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    Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company

    I’m sure this will all turn out fine.
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    The physics of squeaking sneakers

    That second video is so silly and I adore it.
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    COFFEE THREAD!!!!

    I feel like the reviews for the X64 have been mixed. (Lance Hedrick warning: View: https://youtu.be/WzNe9BSXcd0 ) Seems like the grind size adjustment is annoying, and disassembly for cleaning is a pain.
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    Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company

    And has no gaming experience in her CV at all. Which wouldn’t in and of itself be disqualifying, except that based on her memo to employees, I’m not even sure she’s ever played a Xbox game. Just soulless corporate speak.
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    Hallucinogen DMT an effective antidepressant in small clinical trial

    Anecdotal, N of 1, blah blah blah, but: psychedelics saved my life. That’s not an exaggeration. One shroom trip resolved years of anxiety and disordered eating. I’m really glad to see psychedelics being taken seriously again as a means to help mental health. It’s not a panacea, but it’s another...
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    Seven things to know about how Apple’s Creator Studio subscriptions work

    Mostly correct: Pixelmator's Warp tool is subscription-only and not available in the standalone version.
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    Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles for you

    I mean, it pretty famously does become something bigger , but I get that the main game isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. I adored it, though, and it’s a damned shame Blow’s bloviating has sullied it somewhat for me.
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    With deadline looming, 4 of 9 universities reject Trump’s “compact” to remake higher ed

    My alma mater and former employer. I’m beyond disappointed in them. I’ve ceased my (meager) donations to them. I’m sure it won’t hurt them much, but I refuse to endorse their behavior.
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    Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign

    They’re implying there were other things on the device that weren’t that close to announcement. But in any case, yes.
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    AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds

    They can’t think. Why would we expect that they would be able to arrive at a conclusion of suicidal ideation in a person?
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    Tuesday Telescope: A stellar duo stars in a nearby galaxy

    Great suggestion! Was really neat to see distant galaxies in the Webb image that aren't visible in the Hubble image, presumably because they're so red-shifted (a guess).
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    Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi

    The indigestion would be lethal.
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    Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi

    Further proof that there is nothing—literally nothing, not even portions of the electromagnetic spectrum—that the current administration and its congressional enablers and lobbyists won't sell off to private interests. Also: Cruz, Pai, Trump, and Carr is a top-tier list of "worst group of four...
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    Man eats dubious street food—ends up blowing apart his GI tract

    My uncle suffered from Boerhaave syndrome, which he thankfully survived and has (mostly) recovered from. It's a terrifying thing to have happen, both immediately and in terms of treatment/recovery. I don't envy the patient in this article one bit.
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    Everything we know about the 2026 Nissan Leaf

    By design: the battery pack skateboard skews the proportions of the car, making for tall doors and body panels. The black cladding hides it well on this car, but if you look closely, you can see how tall the doors are and how small the windows are, proportionally. The same is true on a lot of...
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    IBM is now detailing what its first quantum compute system will look like

    I forgot what article I was in and thought you were talking about large language models and AGI for a second.
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    Weapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988

    Stephen, is this the cause of the strange launch delays you reported on recently?
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    This is shaping up to be the worst year for US measles cases since the 1990s

    We must stop Beth from publishing more articles about measles, as every time she does, measles cases go up .
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    Tuesday Telescope: Hera today, gone to Deimos

    Really glad you brought this series back, Eric!
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    “Wooly mice” a test run for mammoth gene editing

    Also, the history and ethics of in vitro work with human cancer cells is checkered at best (see: Henrietta Lacks).