Not me looking at the Toronto tempo merch like 👀

I’m very confused by Portland’s WNBA draft picks y’all. I wanna give em a chance but I also want to be excited about watching them play?

Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations.

"Among the closures is the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Portland, Ore., a facility founded in 1925 that has 246 employees, most of them scientists, according to its website, and oversees projects from Oregon to Alaska."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/cl...

"I think it's possible to believe her while also believing that she trimmed and shaped her desires to fit her husband's, as women are encouraged to do."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/op...

Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized A stairway to nowhere: Three months that could change the White House for generations.

You gotta love it when large, "meant-to-impress" stairs basically lead to nowhere www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

Thanks for reading it!

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

"Rowling has been transparent about her desire to keep assisting people in their efforts to rob transgender people of their dignity and human rights. That seems very much to be the entire point of The J.K. Rowling Women's Fund"
www.theverge.com/report/90181...

A Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns, Citing the Iran War

A Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns, Citing the Iran War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...

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Fantastic piece—really helpful. And I love that a spoonie is making spoons for exercise. Perfect spoon living!

Hahaha oh I feel silly now, but that hadn’t even occurred to me. Thanks for pointing that out! 😂

Since this pubbed, I’ve heard from 15+ people who do the same thing with their fitness trackers. What’s extremely cool about this is that most of us started doing this intuitively. Yet only a few companies, like Visible, have created products that cater to people with energy-limiting illnesses

Misusing my fitness tracker to do less, not more Disabled folks are using their devices to manage long Covid, POTS, and more — and it’s working

Yes here’s a gift link! www.theverge.com/features/889...

Yess. It smells INCREDIBLE.

Right?! thanks michael!

Thank you so much for reading the story and taking the time to write to me too. It means a lot.

It’s been almost 10 years since I’ve had a story published on @theverge.com. Feels good to have it be something so personal, and so close to long covid awareness day, too.

The top part of a Wooden cooking spoon, on a green kitchen towel.

Wooden cooking spoon handle, on a green kitchen towel.

Wooden cooking spoon on a green kitchen towel.

I carved a cooking spoon out of a Japanese cherry tree log I got from my neighbor. Hopefully I can make a few more things from the remaining greenwood soon.

The Washington Post Is Using Reader Data to Set Subscription Prices. How Does That Work? - Washingtonian If recent events have not compelled you to cancel your Washington Post subscription, then you might have been in for sticker shock at the dawn of your latest billing cycle. Many readers have been…

Many Washington Post readers have been notified via email that their subscription rates are set to increase. Nestled at the bottom of these emails, you’ll find an asterisk and the following: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”

“The current war is disastrous from the point of view of the modern agricultural cycle.” adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

Google can now help you find and remove your ID from search results You can remove more of your information from the search engine.

Google can now help you find and remove your ID from search results
www.theverge.com/tech/876352/...

Sure did!

The highlight of the “athletes pronouncing their names for the Olympics website” is American alpine skier Mary Bocock, who clearly agrees it’s a pretty funny name

Uber found liable for sexual assault in first of thousands of similar lawsuits A federal jury has ordered Uber to pay the victim $8.5 million in damages.

Uber found liable for sexual assault in first of thousands of similar lawsuits
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(to do this I use the Unhook chrome extension)

I had no idea I could block Youtube shorts until now. I don't have to see them in my search results in browser. So happy I know this now! holy moly.

This is what it says: “He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery.“

This is the paragraph I’m talking about

Psychedelics for Anorexia?

It was also very special to speak with Francesca for the episode and hear about her experience with anorexia, and the breakthrough after taking psilocybin. My goal with that interview was to humanize anorexia for folks who aren't familiar. Francesca made my job easy open.spotify.com/episode/6UlV...

Psychedelics for Anorexia?

No medication has ever been approved to treat anorexia. And the standard of care - therapy - often fails. But researchers are hopeful that psilocybin-assisted therapy could change that. And the science that underpins that hope is honestly extremely interesting! open.spotify.com/episode/6UlV...