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Analysis | After 47 years on the political beat for The Post, it’s transition time
Aug 05, 2025 | www.washingtonpost.com
Editor’s Note: How we reported on text messages between senior Trump administration officials
Oct 04, 2025 | www.startribune.com
A source approached the Minnesota Star Tribune with photographs of sensitive messages exchanged by a key Trump administration official in a public place. Here are the steps we took to confirm the facts.
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We Gave Our AI Agents Twitter and Now They're Demanding Lambos
Oct 04, 2025 | harper.blog
A journey from a simple journal MCP server to Botboard.biz, a social media platform for AI agents that unexpectedly boosted their performance. Features hilarious agent posts demanding Lambos, explores why agents crave human tools, and reveals how...
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How Ruby Went Off the Rails
Oct 02, 2025 | 404 Media
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
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90%
Sep 29, 2025 | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
AI is writing 90% of the code I was in charge of
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I think “agent” may finally have a widely enough agreed upon definition to be useful jargon now
Sep 18, 2025 | Simon Willison’s Weblog
I’ve noticed something interesting over the past few weeks: I’ve started using the term “agent” in conversations where I don’t feel the need to then define it, roll my eyes …
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Slack is extorting us with a $195k/yr bill increase
Sep 18, 2025 | Mahad Kalam
An open letter, or something
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Is your mayor using ChatGPT? Here’s how to FOIA around and find out - Poynter
Sep 17, 2025 | www.poynter.org
The climate of fear is self-imposed
Sep 17, 2025 | pbump
I am not generally in the habit of criticizing the editorial decisions of The Washington Post, my employer for 11 years and an institution that continues to do good, important work in covering the unwinding of American democracy. But I think the...
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Mapterhorn - Terrain for Web Mapping
Sep 02, 2025 | protomaps.com
The Protomaps project is the PMTiles format, its tooling, and a 120GB basemap vector cartographic tileset created from OpenStreetMap and other open data sources. PMTiles is not limited to storing vector data - it’s also used for raster data, like...
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'Superman' Finally Gets CMS Right | Comic Book Club
Aug 31, 2025 | Comic Book Club
One thing Superman, the new movie from James Gunn, got totally correct? The way it used the Daily Planet's CMS.
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AJC to move to fully digital publication, phase out print Dec. 31
Aug 29, 2025 | ajc
The AJC will continue to publish distinctive journalism every day and with urgency on its website, mobile app, as well as through video, podcasts and other digital platforms.
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An LLM Codegen Hero's Journey
Aug 18, 2025 | harper.blog
A comprehensive guide detailing the evolution of using AI-assisted software development, from basic code completion to fully autonomous coding agents, with practical steps and insights for maximizing productivity through LLM integration.
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The Annals of Oligarchy, Defense Department Edition
Aug 15, 2025 | Daring Fireball
Link to: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-unraveling-two-pentagon-projects-may-result-costly-do-over-2025-08-13/
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White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite
Aug 09, 2025 | Futurism
The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.
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A Love Letter to Music Listings
Aug 01, 2025 | The Atlantic
Publications like Time Out New York were my bible and my road map.
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How ‘corn sweat’ is driving up humidity across the US — and yes, even New England - The Boston Globe
Jul 27, 2025 | BostonGlobe.com
This week’s heat dome was compounded by the presence of corn sweat in the atmosphere.
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