Punish the worst teams? Adam Silver reportedly has 'enthusiastic' response to new NBA Draft Lottery proposal The NBA plans to enact significant lottery reform this offseason to crack down on tanking

Punish the worst teams? Adam Silver reportedly has 'enthusiastic' response to new NBA Draft Lottery proposal.

One of Texas' oldest newspapers just lost its entire newsroom. www.chron.com

The 166yo weekly Cameron Herald laid off its entire staff.

We are all Good Germans now. scripting.com

no one cares.

Probably no spy devices in that foreign steel being donated for Trump’s ballroom. I wouldn’t even worry about it.

Why Is AI Afraid Of This One Guy? Big Tech’s problem child is running for Congress — and AI super PACs are spending big to stop him.

Why Is AI Afraid Of This One Guy?

AI Code is Hollowing Out Open Source, and Maintainers are Looking the Other Way TL;DR: The advent of AI based, LLM coding applications like Anthropic’s Claude and ChatGPT have prompted maintainers to experiment with integrating LLM contributions into open source codebases.

AI Code is Hollowing Out Open Source, and Maintainers are Looking the Other Way.

Working on the RSS Cloud WordPress Plugin

I've been continuing to work on the modern testing infrastructure so I can make sure the RSS Cloud plugin for WordPress is up to date. The maintainer rightfully wants to keep it as simple as possible, so I want to respect his wishes. The default settings…

There are whole Sopranos seasons about this

"This is what you get when you elect Republicans."

Every Dem within 100 feet of a camera needs to be saying this repeatedly.

Every time we elect Republicans, we get dumbass wars, tax cuts for rich people, and financial crises. Every time.

Fucking say it!

What is agentic engineering? simonwillison.net

Rethinking RSS, newsletters, and how I read every morning Current in action, reading one of my newsletters. Every morning, I start my day with breakfast, a cup of tea, and my iPad. This is the latest version of a ritual that began years ago with an actual…

Rethinking RSS, newsletters, and how I read every morning.

Patreon Says Podcasters Earned $629 Million in 2025, Up 33%, as Platform’s Biggest Content Category Keeps Growing Revenue generated by podcasters on the Patreon direct-to-fan platform hit $629 million in 2025, up 33%, the company says.

‘“We have the ‘keep your attention’ dial turned down on our algorithms. We are able to do that because we are focused on funding art, not ads.”’

variety.com/2026/digital...

Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, will appear before a House committee June 10 to discuss his connection to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to people familiar with the committee’s scheduling. https://wapo.st/3QoO9yg

@pbump -- saw that you've taken a writing job at Hearst.

will there be a feed for your writing?

i'd like to add it to my blogroll so i don't miss anything.

and congrats and best of luck! ;-)

Mercy Review: Guilty of Being Stupid • The Austin Chronicle At a time when AI is being rammed into every aspect of our lives, we deserve a film that will deal with the real ethical and legal quandaries raised by letting LLMs into the courtroom. Instead, what we get is Mercy, a film so dull, doltish, and off-putting that it can only be described as […]

Mercy Review: Guilty of Being Stupid.

No. This is not 'pushback' it is a gross pretense at 'pushback.' There is no call for impeachment or removal here.

You and your bothsides-pilled outlet and Senator Murkowski are literally the problem, a Potemkin pretense at 'reasonableness' that has got to stop right now. That's enough.

\[General Kaine\] also flagged the enormous difficulty of securing the Strait of Hormuz and the risks of Iran blocking it. Mr. Trump had dismissed that possibility on the assumption that the regime would capitulate before it came to that. www.nytimes.com

i hope you succeed in breaking out of the mold.

The Hacker News tarpit This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, no sponsored CTAs, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have told

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Guest: This is the way the monsters of history speak. We're talking about a man who controls the world's largest nuclear arsenal, putting out threats of genocide and war crimes. The threat itself feels like a turning point for America's role in the world.

Rep. Ansari: I hope it doesn't have to take committing genocide against a country of 90 million people for Republicans to speak up. Trump is mentally deranged. Threatening crimes of this magnitude is going to get Americans killed. We are talking about the potential for nuclear war here.

Listen to @timothysnyder.bsky.social.

This is the time to say no and refuse to comply.

Gas prices aren't the only factor fueling used EV sales | TechCrunch There are a growing number of reasons why used EVs have gained in popularity.

Gas prices aren't the only factor fueling used EV sales.

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is heating up again, and now it has an $8,750 discount The IONIQ 5 is making a comeback after sales jumped in the first quarter. Now, Hyundai is offering an $8,750...

Hyundai discounts IONIQ 5 EV by $8,750 as sales heat up.

we like to blame the repubs in congress, what what exactly have *you* done to shift the balance.

if americans were --

1. not complacent
2. really against the war
3. wanted trump out now

we could make it happen.

NY Times once again caught sanewashing Trump’s unhinged rhetoric The New York Times has once again been caught red-handed editing commentary from President Donald Trump that makes his commentary seem less unhinged than it truly is. On Easter Sunday, Trump sent ...

NY Times once again caught sanewashing Trump’s unhinged rhetoric.

Long long time gone.