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  • TypeParis Now26 🇫🇷 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 10:00
  • Help Me Understand How To Get Jetpack Search to Search a Custom Post Type Chris Coyier

    I’ve got a Custom Post Type in WordPress. It’s called docs because it’s for documentation pages. This is for the CodePen 2.0 Docs. The Classid Docs are just “Pages” in Wo…

    Today · 09:53
  • Ozempic dreams Dave Rupert

    It’s a secret to everyone! This post is for RSS subscribers only. Read more about RSS Club. I’ve heard the term “Ozempic face” for awhile. People have opinions about that one, but I tend to f…

    Yesterday · 13:18
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    • Before I go: People like it when other people make things
  • Run: Family Jog Marc Thiele

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    Yesterday · 06:42
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    • Why We Need to Be in the Same Room – aka Reasons to Attend Events
    • Links with Tips and Advice for Public Speaking
    • ⇾ A “Speaker Rider” – Good Help for Event Organisers
  • We’re expected to believe that the NY Times is a... Jason Kottke

    We’re expected to believe that the NY Times is a serious newspaper when they are sending a reporter to talk to dozens of ppl to debunk a claim from a known conspiracy theorist, fascist, a…

    Two Days Ago · 14:39
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    • As Slow As Possible . Very very very slow versions of...
    • I have to say that I was a little bit charmed by the...
    • Rosalía Berghain Live
    • A women had sex with identical twins (within a 4-day...
    • Tracker dashboard for the Artemis II mission using...
    • This Is Us
    • Does what it says on the tin: acid techno mix in...
    • “If Artemis II is successful, the astronauts will...
    • Open Thread #3
    • “ ICE Tours VT provides guided bus tours to many...
    • “ LLM-generated passwords…appear strong, but...
    • Great Unreleased Track From Kendrick Lamar: Bloody Murder
    • From Heatmap News & MIT, the Electricity Price Hub is...
    • Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to...
    • On Stewart Brand’s Maintenance: Of Everything
    • Not sure what level of prank/gag/stunt this is (note...
    • The Pioneering Coffee House Serving Since 1645 ....
    • After two years off, Tom Scott is back with a new...
    • “All of Humanity’s Problems Stem From Marc Andreessen’s Inability to Sit Quietly in a Room Alone”
    • Nothing Works in Trump’s America — Except Racism ....
    • The 2026 issue of the HTML Review , “an annual...
    • Mark Simonson reminisces about when he discovered type...
    • “By focusing its narrative on the tech industry...
    • For the latest episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman...
    • Endgame for the Open Web , brought on by LLM bots,...
    • NASA’s LRO found a new crater on the Moon...
  • Studio Notes #78 Dan Cederholm

    Hello hello, and greetings to you, beloved reader. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🎻 Charles Brooks takes beautiful photos fr…

    Two Days Ago · 06:00
  • The Summit 2026, Belize Dan Mall

    Three agency owners flew to a jungle in Central America with nothing but a suitcase and a vague sense that their businesses could be more. Five days later, all three had stopped doing the work that m…

    Two Days Ago · 05:00
  • A Brief History of the Dust Jacket John Boardley

    Read the book, Typographic Firsts Slip cover, dust cover, or dust jacket — whatever you call it, and whether you’re the type to trash or treasure them — have you ever wondered what purpose…

    Three Days Ago · 23:41
  • Qobuz Theme 1.1 Jon Hicks

    To summarise my experience with the alternative music streaming service Qobuz: great ethical company, the best sound quality, but I couldn't quite get on with how it looks. As Qobuz desktop is an elec…

    Three Days Ago · 09:00
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    • Tyler Ramsey at The Jericho Tavern
  • Mistrust Jeremy Keith

    Four years ago I wrote about something that has long puzzled me in the world of front-end development. Trust: The mindset I’ve noticed is that many developers are suspicious of browser feature…

    Three Days Ago · 08:57
  • England 0-1 Japan Simon Collison

    Arriving just as the sun aligned with the roofline. I’ve been to Wembley Arena many times for gigs, but I’d never been inside the iconic Wembley Stadium next door.…

    Three Days Ago · 05:50
  • 🔗 Endgame for the Open Web Rob Weychert

    Anil Dash makes the case that we’re running out of time to save the last vestiges of the open web from the big-tech robber barons’ multifaceted (but mostly AI-shaped) rampage, which probably is…

    Four Days Ago · 13:09
  • A letter to John Ternus Marco Arment

    As Apple celebrates its fiftieth birthday, we celebrate the spirit of its formation, when people who loved computers started making great computers to inspire more people to love computers. That spir…

    Four Days Ago · 12:00
  • Claude Dispatch and the Power of Interfaces Josh Clark

    Ethan Mollick reviewed the research that chat interfaces introduce heavy effort that undermines complex, specialized work. His conclusion is that the future of AI-powered interfaces is specialized i…

    Four Days Ago · 05:50

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