"My husband is going to make me stop following you." Home gardener shares hack that could save you money on grocery bills: 'Great information' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
VirtualBuddy offers a simple way to quickly virtualize MacOS (and Linux) on any Apple Silicon Mac, offering an easy method for developers, enthusiasts, and the curious to run multiple instances of MacOS on their Mac. And VirtualBuddy is speedy with great performance, plus it’s fr … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025 A lowlife performance on Fox: Richard Haass used an interesting word on today's Morning Joe. The word he used was "pathology." In essence, he was referring to the pathology of headlong tribal assault. European literature began with a portrait of that sor … | Continue reading
David Geier and his father Mark Geier have a long track record of misrepresenting the science on vaccine safety. | Continue reading
There’s a new (old?) computer at apple.com/mac: The page links to a new video showing how the Mac is at the heart of Severance’s production. I really think this is the best show I’ve watched since Breaking Bad or Mad Men ended. I love it, and can’t wait for the third season. | Continue reading
Folding e-bikes are usually a tradeoff — compact and portable, but underpowered and awkward to ride. The Velotric Fold 1 challenges that reputation with a 750W motor, hydraulic brakes, a 55-mile range, and a sturdy build — all for $1,199. It’s not trying to be the lightest or the … | Continue reading
"Double tap to page turn" works on latest Paperwhite and Kindle Colorsoft. | Continue reading
Every 13 to 15 years, Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible | Continue reading
"Thanks for the trick." Dad reveals simple maintenance hack to avoid having to call the plumber: 'So much easier than I thought' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Meanwhile, Texas kids reportedly getting liver damage from supplement touted by RFK Jr. | Continue reading
Culture wars will consume us all The post Do I Really Have To Cheer For A Brand Account? appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
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Function calling with Gemma Google's Gemma 3 model (the 27B variant is particularly capable, I've been trying it out via Ollama) supports function calling exclusively through prompt engineering. The official documentation describes two recommended prompts - both of them suggest t … | Continue reading
Despite Oracle denying a breach of its Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers and the theft of account data for 6 million people, BleepingComputer has confirmed with multiple companies that associated data samples shared by the threat actor are valid. [...] | Continue reading
Ed Simon at The Hedgehog Review: Short though her life was, O’Connor produced a distinctive body of work—two short-story collections, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Everything that Rises Must Converge, and her two novels Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away, along with luminou … | Continue reading
Stay away from rambling, formulaic intros — your speakers deserve better than that. Or maybe skip the speaker intro altogether. -Barbara Scofidio | Continue reading
Most of them, at least. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will be joined by James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Cumming, and others. | Continue reading
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Why can’t White House officials just admit they made a mistake and apologize? | Continue reading
We’ve got another iteration of Scooby-Doo heading our way, whether we want it or not. The latest Mystery Inc. team is heading to Netflix with an eight-episode order. The series will apparently be an origin story about how Scooby first teamed up with Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fre … | Continue reading
AWS Amplify Hosting now offers direct integration with AWS WAF, allowing users to apply web application firewall protection to their hosted apps through the console or infrastructure as code, eliminating the need for complex Amazon CloudFront configurations. | Continue reading
The shifting political landscape in the U.S. is casting a shadow over WorldPride 2025, with sponsors pulling out and international travelers facing growing uncertainty. While organizers remain steadfast in their commitment to hosting the global event, concerns over all Pride even … | Continue reading
I like these collage-like artworks by Tavares Strachan. One of the figures depicted above in the third piece, just above the queen, is polar explorer Matthew Henson, who was the first person (maybe?) to reach the geographic North Pole in 1909 as part of Robert Peary’s expedition. … | Continue reading
The Inner West Film Fest returns for its third outing, between Wednesday 9 April to Thursday 17 April 2025. The inner west — for readers outside of Australia, and that’s a fair few you — is a group of suburbs to the west of downtown Sydney, not too close in, but not too far out [ … | Continue reading
Changes in the heart might mean more than just cardiovascular risk – they could also signal early shifts in brain health. A large meta-analysis found that even subtle heart problems, like issues with how the heart pumps or relaxes, are linked to smaller brain volumes, particularl … | Continue reading
"We love the idea of sustainable candle making." Candle lover seeks advice on how to reuse old containers instead of throwing them away: 'Someone would love these for something' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The pair of earthenware comal griddles fueled by smoldering oak coals at Tacos del Carmen are beautiful things, weathered by use and white from curing with lime powder. They impart a unique earthy smokiness to this street stand’s quesadillas, empanadas, and tacos. That primeval f … | Continue reading
US Space Force to United Launch Alliance: "I have been and always shall be your friend." | Continue reading
Take some time during your Spring Break to catch up on the latest digital rights news by subscribing to EFF's EFFector newsletter! This edition of the newsletter covers our new open source tool to detect cellular spying, Rayhunter; The Foilies 2025, our tongue-in-cheek awards to … | Continue reading
YouTube will soon count Shorts views using the same method as TikTok and Instagram. Starting March 31st, YouTube will display the number of times a Short starts to play or replay, like Instagram and TikTok do, instead of only counting after someone watches a Short for a specific … | Continue reading
Oliver Darcy, writing at Status (paywalled — great content, terrible CMS experience that keeps logging me out on all my devices and requires a stupid email magic link to get back in), in a brief interview with Atlantic editor-in-chief and man of the moment Jeffrey Goldberg: It go … | Continue reading
I’ve blogged in the past about how WebKit on Linux integrates with Sysprof, and provides a number of marks on various metrics. At the time that was a pretty big leap in WebKit development since it gave use a number of new insights, and enabled various performance optimizations to … | Continue reading
No, really. It’s him. Arguably one of the greatest football player the world has ever seen, Cristiano Ronaldo, is has been revealed as the next fighter in SNK’s upcoming game Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves. Ronaldo has teased some collaboration with SNK a few months back, but app … | Continue reading
After an hours-long tease, Marvel has confirmed much of the cast for the next Avengers movie — and it pulls together a huge list of stars from films ranging from past Avengers and X-Men flicks to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps. Today’s … | Continue reading
A household appliance we’d improve with modern tech, a ridiculous tech solution to a silly problem we’ve had, the iOS or app interface we most want redesigned in iOS 19, and a pie-in-the-sky Apple Intelligence feature that would truly excite us.… | Continue reading
Aftershocks by Joy and the Wildfire is an album that has only one goal: to capture your attention. And it does beautifully by shifting between elements of nu-metal, new wave, and an honest-to-God punk attitude. | Continue reading
Amazon has released a software update for the current-generation Colorsoft and Paperwhite that lets you double-tap on the sides or back of your Kindle to turn the page. The new feature, as spotted by The eBook Reader, is listed in the release notes for the 5.18.1 update and can b … | Continue reading
The Fast and Furious star claims he's doing a prequel to film 11, aka Fast X Part 2. Um, what? | Continue reading
This idea is inspiring others to compost creatively. Gardener shares brilliant tip for reusing empty toilet paper rolls instead of throwing them away: 'Excellent idea' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
MCP 🤝 OpenAI Agents SDK You can now connect your Model Context Protocol servers to Agents: openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/mcp/ We’re also working on MCP support for the OpenAI API and ChatGPT desktop app—we’ll share some more news in the coming months. — @OpenAIDev … | Continue reading
Anthropic says use of the song lyrics should be considered fair use under U.S. copyright law. | Continue reading
Google says this change will simplify things for developers and OEMs. | Continue reading
Johnny Lyons at Dublin Review of Books: Anyone who takes on Hegel knows they have their work cut out. He is among the most complex, capacious and ambitious philosophers in the history of Western thought. And unlike other comparable figures in that tradition, such as Plato, Descar … | Continue reading
Found by a metal detectorist in England, the item features a sapphire surrounded by two emeralds and two stones that are either garnets or rubies | Continue reading
Whenever Verge staffers are asked to describe their smart tech, office tools, kitchen gadgets, or whatever else, they talk about things they recently bought, things they picked up 10 years ago, or things they’ve had sitting around their house for decades. We’ve gathered a few of … | Continue reading
These changemakers show that social innovation thrives when it draws on the knowledge and lived experience of the people impacted. | Continue reading
Watch All of the Commercials That David Lynch Has Directed: A Big 30-Minute Compilation. “The New York Department of Sanitation engaged Lynch’s services to imbue their anti-littering campaign with his signature high-contrast ominousness…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.o … | Continue reading