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Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It? I spent two days at Notion and saw an industry in upheaval. I also shipped some actual code.

Great new reporting from @laurengoode.bsky.social on being an embed at @notion.com, working with their engineering team vibe-coding some new features.
www.wired.com/story/why-di...

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This L.A. Taqueria Makes Magic With Smoke and Salsa

A palate cleanser. Literally.

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$75 million of the $100 million has been distributed. The list of recipients is here. Applications are still open for the final phase of grants.

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We were just suspended without warning from threads and Instagram. We have no idea why.

If any of y’all are on those apps and want to let them know to fix that we would be appreciative.

The idea that only Democrats use nationwide injunctions is false. The reason we don’t have student debt forgiveness from President Biden is because Republicans got a nationwide injunction.

This isn’t about partisanship—it’s about power and who’s willing to use it.

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler) on Threads IAEA DIRECTOR: “I indicated very clearly we did not have elements to prove Iran had a plan or a systematic effort towards a nuclear weapon.”

IAEA director: We've made it very clear that in our assessment Iran had neither the elements to create a weapon or a program in place to try and build one.
www.threads.com/@thetnholler...

FactPost (@factpostnews) on Threads Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization? Rubio: That’s irrelevant Host: No, that’s a key point Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intell...

Rubio: Who cares what US Intelligence said (US Intel showed that Iran was nowhere near capabilities to create a weapon)? We bombed Iran because the IAEA said they were about to create a nuclear weapon.
www.threads.com/@factpostnew...

As Trump shuts out migrants, Spain opens its doors and fuels economic growth Defying the anti-immigrant trend in the U.S., Spain is reaping economic benefits by granting citizenship to tens of thousands of newly-arrived workers.

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YouTube video by What Now? with Trevor Noah Jon Stewart – One of My Favorite People - What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

This is a wonderful conversation. Both Jon and Trevor are so good at peeling back the onion to expose the core of postured positions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=44uC...

The tldr;
It's great for something quick. Like for someone without a budget to build something that they wouldn't otherwise be able to.

But you really want someone experienced to give it a critical code review if it's something that you or your company will depend on for anything important.

Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs Engineering was once the most stable and lucrative job in tech. Then AI learned to code.

A good read on what Vibe Coding is today, where it's likely to settle once the buzz dies down and what it means for software engineers.
www.wired.com/story/vibe-c...

Guest column | Doctors said I was ‘too young’ to be seriously ill. I had Stage 4 cancer. What it took to finally get doctors to listen to me — and what I’ve learned since.

A very well done comic book look at how the current surge incancer among young people, but particularly women, is surprising the medical community.

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Congratulations to Taylor Swift,,, may you have peace and happiness and continue to gain more of that. This community is so happy for you,!!!
::: KING SWIFTIE

I’ll say this as many times as I have to.

No tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself. Not a one.

🚨 ICE agents in masks and no uniforms abducting people from a Phoenix immigration court - no ID, no explanation, no due process.

This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.

Demand accountability.

Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.

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4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care In 2023, a Mexican girl, 4, was allowed U.S. entry for lifesaving medical care. She and her parents, who live in Bakersfield, have been told they must leave.

4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times

Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:

My guess is more members of Congress went to Harvard than to any other school.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Opinion | Europe Built Trains. America Built Highways and Regret.

Europe Built Trains. America Built Highways and Regret.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...

If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat.

In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.

Time to start dressing for revenge, Taylor.

AOC, talking Medicaid cuts — after Rep. Weber chides her for addressing the camera:

“.. There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. .. They deserve. To see. What is happening. Here.”

@aoc.bsky.social