Why 'Cost Disease' Is the Secret Force Behind America's Toxic Solitude The screens got cheap. The shared experiences got expensive.

The screens got cheap. The shared experiences got expensive. www.derekthompson.org/p/why-cost-d...

Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.

www.wired.com/story/border...

a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine

@gruber.foo Silly reader, the web is for bots daringfireball.net/2026/03/your...

If Oscar acceptance speeches were honest 😈

How Jonathan Groff Became Broadway’s Leading Man

I'll forever love this dude for his scene-stealing, bad-boyfriend King George. Watching Hamilton with the family on Disney was a profound and wonderful gift during the pandemic www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/t...

FCC Asks Broadcasters to Run “Patriotic, Pro-America Content” In America 250 Push FCC chairman Brendan Carr's Pledge America campaign suggests that TV and radio stations air PSAs or begin their days with the Pledge of Allegiance .

Government tells broadcasters to air propaganda to celebrate freedom

T.S.A. Says PreCheck Will Remain Operational at Airports

anyone else think that the existence of PreCheck is some true BS anyway? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...

Alysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United States YouTube video by Olympics

pure California gold😊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVmC...

Oh sorry, he's already running the FDA www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/f...

a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most | TechCrunch Because employees could do more, work began bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings. The employees' to-do lists expanded to fill every hour that AI freed up, and then kept going.

🤔 Slaves to the machine? techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/t...

At this point, I think we'd be better off with Georgio Tsoukalos running HHS www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

Everyone Wants a Room Where They Can Escape Their Screens Weary of ‘smart’ everything, Americans are craving stylish ‘analog rooms’ free of digital distractions—and designers are making them a growing trend

Life Unplugged. www.wsj.com/style/design...

George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You

20 minutes well spent www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/m...

Ireland’s National Culinary Treasure, Darina Allen This week, we spend an energetic hour with Ireland’s Darina Allen, founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School and author of multiple bestselling cookbooks, including her classic, The Forgotten Skills of...

🥰 if you like food and need a little joy in your day, listen to this delightful Splendid Table podcast episode with Francis Lam interviewing Irish raconteur and culinary legend Darina Allen 👩‍🍳www.splendidtable.org/episode/2025/01/10/irela...

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding YouTube video by ElvisCostelloVEVO

This classic is tops in my 2025 holiday playlist youtu.be/Ssd3U_zicAI?...

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The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector [Opens front door while holding a toy corgi in one arm] Merry Christmas! Oh my God, you made it! I thought you might be stuck at the airport for weeks! Well, because it’s such madness out there. Piper...

Real American holiday cheer 😂 The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog - defector.com/the-2025-hat...

Exclusive: Staff cuts and strategy squabbles split Atlas Obscura leadership The relationship between the company’s founders and some of its investors appears to have soured.

Another day, another interesting publication probably destined for the AI-powered content marketing trash heap. www.semafor.com/article/12/0...

“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...

Gee, perhaps the city of Portland should file a billion dollar lawsuit against Fox News www.propublica.org/article/port...

Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...

Mysteries of the algorithm: I subscribe to the @404media.co newsletter. This morning it was sent to spam in my gmail inbox for some unknown reason 🤔 www.404media.co/google-has-c...

Floor796 A huge animation scene with many references to memes, games, films, series, anime, music groups

this could eat hours of my life 😆 floor796.com?mc_cid=cdbde...

San Jose’s iconic House of Pizza celebrating its 75th anniversary The downtown restaurant, opened by George Kukar in 1950, has become a San Jose institution with its square-cut, cheese-on-top pizzas.

:) www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/30/s...

🤔 www.politico.com/newsletters/...

'Eerily intact': A disturbing fast food relic is continuing to haunt McDonald's "It's no longer food."

😂 I think we can all agree that Australians supply the best quotes: “They realized that I’m legitimately just a drunk Aussie guy going to see his family at Area 51 who happens to have custody of the world's oldest burger” www.sfgate.com/food/article...

😆 silly 🤖 -- Google's AI thinks my #Athleta email promotions are written Greek 🇬🇷

❤️ www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

House of Prime Rib owner Joe Betz dies at 86 The House of Prime Rib owner is lauded for his generosity and commitment to old-school dining in San Francisco.

😢 Sad news: This fella served up a lot of joy and special memories for me and my family. Joe Betz, owner of House of Prime Rib, dies at 86 sfstandard.com/2025/09/24/s...

Interview: Is 3D Printing Battery Components a Reality? Inside Sakuu’s Dry Electrode Printing Technology - 3D Printing Industry As global electrification gains momentum, the battery industry is under growing pressure to boost production efficiency, minimize environmental impact, and build more resilient supply chains. To addre...

Cool stuff. 3dprintingindustry.com/news/intervi...

Delightful (AND the Cliff Stoll reference sent me down a memory-lane rabbit hole to a quirky old NOVA episode about hacking and the KGB :>) ratfactor.com/cards/fitted...