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When my boss asks if I’ve got a minute to explain something ⌘ Read more

Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de are you sure it’s the browser is getting slow or is it website developers adding more more crap to their sites?

Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs
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Google Makes It Easy to Deepfake Yourself
Google’s overhaul of its AI creation software, Flow, includes a new video model and a tool for generating selfie videos called avatars. ⌘ Read more

Demis Hassabis Thinks AI Job Cuts Are Dumb
The CEO of Google DeepMind tells WIRED that companies should use the productivity gains of AI to do more, not lay people off. ⌘ Read more

Google’s Response to OpenClaw’s 24/7 AI Agent
Google’s always-running, data-hungry AI agent is designed to spend your money and send your emails. ⌘ Read more

It’s time soon to buy a new PC. Why? Because browsers are getting slow.

The Best Action Cameras for All Your Craziest Adventures (2026)
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The US Built a Site to Ensure Fair Access to Public Lands. Then Everything Went Wrong
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The Herman Miller Coyl Standing Desk Is Built Just for Gamers
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Tom Steyer Wants to Save California From Billionaires. But Also Doesn’t Want Them to Leave
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Pentagon reveals fresh update on next batch of Trump’s UFO files
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Google I/O 2026 Live Blog: All the Gemini and Smart Glasses Updates as They Happen
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How to Make Apps and Websites Remove Your Nonconsensual Nudes
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Retailer says tobacco licence ‘not worth the paper it’s printed on’ amid illicit market
A Senate inquiry has heard the illicit tobacco market now accounts for around 50-60% of all tobacco sales in Australia - worth around 7 billion dollars to crime gangs.
It’s estimated the federal government is now losing out on more than 11 billion dollars in tobacco excise annually.
While public health advocates and the tobacco industry argue over the merits of lowering the tobacco excise, sma … ⌘ Read more

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Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI
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The Catastrophic Swatch x Audemars Piguet Launch Was Entirely Predictable and Utterly Avoidable
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The Backward Logic of Chickenpox Parties
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How to Watch Google I/O
Google I/O is back with updates to Search, Android, Gemini, and a fresh peek at upcoming Android XR smart glasses. Here’s how to watch the announcements live and what to expect. ⌘ Read more

@tftp@tilde.town mentioning in here requires he whole shebang. With jenny, if using vim, there is a key combination:

Nick name completions: Allows you to use ^X ^U to turn verbatim nick names into full twtxt mentions. For example, typing “cath” and then pressing ^X ^U will turn “cath” into a full mention, like “@”. (This function will read the contents of your “~/.config/jenny/follow” file.)

See: https://movq.de/git/jenny/file/vim/README.html

I’m a Normie. Can Normies Really Vibe Code?
Apparently anyone can vibe code anything these days. So Claude and I tried to make a database for tracking the petty grievances of the masses. ⌘ Read more

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings
David Norman, a former Phoenix police officer who’s described himself as “a fucking savage,” now runs a company that provided training to Homeland Security’s Special Response Teams. ⌘ Read more

A Danish Couple’s Maverick African Research Finds Its Moment in RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy
The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became US health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. Now they can’t. ⌘ Read more

When I ask Claude Code to fix a bug but forgot to give it access to my repo ⌘ Read more

Oto Smart Sprinkler Review (2026): Solar-Powered and Simple to Use
The Oto Smart Sprinkler makes it easy to keep your lawn watered—as long as it gets three hours a day of direct sun to stay charged. ⌘ Read more

The 6 Best Grills and Smokers of 2026: Smart, Portable, Pellet
I grilled, smoked, seared, cleaned, and synced digital temp controllers to find the best grill option for every cookout and tailgate. ⌘ Read more

Take Control of Your Debt With These Free Tools
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If You’re a Serious Bowler, You Need to Know About Bowling Lane Oil
Bowling centers apply oil to their lanes using a machine that works like a giant inkjet printer. The pattern in which it’s applied can change everything about how the ball travels. ⌘ Read more

Gaza Is Rebuilding With Lego-Like Bricks Made From Rubble
As reconstruction materials remain blocked, Palestinians are crushing debris into interlocking blocks to build shelters from destruction. ⌘ Read more

From cask to car, could red wine be Australia’s next fuel?
Australia’s wine industry is investigating whether its current 263 million litre glut of wine would be better used as biofuel to power cars, trucks or even aircraft. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Yep, that’s what I’m going for. 😃 I mean, I don’t want to make an exact clone, just catch some of the DOS vibe.

And editing bytes as a binary number: https://movq.de/v/4c3617bbd1/vid-1778939973.mp4

I don’t need this feature that often. Maybe it would be nice to have a live-preview of the new value in hex/dec. We’ll see.

Old Oil and Gas Wells Could Find Second Life Producing Clean Energy
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How to Control Everything on Your Phone With Your Voice (iOS and Android)
Go fully hands-free with these tips for Android and iOS. ⌘ Read more

Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording
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After Struggling With EVs, US Automakers Pivot to Energy
Ford and GM are backing away from electric vehicles and moving into the battery storage business. And it all comes back to AI. ⌘ Read more

Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking
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SpaceX is preparing to launch the world’s most powerful rocket
Starship V3 is taller and more powerful than its predecessor and there won’t be long to wait to see it fly. Standing around 5 meters taller than the p… ⌘ Read more

Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shakeup
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The Chinese App That Puts Instagram to Shame
In the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool that powers the country’s tourism industry. ⌘ Read more

When someone pulls me into a meeting just to see if I have any technical questions ⌘ Read more

The 5 Best Outdoor Griddles and Flat Top Grills (2026)
A big backyard griddle can change a summer. I made dozens of tacos, burgers, and pancakes to find the best setup. ⌘ Read more

Trump’s Federal Gas Tax Holiday Isn’t Likely to Bring Down Prices
Reducing the fee will only have a marginal impact on prices while depriving the government of revenue to maintain roads. ⌘ Read more

UFO show accidentally invites urologist to speak instead of UFOlogist
A bizarre error recently saw a medical professional accidentally invited onto a show to talk about UFOs. If there’s one thing you can rely on when rec… ⌘ Read more

A Woman Was in the US Legally. She Was Deported Anyways
María de Jesús Estrada Juárez was applying for her green card and thought she was doing everything right. Instead, she was arrested and deported to Mexico. ⌘ Read more

The US Is Using AI to Hunt Down Insider Trading on Polymarket
CFTC chairman Michael Selig sat down with WIRED to discuss how the agency scours Polymarket and other prediction markets for illegal activity. ⌘ Read more

When I’m about to head out for lunch and a prod incident hits ⌘ Read more

Mira Murati Wants Her AI to ‘Keep Humans in the Loop’
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Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories
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@itsericwoodward@itsericwoodward.com pretty cool how far you have taken this! Exciting to see how it continues to mature. Which reminds me, @zvava@twtxt.net… where are thou? :-D

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Klipsch the Fives II Speakers Review for Music, Movies, More (2026)
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HelloFresh Meal Kit Review (2026): Vast Options, Good Execution
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Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins
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These Instagram Ads Sure Seem to Be Selling Cocaine Accessories
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