The Independent Variable
🔫 Charlie Kirk Shot at University Q&A /// NY Mag
💀 DOOMscroll /// The Game
🤖 Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It? /// Wired
🧦 Trump’s Intel Deal: Also Very Fascist /// New Republic
💍 Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Are Engaged /// THR
🪀 Yoyo Elevated to Performance Art /// Kottke
🪷 Anemone /// Trailer
☕ How to replicate Espresso Vivace’s creamy ristretto? /// r/espresso
📻 Macrowave /// Radio Broadcaster
🚢 Valve founder Gabe Newell just purchased a superyacht company /// The Verge
☠️ Make asbestos OK again? /// The Verge
💉 RFK Jr. is coming for your vaccines /// The Verge
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📧 Substack Raised Another $100 Million, Which, I Bet, Is Already Being Flushed Down the Same Toilet as Their First $100 Million /// Daring Fireball
⛑️ Days after $5 million donation to MAGA Inc., Trump freezes Medicare waste crackdown /// Popular Information
🪦 Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath Singer and Heavy Metal Pioneer, Dead at 76 /// Rolling Stone
🎵 Ensenada - Single /// Sublime
🤯 The Frightening and Fantastic Worlds of James Tynion IV /// Humble Bundle
🤖 Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI /// Wired
📺 ABC News to Launch Daily Short-Form News Program on Disney+, ‘What You Need to Know’ /// TheWrap
💮 Chris Ware designs commemorative stamps celebrating 250th anniversary of US Postal Service /// The Beat
☀️ Jack Dorsey’s latest app tracks sun exposure /// TechCrunch
📽️ Inside the New Movie Theater Concept From the Founder of Alamo Drafthouse: Private Rooms, Gourmet Meals and Guest Attendants /// THR
🦸♂️ Dean Cain Says James Gunn’s “Woke” Stance on “Immigrant” Superman is “Going to Hurt” Box-Office /// World of Reel
🤡 Musk makes grand promises about Grok 4 in the wake of a Nazi chatbot meltdown /// The Verge
☠️ kkkbye /// Instagram
📰 The New York Times Had To Work With A Eugenicist So They Didn’t Get Scooped By A Bigot /// Defector
🧺 The Nuggets Are In A Standoff With Jonas Valanciunas And It Somehow Matters /// Defector
💸 Polymarket Rules ‘No’ on $237M Controversial Bet Over Zelenskyy’s Suit /// Decrypt
🏎️ Apple bids for Formula 1 rights in US following success of Brad Pitt film /// FT
📱 TikTok’s ‘ban’ problem could end soon with a new app and a sale /// The Verge
📚 Small Press SFF Might Sometimes Be Harder to Find — But It’s More Than Worth the Effort - Reactor /// Reactor
🎥 Danny Boyle Calls Out “Cultural Appropriation” in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ /// World of Reel