While Tropical Depression 2 lurks in the Gulf, we currently expect minimal impacts in Houston
July 20, 2026In brief: Tropical Depression 2 may become a tropical storm later today or tomorrow, but for Houston at this point we are not expecting significant impacts, anticipating that it will fall apart befor…
Heat begins to step up over Houston as drier weather sets in
July 17, 2026In brief: We have an update on the situation west of Houston this morning. Additionally, we take a look at our lack of rain chances, the increasing heat, and the tropics today, all of which seem typi…
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The Lost Joy of Music Piracy . “Still to this day,...
July 20, 2026The Lost Joy of Music Piracy. “Still to this day, I’ve never seen such an actively maintained network of knowledge and output, it really sucked me in.” …
Goofy Oversized Wicker Costumes
July 20, 2026Artist Lewis Prosser describes himself on Instagram as an “absurdist basket-maker”. His costumes for a project called Making Merrie reflect that self-description. Making Merri…
Excerpt from a longer (podcast) conversation with John...
July 20, 2026Excerpt from a longer (podcast) conversation with John Waters about how he used to work at Mary Oliver’s bookstore in Provincetown. “They had this bookshop where you were allowed to …
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is making a documentary about the...
July 20, 2026Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is making a documentary about the 14th amendment, “spotlighting America’s long running and sometimes bloody battle with itself over who is a citizen and how much fre…
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[Sponsor] WorkOS MCP: Manage Your Auth Platform From Any AI Agent
July 20, 2026Debugging SSO, managing users, adjusting auth policies, configuring branding: every configuration task has lived behind a UI that only a human can drive. The WorkOS MCP server gives agents the same…
‘Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models?’
July 20, 2026Ben Thompson, on the hype regarding Kimi K3, at Stratechery: This is a point that bears repeating: because U.S. open weight model makers must follow the frontier labs’ terms of service, they (1)…
Paper
July 19, 2026My thanks to Paper for sponsoring last week at DF. Paper is a new professional design tool where every layer is real HTML and CSS. Your design is already code, which means fewer handoffs, translatio…
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New Lecture Series for the Public: "Hitler and Stalin Today"
July 15, 2026The first lecture in a ten-lecture series on Hitler and Stalin today.
Supergirl (Movie Review)
July 11, 2026The Tragedy of Carelessness
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Gar's Tips & Tools Issue #213
July 19, 2026Access to tools, techniques, and shop tales from the diverse worlds of DIY
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