a bone-crunching contact sport to a healing profession may seem odd at first, said Patrick Hill, a former fullback and running back for the Tennessee Titans who described his roles as two of “the most …

Heist at Louvre Leaves Museum Missing Priceless Jewels - WSJ Over the course of only seven minutes, three or four individuals used a truck-mounted elevator to reach a balcony outside the Galerie d’Apollon, which houses France’s crown jewels, French officials said. There, the thieves used an angle …

The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century - The New York Times

Shohei Ohtani Just Played What May Be the Greatest Game of All Time - WSJ

65 Essential Children’s Books - The Atlantic

What Your Favorite Author Says About You (Behind Your Back) - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

When to Claim Social Security: How Much Does It Matter, Anyway? If you’ve paid attention to this matter, you’d know Open Social Security. It’s the best tool for a Social Security claiming strategy, and it’s completely free.

Lost in AirPod Translation - The Atlantic Apple promises to put an AI interpreter in everyone’s ears. It couldn’t even help me order tamales.

2025 Empire State Pen Show - Recap and Report Card — The Pen Addict The 2025 Empire State Pen Show scored 72.5/100, which is pretty good given that it’s the first show. Being in Midtown Manhattan made the Location and Food scores higher than a lot of other shows. The Size score might go up if they …

What is the Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) program? | USAFacts In FY 2024, 6.7 million women, infants, and children received WIC benefits. For comparison, 41.7 million people received SNAP benefits in FY 2024, more than six times as many as received WIC.

Hands-On: Timex Atelier Introduces the GMT24 M1a Automatic - Hodinkee

xkcd: Planetary Rings

Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26 - NN/G

iPhone: H.265 Vs ProRes! which is BETTER? - YouTube

Ohtani’s 3 HRs, 10-K gem spark Dodgers' NLCS sweep of Brewers - ESPN “It’s like we’re the Chicago Bulls,” Betts said, “and he’s Michael Jordan.” Betts was referring, of course, to Shohei Ohtani, who had once again put together a performance many of …

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg: 1929 vs 2025: Andrew Ross Sorkin on Crashes, Bubbles & Lessons Learned

Formula 1 Teams - Freakonomics

The Great American Novels - The Atlantic

Apple unleashes M5, the next big leap in AI performance for Apple silicon - Apple

London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why. - The New York Times Some phones are reset and sold to new users in Britain. But many are shipped to China and Algeria as part of a “local-to-global criminal business model,” the police said, adding that in China, the newest phones could …

How to Turn Liquid Glass into a Solid Interface - TidBITS

Report Finds Lead in Naked Protein Powders and Other Popular Brands - The New York Times The group, Consumer Reports, tested samples of 23 protein powders and shakes and found that more than two-thirds of them had more lead in a serving than it regards as safe for daily consumption.

Inside the New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum - The New York Times

See Advanced Weaponry the U.S. Is Deploying to the Caribbean - WSJ U.S. military buildup includes F-35B jets, reaper drones and 10,000 troops—too few to invade Venezuela but enough to support more airstrikes

How Autism Cases Rose as Diagnosis Morphed Over Time - WSJ “I have no doubt that a real increase in incidence and prevalence of autism is occurring,” said Dr. Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician and director of the global public-health program at Boston College. “But this increase is inflated by …

Why You Can’t Put Down Your Phone | Cal Newport - YouTube

How Video Games Are Shaping a Generation of Boys, for Better and Worse - The New York Times While the Digital Wellness Lab survey found that lonelier adolescents gamed more, gaming didn’t alleviate their loneliness — a pattern that was more pronounced for boys. This could be because those with weak …

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic …

Ted Lasso - Apple TV+ Press - Season 4 coming soon

Brian Branch ignites end-of-game scuffle after Lions' loss to Chiefs | SNF | NFL on NBC - YouTube

Nobel Peace Prize winner dedicates victory to Trump: ‘He deserved it’ - YouTube

The 2026 Tax Brackets Are Here. See Where You Land. - WSJ

Where Have All the Young Home Buyers Gone? Check the Stock Market - WSJ

How a Hidden NFL Field Revolutionized How This Stadium Makes Money

iPhone 17 Pro Max “Real Review” - The Snyder Cut - YouTube — The definitive iPhone 17 pro review. Flossy pulls no punches.

New Englanders Are Fed Up With Leaf-Peeping Tourists Ruining Their Fall - WSJ — I know the feeling.

Google: The AI Company: The Complete History and Strategy

The Real Problem Is How Trump Can Legally Use the Military | The New Yorker

The Former Navy SEAL Who Built a Powerhouse Podcast - WSJ

Only 48% Of US Adults Under The Age Of 30 Have A Full-Time Job | ZeroHedge – Feels like we are already in a recession.

About Apple ProRes - Apple Support

Americans Are Falling Behind on Their Car Payments - WSJ

Use Live Translation with your AirPods - Apple Support — Nice!

How Many Countries Fit in Africa? Visualizing its True Size

A Surreal New Revelation About the L.A. Fires - The Atlantic

Star Trek TNG on Reading Rainbow - YouTube

Design is how it works | Apple - YouTube

Skull & Crossbones on Black Icon Print by Susan Kare – Kare Prints

A Short History of the Varangian Guard for Bostonians - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Now, evuhryone knows that the Vikings were some sehriously hahdco’ah fuckin’ fightahs. ’Cept most’ah ’em actually didn’t go a-viking as they just stayed there in their frigid fuckin’ homelands fahmin’ n’ fishin’ …

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 - Press release - NobelPrize.org The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.

Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate | ESO Astronomers have identified an enormous ‘growth spurt’ in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike the planets in our Solar System, these objects do not orbit stars, free-floating on their own instead. The new observations, made …

What happens during a government shutdown furlough? | USAFacts

English Country Garden - YouTube

Press release: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 - NobelPrize.org Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025. They have developed a new form of molecular architecture. In their constructions, metal ions function as cornerstones that are linked by long …

Merlin Mann: “If you’re in YouTube on AppleT…” - Mastodon If you’re in YouTube on AppleTV, you can hit the Siri button twice, and it’ll start an in-app search. I like this feature very much.

Merlin Mann: “The Secret Brits are bad enoug…” - Mastodon

Everything New in iOS 26.1 Beta 2 - MacRumors

Press release: Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 - NobelPrize.org The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 to John Clarke University of California, Berkeley, USA Michel H. Devoret Yale University, New Haven, CT and University of California, Santa …

Press release: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 - NobelPrize.org Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 for their fundamental discoveries relating to peripheral immune tolerance. The laureates identified the immune …

iPhone Air - “Real Review” - YouTube — Flossy’s definitive review. He speaks candidly. “It’s a piece of shit.”

Apple Screwed Up Again - YouTube

Alphabet Inc.: The Complete History and Strategy

The Scale of Life

The Latest Controversy in Chess Is the Cupcake Gambit - WSJ It was the chess equivalent of Aaron Judge showing up to play Little League. 

On Liquid Glass – Pixel Envy Clarity and structure are sacrificed for the illusion of simplicity offered by a monochromatic haze of an interface.

Mark Sanchez Arrested After Stabbing in Indianapolis

Folder Quick Look

The Artwork That Imagined Middle Earth - YouTube

The Art of Storytelling: This Episode is Peak Star Trek

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Album Review

How Big Is Taylor Swift? - The New York Times

The American Revolution | A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt | Official Trailer - YouTube

Hep-B Is the Only Vaccine Given at Birth. Why Doctors Say It Can’t Wait. - WSJ

Trump’s H-1B shift is a bold reform that powers U.S. workers and immigrant dreamers alike - Harry Singh breaks it down!

xkcd: Measure Twice, Cut Once

The ULTIMATE iPhone 17 Upgrade Guide! - YouTube

Student-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen X - WSJ

A Minimalist’s Everyday Carry - YouTube — Why does a minimalist carry anything?

Highlights From Kamala Harris’ New Memoir - The Onion

William Safire Orders Two Whoppers Junior - The Onion

2026 U.S. News Rankings Are Out After a Tumultuous Year for Colleges - The New York Times

‘Biometric Exit’ Quietly Expands Across U.S. Airports, Unnerving Some - The New York Times

iPhone 17 Pro Camera Review: Rule of Three

iPhone Air vs 17 Pro Max: REAL-World Differences after 1 Week! - YouTube

All Chemical Elements in Order - Periodic Videos - YouTube

How Much Money Do New York’s Mayoral Candidates Actually Have? - The New York Times

Married Life | Short Film - YouTube

Apple iPhone 17 Series Case Lineup - Mous, Pitaka, Pelican and More - YouTube — Is it slam-boy certified?

The Truth About AirPods Pro 3 Sound — From a Music Producer - YouTube

APOD: 2025 September 26 – A SWAN an ATLAS and Mars

How will the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) impact Medicaid? | USAFacts

Government shutdown 2025: What to know | USAFacts

Which is Nerdier: Star Wars or Star Trek? - YouTube

Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes vowed to make a change. He’s been a different QB since - The Athletic

I Am Very Picky About My Pens. Here Are My 10 Favorites. | The Strategist

The Black Hole That Could Rewrite Cosmology - The Atlantic

Charting the path of the A19 Pro – Six Colors

How Healthy Are Chickpeas? - The New York Times

Apple AirPods Pro 3 - “Real Review” - YouTube — Best Air pods review

iPhone 17 Pro Max - REAL Day in the Life Review! - YouTube

iPhone 17 Pro Teardown: Fascinating Battery, New Vapor Chamber & Scratchgate! - YouTube

They Pump So Much Stuff Into Those Beautiful Little Babies - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency — There is both artistry and comedy in the President.

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency — Here we go!

Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say | Reuters In the alleged scheme, Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money, the sources said, speaking anonymously to discuss nonpublic …

If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For? | The New Yorker

Cardboard-Box Demand Is Slumping. Why That’s Bad News for the Economy. - WSJ

Why Marriage Is Increasingly for the Affluent - WSJ The idea of both parties waiting to build a career or wealth before tying the knot is called a capstone model of marriage. Economists and demographers say that thinking has replaced the old “cornerstone” approach, where people would wed in their …

Pete Buttigieg Was Kamala Harris’s Top Pick for VP - The Atlantic — My bold prediction is that Booty will become president … sooner rather than later.

Why Parents and Kids Get Estranged - The Atlantic In my experience, part of what confuses today’s parents of adult children is how little power they have when their child decides to end contact. From the adult child’s perspective, there might be much to gain from an estrangement: the liberation …

How does the government budget process work? | USAFacts

Classical California — I’ve been listening to classical radio since I was in elementary school. This is the best station I’ve found.

Trump Adds $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee and Rolls Out $1 Million ‘Gold Card’ - WSJ — simple and effective.

How Apple Designed iOS 26 - YouTube

iPhone 17 Pro Camera Review: Dolomites — Travel Photographer - Austin Mann — The definitive iPhone review.

Apple’s New AirPods Offer Impressive Language Translation - The New York Times

Nvidia to Buy $5 Billion Stake in Intel, Giving Rival a Lifeline - The New York Times

iOS 26 Released - What’s New? (450+ New Features) - YouTube

I’m Not a Robot

Trump Says the NFL’s New Kickoff Is ‘Sissy Football.’ Here’s What the Data Shows. - WSJ It’s fair to say Trump isn’t a big fan. On Monday morning, he called on the league to “get rid of that ridiculous looking new Kickoff Rule,” adding that “it’s at least as dangerous as the ‘normal’ kickoff, and …

Hands-On: The Apple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3 - Hodinkee

Not matter how many times I check the spelling of “rhythm,” it always looks misspelled.

Who takes over when a president can no longer serve? | USAFacts

New versions of Apple’s software platforms are available today - Apple

Joe Biden Is Struggling to Cash In on His Presidency - WSJ — He’s still $800k in debt? How can a former president be so poor at managing his money? Biden, 82 years old, is charting a postpresidency that is less lucrative than what he’d expected when he left office. Options for big jobs are limited …

The Long-Term Unemployed Today? College Grads. - The New York Times – Time to cut interest rates. When the federal government released its August employment numbers on Sept. 5, the overall unemployment rate was still relatively low, at just over 4 percent. But underneath was a concerning …

AirPods Pro 3 Review: I Understand It Now! - YouTube — I get it; I’ll get it.

Ravens planned to take Shedeur Sanders in draft, sources say - ESPN — If this is true, Shedeur made a big mistake. Can you imagine the great training you could have by being the backup to the NFL’s best QB for one or two years! You take that training and move to another team and you’d be an instant …

Global Trade War Comes to New Jersey’s ‘Little India’ - WSJ “The economy here is plateauing or even going down,” says Mahesh Shah, vice chairman of the local Indian Business Association, which hosted the annual parade. “Smaller businesses may not survive.”

New York Magazine | Save this tip from Look Book photographer @frankiealduino for the next time your iPhone photos look a little off. At the link in our bio,… | Instagram “Take the phone and turn it upside down so the lens is on the bottom half. Do 2x zoom, step back, and it will make …

NPR and PBS Must Transform After Trump’s Cuts Cripple Broadcasters - The New York Times

Learn from experts in Apple Music Classical - Apple Support Listening guides for selected recordings, available in English, include detailed information about a recording as it’s playing and are available on iPhone, iPad, and Android. This is great!

Apple TV+ renews global hit, epic sci-fi saga “Foundation” for season four - Apple TV+ Press

How does US law enforcement work? Who has jurisdiction? | USAFacts

sleepbaseball.com - Love these fake baseball game broadcasts to put me to sleep. Here is a New Yorker article about it: The Rapture of Listening to a Fake Baseball Game | The New Yorker

Job Growth Revised Down by Nearly a Million, Updated BLS Data Shows - The New York Times

Inside McLaren’s recent history of team orders and close calls - ESPN

12th Grade Reading Skills Hit a New Low - The New York Times The reading skills of American high school seniors are the worst they have been in three decades, according to new federal testing data, a worrying sign for teenagers as they face an uncertain job market and information landscape …

Dyson Unveiled Global Premiere - YouTube

Why Adulthood Became So Expensive - YouTube

On the Reverse Flynn Effect - Cal Newport But as he gathered data to build an up-to-date chart, he was “very surprised” by what he discovered: “IQ has actually started to fall.”

Alcaraz replaces Sinner at No. 1 in rankings after winning US Open - ESPN

Revenge of the Tipping Point a book by Malcolm Gladwell - Bookshop.org US — A truly excellent book. The best way to “read” it is through the audiobook, narrated by Malcolm Gladwell himself.

Why The Empire Strikes Back Stands Alone - YouTube

Why Handwriting is Important! Filmed at Hammond Castle - YouTube

The U.S. Open continued Alcaraz and Sinner’s tennis domination. What now? - The Athletic

How the Ukraine-Russia War Is Transforming the Tank - The New York Times

Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date - The New York Times — Oh no they didn’t!

Healthcare’s Steady Job Growth Is Keeping a Weakening Labor Market Afloat—but for How Long? - WSJ All told, there are now 23.5 million health-services jobs in the U.S., or about one in six private-sector jobs. That compares with 12.7 million manufacturing jobs, and 15.6 million jobs at retailers. …

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They’re Divorced. A 2% Mortgage Is Keeping Them Together. - WSJ

The New Marriage of Unequals - The Atlantic

The Wonderful Masculinity of Commander Riker - YouTube

The Moral Problem Of Anakin Skywalker - YouTube

#30inks30days September 2025, Day 1 - San Francisco Fog - YouTube

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers - The New York Times Interesting constitutional questions: When can the President declare that a member of an organized crime syndicate is a military combatant? Can they be killed? Does Congress need to get involved?

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The Financial Hack That Built the Eagles Into the NFL’s Super Team - WSJ Here’s how it works: When a player signs a contract, the two primary components are his salary and bonuses. Salary counts against the cap for the year it’s paid to that player. But the hit from a signing bonus is spread over …

More kids are getting vaccine exemptions. Here’s where. | USAFacts

Florida Surgeon General Seeks to End State’s Vaccine Mandates - WSJ — Bad idea.

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How Hollywood Missed the Mark on Summer Movies This Year - The New York Times

The Marriage Effect - The Atlantic A common narrative has it that commitment and motherhood make women unhappy. New data suggest the opposite is true.

What Is the Fourier Transform? | Quanta Magazine

Emergency Medicine News — How Predictive AI Models Will Reshape Emergency Medicine’s Magic

Malcolm Gladwell Talks Sport - YouTube

The Pittsburgh Steelers Set Their Playbook on Fire—and Went All-In for a Super Bowl - WSJ

How to Make Squats Easier on Your Knees - The New York Times

Baby Formula Buying Guide: Types, Safety & Expert Tips - Consumer Reports - High yield.

Judge Orders Google to Share Search Results to Help Resolve Monopoly - The New York Times Google must hand over its search results and some of its data to rival companies, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, a decision that falls short of the sweeping changes proposed by the government to rein in the …

Heidi Gardner and More ‘SNL’ Cast Members Exit Show Ahead of Season 51 - The New York Times “S.N.L.” was the top-rated broadcast show among viewers ages 18 to 49, the cohort most coveted by advertisers.

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The Lost Virtue of Cursive | The New Yorker

Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive - The Atlantic

I just realized this today: clothes is not the plural of cloth.

Why Aren’t Homeowners Moving as Much as They Used To? - The New York Times The Typical U.S. Homeowner Stays Put For 11.8 Years. In Parts of California, It’s Closer to 20 Years.

Lando Norris’s Dutch GP agony reshapes his F1 title fight tactics against Piastri - The Athletic — Totally rigged.

Hemingway Jones (@hemingway_jones) • Instagram photos and videos — As I’ve said before, this man is my hero.

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‘Out of my control’ – McLaren’s Lando Norris gives verdict on ‘frustrating’ 2025 Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix retirement — It was rigged.

Pixel 10/Pro Review: Good News and Bad News! - YouTube

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The Top 5 Fountain Pens for Quiet Luxury

Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince has a plan to get Google and the AI oliigarchs to pay for your content even though many are used to getting it for free. He might have enough leverage to make them.

Electric Vehicle vs. Gas Car Calculator - The New York Times

The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled - The New York Times During a phone call on June 17, Mr. Trump brought it up again, saying how proud he was of ending the military escalation. He mentioned that Pakistan was going to nominate him for the Nobel Peace …

The No List: My First App and Why Saying No Matters - MacSparky This is why I love David Sparks! Definitely get this app.

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Targeting Iran’s Leaders, Israel Found a Weak Link: Their Bodyguards - The New York Times Despite all the precautions, Israeli jets dropped six bombs on top of the bunker soon after the meeting began, targeting the two entrance and exit doors. Remarkably, nobody in the bunker was killed. When the …

The Elite College Myth - WSJ I disagree with the underlying premise of this article. Going to a top school is about more than future financial prospects. It’s the personal expression of the excellence on one’s mind. It’s about learning with some the best intellectual talents in the world including …

macOS Icon History — Basic Apple Guy

Trump Administration Cabinet Members Share Their First Job for Labor Day - YouTube

Amtrak’s New Acela Trains Are Here. They’re Moving Slower Than the Old Ones. - WSJ Slower than the older Acela? An absolute disgrace of American public infrastructure. The NextGen Acela can reach a top speed of 160 miles an hour, according to its manufacturer. That is 10 mph faster than the older …

8 Most Beautiful Amtrak Train Routes in North America - AFAR

Deion Sanders pitches bonus for players in College Football Playoff - ESPN — I love the innovation. We should just treat college football as pros. Let’s just end the charade. They are not “Student-athletes.”

Micah Parsons traded by Cowboys to Packers, gets record contract - ESPN — Big mistake for the Packers.

Waiting for Mortgage Rates to Fall Before You Buy? Don’t Bother. - The New York Times

How a Beautiful Summer Day on Lake Tahoe Suddenly Turned Deadly - The New York Times

The Hidden Design of the Apple Airpod | Nebula

Trump’s Fed Feud Spotlights Mortgage Data Privacy: Is Your Information Public? - The New York Times

Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift are engaged — couple announces with stunning photos

Read Trump’s Directive Firing Lisa Cook From Fed Role - The New York Times

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The sophisticates | Seth’s Blog Yes, acting like you are a professional might be even more important than actually being good at what you do. When given the option, do both. True that.

Titans of the Community: A Fine Writing Panel and Live Q&A w/ Creators: Pen Addict & Hemingway Jones - YouTube

Ghislaine Maxwell Discusses Trump, Epstein History in DOJ Interview Transcript - WSJ “I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way. The President was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him he was a gentleman, in all respects.”

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Paul Skenes Is Pitching Like No One We’ve Ever Seen - WSJ

The Ivy League Keeps Failing This Basic Investing Test - WSJ

Inside the Library: Secrets, Pens, Inks, Books, Treasures Revealed! - YouTube — This man is my hero.

Hurricane Erin Captured From International Space Station - The New York Times

Federal Support for Graduate Medical Education | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

Medicare Graduate Medical Education, 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

Cities by the Bay - NASA

6 Ways Your Kids Can be a Tax Break - WSJ

Paper & Pencil Chicago Stationery | Much of the stationery you love is going to be more expensive starting August 29 because of Donald Trump. That’s when the longstanding de… | Instagram — Trump attacks the world of Fountain Pens.

Cardiovascular risk associated with the use of cannabis and cannabinoids: a systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed Conclusions: This systematic review and meta-analysis uses an original approach centred on real-world data. The findings reveal positive associations between cannabis use and …

Ikea is launching a meatball plate – and its the perfect blend of form and function

How Much Does Daycare Cost? Find the Price in Your County - WSJ

The Gist Of Western Philosophy - YouTube

How Much Damage Did U.S. Strikes Do to Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site? - The New York Times

The Crazy Play That’s About to Drive the NFL Completely Haywire - WSJ

Pen Show Schedule – The Well-Appointed Desk

What It Looks Like to Support a Big Family on a Working-Class Income in America - WSJ This week, we’re bringing you stories about what it costs to raise a child in 2025, and how families are making it work.

Anything But Pens: Hemingway Jones - YouTube

They Were Treated Like Orphans. But They Knew the Truth. - The New York Times

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Why Fried Chicken Is Taking Over Fast-Food Menus This Summer - WSJ — The theory and logic behind the chicken sandwich wars.

Former President Jimmy Carter to be honored with a stamp – USPS Employee News

Tristan Rogers, ‘General Hospital’ Actor, Dies at 79 - The New York Times — Scorpio out.

Yes, It Pays to Share a Home With Family. But Plan for Some Challenges, Too. - WSJ

New Orleans Mayor Indicted Over Allegations She Hid Relationship With Bodyguard - WSJ — Scandal!

Are immigrants eligible for government assistance? | USAFacts

U.S. Alcohol Consumption Hits New Low, Poll Finds - The New York Times

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Petition to the Supreme Court | The New Yorker — Interesting legal issue. Given the slow pace of indictment, trial, and appeal, it is only now that the Supreme Court might consider the question that the case has raised from the start: Does one U.S. Attorney’s agreement on behalf …

20 Favorite Things! Pens, Sneakers, More! - YouTube — I’ve gotta make a video like this.

An update on Blood Oxygen for Apple Watch in the U.S. - Apple

The Astonishing Toughness of the Army’s Best Rangers - The Atlantic This event is not well known. It is not televised. Not one participant is sponsored by Nike. But the Best Ranger Competition may be the hardest physical competition in the world. Fifty-two teams of two soldiers each start the …

Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo’s 8-Bit Masterpiece — Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.

‘Cheat sheets’ in penalty shootouts: What’s on them, how ’keepers make theirs and why they can be controversial - The Athletic The evolution of these sheets mirrors the broader data revolution in football. What started as instinct and memory has become a blend of video analysis, statistical …

Michael Jordan to Join NBC As Special NBA Contributor Beginning in Fall

What If A.I. Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This? | The New Yorker

Minimalist Home Tour | Joshua Fields Millburn - YouTube

250 Square Feet: Joshua Fields Millburn’s Aggressively Minimalist Home - YouTube

NFL Rules Changes for the 2025 Season - YouTube

DC Pen Show 2025 Recap - YouTube — I wish I could’ve gone.

SF Symbols | Apple Developer Documentation

I Wish I’d Never Owned A Lamy 2000! And Now I Do! Review, Design, History! - YouTube

Lamy 2000 Fountain Pen Review - YouTube

How Do You Maintain The Finish On The Lamy 2000? - Q&A Slices - YouTube — FYI

How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech - The New York Times Given decades of alarms about technology’s threats to our brains and well-being — sometimes called “digital dementia” — one might expect to start seeing negative effects. The opposite appears true. “Among the digital …

Vikings' Rondale Moore hurts knee in ‘heartbreaking’ situation - ESPN — Fragile.

What’s behind Patrick Mahomes' foray into the coffee business? - ESPN — Sell out?!?

How Your Phone Gets the Weather - The New York Times

Opinion | Seed Oils Are Fine, Really - The New York Times

Don’t Buy The Lamy 2000 Fountain Pen Before Watching This! - YouTube

President Trump Makes an Announcement, Aug. 6, 2025 - YouTube — Tim Cook bends the knee.

Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces ambitious program - Apple

What BLS Data Means for Americans’ Finances - WSJ

Photos: 13 Years on Mars - The Atlantic

Plain Text Editor — Sindre Sorhus – Love this app, too.

The NFL Is Taking a 10% Stake in Disney’s ESPN - WSJ Mickey Mouse puts on a helmet and pads. Under the terms of the agreement, ESPN will add NFL Network to its stable of sports channels. It will also distribute the NFL’s Red Zone channel to pay-TV operators, although ownership and digital …

I got it! The Lamy Jetstream refill!

Parents Are Gaming Their Kids’ Credit Scores - The Atlantic Credit scores are meant to be neutral measures of someone’s financial reliability, but in practice, they’re an easy way for some better-off families to give their children an early financial advantage. A range of services promise to help …

Private AI encyclopedia on a Raspberry Pi—DIY RAG! | Medium

Book: How Bo Nix aced Sean Payton’s QB test - ESPN

Vertex non-opioid pain candidate fails Phase 2 trial | STAT

I am going to say something very controversial — The first hour of CNBC’s Squawk on the Street from 6 am to 7 am (Pacific) is one of the most high yield hours on television. News, business, commentary, culture, comedy and drama — it’s all there.

Norse Mythology for Bostonians: Tyr Takes Fenrir to a Dog-Training Class - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

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Earning More but in Worse Shape: Hardship Overwhelms Many American Families - WSJ Nearly 10 million American children are living in poverty, the most since 2018, according to the latest Census Bureau figures from 2023. Tens of millions more—like the Meazler kids—are precariously close. Their …

Flow | A Simple Pomodoro Timer to Organize Your Everyday Work – My new favorite app. I am a believer in the Pomodoro method. I’ve let my adherence to it slide for a few months. Now, its time to get back on track.

Apple’s acclaimed comedy “Loot” to return for season three on October 15, 2025 - Apple TV+ Press

Behind the Design: The Ugmonk Capture System - YouTube

Apple Sues Jon Prosser (The TRUTH About the End of Genius Bar) w/ Sam Kohl - Geared Up 210 - YouTube — Scandal!

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Apple reports third quarter results - Apple

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Why Pre-K Is Good for a Parent’s Career - WSJ

Apple Salaries Revealed: How Much AI Staffers, Engineers Make in 2025 - Business Insider

Kamala Harris Will Not Run for California Governor in 2026 - The New York Times — Kamala aunty out.

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AI Is Wrecking an Already Fragile Job Market for College Graduates - WSJ

The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars - The New York Times

Apple’s Stock Climbed on App Store Sales, Google Payments. But a Storm Is Brewing. - WSJ

Opinion | Obama Won Record Numbers of Nonwhite Voters. This Is How the Democrats Lost Them. - The New York Times — This is an excellent op-ed, both in substance and in style

Retirement Account and Emergency Savings? 401(k)s Increasingly Play Dual Role for Many Workers. - WSJ Last year, a record 4.8% of workers in 401(k) plans took a hardship distribution for financial emergencies, up from a prepandemic average of about 2%, according to Vanguard Group. And nearly …

10 medical schools where graduates incur the most, least debt: 2025 - Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis

What makes Ichiro a Hall of Famer, from teammates, opponents - ESPN - I have two favorite players as a baseball fan. One is Pedro Martinez and the other is Ichiro.

New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution” - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

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Trump Perfects the Art of Making Powerful People Squirm on Camera - WSJ

The Winners and Losers Under Trump’s Tax Cuts - WSJ

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Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dies at age 71 - ESPN

Packers say they received record $432.6M in revenue sharing - ESPN The team’s finances are the only window into the NFL’s revenue-sharing numbers because as the only publicly owned team, the Packers are required to reveal their financial statement on an annual basis. With $432.6 …

Columbia Reaches Deal With Trump Administration to Restore Federal Funds - WSJ As part of the deal, Columbia will pay $200 million to the federal government over three years to settle allegations the school violated antidiscrimination laws.

Weekly Siegel Commentary - Weekly Siegel Commentary Powell’s Resignation Could Safeguard Fed Independence

Who doesn’t pay federal income taxes? | USAFacts In 2022, 31.4% of tax filers paid no federal individual income tax

Everything New in iOS 26 Beta 4 - MacRumors

Trump to Appear on ‘All-In,’ Silicon Valley’s Favorite Podcast - WSJ

Kuxiu’s semisolid state power bank costs a little more but lasts much longer | The Verge

The Cities Where College Grads Are Actually Landing Jobs - WSJ

Here’s What a Late-Career Layoff Looks Like in America, in 5 Charts - WSJ It is not uncommon to be laid off late in a career. Those who experience a layoff are more likely than people who quit to try to replace the jobs and salaries they lost. They are less likely to move into a new field than …

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AI 171 Crash: Should We Get More Info About What Happened In The Cockpit? | CTRL ALT Defense - EP 12 - YouTube — The best summary of the evidence so far.

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Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR - The New York Times

Sources - Steelers, T.J. Watt agree to 3-year, $123M extension - ESPN — Not so sure about this. He is near the end of his career.

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The UK Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know. - The New York Times — Nope. Better to raise the voting age to 21.

Exclusive | Air India Crash: Senior Pilot Likely Switched Off Fuel to Engines, New Details Indicate - WSJ — Could it have been the captain?

Longplay - Rediscover Your Album Collection

Merlin Mann: “There are many fascinating rum…” - Mastodon — So true.

Can A.I. Find Cures for Untreatable Diseases—Using Drugs We Already Have? | The New Yorker Next year, Fajgenbaum plans to publicly release scores for the tens of millions of drug-disease pairs that Every Cure’s A.I. platform has examined. For virtually any disease, researchers, doctors, and …

Sinner vs. Alcaraz Is the Best Rivalry in Sports—and Yes, I Mean All of Sports - WSJ

Is “The Phoenician Scheme” Wes Anderson’s Most Emotional Film? | The New Yorker

War and Peace - Simplified Names Edition

How much food does the US export? | USAFacts

The Annual Agony of Yearning for a Homegrown Wimbledon Champion | The New Yorker

WWDC 2001: Make it Aqua - 512 Pixels

Launch: History Book - And a Dinosaur

Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Targets $1.7 Trillion Student-Loan Program - WSJ

Can Pittsburgh’s Old Steel Mills Be Turned Into an AI Hub? - WSJ

Amazon.com: Abscond: A Short Story eBook : Verghese, Abraham: Kindle Store — I highly recommend this short story. One the best I’ve read in a long time (Amazon affiliate link)

Deductible Car Loan Interest in the New 2025 Trump Tax Law

Apple Offers as Much as $150 Million for Formula One U.S. Rights - WSJ

Air India Plane’s Fuel Was Cut Off Before Crash, Report Confirms - WSJ — This was intentional. Not human error; not a design error; not a mechanical failure.

What’s Brilliant About the New ‘Superman’ - The Atlantic — okay, okay… I’ll watch it.

macOS Tahoe finally puts the Spotlight where it belongs | Macworld — This is my favorite feature of the betas.

The Deadliest Stroad in America “The places with the most pedestrian deaths tend to look like US-19 in one way or another: high-speed, with multiple lanes, and lots of commercial and residential development around them,” Cogan wrote. “Three-quarters of them are bordered by low-income areas, where …

To Scale: TIME - YouTube

To Scale: THE SOLAR SYSTEM - YouTube

Solving the Three Body Problem - YouTube

How Vintage Coca-Cola Imagines The American Dream - YouTube

Trump Fuels Fear Among Immigrant Farm Workers in California’s Central Valley - The New York Times

F1’s Red Bull Fires Longtime Chief Christian Horner - WSJ — Horny out.

Christian Horner sacked as Red Bull chief, team confirms - ESPN — Simply lovely.

Daring Fireball: Jeff Williams, 62, Is Retiring as Apple’s COO — Apple’s executive team is too old.

Stellar Duo - NASA

EM Resident Test Performance Plummets Over Past Year EM Resident Test Performance Plummets Over Past Year

Beyond Ibuprofen: Precision NSAIDs in the ED Beyond Ibuprofen: Precision NSAIDs in the ED

What’s in the “One Big Beautiful Bill”? | USAFacts — Too tired to read the 900 page bill. Read this excellent summary.

How to Set Up the Must-Have iOS 17.3 Stolen Device Protection Feature | Reviews by Wirecutter

How Public Health Discredited Itself - The Atlantic Although many skeptics have overreacted, rejecting sound science in favor of quack theories, they’ve gotten one thing right: A noble profession has been corrupted by politics. This became obvious during the pandemic, but the politicization of the …

Photos: Deadly Flooding in Texas - The Atlantic

F1: The Movie - Box Office Mojo

Lego built F1 trophies for the British Grand Prix. Here’s how they did it - The Athletic

Where Are the Men in Boys’ Lives? - The New York Times

Ollie Bearman hit with 10-place grid drop for British Grand Prix after red flag infringement in final practice

Late-Career Job Losses Are Blurring What Retirement Looks Like in America - WSJ

Nobody Suspected Police Shielded a Killer Until the Dead Man’s Sister Dug In - WSJ - Part three. Amazing investigative journalism by WSJ. Make sure you read parts one and two.

America Has Pulled Off the Impossible. It Made Getting a Passport Simple. - WSJ

The David Beckham Statue Prank - YouTube

How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill Will and Won’t Change Your Taxes - WSJ

Readers Choose Their Top Movies of the 21st Century - The New York Times — This list is better than the original version.

The Best Way to Take RMDs From Your Retirement Accounts - WSJ For most investors, we found that an equal-installments strategy is best—where one pulls an equal amount of money out of the market each month throughout the year. But if you are an investor who has a high degree of risk tolerance and …

Jobs report June 2025: Nonfarm payrolls increased a seasonally adjusted 147,000 for the month, higher than the estimate for 110,000 and just above the upwardly revised 144,000 in May

The State of NATO’s Military Spending, Explained in 7 Charts - WSJ

The 100 best books of the 21st century | Books | The Guardian — From 2019

How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy - The New York Times

Leave San Francisco Behind. 3 Great Day Trips to Take This Summer. - WSJ

How has TCJA impacted individual income taxes? | USAFacts When TCJA was passed in 2017, the average effective federal individual income tax rate — the percentage of their income most taxpayers pay in taxes — was 14.4%. In 2018, it dropped to 13.0%. By 2022, the average effective federal income …

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The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting - The Atlantic

Heir Ball: How the Cost of Youth Sports Is Changing the N.B.A. | The New Yorker

How a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling - The New York Times

The Dyson PencilVac Fluffycones™ cleaner | Global Premiere - YouTube — Fluffycones

A.I. Videos Have Never Been Better. Can You Tell What’s Real? - The New York Times

The Unlikely Stocks That Drove the Market to a Record High - WSJ

DADDY’S HOME: President Donald J. Trump Attends the NATO Summit, 2025

Opinion | In the Quest to Shrink NASA, Trump Forgets National Security - The New York Times The choice before us is stark: cut support to NASA and shrink from the unknown, or step boldly toward it and champion the agency to take us there.

After U.S. and Israeli Strikes, Could Iran Make a Nuclear Bomb? - The New York Times

ICE Arrests Have Sharply Risen In Every State Since Trump Took Office - The New York Times The pace of arrests has increased in every state compared with 2024. In 21 states and the District of Columbia, the pace has more than tripled.

[(1) Aaron on X: “Apple just released a 7 minute video and an 81 slide presentation on how to convince your parents to buy you a Mac for college. The presentation is available on Apple’s website as a Keynote, PowerPoint, and Google Slides file. t.co/aMQwvBJnt…” / …

Do You See Craters or Bumps on the Moon’s Surface? - The New York Times

Attacks ‘Effectively Destroyed’ Iran’s Program - WSJ

What Condo Owners Should Know Before a Special Assessment Hits - WSJ

Cannabis Users Face Substantially Higher Risk of Heart Attack - American College of Cardiology

Daring Fireball: Sorry, MacOS Tahoe Beta 2 Still Does the Finder Icon Dirty — The finder icon is sacrosanct.

Real Doctors of New York Spill Their Guts - The New York Times

A Wedding Reveals How Much Help Is Really Available to You - The Atlantic

How AI is Ruining the Electric Grid - YouTube

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Revisiting the Aqua Introduction - 512 Pixels

Exclusive | Nearly 2 Million Student-Loan Borrowers Risking Wage Garnishment for Past-Due Payments - WSJ

Financial Literacy for Dummies (Like Me) with JL Collins - YouTube

Vera Rubin Telescope Quickly Found 1,200 New Asteroids - The New York Times

300 Best Movies of All Time | Rotten Tomatoes

How Trump Decided to Strike Iran - The New York Times It was almost entirely a deception. Mr. Trump had all but made up his mind to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, and the military preparations were well underway for the complex attack. Less than 30 hours after Ms. Leavitt relayed his statement, he …

Cal Newport On Kids And Smartphones (What Age Is Safest to Get a Device?) - YouTube

Forever ✱ Notes - A free framework for Apple Notes

Here Are the Three Iranian Nuclear Sites the U.S. Attacked - The New York Times

What’s The MORAL Of The Lord Of The Rings? - YouTube

WATCH LIVE: President Trump addresses the nation after U.S. bombs 3 Iranian nuclear sites - YouTube — Historic.

BTS Is Back Together. Does It Still Rule K-Pop? - The New York Times

Ankur Nagpal on X: “A mind blowing stat: Jerry Buss bought the Lakers for $67M in 1979, and just exited for 149 times his money at $10B in 2025 Sounds like a lot, right? That is somehow less than he would have made simply indexing the S&P 500 over that time period ($13B)” / X

How Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for ‘F1’ | WIRED

Why Captain Picard Is Awesome - YouTube — Yes, yes, yes!

Airbnb Revolutionized Travel. Can Brian Chesky Redesign Your Entire Life? - WSJ

All the Hollywood Action Is Happening Everywhere But Hollywood - WSJ

Federal Debt and How the U.S. Government Pays for It, in 8 Charts - WSJ — Excellent review of US government debt funding mechanisms.

Social Security Retirement and Disability Trust Funds Could Be Insolvent by 2034, New Report Says - WSJ — 9 years away from insolvency!

Browns rookie Shedeur Sanders cited for driving 101 mph - ESPN — Never a good sign.

Star Wars Origins - The award-winning, Mark Hamill rated “epic masterpiece” - Star Wars Fan Film - YouTube

Who are the nation’s teachers? Key insights in five charts | USAFacts

What does it cost the IRS to collect taxes? | USAFacts — $0.34 per $100.

Meet Liquid Glass - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

WWDC25: The Bento Boxes - 512 Pixels

Gemini 2.5 model family expands – The best AI right now

Arnold Schwarzenegger & Patrick Schwarzenegger | Actors on Actors - YouTube

Arnold Schwarzenegger & Ronnie Coleman TRAIN Again at Golds Gym - YouTube – Yeah buddy! Lightweight baby!

What Caused the Air India Plane Crash? Here’s What Investigators Are Examining. - The New York Times

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri discuss their collision late in Canadian Grand Prix | ESPN F1 - YouTube — Lando Norris shows great honor. Every athlete can learn from this.

Trump Card - Pathway to American Citizenship — The website is up. Let all your friends know.

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger — The best UI ever!

The Most Famous (TV) Doctor Of All Time | Noah Wyle - YouTube

For Father’s Day, an Ode to Funny Dad Texts - The New York Times

How Amy Coney Barrett Is Confounding the Right and the Left - The New York Times Her apartness shows in her votes and her signature move of joining only slices of her colleagues’ opinions. She agrees with most of the supermajority’s outcomes, but sometimes writes to say they took the wrong route to …

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Siskel and Ebert review Star Wars 1977 - YouTube

The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2025 - YouTube

Apple Execs on AI Setbacks, What Went Wrong with Siri and More (Full Interview) | WSJ - YouTube

Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful - The Athletic

Ex-WR Antonio Brown sought on attempted murder charge, report says - ESPN

He’s the Best Pitcher in Baseball—and He Can’t Win a Game - WSJ

Liquid Glass — Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design - Apple

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From Chaos to Cohesion: How Apple’s 2025 WWDC Changed Everything - YouTube

Apple Execs Defend Siri Delays, AI Plan and Apple Intelligence | WSJ - YouTube

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Google’s New AI Tools Are Crushing News Sites - WSJ — Massive changes coming for news sites. Google is shifting from being a search engine to an answer engine,” Thompson said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “We have to develop new strategies.” 

Jamie Petrone’s $40M scheme at Yale uncovered after tip, documents show — Ah, the alma mater has a bit of trouble.

WWDC25: macOS Tahoe Breaks Decades of Finder History - 512 Pixels — Aww hell naw!

Locations of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution

How Healthy Is Chicken Breast? - The New York Times

Tennis Was Supposed to Get Boring. Nobody Told Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. - WSJ How close was Sinner to winning Sunday? Let me put it this way: with three match points in the fourth set, I was so certain he was going to do it, I began pestering my Paris-side Journal colleague Joshua Robinson …

Hot Toys Obi Wan Kenobi Special Edition Figure Unboxing | First Look - YouTube

Physicality: the new age of UI

The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology - WSJ But the colonel was on a mission—of disinformation. The photos were doctored, the now-retired officer confessed to the Pentagon investigators in 2023. The whole exercise was a ruse to protect what was really going on at Area 51: …

Test Yourself Against These Teen Personal-Finance Whizzes, Round 2 - WSJ

Aaron Rodgers plans to sign with Steelers, sources say - ESPN — Nope, not a championship winning signing.

Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet | Lex Fridman Podcast #471 - YouTube – Great interview. Compare and contrast with Satya Nadella and Tim Cook.

Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Pursue Reverse Discrimination Claims - WSJ — unanimous decision

Trump Orders Investigation of Biden and His Aides - The New York Times President Trump ordered his White House counsel and the attorney general on Wednesday to investigate former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his staff in Mr. Trump’s latest attempt to stoke outlandish conspiracy theories about …

Typing Resources: Learning to Type FAST in 5 Days - 150+ wpm Guide from MKBHD Team - YouTube Keybr.com – Typing Practice Monkeytype | A minimalistic, customizable typing test

The Biggest Misconception in Football - YouTube — I remember once a football coach told me, “it’s all about the RPMs.”

Biomedical Scientist Answers New Pseudoscience Questions | Tech Support | WIRED - YouTube

About Optimized Battery Charging on Apple Watch - Apple Support

TOP 10 | Nielsen

The One, Big, Beautiful Bill – The White House

Love him or hate him, you got to admit that he has a lot of style. The new official presidential portrait.

The Rush to Take Modular Homes Mainstream in Disaster-Ravaged Areas - WSJ

Why Boys Are Behind in School From the Start - The New York Times Taken together, these changes set boys on a disadvantaged path throughout school. Jayanti Owens, who studies inequality in schools at the Yale School of Management, has found that boys’ behavior at ages 4 and 5 predicted the amount …

How Joe Biden Handed the Presidency to Donald Trump | The New Yorker “We got so screwed by Biden, as a party,” David Plouffe, who helped run the Harris campaign, told us. Plouffe had served as Senator Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign manager in 2008 and as a senior adviser to President Obama …

What We Get Wrong About Violent Crime | The New Yorker

SHOPPING FOR INDIAN CLOTHES - With Rajiv Surendra - YouTube — A must watch.

Berkshire Hathaway’s Other Succession Question: How to Replace Warren Buffett’s Insurance Mastermind? - WSJ

The Discerning Drinker’s Guide to American Rosés - WSJ

Needing Dollars, Iran-Backed Militias Turn to Visa and Mastercard - WSJ — “It’s everywhere you want to be”

Other Trump White House Food Acronyms - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency The term ‘TACO,’ short for Trump Always Chickens Out, has been used to describe how markets tumble on the president’s tariff threats, then rebound when he gives way.”

How to make sure you get the right version of The Simple Path to Wealth - JLCollinsnh

U.S. Postal Service Releases Dog Bite National Rankings - Newsroom - About.usps.com

How to Think About COVID-19 Vaccines in the Era of R.F.K., Jr. | The New Yorker

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What are F1 flexi-wings and why do new FIA tests matter so much this season? - The Athletic

Skyline — Basic Apple Guy Skyline is a brand-new collection of gradient wallpapers shaped by the calm, colour, and movement of clouds

Sky — Holy shit!

The Surprising Health Benefits of Good Posture (Beyond Just Your Back) - WSJ

Justice David Souter Was the Antithesis of the Present | The New Yorker A creature of reliable routine, Justice Souter got to work in the morning, and soon came into the room where the clerks sat—and where the drip-coffee machine lived. Its placement there must have been a deliberate way to build …

Rafael Nadal tribute ceremony | Roland-Garros 2025 - YouTube – Greatness

How the Student Loan Crisis Will Show Up in the Economy - WSJ — I see two key mistakes in this fiasco: Allowing students to go into debt for majors without good economic prospects. Allowing a pause in repayments in the first place. I oppose any further forbearance or any discharge of student …

En kulturkanon för Sverige - En kulturkanon för Sverige — I added IKEA meatballs and ligonberry to this list.

Americans Don’t Eat Enough Fiber. Here’s Why That Worries Nutrition Experts - WSJ

They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back. - WSJ

The Week That Derailed Joe Biden’s Post-Presidency - WSJ

The Prince, His Money Manager and the Corruption Scandal Rocking Monaco - WSJ — Now this is a scandal!

These Are the U.S. Universities Most Dependent on International Students - The New York Times

Ask for me - Search Labs — Why can’t Siri do this?

Google I/O 2025: Sundar Pichai’s opening keynote

Monaco GP track breakdown: F1’s crown jewel of risk, precision and rich history - The Athletic

How a Growing U.S. Deficit Could Hurt American Households - WSJ

Yes, You Have Too Much Money in That One Hot Stock - WSJ

US Federal Spending: US National Debt Trends and Causes - YouTube

A 70 Year-Old Man’s Experience With Antiaging Skincare - WSJ

The Brilliance of the DAILY NOTE - YouTube — The Daily Note. Genius.

Is There a Least Bad Alcohol? - The New York Times — In short, no.

F1 Calendar 2025 - Formula One Race Times and Dates — Create an F1 calendar here.

Joe Biden Had Unrivaled Medical Care. How Did His Cancer Go Undetected? - WSJ

Hypercritical: Apple Turnover

The Inside Story of Trump’s Search for a New Air Force One - The New York Times

‘Sesame Street’ Strikes Deal With Netflix for New Episodes - WSJ — Still one the best shows on TV. It’s how I learned how to read and write English.

After a Mexican Navy Ship Crashed Into the Brooklyn Bridge, New Details Emerge - The New York Times

The Coyotes of San Francisco - The New York Times

College Boom Towns Go Bust as Enrollment Declines Batter Local Economies - WSJ

SLATE Auto | The Customizable EV That Works for You

Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer - The New York Times

Biden’s Interview With Hur Confirms What Many Suspected - The New York Times

Opinion | The Tragedy of Joe Biden - The New York Times

Sources – Brock Purdy, 49ers agree to 5-year, $265M deal - ESPN — Nope. Not going to win a Superbowl.

New Apple CarPlay Ultra: Apple Just Took Over Your Car! - YouTube – This should be standard in every new car.

Strategies for Keeping Trauma at Bay with Rob Orman, MD - EB Medicine – A must listen episode. The job of physician is tough. Here is a frank conversation about how it affects our mental health and how to deal with and what happens if we don’t deal with it.

GitHub - DamascenoRafael/reminders-menubar: Simple macOS menu bar application to view and interact with reminders. Developed with SwiftUI and using Apple Reminders as a source. – My new favorite way to create new to-do items

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment - The New York Times

Let He Who Is Without Yeezys Cast the First Stone - The New York Times

Cadillac’s F1 team takes shape: Inside the race to launch America’s 2026 contender - The Athletic

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How Healthy Are Americans? Chronic Disease, Life Expectancy and Healthcare in Charts. - WSJ

Exclusive | Warren Buffett Reveals He Stepped Down After Finally Feeling His Age - WSJ

‘Andor’ Was the Reawakening Star Wars Needed - The Atlantic — Andor is one of the great shows of all time. It’s major artistic achievement.

UCLA Medical School and Racial Bias - WSJ

Book Review: ‘Original Sin,’ by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson - The New York Times

It’s Not Just a Feeling: Data Shows Boys and Young Men Are Falling Behind - The New York Times

NASA’s Don Pettit Shot 220 Days of Amazing Photos From the I.S.S. - The New York Times

Mavericks win NBA draft lottery with 1.8% odds - ESPN — Rigged. Everybody knows it.

In the Dark: Season 3 | The New Yorker — Amazing. Pulitzer Prize Winner for audio reporting.

Stardom in the Ring, but an Early Death for Wrestlers Like Sabu - The New York Times — Steriods.

How Deportations Work in the U.S., a Visual Guide - WSJ

Bosses Talk Tough About Workers as Power Shifts in The Workplace: ‘Everybody’s Replaceable’ - WSJ

Humans Evolved to Like ‘Likes’ - WSJ

Warren Buffett’s Unparalleled Investing Record—in Charts - WSJ

David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, Dies at 85 - The New York Times

Bill Gates Explains His Plans to Close the Gates Foundation in 2045 - The New York Times — Big mistake.

Biden, on ‘The View,’ Blames Sexism for Harris’s 2024 Election Loss - The New York Times — Denial.

Warren Buffett on America, Life and Money. A Charlie Rose Global Conversation - YouTube — Warren Buffett … for the hour.

Supercharge — Sindre Sorhus – My new favorite app.

Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions | Lex Fridman Podcast #468 - YouTube — I love this stuff. The physics of the very large can be best explained by the physics of the very small.

4K Star Wars Ep.VI - Return of the Jedi ‘Despecialized’: Space Battle of Endor Supercut - YouTube

Choose Your Own Adventure (Endings Only) - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Collections Are Coming for Student-Loan Debt. Your Paychecks Could Be Garnished. - WSJ The Trump administration says it doesn’t have the authority to wipe away student debt and must collect on it.

Is Your Home Going to Rise or Fall in Price This Year? It Depends a Lot on the Location - WSJ

Trump Battles Universities, but Especially Harvard and the Ivy League - The New York Times — The President has a strange relationship with the Ivy League. He’s one of them, but he’s not a fan of them.

What the Top-Earning 5% of Millennials Did Differently - WSJ

Remind Faster – The Brooks Review — My new favorite app. Link to App Store

Don’t Underestimate Apple’s Shot at On-Device Medical AI - MacSparky — I’m hearing similar rumors through another little birdie.

The Seven-Year Rule - MacSparky

The Simple Path to Wealth — The new, updated edition.

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xkcd: Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object

Updated guidelines now available - Latest News - Apple Developer The App Review Guidelines have been updated for compliance with a United States court decision regarding buttons, external links, and other calls to action in apps. These changes affect apps distributed on the United States storefront …

Warren Buffett Plans to Step Down as Berkshire CEO at Year-End - WSJ

Former Fetterman Aide Expressed Concern to Doctor About Senator’s Mental Health - The New York Times

The Potent Powder and ‘Narco-Subs’ Driving Cocaine’s Global Surge - WSJ

Mark Twain Was the Original American Celebrity - WSJ

The Case of Anna H. | The New Yorker

A Life-Changing Scientific Study Ended by the Trump Administration | The New Yorker

Messes Must Be Cleaned Up

Gross Domestic Product, 1st Quarter 2025 (Advance Estimate) | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) -0.3%

Apple reports second quarter results - Apple

208: March Forward, One Foot In Front Of The Other. With Jason McCarthy - YouTube

The official US Government Ballpoint Pen!

The White Coat Investor | Avoiding the Money Mistakes That Sink Physicians

Who Decides How Much You Pay for College? Here’s How Tuition Costs Are Set. - The New York Times

‘Not Something I Ever Envisioned’: How the LeBron-Luka Experiment Shockingly Collapsed - WSJ

Formula One’s Long Race to a Build an American Grand Prix Fandom - WSJ

The International Space Station Is Too Clean, and Astronauts Are Getting Sick - WSJ — Fascinating. Lesson: don’t be too clean.

100 Days of Trump Style - The New York Times

Metformin and Anti-Aging: What to Know - The New York Times

What Makes You Happy? Take our quiz. - The New York Times

Daring Fireball: Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Rules, in Excoriating Decision, That Apple Violated Her 2021 Court Order Regarding App Store Anti-Steering Provisions

Watch Andor | Full Episodes | Disney+ — Andor is something very special.

The Read And Recall Technique - Learn Everything You Study - YouTube — How I’ve been studying since high school. Excellent summary of the technique.

Lewis Hamilton Plus Ferrari Was a Match Made in F1 Heaven. Well, Not So Fast. - WSJ

How Ron Dennis Turned McLaren’s F1 Team Into a Dynasty - WSJ

World of Statistics on X: “Warren Buffett now owns 5% of all US Treasury bills, a larger holding than the Fed itself.” / X — Consider this!

The Missteps That Led to a Fatal Plane Crash at Reagan National Airport - The New York Times

How to Throw a Football by Tom Brady - YouTube

How to Make Squats Easier on Your Knees - The New York Times

Behind the scenes of President Donald J. Trump’s Time Magazine cover 🔥/ X

Protein Guide and Calculator: Find Out if You’re Getting Enough in Your Meals - The New York Times

Astronomers Discover Tatooine-Like Planet With Two Suns - WSJ

For Baby Strollers, There’s No Way Around China Tariffs - WSJ

TOM CRUISE RUNNING IN MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SINCE 1996 - YouTube

Tipping Is Everywhere and Consumers Are Fed Up. Here’s How Some Are Coping. - WSJ

The Eclipse | Smithsonian American Art Museum

Lazy Sunday - SNL Digital Short - YouTube — Classic

America’s Richest 19 Households Control a Record Share of Wealth: The Rise of the Ultra Wealthy - WSJ — Fascinating chart at end of article. The top 50% owns 97% and the bottom 50% owns 3%. This is the true divide in America.

Paper My current system, the first one I actually like, is this: Buy three-hole punched printer paper. Write on it. Everything goes into a single-three ringed notebook in chronological order, no exceptions. When that notebook is full, take the paper out, put a sheet of brown cardstock on …

The Cost of Defunding Harvard | The New Yorker — A disappointing article from Gawande. He has lost his edge. Yeah, the DOGE cuts are not good for medical research. But he needs to talk about solutions and discuss wasteful spending in federally funded research. The Old Gawande would have given a more …

The Impossible Four-Hour Test You Need to Pass to Become a Tariff Pencil Pusher - WSJ

What is a Photopolymer Letterpress Plate? – Hoban Cards

The Unspoken Reason Why Many Doctors and Nurses Are Quitting | TIME

[The White House on X: “THE 2025 WHITE HOUSE EASTER EGG ROLL IS LIT 🔥🕺 #WHEasterEggRoll t.co/L1mQxapa8…” / X](https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1914383920973443390)

Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Are Behind on Payments - The New York Times

The Obtuse Triangle - The New York Times

Starting at 40? Here’s the Exact Investing Plan I’d Use - YouTube

Pepsi vs. Coke: How The Soda Rivals Are Faring in the Tariff War - WSJ

How Police Promised to Shield Scott Spivey’s Killer Weldon Boyd - WSJ — Part 2

Go Delete Yourself From the Internet. Seriously, Here’s How. - WSJ — Added to my to-do list

Mexico Border Crossings Grind to Halt as Trump’s Tough Policies Take Hold - WSJ

Amazon Is Better Prepared for the Trade War Than Investors Think - WSJ

Questioning Biden’s Capacities Was Taboo a Year Ago. Now It’s Everywhere. - WSJ

Police Say He Killed in Self-Defense. His Phone Tells Another Story. - WSJ

Opinion | To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First - The New York Times — Amazing visualizations!

5 Good Reasons to Buy Store-Brand Beer—from Costco to Trader Joe’s - WSJ

Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet - The New York Times

They Are Hot, Upwardly Mobile Jobs. Here’s Why They Are So Hard to Fill. - WSJ

Federal Income Tax Brackets: How Americans Pay Taxes - YouTube

Airborne microplastics enter plant leaves and end up in our food

Trump Is In ‘Excellent’ Physical Condition, Doctor’s Report Says After Annual Exam - WSJ The letter from the presidential physician said the president took a Montreal Cognitive Assessment and received a score of 30/30. 

Income Taxes and Brackets: How Your Tax Rate Actually Works - WSJ

The White Potus - SNL - YouTube

Gunshot Wound to the Chest Emergency - YouTube

The Launch of the Torpedo Bat | The New Yorker

F. Scott Fitzgerald, That Sad Young Man | The New Yorker — The New Yorker Profile — Always a sign that you’ve made it in this world.

“I Am Seeing My Community of Researchers Decimated” | The New Yorker

How a Secretive Gambler Called ‘The Joker’ Took Down the Texas Lottery - WSJ

How Much Vaccination Stops a Measles Outbreak? - The New York Times

In India’s Rajasthan, Some Pay Thousands to Stay at a Palace Hotel. I Didn’t. - WSJ

Giant Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie | Samantha Seneviratne | NYT Cooking - YouTube

America’s Toughest Tee Time Is a Public Course in Nebraska - WSJ — Beautiful. I put myself on the waiting list for a tee time.

Young Women Are Cutting Back. That’s an Ominous Sign for the Economy. - WSJ

How to Make Major Investment Decisions Right Now From Mortgages to Stocks - WSJ

‘The Great Gatsby’ Is 100, and as Fresh as Ever - The New York Times — The greatest novel ever.

DOGE Touts Cuts, but Government Spending Continues to Climb - WSJ

Gisnep | Daily Quotefall Dropquote Puzzle

A Frenzy at Trader Joe’s: ‘Everyone’s Here for the Tote Bags’ - The New York Times

Golfer Michael Kim Answers: What’s It Like on the Professional Golf Tour? - WSJ

How Office Design Will Use Color to Boost Workplace Productivity and Mood - WSJ

How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About You - The New York Times

The Misen Carbon Nonstick Pan by Misen — Kickstarter – This is a major technological advance.

Is More Protein Better for You? Fact-Checking Claims on Social Media - The New York Times

Why Musk vs. Navarro Matters - WSJ

Opinion | Are Embryos Property or People? Even the Courts Don’t Know. - The New York Times

I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information With ICE - The New York Times

Navy SEAL. Harvard Doctor. NASA Astronaut. Don’t Tell Mom About This Overachiever. - WSJ — This guy is my hero!

Deja vu all over again - JLCollinsnh

The 3 Best Credit Cards You Should Be Using in 2025 - YouTube

[Tom Cruise on X: “Every choice, every mission, has all led to this. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. May 23, 2025. t.co/iqnyJGkWR…” / X](https://x.com/TomCruise/status/1909229743993770106) — You know what they say: If a trailer is good, the movie is even better

Environmentalists Are Rethinking Nuclear. Should They? | The New Yorker

The Dire Wolf Is Back | The New Yorker

Protecting the National Airspace, Post-DOGE | The New Yorker

The Pandemic Is Not the Only Reason U.S. Students Are Losing Ground - The New York Times

A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT | OpenAI

Lesson 1: How to start projects you’ll actually finish - Scott H Young

Americans Buy a Crazy Amount of Cheap Stuff. It’s Costing Us Dearly. - WSJ

Light Phone III | The Light Phone – Is it time to get a new phone?

Do Babies Make Memories? Brain Scans Show Infants Remember More Than We Thought - WSJ — My very first memory: Preschool, playing with a blue Tonka truck. And, I lost one of its wheels. Very upsetting at the time.

‘The Pitt’ Isn’t Your Typical Streaming Show. That’s Part of Why It Works. - WSJ

[The White House on X: “LIBERATION DAY RECIPROCAL TARIFFS 🇺🇸 t.co/ODckbUWKv…” / X](https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1907533090559324204)

NYC’s First New Subway Map in Decades Looks Mighty Familiar - The New York Times

Exclusive | Trump’s Attorney Studied Options for Third Term as President - WSJ

Opinion | I.V.F., Gene Selection and Embryo Screening: Is This the Future of Making Babies? - The New York Times

How Costco’s Kirkland Signature Brand Became a Powerhouse - WSJ

The Muscle Principles: A Smarter Path to Strength, Size, Recovery, and – Arnold’s Pump Club

US Federal Government Spending By Agency - YouTube

How a New Axis Called CRINK Is Working Against America - WSJ

How “The Great Gatsby” Took Over Pop Culture - The New York Times

Americans Will Never Quit Soda - The Atlantic

Penn hires ex-Iowa coach Fran McCaffery to restore program - ESPN

How a Diverging Housing Market Is Ruled by Location - WSJ

Taxpayers Spent Billions Covering the Same Medicaid Patients Twice - WSJ — What a mess!

Mac - Lumon Terminal Pro - Apple

Star Wars Quotes That I, a Federal Employee, Would Like to Say to Elon Musk - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Millions of Student-Loan Borrowers’ Credit Scores Set to Drop as Delinquencies Rise - WSJ After payments resumed, the volume of past-due loans quickly returned to prepandemic levels and reached a new high of 15.6% by 2024, with more than $250 billion in delinquent debt held by 9.7 million borrowers …

The Quintessentially American Story of Indian Pizza | The New Yorker

Behind the Mac: Editing Severance | Apple - YouTube

Why Would Anyone Run a Marathon? - The Atlantic

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal - The Atlantic

23andMe Went From a $6 Billion Giant to Bankruptcy. Its Former CEO Won’t Walk Away. - WSJ

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference returns the week of June 9 - Apple

Trump Defends Mike Waltz After Signal Group Chat With the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg - WSJ

The International Space Station Is Too Clean, and Astronauts Are Getting Sick - WSJ

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans - The Atlantic — Woah!

Three Hundred Years Later, a Tool from Isaac Newton Gets an Update | Quanta Magazine

China Is Ready to Blockade Taiwan. Here’s How. - WSJ

Who Medicaid Cuts Would Affect the Most, in 5 Charts - WSJ

What Happens When You Spin Pizza At 500MPH? - YouTube

‘Sesame Street’ Faces Uncertain Future Amid Funding Cuts and Layoffs - The New York Times

Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Clinton and More - The New York Times Late Friday night, he issued a memo rescinding security clearances and access to classified information for a slew of erstwhile opponents including Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Joseph R. Biden Jr. and “any …

American Women Are Giving Up on Marriage - WSJ

From ‘Woke’ Colleges to Hunter Biden and Big Law: Trump’s Week of Settling Scores - WSJ

Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider - Wikipedia

Boeing F-47 - Wikipedia

‘Severance’ Renewed for Season 3 at Apple TV+

How ‘Severance’ Uses Old Tricks to Make Its Office Hell - The New York Times

Law Firm Bends in Face of Trump Demands - The New York Times

Howard Lutnick | All-In in DC! - YouTube

Home Sales Rose 4.2% in February, Beating Expectations - WSJ

Defining rural America | McKinsey

White House Expected to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy - The New York Times

Drug Overdoses, Including Fentanyl, on the Decline - WSJ

Scott Bessent | All-In in DC! - YouTube — Worth watching. Bessent is definitely one of Trump’s better Cabinet selections.

On ‘Severance,’ the Food Is Its Own Chilling Character - The New York Times

What U.S. Green Card and Visa Holders Need to Know About Travel Risks and Recent Deportations - WSJ

Job Seekers Hit Wall of Salary Deflation - WSJ

Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India - Power, Democracy, War & Peace | Lex Fridman Podcast #460 - YouTube — This is great. Take the time and watch with your family. You can see why Americans love Prime Minister Modi.

Jocko Podcast 480: Learn To Read, Write, And Think. - YouTube — Truly excellent episode.

Sources – Free agent JuJu Smith-Schuster returning to Chiefs - ESPN — Big. Very big.

Law School Applications Surge as Students Seek Stability in Difficult Job Market - WSJ

History of F1 design: 75 years of car racing technology

Why Mark in ‘Severance’ Drives a 1997 Volvo, and More Answers from the Show’s Car Coordinators

Daring Fireball: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino — The most important article John Gruber has written in perhaps the last 10 years. Apple is cooked and in big trouble.

Trump, Hater of EVs, Says He’s Buying a Tesla - WSJ One word: Courage

Trump Is Targeting Columbia University, Further Dividing Faculty Over Campus Politics - WSJ The second conflict simmers behind the scenes: a faculty civil war that pits medical doctors and engineers against political scientists and humanities scholars over how to handle pro-Palestinian …

Fear of Trump Has Elite Law Firms in Retreat - WSJ

Opinion | A Supreme Court Case Threatens the Church-State Divide - The New York Times

Inside the Sean ’Diddy’ Combs Hotline: The Makings of a Mass Tort - The New York Times

Air Fryer Cooking Times Calculator - Convert Oven Recipes to Air Fryer

Audiologists raise concern over headphone use in young people

How Walmart Built the Biggest Threat Amazon Has Faced - WSJ

Does Dollar-Cost Averaging Work? Here’s What the Numbers Say - WSJ

Daylight saving time - Wikipedia

Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time (One Records At A Time Sessions) - YouTube

Gene Hackman Died of Heart Disease, Wife of Rodent-Borne Illness, Officials Say - WSJ

Modi Positions India as Ally in Trump’s Illegal-Immigration Fight - WSJ

PEAK DESIGN’s NEW ROLLER LUGGAGE! - YouTube

A Guide to the U.S. Weapons Systems Ukraine Stands to Lose - WSJ

Donald Trump All Time Debate Moments (Insults, Comebacks, One Liners) - YouTube

Zelensky’s Path Back to White House Would Confront Big Hurdles - WSJ

Accurate College Marketing Taglines - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Coca-Cola CEO presents Trump commemorative inauguration-themed Diet Coke bottle | Fox Business

Simple Exercises That Can Repair Tendons, Isometrics vs. Eccentrics, and More — Dr. Keith Baar - YouTube

MLB Plots a New TV Model After Striking Out With ESPN - WSJ

Exclusive | Trump to Sign Executive Order Making English Official U.S. Language - WSJ

Daylite™ Toiletry Kit - Countertop Travel Organization Gear — Bucky Recommendation

Trump ‘gold card’ visa comes with a hidden tax break for the wealthy

Modi Faces Fire for Accepting Trump’s Deportees - WSJ

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins: My Plan to Lower Egg Prices - WSJ

Supreme Court Considers Reverse-Discrimination Case Amid DEI Backlash - WSJ Amid a MAGA-led backlash to diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the Supreme Court signaled it would rule that white people and members of other majority groups who file reverse-discrimination lawsuits shouldn’t face …

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When This Stanford Professor Got Cancer, He Decided to Teach a Class About It - The New York Times

Why We Don’t Trust Doctors Like We Used To - WSJ

U.S. Economy Being Powered by the Richest 10% of Americans - WSJ

Why is Warren Buffett Hoarding So Much Cash? His Annual Letter Might Hold Clues. - WSJ

Being George Clooney Is Harder Than It Looks When people tell him it looks like it comes easily to him, he said, “It comes easy because I work really damn hard. Part of the art of doing what we do for a living is, it’s supposed to look easy.”

How to Not Pay Your Medical Bills - WSJ

Mr. Garvey Is Your Substitute Teacher - Key & Peele - YouTube

Andrew Bustamante - CIA Spy / World War 3, Money Laundering, and The Next Superpower | SRS #52 P1 - YouTube

‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special - The New York Times

GORUCK Padded Field Pockets Explained - YouTube

Attaching Carabiners Explained - YouTube

Attaching Carabiners Explained – GORUCK Blog Archive

Shawn Ryan Show Podcast - YouTube — My new favorite podcast. He is a very good interviewer. He’s able to get his guests to open up and give insight into their thought processes.

In many countries, people breathe the cleanest air in centuries. What can the rest of the world learn from this? - Our World in Data

Jan. 6 Rioters Argue Pardons Apply to Charges Including Murder Plot, Child Porn - WSJ — Unintended consequences.

Who is Karoline Leavitt? - WSJ

Gulf of America

2025 Honda Civic: The Prius Has Met Its Match - WSJ What a unit this little car is. Go ahead, wind it up and throw it into a tight corner—and be sure to drop the inside rear 18-inch wheel into that chuckhole. WHAM! The Civic’s rear end gathered itself instantly and stayed on track, registering the …

A Charlie Rose Global Conversation: Tom Friedman - YouTube — Tom Friedman… for the hour.

Migrate purchases from one Apple Account to another Apple Account - Apple Support

Daring Fireball: Apple Support: ‘About Migrating Apple Account Purchases Between Accounts’

The Pitt Is a Defiantly Different Hospital Drama | The New Republic

Tom Brady Is Back in the Super Bowl. Getting There Was Rockier Than Usual. - WSJ

People Finally Flocked to Vermont. It Didn’t Last. - WSJ

Heart Attacks Rise During the Super Bowl. You Can Take Precautions. - WSJ

Why Tom Brady Could Be Worth $375 Million in the Booth - The Atlantic

Patrick Mahomes vs. Tom Brady: If Chiefs win Super Bowl, there will be a new playoff GOAT - The Athletic

The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials, Ranked - The New York Times

208: March Forward, One Foot In Front Of The Other. With Jason McCarthy - YouTube

What are tariffs and how do they work? | USAFacts

Eagles vs Chiefs Super Bowl 59 PREVIEW - Gruden’s Pick - YouTube

The Super Bowl Has Never Seen Anything Like These Five Gigantic Humans - WSJ hom

What is Rucking? Complete Guide to Amazing Benefits & More – GORUCK

EXPOSING Biden’s Secret Plan Behind Arming Ukraine - YouTube

Drones and ‘Game Film’: Inside Chick-fil-A’s Quest to Make Fast Food Faster - WSJ

Watch Aaron Rodgers: Enigma | Netflix Official Site

Trump Pledged to Send Astronauts to Mars. Here’s Why That’s Challenging. - The New York Times

The ‘Exciting Business Opportunity’ That Ruined Our Lives - The Atlantic

The Near Misses at Airports Have Been Telling Us Something - The Atlantic

Why might prices feel high if inflation is slowing? | USAFacts

Birds vs. Behemoth: Do the Eagles Have a Super Bowl Shot Against the Chiefs? - WSJ

What’s Scarier Than Patrick Mahomes Playing Quarterback? Watching Him Run. - WSJ

Trump Says He Will Impose 25% Tariffs on Colombia in Showdown Over Deportation Flights - WSJ

CIA Now Favors Lab Leak Theory on Origins of Covid-19 - WSJ

Founding Fathers Cold Open - SNL - YouTube

India, a Big Source of Illegal Migration, Hopes to Navigate the Trump Storm - The New York Times

Americans Are Carrying Bigger Credit-Card Balances - WSJ

Where are the largest immigrant communities in the US? | USAFacts

The White House — the new White House website. Love it or hate it. No mistaking who’s in charge.

Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs PREVIEW - Gruden’s Pick - YouTube — High yield Goljan

5 Money Tips to Save Your Relationship by Ramit Sethi, Author of ‘Money for Couples’ - WSJ

Opinion | The Long Shadow of Fraud in Alzheimer’s Research - The New York Times

Best rookie NFL seasons ever: Why Jayden Daniels has a case - ESPN

Exclusive | Some Walmart Managers Get a Raise, Lifting Their Max Pay Above $600,000 - WSJ

How many executive orders has each president signed? | USAFacts

At 10 Cubed, a Restaurant on the 100th Floor, a Chef Toils in Obscurity - The New York Times

Exclusive | Inside Trump’s Oval Office—Version 2.0 - WSJ

An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2024 Election Results: Trump vs. Harris - The New York Times — This is amazing.

The Pitt (TV series) - Wikipedia — ER is back! Noah Wyle is at the helm.

How Much of the Government Can Donald Trump Dismantle? | The New Yorker The Biden Administration’s recent actions include extending protection from deportation for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, and blocking oil and gas drilling across more than six hundred million acres of federal waters. …

What Happens When Your House Burns Down and You Still Have a Mortgage? - WSJ

Jane Fonda, Yoga and ‘Pumping Iron’: How the 1970s Changed Fitness Forever - The New York Times

A Secret Way to Fight Off Stomach Bugs - The Atlantic — Soap

Delta Sky Club Access Gets More Exclusive - WSJ — The only domestic lounges that I like are the American Airlines Admirals Lounges.

What Happened to Enrollment at Top Colleges After Affirmative Action Ended - The New York Times

What Happened When an Extremely Offline Person Tried TikTok | The New Yorker

Coach Prime to the Dallas Cowboys? A Potential Reunion Has the NFL Buzzing - WSJ — let’s make this happen!

Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs - WSJ — I don’t buy this article. Not every grad can get employment in Tech and Consulting. I wonder how many of these grads are trying to apply in the Midwest and South, in less fancy industries, and at smaller, private companies.

They Stole Yogi Berra’s World Series Rings. Then They Did Something Really Crazy. - The Atlantic

GitHub - Monkfishare/New_Yorker: The New Yorker epub/pdf 纽约客 Last year on branches/2024

Exclusive | An Offline L.A. Water Reservoir Has Repeatedly Needed Repairs - WSJ

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s 2024 Pay Rises 18% to $74.6 Million - WSJ — I’ll say it: “Underpaid. A great deal for Apple shareholders.”

John Fetterman: A Democrat Who Can Talk Trump, or a Reckless Maverick? - WSJ — Smart strategy. Keep your enemies close. “It’s like our phasers are set at freakout,” Fetterman said of Democrats, using a “Star Trek” reference. “You have a right to react any way you want, but I’m not that guy, and I …

What Matters More for Longevity: Genes or Lifestyle? - The New York Times

Trump Is Right That Pax Americana Is Over - The Atlantic — This article encapsulates what I’ve be thinking since Election Day.

Palisades fire flare-up forces more evacuations as L.A. reels from staggering losses - Los Angeles Times Law enforcement sources told The Times that it’s likely many of the small fires will turn out to have been the work of arson.

I Live My Life a Quarter Century at a Time – Three Letter Acronym

Los Angeles fires: the damage in maps, video and images | California wildfires | The Guardian

The Ravens still need Justin Tucker - ESPN

See How the Palisades Fire Turned Into a Historic Blaze - WSJ

Southern California wildfires burn thousands of homes; fire weather ongoing - Los Angeles Times

Terry Tate, Office Linebacker - YouTube

California Has Long Been Trump’s Punching Bag. Now Los Angeles Needs His Help. - WSJ

Which Americans are struggling to make ends meet? | USAFacts

How much land do wildfires burn in the US? | USAFacts

The NFL’s Hottest New Offense Is the Oldest Trick in the Book - WSJ What explains the success of these backs are defenses that have grown ripe for them to exploit. A league analysis earlier this year found that teams were placing two safeties deep on 63% of snaps, versus 44% in 2019, in order to …

A Montana Hospital Let Dr. Thomas Weiner Continue Practicing Despite Concerns — ProPublica — Sad!

The Cases Against Trump: A Guide - The Atlantic — Looks like Trump has won or will win in almost all of the cases.

Healthcare Stocks Are Down and Out. Opportunities Abound. - WSJ

Are Ultra-Processed Foods Killing Us? | The New Yorker

Girls Are Losing Ground to Boys Now at School, Test Scores Show - WSJ

Biden Awards 18 Medals of Freedom, and Delivers One Unmistakable Message - The New York Times

Why Breakfast Is Busting Your Food Budget - WSJ

See How Much NYC’s Congestion Pricing Plan Will Cost You - The New York Times — Unnecessarily complex.

How Barnes and Noble made a comeback by revitalizing its philosophy - YouTube

NFL playoff picture: Steve Kornacki examines NFC, AFC races in Week 17 | FNIA | NFL on NBC - YouTube

20 Years Later, a Look at The New York Times’ 52 Places to Go - The New York Times

Your Body Has 30 Trillion Genomes - The Atlantic

Evidence Against Drinking Has Grown. Will Federal Advice Change? - The New York Times

Class Is Canceled Until Further Notice While I Do My Job - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency — So much truth in this humorous piece.

The Joy of Tech comic… Strategies for surviving 2025.

The Walmart Effect - The Atlantic

Biden Exits Battling for His Legacy and Believing He Could Have Won - WSJ

As Antonio Brown would say, “This is a whole lotta money.” The United States alone pledged about $45 billion in arms and military aid to Ukraine between Russia’s fullscale invasion in February 2022 and October 2023[15] and a total surpassing $174 billion by September 2024.[16] Most of this …

Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President, Is Dead at 100 - The New York Times — Two thoughts: 1. Americans love their ex-presidents and 2. Look at the byline of this obit, one of the authors is dead himself.

Jimmy Carter, Former U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 100 - WSJ

The World’s Best Chess Player Just Stormed Out of a Tournament—Over a Pair of Pants - WSJ — I feel like Magnus did the right thing here.

Trump Backers, Including Elon Musk, Clash With Far Right Over Immigrant Workers and H-1B Visas - The New York Times — Who would have thought that H1-B visas would divide the MAGA party?

Does Listening to a Book Count as Reading It? Debate Roils Literary World - WSJ — My view: No, listening to an audiobook does not count as reading it.

The Bald Eagle Is (Finally) the National Bird of the United States - The New York Times — Long overdue

Holiday Sales Reveal a Split in Consumer Spending - WSJ Inflation-weary consumers were projected to splurge this year on holiday gifts, food and decorations—fueled by online purchases, according to industry estimates. But the gains were increasingly driven by higher-income households, those making …

Duracell M250 Portable Charging Hub - Your Power Companion — I need this battery.

Elite Colleges Have a Looming Money Problem - WSJ

Insurance and Taxes Now Cost More Than Mortgages for Many Homeowners - WSJ

Presence of Perfluorohexanoic Acid in Fluoroelastomer Watch Bands | Environmental Science & Technology Letters

California’s Minimum-Wage Hike Has Actually Been Great - The Atlantic — A deeply flawed article but worth reading to understand why some people support minimum wage increases.

The Carry-On-Baggage Bubble Is About to Pop - The Atlantic

The Lions’ Fake Stumble Touchdown Is Ben Johnson’s Most Impressive Trick Play Yet

If You’re Checking That Bag, It Had Better Have an AirTag - WSJ

Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down - The New York Times

Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime in Syria - The New York Times

Lawsuit Reveals How Colleges Really Talk About Rich Applicants - WSJ

Here’s What Retirement on a Pension Looks Like in America - WSJ — Amazing stories. A pension is powerful.

Completed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Now on to Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

The Unlikely Ingredient That Could End U.S. Dependence on Chinese Batteries - WSJ

The 10 Best Places to Go in 2025 - WSJ

The 7 Best Sofas of 2024 | Reviews by Wirecutter — in the market for a new sofa.

Even Mobile-Home Prices Keep Rising - The New York Times

Introducing the most dangerous pass in football - The Athletic

Why Can’t You Pack a Bag? | The New Yorker

Desperate Travelers Move Beyond Classic Travel Pillows to Help Solve Sleepless Flights - WSJ

Immigrants Dominate U.S. Population Growth - WSJ

How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge - WSJ — If this article, this is amazing.

Moon – Bartosz Ciechanowski

Your Blood Pressure Reading Is Probably Wrong - WSJ

Trump Remark at News Conference Gives Glimpse Into His Worldview - The New York Times “The first term, everybody was fighting me,” the president-elect said. “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.”

Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half - The New York Times — I want to see data from medical school and business school admissions. Interesting to see Hispanic and Asian admissions improve.

U.S. Postal Service Announces More Stamp Subjects for 2025 - Newsroom - About.usps.com

MSNBC and CNN Fight to Dig Out of a Postelection Ratings Hole - WSJ

Starbird | San Francisco International Airport — Highly recommend the Ecuadorian coffee here.

ABC to Pay $15 Million to Settle a Defamation Suit Brought by Trump - The New York Times

I Tried Tracking Down New Jersey’s Mystery Drones - WSJ — Joanna Stern is on the case

The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here | The New Yorker

World Chess Championship 2024 - Wikipedia — Gukesh!

Apple Music expands live global radio offering with three brand-new stations - Apple

Top 25 News Photos of 2024 - The Atlantic

Assad Arrives in Russia After Fleeing Syria, Russian Media Says - The New York Times

Severance — Season 2 Official Trailer | Apple TV+ - YouTube

The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger - The Atlantic

Why We’re Close to the First 70-Yard Field Goal in NFL History

The Best Books of 2024 | The New Yorker

The Demise and Afterlife of Donald Trump’s Criminal Cases | The New Yorker

He Won the Chess World Title. Then He Forgot How to Win at Chess. - WSJ

American Students’ Math Skills Slide Down World Rankings - WSJ

Modern Warfare Is Breeding Deadly Superbugs. Why? - The New York Times

Delivery Insurance: The Latest Way to Tackle Porch Pirates’ Package Theft - WSJ

Just the Facts: Steve Ballmer and America’s Numbers | USAFacts

The Secret Pentagon War Game That ​Offers a Stark​ Warning for Our Times - The New York Times

Butterball’s Helpline Helpline - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Charles “Sparky” Schulz Draws Charlie Brown (Official Video) - YouTube

Cal Newport, the man who never procrastinates | Lifestyle | EL PAÍS English

Read Joe Biden’s Statement About Pardoning Hunter - The New York Times

President Biden Pardons Son Hunter - WSJ

You’re Probably Wrong About Rainbows - YouTube

The audiobooks narrated by their authors are the best.

The Number of Male Nurses Has Tripled Since the Early 2000s. Here’s Why. - WSJ

A Beginner’s Guide to Osmo Pocket 3

Drew C. Brown - YouTube — Drew is back!!!!

Who Pays Federal Income Taxes? Latest Federal Income Tax Data

A Beginner’s Guide to DJI Mic 2

Building LLMs is probably not going be a brilliant business The problem is that not all technology companies are software companies. If you have a hugely powerful single supplier like NVIDIA then the economics of your company are going to look less like Microsoft Office and more like Pan-Am.

Exclusive | Chinese Ship’s Crew Suspected of Deliberately Dragging Anchor for 100 Miles to Cut Baltic Cables - WSJ

Butterball’s Helpline Helpline - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line Are Thanksgiving’s Heroes - NYT Cooking

Thank Big Data for Killing Off the Worst Part of Thanksgiving Meal Prep - WSJ

Target’s Slide From Cheap Chic to Dull Chore - WSJ — Target has a lot of work to do.

Formula 1 expands grid as General Motors to become the 11th team in 2026 - The Athletic

An I.V.F. Mix-Up, a Shocking Discovery and an Unbearable Choice - The New York Times Two couples in California discovered they were raising each other’s genetic children. Should they switch their girls?

Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss | Nature

How Southwest Airlines Lost Its Groove - The New York Times

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government - WSJ

How Tim Cook Cracked the Code on Working With Trump - WSJ

Samin Nosrat’s ‘Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’ and the Best Books for Learning How to Cook - The Atlantic — I would recommend both Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and The Food Lab by Kenji as the essential starter pack for learning how to cook.

The Shopping Method That Isn’t Going Anywhere - The Atlantic

Could Ice Cream Possibly Be Good for You? - The Atlantic

Just 1 Question | Cool Tools Lab | Substack

Is It Possible to Shower Too Much? - The Atlantic

Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula - The Atlantic

Practices to Foster Physician Presence and Connection With Patients in the Clinical Encounter | Shared Decision Making and Communication | JAMA | JAMA Network

FIDE World Chess Championship Singapore 2024

How much will Thanksgiving dinner cost in 2024?

The World Chess Champion Could Lose His Title, and It Might Not Be Close - The New York Times

Gavin Newsom Looks the Part as Democrats Seek Savior - The New York Times

Got a Heavy Carry-On Bag? Do Us All a Favor and Check It. - WSJ

Star Trek’s Data: Funny Moments - YouTube

The Greatest Chess Player of All Time Is Bored With Chess - WSJ

Rafael Nadal’s Last Stand | The New Yorker

How Ivy League Admissions Broke America - The Atlantic

The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger - The Atlantic

Rafael Nadal retirement: Roger Federer pens emotive tribute - ESPN

Derek Sivers, Philosopher-Entrepreneur — The Greatest Year of His Life

Severance — Season 1 Recap | Apple TV+ - YouTube

How Kamala Harris Burned Through $1.5 Billion in 15 Weeks - The New York Times

Opinion | When Will Democrats Learn to Say No? - The New York Times — Time for Democrats to get back to basics.

The Election Was About the Issues After All | The New Yorker

Literacy Statistics 2024- 2025 (Where we are now) New Hampshire was the state with the highest percentage of adults considered literate. The state with the lowest adult literacy rate was California.

Republican Victory and the Ambience of Information | The New Yorker

Donald Trump’s Second Term Is Joe Biden’s Real Legacy | The New Yorker

Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away | The New Yorker

Donald Trump’s Victory and the Politics of Inflation | The New Yorker

How Donald Trump Gave Democrats the Working-Class Blues | The New Yorker

How YouTube Became a Giant in the Podcasting World - WSJ

A Powerful AI Breakthrough Is About to Transform the World - WSJ

U.S. Postal Service Provides Sneak Peek at 2025 Stamps - Newsroom - About.usps.com

Fareed’s take: Democrats blew it by making three big mistakes - YouTube

Republicans Win Control of House, Cementing a G.O.P. Trifecta Under Trump - The New York Times

Final Cut Pro 11 begins a new chapter for video editing on Mac - Apple

Final Cut Pro 11 | Apple Pro Apps - YouTube

Viewers Flee MSNBC, and Flock to Fox News, in Wake of Election - The New York Times — Fair and Balanced

Two Sea Creatures Fused Into a Single Animal - WSJ

24 Hours in the Woods With AI Chatbots: Can They Be Real Friends?

Apple’s Find My enables sharing location of lost items with third parties - Apple

The Cost-of-Living Crisis Explains Everything - The Atlantic

Trump Picks Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to Lead DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency - WSJ

Opinion | Why Do So Many Americans Pass Up Bigger Social Security Checks? - The New York Times

How the Moleskine Notebook Became an Essential Creative Tool - The New York Times

Trump Made Big Gains in Wealthier Places, Too. We Crunched the Numbers. - WSJ

Presidential Election Results Map: Trump Wins - The New York Times

Why Democrats Stalled in Blue Wall Suburbs - WSJ

The 7 Best Butters of 2024 | Reviews by Wirecutter

Daring Fireball: How It Went

Steve Kornacki’s Every Move on MSNBC Election Coverage: Live

The Democrats Need Another Bill Clinton - WSJ — Yes, his name is Josh Shapiro

How This Core Voter Group Delivered Trump the 2024 Election | WSJ State of the Stat - YouTube

Election Night - SNL - YouTube — 7 to 8 years old, but so true.

What’s the Best Way to Crack Eggs? - YouTube

Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

DOJ evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after his election win | PBS News

Based on Our Election Forecast, We Are 100 Percent Sure Anything Could Fucking Happen - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

San Francisco Travelers Lose Their Best Friend: a 400-Foot Rubber Band - WSJ

No-look hurdle! Saquon Barkley dazzles broadcasters with his back turned to defense - YouTube

The Jupiter Abyss — Catalog Page for PIA22948

The Mysterious Fees Inflating Your Grocery Bill - WSJ

The Real Stars of the Campaign Trail: Doritos and Diet Mountain Dew - WSJ

Are groceries more expensive than last year?

Is Abridge’s tech a glimpse into the future of healthcare?

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Slashes Apple Stake Again - WSJ

Pittsburgh Is Now the Center of the Political Universe - WSJ

Apple reports fourth quarter results - Apple

U.S. Postal Service Headquarters Showcases New Next Generation Delivery Vehicle - Newsroom - About.usps.com

I Replied ‘Stop’ to a Political Text Message. I Got 100 More. - WSJ

World Series Game 5: Dodgers vs. Yankees | October 30, 2024 — dodgers win!

Starbucks Is Bringing Back the Condiment Bar - WSJ — Long overdue

The Tipping Point I Got Wrong | Malcolm Gladwell | TED - YouTube

How Apple developed the world’s first end-to-end hearing health experience - Apple

The 20 best art museums in America - The Washington Post

Ex-NFL star says Trump is a ‘real one,’ gushes about rally experience with former president | Fox News — Really?

The Improbable Rise of J. D. Vance | The New Yorker

Opinion | Jeff Bezos: The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media - The Washington Post — By saying your not political means you are political. This is Bezos first step for WaPo to be more credible. Clearly a product positioning strategy to distinguish itself from the NYTimes, WSJ and LA …

Iconic Watches From $20 to $1,000 - Over 10 Watches Mentioned - YouTube

Mac mini Announcement - October 29 - YouTube

Apple’s new Mac mini is more mighty, more mini, and built for Apple Intelligence - Apple

iOS 18.1 Is Out Now: Apple Intelligence, New Siri Look and AirPod Hearing Aids Arrive - WSJ

Pentagon Runs Low on Air-Defense Missiles as Demand Surges - WSJ

A Touch Revolution Could Transform Pitching - The Atlantic

Travel Tips and Secrets From WSJ’s Global Readers - WSJ

Spatial context non-uniformly modulates inter-laminar information flow in the primary visual cortex: Neuron

The Value Proposition: The Casio AE1200WH-1A World Timer, At Less Than One Dollar Per Time Zone - Hodinkee

Trump’s Health, and Ours | The New Yorker

A Million People Play This Video Wargame. So Does the Pentagon. - WSJ

They Used to Be Ahead in the American Economy. Now They’ve Fallen Behind. - The New York Times

Wealthier Americans Are Paying Millions to Age in Luxury Campuses - WSJ

Cancel Amazon Prime, Not ‘The Washington Post’ - The Atlantic — Wrong, Bezos just told us who he thinks will win the election. Smart move by Bezos. Thinking forward.

Why you’re probably trapped in maladaptive perfectionism - YouTube

So, You’re Addicted to Reading the Polls - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency — Yes!

Deion Sanders RIPS Colorado players after reading a note from a professor | ESPN College Football - YouTube

Behind the Magic of ‘Saturday Night Live’s’ Comedy Empire - WSJ

2024 U.S. Chess Championship | OVERVIEW | www.uschesschamps.com — Fabi!

Apple’s Software Chief Craig Federighi on Apple Intelligence: Full Interview

The Perverse Consequences of Tuition-Free Medical School - The Atlantic

They’re the NFL’s Best Team. Why Are They So Boring? - WSJ

Israel Killed Sinwar by Forcing Him From the Tunnels - WSJ

About | Derek Sivers — This has to be my favorite “about me” page.

Useful Not True | Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers — Finding Paths Less Traveled, Taking Giant Leaps, and Picking the Right “Game of Life” - YouTube — One of my favorite Tim Ferris interviews. I watched it again.

How Scientists Started to Decode Birdsong | The New Yorker

[Doug Mills on X: “.realDonaldTrump serves up french fries behind the counter during a visit to McDonalds in Feasterville-Trevose, PA. t.co/T4CeCNx3y…” / X](https://twitter.com/dougmillsnyt/status/1848073937948643333)

[Donald J. Trump on X: “t.co/YkLtEaC3O…” / X](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1848215009689768308)

Apple CEO Tim Cook on How Steve Jobs Recruited Him and More | The Job Interview - YouTube

Democrats Make California a Battleground State - WSJ

Tim Cook on Apple Intelligence, Vision Pro and More Bets The Company Believes Will Pay Off - WSJ

A pathology foundation model for cancer diagnosis and prognosis prediction | Nature

The ‘Peak Obesity’ Illusion - The Atlantic

The ‘Sandwich Generation’ That Is Catching the Eye of Harris and Trump - WSJ

What are Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)? | IAEA

How Maya Rudolph’s Impression of Kamala Harris Has Changed - The New York Times

What the Amish Can Teach America About Economic Mobility - WSJ

The Bright-Orange, Baby-Faced, Comeback Team Tearing Up Formula One - WSJ

Apple Park Wallpapers — Basic Apple Guy

Chiefs Have Dethroned Cowboys As NFL’s No. 1 TV Team

The Secretive Dynasty That Controls the Boar’s Head Brand - The New York Times

Developing Our Socks – GORUCK

The Guru Who Says He Can Get Your 11-Year-Old Into Harvard - WSJ

Has Airline Gate-Checking Gotten Out of Control? - WSJ

It’s time for the Browns to bench Deshaun Watson: Here’s why - ESPN

Attention Kmart Shoppers: It’s Closing Time - The New York Times

Signing Credit-Card Receipts Is Pointless. Why Do We Still Do It? - WSJ

Costco Members Are Buying Platinum. Should You? - WSJ

Cabel Sasser, Panic - XOXO Festival (2024) - YouTube

Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped. - WSJ

Ryan Day and Chip Kelly started in small-town New Hampshire - ESPN — we all begin in New Hampshire.

Dan Marino Through the Years

Average Income by Age, Median, Top & Percentiles - DQYDJ

About Messages via satellite on your iPhone - Apple Support

Waffle House Index labels Hurricane Milton red, closes stores

BLUNT umbrellas | Engineering joy. – BLUNT Umbrellas US

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 - NobelPrize.org

HURRICANE MILTON

Ruth Glacier in Alaska Hides America’s Deepest Gorge - The New York Times

Average, Median, Top 1% Individual Income Percentiles - DQYDJ

USPS Announces Recommended Mailing and Shipping Dates for 2024 Holiday Season - Newsroom - About.usps.com

Opinion | Michael Lewis on Chris Mark of the Department of Labor - Washington Post

The Jets Fire Their Head Coach. One Problem: They’re Still the Jets. - WSJ

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 - NobelPrize.org

Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster | The New Yorker

Discover - Virtual Events – Montblanc® US

We’re Entering Uncharted Territory for Math - The Atlantic

David Allen Tours his Workspace | GTD® - YouTube

The FlyWire connectome: neuronal wiring diagram of a complete fly brain

FlyWire — Stunning work. See the associated NYT article.

Launch: Doomscroll - And a Dinosaur — This is a fun app. I signed up for it.

Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids - The Atlantic

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books - The Atlantic

The Simple Postcard

Exclusive | Americans Are More Reliant Than Ever on Government Aid - WSJ

Apple’s New Password Manager Is Free. That’s Just One Reason to Use It. - WSJ

America’s Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind - WSJ

The CORRECT iPhone Camera Settings for Amazing Photos - Updated for 2024 - YouTube

Daring Fireball: Hidden Pref to Restore Slow-Motion Dock Minimizing on MacOS

Rent or Buy? How Falling Mortgage Rates Change the Math - WSJ

Apple Think Different ad, Narrated by Steve Jobs (1997) - YouTube

How Israel Killed Hezbollah’s Leader in Underground Bunker - WSJ

EAT THE CAT (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) - YouTube

Free COVID Home Tests | USPS

Read the JD Vance Dossier - Ken Klippenstein

Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene at 29.9°N - 83.9°W - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR

Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene

India Is the Next Great Cheese Frontier - WSJ

Astronomers Spot a Black Hole with a Cosmic Wingspan - The New York Times

iOS 18 Settings To Turn ON Now! (& Our #1 iPhone Battery Fix!) - YouTube

These Quarterbacks Were Colossal Failures. Now They’re Leading the NFL’s Best Teams. - WSJ

Penn Suspends Amy Wax, Law Professor Accused of Making Racist Statements - The New York Times

Apple iPhone 16 Pro review: a small camera update makes a big difference - The Verge — Nilay Patel

The new LoveFrom mascot is a building block in Jony Ive’s post-Apple brand - Fast Company

What has a child told you lately? – Cool Tools

Can a College Class Still Be Diverse? | The New Yorker

James Hoffmann vs My Impossible Hot & Cold Coffee - YouTube

Review: iPhone 16 Pro - 24 Hours Later… - YouTube

President Trump First Edition Silver Medallion – Trump Coins

Apple iPhone 16 / 16 Plus / 16 Pro / 16 Pro Max - Unboxing and First Impressions - YouTube — Flossy Carter

iPhone 16 Pro Camera Review: Kenya — Travel Photographer - Austin Mann

Bob Costas - Wikipedia — Bob Costas is 72 years old!?!

Apple brings California driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet - Apple

Should You Refinance Your Mortgage? How the Fed’s Big Interest-Rate Cut Changed the Math - WSJ

Daring Fireball: The iPhones 16

iPhone 16 Pro Camera Review - YouTube — Austin the Mann!

Teamsters Won’t Endorse Trump or Harris in 2024 Presidential Election - The New York Times

Renewing Your Expired Passport Is About to Get Easier - WSJ

iPhone 16 Pro review: only one reason to upgrade - YouTube

iOS 18 Settings To Turn OFF Now! (Important!) - YouTube

USPS Operation Santa® Program | USPS

iPhone Mirroring: Use your iPhone from your Mac - Apple Support

Federal Debt Is Soaring. Here’s Why Trump and Harris Aren’t Talking About It. - WSJ

Daring Fireball: The Things They Carried The obvious truth is that we all, including Apple, miss Steve Jobs.

How a Scientific Dispute Spiralled Into a Defamation Lawsuit | The New Yorker

The Déjà Vu of Watching the Miami Dolphins | The New Yorker

Where to Put Your Money When the Fed Cuts Rates - WSJ

iOS 18: 18 Tips and Tricks for Apple’s New iPhone Software

Planner Builder | Remarkably Organized

Americans Are Falling Behind on Their Bills. Wall Street Is Alarmed. - WSJ

Season of Change, Grinding Nibs with Rare Materials, & Drinkable Ink | Pencast 149 - YouTube — Change.

Hurricane-fueled blackouts could devastate Houston and other U.S. cities - Washington Post

Just the Facts About US Immigration: Steve Ballmer Talks Through the Numbers - YouTube — this is excellent.

That Olympic Break Dancer Everyone Laughed At? She Just Became the World No. 1 - WSJ — The picture says it all.

U.S. Median Income Rose to $80,610 in 2023, Census Bureau Says - WSJ

Why the physician shortage in the US is getting worse | McKinsey

GitHub - jtaby/palmer — Palmer method.

Richard Powers on What We Do to the Earth and What It Does to Us | The New Yorker

The Tortured Poets Department Fountain Pen - Taylor Swift Official Store

Why Everyone Is Wrong About the Taylor Swift Fountain Pen! Complete Review!

The State of America’s Wallet - WSJ

Dick Cheney Says He Will Vote for Kamala Harris - The New York Times

A ‘Speedy Little Star’ May Be on Course to Escape Our Galaxy - The New York Times

The NFL Is Back—and It’s Never Cost More to Watch - WSJ

Who are the US’s top trade partners?

What are the top energy production sources in the US?

The Crushing Financial Burden of Aging at Home - WSJ

Biden Prepares to Block $14 Billion Steel Deal - WSJ

Perplexing the Web, One Probability Puzzle at a Time | Quanta Magazine

How the Higgs Field (Actually) Gives Mass to Elementary Particles | Quanta Magazine

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Can You Guess Which Brands Republicans and Democrats Love? - WSJ

Is My Blue Your Blue?

Behind the Big Changes at ‘Wheel of Fortune’ - The New York Times

Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art | The New Yorker

US Open: Novak Djokovic loses to Alexei Popyrin in third round | AP News — Both Alcaraz and Djoker are out. Too much fatigue from Olympics.

Americans’ Economic Mood Brightens—a Bit - WSJ

How often do dogs attack mail carriers?

2024 Stamps — Stamps Forever

Peace, Liberty and Postage Stamps - Newsroom - About.usps.com — My new favorite stamp.

Our Very Strange Search for “Sea Level” | The New Yorker

From Taco Style to Vegetarian, Here are 11 Burger Variations - The New York Times

US Open 2024 live updates: Carlos Alcaraz eliminated in shocking upset on Day 4 - The Athletic

Which U.S. Counties Gained and Lost Jobs Since the Pandemic - The New York Times

Can MAGA Be Multicultural? | The New Yorker

Seven Questions That Should Be Easy for Harris to Answer - The Atlantic

Live Free or Dial: New Hampshire Fights to Keep Its Lone Area Code - WSJ — 603 in the house.

Inflation Usually Hits Harder for Poor Families. For a Couple of Years, It Didn’t. - WSJ

Mike Tomlin Gives Soft Timeline on Naming Steelers' Starting Quarterback — Never a good sign.

A Time-Honored Strategy Puts Your Retirement at Risk of Financial Ruin - WSJ

Planet as Light as Cotton Candy Surprises Astronomers - WSJ

At M.I.T., Black and Latino Enrollment Drops Sharply After Affirmative Action Ban - The New York Times

The People Getting New Knees and Hips in Their 40s - WSJ

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 - NobelPrize.org

As Generation X Approaches Retirement, Reality Still Bites - WSJ

How Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche - The New York Times

Exclusive | Jeremy Renner Puts L.A. Home on the Market for $12.9 Million - WSJ — Modesto’s son done good.

The Disciples — JAMES MOLLISON

List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

Accessibility - The Relay - Apple

What’s Wrong With Starbucks? - WSJ

Buck’s of Woodside

Launch: Lucky - And a Dinosaur

Exclusive | Million-Dollar Homes in America Just Hit an All-Time High - WSJ

Driver’s licenses and state IDs in Apple Wallet are coming soon to California - Apple

Is Your Weight Loss a Trend or Just a Blip? - WSJ

Exclusive | A Drunken Evening, a Rented Yacht: The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage - WSJ

The weirdest ‘3 billion people’ data breach ever - The Verge

Can Stress Actually Turn Your Hair Gray? - The New York Times

The Dramatic Turnaround in Millennials’ Finances - WSJ

Deion Sanders’ unrivaled legend at Florida State: ‘The best athlete ever known to man’ - The Athletic

This Publicly Funded Stadium Will Benefit Everyone Who Owns the Stadium - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Hospitals’ New Push: Treating Patients in Their Homes - WSJ

Child Care, Rent, Insurance: Where Inflation Hits Hardest Now - WSJ

APOD: 2024 August 11 – Animation: Perseid Meteor Shower

Suddenly, Hourly Workers Aren’t So Hard to Find - WSJ

The Best and Worst States for Retirement - The New York Times

How YouTube Became the Most Popular Streaming Service on TVs - The New York Times

Many-worlds interpretation - Wikipedia

Watch the Biggest Little Swims from Paris 2024 - The New York Times

Watch the Biggest Little Runs from Paris 2024 - The New York Times

Who owns American wealth?

Tim Walz’s and JD Vance’s Personal Finances Couldn’t Be More Different - WSJ

Doomed Star Eta Carinae - NASA

Why Californians Have Some of the Highest Power Bills in the U.S. - WSJ

Sources - Chiefs make Harrison Butker NFL’s top-paid kicker - ESPN — Controversial

What Does Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Actually Want? | The New Yorker

R.F.K. Jr. Admits He Left a Dead Bear in Central Park - The New York Times

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How much does it cost to own a car?

245 | Solo: The Crisis in Physics – Sean Carroll

Is Decaf Coffee Bad For You? Experts Weigh In - The New York Times – In short, no.

xkcd: Exam Numbers

Travelers, Frustrated by the Roads and Airports, Are Taking to Trains - WSJ

Why We Mix Up or Forget Someone’s Name - WSJ

The Hidden Autopilot Data That Reveals Why Teslas Crash

Mindscape 275 | Solo: Quantum Fields, Particles, Forces, and Symmetries - YouTube

Traffic Enforcement Dwindled in the Pandemic. In Many Places, It Hasn’t Come Back. - The New York Times

Japan Wanted Higher Inflation. It’s Here, and It Hurts. - The New York Times

America’s New Political War Pits Young Men Against Young Women - WSJ

How many teens are in the labor force?

A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money - WSJ

How Healthy is Sweet Corn? - The New York Times

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Videos – Sean Carroll — Wow! A must watch.

Belgian GP track breakdown: The glory and tragedy of F1’s Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - The Athletic – My favorite track to play in video games

What Helps Poor Kids Move Up? Whether Adults in the Neighborhood Have Jobs - WSJ

The Moon’s Most Shadowy Places Can’t Hide From NASA’s New Camera - The New York Times

How much does the government spend on Medicare?

Extreme Heat and Electrolytes: Tips for Staying Hydrated - The New York Times

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CrowdStrike Explains What Went Wrong Days After Global Tech Outage - WSJ

The Hottest Job Market in a Generation Is Over - WSJ

Objects of Our Life | Steve Jobs Archive

Field Notes | Index Edition - Log Books, Ledgers, and Date Books

Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 UN World Population Prospects - Our World in Data

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Sean Carroll Discuss Controversies in Quantum Mechanics - YouTube

Who is unbanked in the US?

Who pays the most income tax?

Time to Turn Off Cookies? Making Sense of Google’s Chrome Changes - WSJ

Vance Adjusts to His New Role, Aboard a Plane With His Name on It - The New York Times

Misen Modular Knife Storage by Misen — Kickstarter

Cooking With Kamala - YouTube

How Kamala Harris Manages Her Money: Index Funds and a 2.625% Mortgage - WSJ

How much of the federal budget is discretionary spending?

Chandra Sees the Peacock’s Galaxy - NASA Chandra Sees the Peacock’s Galaxy The barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 is interacting with a smaller galaxy to the upper left. The smaller galaxy has likely stripped gas from NGC 6872 to feed the supermassive black hole in its center.

The 401(k) Rollover Mistake That Costs Retirement Savers Billions - WSJ

Why Americans Aren’t Having Babies - WSJ

Read Biden’s Letter Withdrawing From the Race - The New York Times

Bus by Bus, Texas’ Governor Changed Migration Across the U.S. - The New York Times

Who is backing Biden? We’re keeping track : NPR — The Biden Tracker

Trump’s close call: A detailed time line : NPR

FABIANO SACRIFICES 2 ROOKS AND WINS IN 9 MOVES! - YouTube

Inside the Strange New World of Tucker Carlson - WSJ

How much of the federal budget is mandatory spending?

Tennis Mailbag: The Top Storylines From 2024 Wimbledon

When was your state founded?

Should Biden Drop Out or Stay in the Race? Here’s Where Democrats in Congress Stand - WSJ

Photo Appears to Capture Path of Bullet Used in Assassination Attempt - The New York Times

Evan Vucci’s Trump Image Is a Legendary American Photograph - The Atlantic

50 Parting Thoughts From 2024 Wimbledon

Wimbledon final analysis: Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic for second Wimbledon title - The Athletic

AT&T cell customers’ call and text data breached : NPR

Costco to Lift Membership Fees for First Time in Seven Years - WSJ

[Clay Travis on X: “Trump challenges Biden to an 18 hole golf match. Says he will give Biden 20 strokes and if he loses will donate $1 million to a charity of Biden’s choice. This is gold: t.co/dDb8gcPcz…” / X](https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1810829959239176376)

The Invisible Tactics Used to Control Crowds and Boost Profits

A Brand-New Electric Bus, No Charge. (That Was One Problem.) - The New York Times

Here’s Where Climate Change Is Driving Up Home Insurance Rates - The New York Times

USPS Announces Thank You Healthcare Community Stamp - Newsroom - About.usps.com

Four Science-Backed Strategies for Healthier Snacking - WSJ

Novak Djokovic’s Fiery On-court Interview After Holger Rune Win | Fourth Round | Wimbledon 2024 - YouTube

After skipping it in 2020, Republican Party releases 2024 platform : NPR

100 Best Books of the 21st Century - The New York Times

Stephen King, Sarah Jessica Parker and More Share Their Top Books of the 21st Century - The New York Times

F1 | Official Teaser - YouTube

Cal Newport, the man who never procrastinates | Lifestyle | EL PAÍS English

This Is What the Twenty-fifth Amendment Was Designed For | The New Yorker

Why the Klay Thompson era ended at Golden State - ESPN

Introducing Writebook

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Pattern of Brain Damage Is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Died by Suicide - The New York Times

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Reposado Tequila | Casamigos | Casamigos — My new favorite Tequila.

Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies - SCOTUSblog

Apple Watch Is Becoming Doctors’ Favorite Medical Device - WSJ

Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell | Hachette Book Group - Getcha order in!

Oilers vs. Panthers | June 24, 2024

A.I. Is Getting Better Fast. Can You Tell What’s Real Now? - The New York Times

The Future of Netflix, Amazon and Other Streaming Services - The New York Times

What Happens When Migrants Arrive in America’s Suburbs? - WSJ

Is the Birkin Bag by Hermès Really Worth the Investment? - WSJ

How are Americans doing financially?

CLUE: This Naturalized U.S. Citizen Is Now Honored With a Forever Stamp - Newsroom - About.usps.com

In conversation with President Trump - YouTube

He’s Baseball’s Hottest Pitcher—Because He Prepares Like a Quarterback - WSJ

What’s the Best City for New College Graduates? - The New York Times

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Sources - Lakers hiring JJ Redick to four-year deal to coach team - ESPN — Nope

What’s the Best Way to Protect Your Credit Score? Take Our Quiz - WSJ

2024 Commencement Address by Roger Federer | Dartmouth

The Supreme Court’s Notable Cases of the 2023-24 Term - WSJ

Cucumber Sandwiches Recipe

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Trump, Biden and CNN Prepare for a Hostile Debate (With Muted Mics) - The New York Times – Getcha popcorn ready!

In North Carolina, Biden is Losing the Battle for Rural, Small-Town America - WSJ

Can YOU Be A Beagle Scout: Packing a Lunch | Clip | Camp Snoopy - YouTube

Daring Fireball: The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2024

Charles Barkley says he’s retiring from TV after 2024-25 - ESPN — Trump’s veep?

What’s New in Apple Reminders in iOS 18? (Calendar Integration!) - YouTube — I’ve been waiting for this for years

Is That Drink Worth It to You? - The New York Times

Chiefs celebrate Super Bowl at ring ceremony, eye three-peat - ESPN

WWDC, Apple Intelligence, Apple Aggregates AI – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Microsoft’s Nadella Is Building an AI Empire. OpenAI Was Just the First Step. - WSJ

My Thoughts on Apple Intelligence - WWDC 2024 - YouTube

Apple Intelligence Preview - Apple

How to Cut an Onion - The New York Times

How to Replace Your Lost Passport - The New York Times

Costco Plans to Stop Selling Books Year-Round - The New York Times – Oh no they didn’t!

New home communities | Storyliving by Disney

What Type of Voter Are You? Take Our Poll to Find Out - WSJ

Introducing Apple’s On-Device and Server Foundation Models - Apple Machine Learning Research

Introducing Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Apple

Steelers give coach Mike Tomlin extension through 2027 - ESPN — The right decision.

His Ex Is Getting His $1 Million Retirement Account. They Broke Up in 1989. - WSJ

Behind the Scenes at Disney’s R&D Lab With Its Top Imagineer

How the Fridge Changed Flavor | The New Yorker

How an American Dream of Housing Became a Reality in Sweden - The New York Times

Max Verstappen reminds me of Mr. Bean.

Boarding a Plane Shouldn’t Be This Hard - Key & Peele - YouTube

The Better Boarding Method Airlines Won’t Use - YouTube

Why is πr² the formula for a circle’s area? - YouTube

I Visited Apple’s Secret iPhone Testing Labs! - YouTube

Flashdance - What A Feeling (S.Martin Remix 2019) - YouTube

Saturday Night Fever: Tony’s solo dance - YouTube

Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Has Had a Long, Difficult Road - The New York Times - Helium leaks.

How Broken Are Apple’s Parental Controls? It Took 3 Years to Fix an X-Rated Loophole. - WSJ

Americans Have More Investment Income Than Ever Before - WSJ

Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus - Apple

Inside the Glorious Afterlife of Roger Federer | GQ

Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it - Gothamist

When Yorkie-poos Fly | The New Yorker

Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Announces Sudden Closing - The New York Times

Winning the Stanley Cup Is More Taxing Than Ever - WSJ

Lugg: On-Demand Moving & Delivery

What My Harvard College Reunion Taught Me About Life - The Atlantic

Airlines Are Mastering the Dark Art of the Upsell - WSJ

Alzheimer’s Takes a Financial Toll Long Before Diagnosis, Study Finds - The New York Times

When Past Performance Doesn’t Even Predict Past Performance - WSJ

U.S. Postal Service Releases Dog Bite National Rankings - Newsroom - About.usps.com

America’s best decade, according to data - The Washington Post

Chicago to Offer Most Generous Subsidies in U.S. to Save Its Downtown - WSJ

Store Brands Are Filling Up More of Your Shopping Cart - WSJ

Streaming Bundles Are Here, and You May Need a Ph.D. to Navigate the Options - WSJ

Cones are MESSED UP - Numberphile - YouTube

The Simple Play That Will Decide the NBA Championship - WSJ

California’s Latest Plan to Build Denser Housing Is Failing - WSJ

FuelCell SuperComp Elite v4 - New Balance

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The Biggest Ponzi Scheme in Hollywood History | The New Yorker

Autopilot - The Investment App

How to Pick Stocks Like You’re in Congress | The New Yorker

Pat McAfee and the Threat to Sports Journalism - The Atlantic

$50,000 Is The Salary That Makes Going to a Public College Pay Off - WSJ

Taquería El Califa de León Went From Local Favorite to World Famous - The New York Times

Who Is Making Money on Your Concert Tickets? It’s Not Just Taylor Swift - WSJ

Antonio Brown files for bankruptcy, owes $2.93 million to 8 creditors - The Athletic

Michigan dairy worker diagnosed with bird flu in 2nd U.S. case : NPR

Data Visualization of the Most Common PIN Numbers

ESA Euclid Telescope’s New Images Search Dark Universe - The New York Times

There Is Too Much Trash in Space | Scientific American

How to Have a Great Vacation, According to Science - WSJ

The Algebra Problem: How Middle School Math Became a National ‘Flashpoint’ - The New York Times

Introducing Copilot+ PCs - The Official Microsoft Blog

Tim Carleton & Darrick Deel — Opus No. 1 (Opus Number One) 1080p (Cisco Default Hold Music) - YouTube

What You Need to Know About Turbulence on Airplanes - The New York Times

Exclusive | Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Explains AI-Focused Windows PCs and How They Compete With MacBooks - WSJ

The little-known story behind Allen Iverson’s ‘practice’ rant - ESPN

Computer-Science Majors Graduate Into a World of Fewer Opportunities - WSJ

The One Place in Airports People Actually Want to Be - The Atlantic

Does Staging Your House Really Help It Sell for More Money? - WSJ

Which states have the highest risk for Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases?

Ansel Adams’ Timeless Portraits Immortalized on Stamps - Newsroom - About.usps.com

How Has Gun Violence Changed in Your Neighborhood? - The New York Times

Night Watch, by Jayne Anne Phillips (Knopf) - The Pulitzer Prizes — Winner of this year’s to fiction prize.

Inside OpenAI’s Library - The New York Times

Why Is Car Insurance So Expensive? - The New York Times

Know the Airline Refund Rules Ahead of Summer Travel Season - WSJ

ChessUp 2 | Chess.com on a Real Board by Jeff Wigh — Kickstarter

Google Keynote (Google I/O ‘24) - YouTube

Alice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92 - The New York Times

Sorry Not Sorry: Why Did Two Grandmasters Apologize to Each Other? - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

The Wacky and Wonderful World of the Westminster Dog Show | The New Yorker

Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn’t Get the Basics Right - MacStories

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Travel Pack 3 – Aer — Bucky Recommendation

Is home insurance getting more expensive?

America Has Too Many Schools - WSJ

My Mom and Dad Owned Competing Side-by-Side Hardware Stores. It Was a Lesson in Life. - WSJ

Homeless or Overhoused: Boomers Are Stuck at Both Ends of the Housing Spectrum

Searching for the Next Bobby Fischer, the U.S. Finds Fabi - The New York Times

The Untold Story Of A Modern Day Chess Legend : Fabiano Caruana - Chess.com

Apple Is Developing AI Chips for Data Centers, Seeking Edge in Arms Race - WSJ – Keep your eye on this. Never count Apple out.

Apple introduces M4 chip - Apple

Apple unveils stunning new iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro - Apple

An Invisible Crisis Is Threatening America’s Food Superpower Status

Stories from the Trump Bible | The New Yorker

Mouse, mouses, mice I normally use the Magic Mouse as my input device of choice. But, recently I’ve tried and highly recommend the MX Vertical and the MX Master 3S.

Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity - The New York Times California draws more electricity from the sun than any other state. It also has a timing problem: Solar power is plentiful during the day but disappears by evening, just as people get home from work and …

Social Security Funds Are Running Dry. Don’t Panic. - WSJ

xkcd: Good and Bad Ideas

The Dangers Atop New England’s Most Notorious Peak - WSJ.— Been there, done that.

Lesser known Apple Watch Workouts: Lightsaber Duel

Inside the Dramatic Dance of Raindrops The real dance is in the beautiful fluid movement of the droplet shapes. When two drops collide, the water pulses and curls until the shape settles down. But the new combined droplet may also shatter immediately, sometimes stretching out into a sheet before …

There’s More to Warren Buffett’s Game Than Just Picking Great Stocks We assumed the hypothetical Berkshire hedge fund—let’s call it Berkaway LP—charged a management fee of 2% of assets, plus a performance fee that took 20% of any gains above 6% (or, in one iteration, 8%). Over a period when the …

Rabbit vs. Meta Glasses vs. Humane: Finding a Usable AI Gadget | WSJ - YouTube

What kinds of property crime are on the rise?

I’m the Architect of the Death Star, and I Swear They Told Me I Was Designing a Military Resort - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Backdoor Roth IRAs Are Promising—and Perilous - WSJ

iPhone 15 Precision Finding | Find Your Friends | Apple - YouTube

‘Finance Bro’ Outfits Desperately Need an Update. We Have Fixes. - WSJ

Apple reports second quarter results - Apple

2024 Q2 Apple Results: $90.8 billion revenue, Services record – Six Colors

WWDC Index

The Bear Came Over the Mountain | The New Yorker — Beautiful. A short story about dementia. As its best, the short story genre is a laser focused exploration of the truisms of human life.

USPS Forever Stamp - The Ansel Adams Gallery

Postal Service to Honor Ansel Adams With Stamps Showcasing 16 Stunning Portraits of the American Landscape - Newsroom - About.usps.com

The New Math of Driving Your Car Till the Wheels Fall Off - WSJ

Please Avoid Memorizing These Unhelpful Mnemonic Devices - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Inside a Navy Submarine Navigating the Arctic - The New York Times

‘Empty Chair Feeling’ to Pervade Berkshire Meeting Without Munger - WSJ

Here’s What Goes Into Your Mortgage Rate - WSJ

How a NASA Probe Solved a Scorching Solar Mystery | Quanta Magazine

Stripes Wallpaper Collection — Basic Apple Guy

Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations | Nature Reviews Microbiology

We Dropped This Phone From 300 Feet. Here’s Why It Survived. | WSJ - YouTube

California Fast-Food Chains Are Now Serving Sticker Shock - WSJ

Transformers One | Official Trailer (2024) - Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson - YouTube

The Office x Minions - YouTube

On Air Force One, No Lightening Up on Burgers and Cake - The New York Times

Why Rising Stocks, Home Prices are Leaving Young Americans Behind - WSJ

IKEA effect - Wikipedia

The Supreme Court Appears Poised to Protect the Presidency—and Donald Trump | The New Yorker

The Millennial CAPTCHA - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

xkcd: Earth Formation Site

Move Over, TurboTax? IRS Considers Expanding Free Tax-Filing Program - WSJ

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Alphabet shares jump 14% on earnings beat, first-ever dividend — A dividend?

Financial Times | The myth of the second chance

Dommaraju Gukesh Wins The Candidates’ Tournament - The New York Times

What’s the Best Way to Salt Scrambled Eggs - The New York Times

Retire at 65? It’s More Like 62. - WSJ

U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low - WSJ

Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428 - YouTube

Save Manatees Stamps | USPS.com

Redmi Turbo 3 - Harry Potter Limited Edition - YouTube — if Floss bought it. I will consider it.

Inside the Crisis at NPR - The New York Times

U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine - The New York Times

Interesting data about US Oil Production – PDF file from Congressional Research Service

Smaller, Faster, Lighter: The Changing Shape of NFL Quarterbacks - WSJ

Connell McCarthy — Our wedding

Let loose. - Latest News - Apple Developer

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth – Voyager

The Database of Useful Biological Numbers

Post-game Press Conference with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana | Round 14 | FIDE Candidates - YouTube — Heartbreaking.

Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us? - The New York Times

CANDIDATES CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - YouTube

Kettlebells - Single Piece Casting | Rogue Fitness — My favorite kettlebells

Kurt Vonnegut - Harrison Bergeron

FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 - Chess.com

Meet the 12 New Yorkers Who Will Decide Donald Trump’s Fate in Hush-Money Trial - WSJ

Chipotle Keeps Raising Prices. Gym Rats and Millennials Are Still Buying Burritos. - WSJ

Welcome, Vault Dwellers: A Guide to the Fallout Universe - The New York Times

WORLD RECORD!! WORLD RECORD!!!!!!!!!! - YouTube — Round 13 of 14. One the best days in chess that I’ve ever seen!

Despicable Me 4 | Official Trailer - YouTube

Wall Street Has Abandoned Wall Street - WSJ

How many people in the US get colon cancer? - USAFacts

How many IVF babies are born in the US?

The Headache at the End of the Costco Gold Rush - WSJ

Google Fires 28 Employees Who Protested an Israeli Cloud Contract - The New York Times

My current workout splits

Inside Amazon’s Secret Operation to Gather Intel on Rivals - WSJ Born out of a 2015 plan code named “Project Curiosity,” Big River uses its sales across multiple countries to obtain pricing data, logistics information and other details about rival e-commerce marketplaces, logistics operations and …

The Joy of Tech comic… Humane AI Pin is hurting!

‘Golden Bachelor’ Couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist Announce Divorce - The New York Times — Shocking! Is there no hope for love?

Classic Aviation Cocktail Recipe

Americans Throw Away Up to $68 Million in Coins a Year. Here Is Where It All Ends Up. - WSJ

Peter Attia’s Quest to Live Long and Prosper | The New Yorker

A Day in the Life of a Walmart Manager Who Makes $240,000 a Year - WSJ

​Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ Almost Everywhere - The New York Times

‘I Don’t Think of Myself as Rich’: The Americans Crossing Biden’s $400,000 Tax Line - WSJ

$850 Millennium Falcons and $680 Titanics: Grown-Ups Are Now a Gold Mine for Lego - WSJ

Inside Amazon’s Push to Crack Trader Joe’s—and Dominate Everything - WSJ

Final Report – Cass Review Dr Hilary Cass has submitted her final report and recommendations to NHS England in her role as Chair of the Independent Review of gender identity services for children and young people. Well done. Worthy read. Inform yourself and read this. High yield.

Useful Not True | Derek Sivers

Sixers unveil Allen Iverson crossover statue at practice facility - ESPN - kinda funny his statue is at the practice facility.

How much does the US spend on the military? - USAFacts

NPR in Turmoil After It Is Accused of Liberal Bias - The New York Times

Stay Put or Pay Up: Home Buyers Lose Hope for Lower Rates: Housing market affordability isn’t getting any better, with inflation keeping mortgage costs high

Harvard Will Require Test Scores for Admission - The New York Times

Feds say Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole $16M - ESPN

American Households Are Divided Over How to Load the Dishwasher - WSJ

O.J. Simpson dies of cancer at age 76, family says - ESPN

The Joy of Tech comic… That’s what friends are for!

The Cost of Owning a Home Is Skyrocketing - WSJ

Who is Gen Z? Key insights in 4 charts

How ‘The Outsiders’ Invented the YA Novel - WSJ — Read it in high school. Absolutely loved it.

Consumer Price Index Summary - 2024 M03 Results - 3.5%

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John Casey Obituary (2015) - Bradenton, FL - Bradenton Herald — One of my favorite teachers.

Seeing Totality - NASA

Meet the Robots Slicing Your Barbecue Ribs - WSJ

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding | Book by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Dobbins | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster Yeah. I bought it. I couldn’t resist.

Jocko Podcast 428: Lift Heavy Things, Move, and Get Enough Protein. With Dr. Gabrielle Lyon - YouTube — Hi yield.

The Solar Eclipse 2024 in Photos From Across the U.S. - The New York Times

Is Traveling by Train Always Cleaner than Flying? It’s Complicated. - The New York Times

Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court Majority: You’re Doing It Wrong | The New Yorker

Verstappen’s predictable Suzuka win should have F1 worried - ESPN

The Costco Shoppers Putting $2,000 Gold Bars in Their Carts - WSJ

How has COVID-19 impacted Gen Z’s education?

Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy | Lex Fridman Podcast #420 - YouTube — Scary.

Tulsi Gabbard: War, Politics, and the Military Industrial Complex | Lex Fridman Podcast #423 - YouTube — RFK, Jr. should have picked her for Veep.

xkcd: Eclipse Coolness

Ronnie Coleman The Unbelievable Remastered in 1080HD - Part 2 Police Officer - YouTube

Dimensions of 3-point lines on Portland court differ for women’s March Madness - The Athletic

The Newest Home-Buying Puzzle: What to Pay Your Real-Estate Agent - WSJ

Strong - Workout Tracker & Gym Log

Lamy Safari Fountain Pen Pitch Meeting Parody! - YouTube

Climate change could affect the measurement of time : NPR

AT&T Data Leak Posted to Dark Web Included Social Security Numbers

Easter Cold Open - SNL - YouTube

The Story of Jocko Willink - Full Documentary - YouTube

The Story of Jocko Willink - Full Documentary - YouTube

Improve Your Tennis Game With These Six Exercises - WSJ

Here are the 15 best short stories you can read at the ‘New Yorker’

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Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses After It Was Hit by Cargo Ship - WSJ

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The New NFL Rule That Players Can’t Stand - WSJ

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