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šŸ“° As heartbreaking as the stories in The New Yorkerā€™s expose on Andrew Tate are, I am ecstatic to see this man continually discredited. He is a sex trafficker, abuser, rapist, and villain. His downfall cannot come soon enough. Period.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradleyandroos.micro.blog/2026/06/08/as-heartbreaking-as-the-stories.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T23:58:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Bradley Andrews","url":"https://bradleyandroos.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F29%2F1804355.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradleyandroos"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"23:58","date_timestamp":1780963086,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91786114","content_html":"
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i miss youā€¦. i feel so sad we all missed out on seeing the person youā€™d becomeā€¦ i think about what 2026 mary would be like all the time

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ā€“ Rose šŸ¤ 

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ā€‹I just learned that if you want Appleā€™s most powerful, next-gen on-device AI, the hardware requirements just took a serious jump. To run their top-tier local model, you now need:

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ā€‹Looking at all the Apple devices I own, my M5 MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM is the only machine that makes the cut.

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I guess I will wait until the fall to try it outā€¦

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OpenAI announces draft S-1 in an oddly direct, brief blog post:

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We recently submitted a confidential S-1. We expect it to leak so weā€™re just announcing it. We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company.

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Catching up from yesterdayā€™s post from John Gruber about SwiftUI:

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Thereā€™s something really wrong with SwiftUI. Amongst the apps I use, the best example is Apple Journal. Basic stuff thatā€™s worked reliably for decadesā€‰ā€”ā€‰some things that heretofore had worked foreverā€‰ā€”ā€‰are dangerously broken.

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Apple shouldā€™ve unified AppKit and UIKit years ago. SwiftUI could be purely a wrapper for the core framework, plus support for watchOS. Maybe too late to correct this now.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/06/08/catching-up-from-yesterdays-post.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T22:25:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"22:25","date_timestamp":1780957521,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mnsq3xb3gd2f"]}},{"id":"91781632","content_html":"

We are living in the Clear Channel internet, writes Ryan Broderick at Garbage Dayā€¦

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ā€¦ where everything has been so thoroughly corporatized that nothing ends up in our feeds by accident anymore. At least, not when it comes to the truly viral content. ā€¦ And there are really on two outcomes here. One possibility is we just slowly accept that nothing we see online anymore is genuine and accept that social media is just a new worse version of TV now. The other, much more interesting possibility, is that people realize the internet is infinitely big and you can always just make a new version of it.

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I see...

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All of our biblical knowledge, doctrinal articulation, and apologetic prowess fail to resist the lure of cultural liturgies that so often bypass our intellects and shape our imaginations.

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Excellent short foreword by James KA Smith for the German translation and ten year memory of his book You Are What You Love.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://tinyroofnail.micro.blog/2026/06/08/all-of-our-biblical-knowledge.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T19:56:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Donny C","url":"https://tinyroofnail.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Ftinyroofnail%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"tinyroofnail"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"19:56","date_timestamp":1780948576,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91775657","content_html":"

As expected, WWDC focused heavily on AI, with no major iOS or iPadOS features beyond performance tuning.

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Truly helpful AI must be centered on our usersā€™ needs, deeply integrated into the products they rely on every day, grounded in personal context, and built with privacy at every step. That is our vision for Apple Intelligence.

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Canā€™t wait to test Siri AI & Apple Intelligence on my M1 Mac Mini, M1 iPad Pro, and M5 MacBook Air. The hurdle? It needs 7 GB of local storage. My 256 GB Mac Mini might be in for a tight fit!\nā€‹\nā€‹Public beta drops in July-Iā€™ll be trying it on my M1 devices first.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://tobygeeksout.micro.blog/2026/06/08/as-expected-wwdc-focused-heavily.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T18:51:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Toby Overstreet","url":"https://tobygeeksout.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1292398.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"technogeek75"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"18:51","date_timestamp":1780944700,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@technogeek75/116715993360521731","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dagihjpw6quoz75vzmzn7kg7/post/3mnse2tohmh2a"]}},{"id":"91772698","content_html":"

I wish I had the time to write all my favorite quotes, there are so many.

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ā€œGrace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter when there is a void to recieve it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.ā€

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Finished reading: Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil šŸ“š

\n","summary":"","url":"https://cynthiacliff.micro.blog/2026/06/08/i-wish-i-had-the.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T18:10:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Cynthia Clifford","url":"https://cynthiacliff.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1860888.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"cynthiacliff"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"18:10","date_timestamp":1780942259,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91765582","content_html":"

Amazing

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My MonsterMesh community has been developing these #pentest pikachus for meshtastic. They are wifi penetration virtual pets. Pikachu finds vulnerable networks and gets into a battles, earns XP, levels up, learns newmoves, and evolves. It's a #meshtastic device so you can fight other Pikachus and #MonsterMesh 6 #pokemon parties on the mesh.
You can currently run alpha versions on off the shelf hardware, but are working on a custom LoRa Walker with a pedometer and larger screen.
#infosec

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\"Heltec

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Om Malik with a great blog post exploring Anthropicā€™s naming for Mythos and Project Glasswing:

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Project Glasswing is the same move. The name suggests something fragile and transparent, a butterfly with see-through wings. The project is opaque. Only the trusted can see it. The name performs openness so the structure does not have to.

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Itā€™s incredible how far we can go to observe what they look like. The universe offers so much to explore. Additionally, itā€™s hard to believe weā€™re the only ones out there.

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\n\"Colorful,\n\nColorful, Chaotic Jupiter - NASA

During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of the giant planet's northern hemisphere.

\nnasa.gov\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://tobygeeksout.micro.blog/2026/06/08/its-incredible-how-far-we.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T14:59:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Toby Overstreet","url":"https://tobygeeksout.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1292398.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"technogeek75"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"14:59","date_timestamp":1780930785,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@technogeek75/116715081861345073","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dagihjpw6quoz75vzmzn7kg7/post/3mnrx4fgvk22i","https://www.threads.com/@technogeek75/post/DZVEM5QETMK"]}},{"id":"91758452","content_html":"

The Absurdly Optimized Pancake: Leavening Chemistry, Acid-Base Stoichiometry, and an Interactive Calculator | Absurdly Optimized ā€” Absurdly Optimized

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Tang. A flat-flavored pancake is a vehicle for maple syrup. A good pancake has its own acid brightness from residual lactic and citric acid that was intentionally left un-neutralized.

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Pancakes! I want pancakes now!

\n","summary":"","url":"https://guzalexander.com/2026/06/08/the-absurdly-optimized-pancake-leavening.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T14:46:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Guz","url":"https://guzalexander.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F20%2F1914062.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kalimatas"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"14:46","date_timestamp":1780929974,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91757690","content_html":"

Google Gemini Could Be the Ceiling on Appleā€™s AI Ambitions:

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Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the real test of todayā€™s WWDC keynote is whether Apple can deliver better AI experiences than Google using the same Gemini models.

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It is not only about the LLM but also about the consumable data feeding the modelsā€¦ and Apple has the edge here.

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Andrew MacDougall: Lessons from D-Day, 82 years later:

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Looking at the past with rose-coloured glasses is usually a waste of time. Weā€™re never going to be the country we were when it served up the ā€œGreatest Generation.ā€ But we do need a renewed sense of nationhood. We need to become a place that can once again pull together to do big things when called upon by the world. Different things, surely, but big just the same. What we shouldnā€™t be in a rush to do, especially in the face of Trumpian disorder, is to further weaken ourselves, whether by continuing our economic and military stagnation, or carving...

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matt.routleynet.org","summary":"","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/2026/06/08/andrew-macdougall-lessons-from-dday/","date_published":"2026-06-08T14:08:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F51%2F5597.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mroutley"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"14:08","date_timestamp":1780927687,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sve3sxihpxr6dgjkix7fovei/post/3mnruciqly722"]}},{"id":"91755485","content_html":"
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Annoyance is the price we pay for community.

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Kristin Bell in this excerpted short from a chat with Builders Movement:

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Our mission is to overcome ā€œus vs. themā€ thinking and solve problems together. We equip people to uncover hidden common ground and build on it - with lasting solutions that reflect the will of the people.

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\n","summary":"","url":"https://microadrian.micro.blog/2026/06/08/annoyance-is-the-price-we.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T13:32:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Adrian G. Simmons","url":"https://microadrian.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F24%2F1625631.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"microadrian"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 13:32","date_timestamp":1780925534,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91752423","content_html":"

In the Footsteps of Saints - Catholic Husband

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We visit these places not for thrills or tourism, but as moments of philosophical pause. We walk where they walked, and see what they saw. It is some small reminder that sainthood isnā€™t reserved for the clergy, the perfect, or the Italian. Sainthood is a wide boulevard for us and our story. It is who we were made to be, and it should be the rule, not the exception, for us in our lives.

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āž•

\n","summary":"","url":"https://chetjcollins.com/2026/06/08/in-the-footsteps-of-saints.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T12:30:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Chet Collins","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F18%2F2987.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chet"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 12:30","date_timestamp":1780921801,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91751935","content_html":"

šŸ’¬ Love this poem from Jorge Luis Borges:

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If I could live again my life,
\nIn the next ā€” Iā€™ll try,
\nā€” to make more mistakes,
\nI wonā€™t try to be so perfect,
\nIā€™ll be more relaxed,
\nIā€™ll be more full ā€” than I am now,
\nIn fact, Iā€™ll take fewer things seriously,
\nIā€™ll be less hygenic,
\nIā€™ll take more risks,
\nIā€™ll take more trips,
\nIā€™ll watch more sunsets,
\nIā€™ll climb more mountains,
\nIā€™ll swim more rivers,
\nIā€™ll go to more places ā€” Iā€™ve never been,
\nIā€™ll eat more ice creams and less (lime) beans,
\nIā€™ll have more real problems ā€” and less imaginary onesā€¦

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Read the full poem here.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradleyandroos.micro.blog/2026/06/08/love-this-poem-from-jorge.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T12:21:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Bradley Andrews","url":"https://bradleyandroos.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F29%2F1804355.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradleyandroos"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 12:21","date_timestamp":1780921307,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91750709","content_html":"
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Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Monday for a state visit. The Chinese presidentā€™s first overseas trip this year will showcase China as a global power capable of friendly relations even with troublemakers.

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Economist World in Brief.

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Ummmm, like China and North Korea share a border, right?

\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.intellectualoid.com/2026/06/08/xi-jinping-arrived-in-north.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T11:54:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 11:54","date_timestamp":1780919644,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91749834","content_html":"
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ā€Back to it like a crack addictā€

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[ā‰ ]

\n\"\"\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.tibz.blog/2026/06/08/back-to-it-like-a.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T11:30:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Thibault Lemaitre","url":"http://tibz.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F706.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"tibz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 11:30","date_timestamp":1780918225,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jr5wbt2nllj4xwvcrfym4x4f/post/3mnrlmx52jv2j","https://www.threads.com/@itibz/post/DZUsta1loLj"]}},{"id":"91749366","content_html":"

There are cartoon villains!

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The small liberal arts school that has been taken over by Governor Ron DeSantis\nyoutube.com/watch

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\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/06/08/there-are-cartoon-villains-the.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T11:19:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 11:19","date_timestamp":1780917589,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91747869","content_html":"
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, formally known as the Secretary of Defense, warned on June 6 that Europe faced what he called an invasion of dangerous ideologies arriving by sea, linking immigration to the legacy of the D-Day landings in remarks in Normandy.

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Ummmm. Like, Normandy is in Europe, right?

\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.intellectualoid.com/2026/06/08/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T10:48:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 10:48","date_timestamp":1780915689,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91748954","content_html":"

Ein weiteres Signal fĆ¼r der Ɯbergang zu offener Gewalt durch Trump-Administration und MAGA-Bewegung in den USA. Strukturell Ƥhnlich dem Sturm auf das Kapitol, der es fĆ¼r Robert Paxton rechtfertigt, von ā€žFaschismusā€œ zu sprechen:

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Reblog via Chuck Darwin\n

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Five leading scientists were ousted from the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in New Orleans on Friday.

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Their crime: handing out copies of an editorial, published in the journal Diabetes Care on April 29, sharply criticizing the Trump administrationā€™s ongoing attacks on scientific research.

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Those ousted were...

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The U.S. Needs Its Mideast Bases - WSJ

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Itā€™s astonishing to see this kind of piece, by pro-war longtime neocons Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, as if the US disbanding its Gulf bases is now in question:

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Whatever credibility Washington still has in the Middle East depends on its willingness to maintain bases in the Gulf and in Iraqā€”and that places U.S. forces in harmā€™s way. Given our failure so far to fight the Battle of Hormuz and our inability to defend our allies adequately, this lever has lost some of the deterrence that once scared the Islamic Republicā€™s rulers. But itā€™s all we have now in an...
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If I Were Chuck Schumer | The New York Review of Books

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Joseph Oā€™Neill, interviewed by Daniel Drake:

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If I were Senator Schumer, I would take stock of the polls, which reveal an amazingly unpopular Democratic Party that is despised by its own base. I would take stock of the collapse of DNC and DSCC fundraising. I would ask myself if I was responsible for this disastrous state of affairs. I would answer this question in the affirmative. Because I, Chuck Schumer, and my network of politicians, consultants, and donors, have for decades controlled the Democratic Partyā€”its policy platform, its brand...

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Reading Paulo Andrade, last month, ā€œ Using SwiftUI to Build a Mac-assed App in 2026ā€

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A serious cross-platform framework that unified the two should have happened long before SwiftUI. Instead, Apple left AppKit to fossilize and then tried to leapfrog the problem.

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I have no doubt that someone on this planet is working on their unifying framework layer, as it doesnā€™t seem waiting another eight years on Apple improving matters is helping.

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Historian and presenter Simon Schama on Pete Hegsethā€™s D-Day speech, quoted in The Guardian:

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Hegsethā€™s remarks were a ā€œspecial kind of loathsomeness: a blend of historical deafness, grotesque stupidity and comically ludicrous self-importanceā€.

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ā€œAs if the little peopleā€™s rage against immigration somehow is superior to the war against the 3rd Reich and entitles this comic book nobody to lecture the actual heroes.ā€

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Fr Bide, on Marrying C.S. Lewis and Joy:

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When I got there, up to the quarry where he lived, Jack said, ā€˜Peter, what Iā€™m going to ask you isnā€™t fair. Do you think you could marry us? Iā€™ve asked the Bishop, Iā€™ve asked all my friends at the faculty here, and none of them will.ā€™ He said, ā€˜It doesnā€™t seem to me to be fair. They wonā€™t marry us because Joy was divorced, but the man she married in the first place was a divorced man, so in the eyes of the church, surely there isnā€™t any marriage anyway. What are they making all this fuss about?ā€™

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Well, I must admit that I had always thought that the Church of...

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Fr Bide, on Marrying C.S. Lewis and Joy:

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When I got there, up to the quarry where he lived, Jack said, ā€˜Peter, what Iā€™m going to ask you isnā€™t fair. Do you think you could marry us? Iā€™ve asked the Bishop, Iā€™ve asked all my friends at the faculty here, and none of them will.ā€™ He said, ā€˜It doesnā€™t seem to me to be fair. They wonā€™t marry us because Joy was divorced, but the man she married in the first place was a divorced man, so in the eyes of the church, surely there isnā€™t any marriage anyway. What are they making all this fuss about?ā€™

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Well, I must admit that I had always thought that the Church of...

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Daniel Jalkut:

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Forever the optimist, I think that the next several years will be an era in which opinionated, competent developers are able to run circles around projects that are overly-invested in AI. Dip into AI, maybe even let it be your first mate, but never let it be the captain.

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TIL a new word: agathokakological

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agathokakological

\n adjective\n

: composed of both good and evil

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From Greek agath- (good) + kako- (bad) + -logical. Coined by poet Robert Southey, 1834.

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\"For indeed upon the agathokakological globe there are opposite qualities always to be found.\" ā€” Robert Southey, The Doctor, 1834

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Most bottled brands are just filtered tap water, so why pay a premium?

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Used to use a filter pitcher when I lived in DC. But out here in the holler, hard water wrecks filters fast. Bottles it is, even if I hate the plastic waste. Small town life ā€” the recycling infrastructure just isn't there.

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\n\"10\n\n10 Things Youā€™re Overspending on at the Grocery Store

Shopping for food always involves a trade-off between the best value and maximum convenience, but that math changes fast as prices go up.

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Learned a new word today: silly-maxxing. Itā€™s basically decorating with just enough weirdness to make a space memorable. I love that word. Right up my alley ā€” Iā€™m always looking for ways to make a space feel interesting over just pretty.

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\n\"How\"\n\nIs 'Silly-Maxxing' the Antidote to an Overly Pretentious Home? Why This Whimsical Way of Decorating Makes for More Memorable Interiors

No one wants a home that feels overly curated, or worse, boring.

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šŸ“ø A test as much as anything to see what Gemma 4 26B did with providing ā€˜accessibility textā€™ for my photo.

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This is what it came up with:

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A small structure with a dark roof covered in solar panels sits nestled among a dense backdrop of lush green trees.

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Not too shabby. It was that kind of phrasing I had in my mind when I took it down by the beach last week, observing how the roof of an old boathouse (Unused? Do not know.) could double up as a baby solar ā€˜farmā€™ and not be that distracting.

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Farm? Ok ā€˜backlotā€™.

\n\n šŸ”„ UPDATE: 5 Minutes Later \n

Now I have read šŸ”— Mantonā€™s post properly - point of clarification...

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Why Linux creator Linus Torvalds gets angry hearing ā€œ99% of code is AIā€ - The New Stack

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Torvalds dismissed the idea that AI might one day ā€œreplaceā€ programming, arguing instead that it boosts productivity, much like past revolutions in software development. Torvalds emphasized that true software engineering requires, in the immediate future, human understanding of the underlying systems, not just the ability to write AI prompts.

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šŸ’Æ

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Why does everyone in #F1 love #Monaco? It's by far the most BORING race on the calendar.

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https://kevquirk.com/2026-06-07-2211

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I am to understand that itā€™s difficult to overtake on the Monaco track. If so, it sounds like a case for strategic parking. šŸ˜›

\n","summary":"","url":"https://lmika.org/2026/06/08/why-does-everyone-in-f.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T22:31:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 22:31","date_timestamp":1780871517,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uxf6lpd2feuelyey5sknpkih/post/3mnq7x3vt2f2f"]}},{"id":"91705488","content_html":"
\n\n\"The\n\n

šŸ“½ Watched

\n The Terminal \n

Steven Spielberg Ā· 2004

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ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜†

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MY THOUGHTS

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I've seen this film before and re-watched it. It's an inspiring story. I can't imagine being stuck in the terminal for a long timeā€”must be frustrating and exhausting. I don't know how he managed it, especially since he was a cheerful man who helped out whenever possible. Remarkable. I believe it's based on a true story.
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://tobygeeksout.micro.blog/2026/06/07/watched-the-terminal-steven-spielberg.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T16:26:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Toby Overstreet","url":"https://tobygeeksout.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1292398.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"technogeek75"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 16:26","date_timestamp":1780849567,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@technogeek75/116709759093969199","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dagihjpw6quoz75vzmzn7kg7/post/3mnplhuvci32f","https://www.threads.com/@technogeek75/post/DZSpSQYFArh"]}},{"id":"91705045","content_html":"

I love this house designā€”very simple and clean! Itā€™s ideal for a mountain view setting.

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\n\"A\n\nA 7-Meter Cabin in Ecuadorā€™s Cloud Forest Just Rethought Small Living - Yanko Design

\nSomewhere between a manifesto and a shelter, Casa 6-3 landed on the slopes above Mindo, Ecuador, and quietly started asking all the right questions about how weā€¦

\nyankodesign.com\n\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://tobygeeksout.micro.blog/2026/06/07/i-love-this-house-designvery.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T16:17:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Toby Overstreet","url":"https://tobygeeksout.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1292398.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"technogeek75"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 16:17","date_timestamp":1780849076,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@technogeek75/116709726959427654","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dagihjpw6quoz75vzmzn7kg7/post/3mnpkzaxywr2s","https://www.threads.com/@technogeek75/post/DZSoW1pEeLc"]}},{"id":"91702657","content_html":"

Americans Are Having Fewer Babies. What Does That Mean for the Country? - WSJ

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ā€œThere is the birthrate and there is the number of children people have in their lifetime, and they are not the same,ā€ she says. The total fertility rate of 1.57 is a snapshot statistic, not a portrait of any particular womanā€™s life, she says. It estimates the average number of children a woman would have if she lived through her childbearing years experiencing current rates.

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That may not be a good measure of what American women are actually doing. ā€œIf you look at women in their 50s who have completed childbearingā€”whatā€™s...

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bucky.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://bucky.micro.blog/2026/06/07/americans-are-having-fewer-babies/","date_published":"2026-06-07T15:12:34+00:00","author":{"name":"The Bucky Dispatch ","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbucky%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bucky"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 15:12","date_timestamp":1780845154,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}