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With Trump's tariffs hitting imports hard, software engineers should learn languages like C, C#, Rust, and Ruby which don't use `import` statements.

This week, I hope to submit a Python Enhancement Proposal to change the `import` keyword to `use` to avoid tariffs.

`from humor import bad_joke`

Announcing Rust 1.89.0 | Rust Blog Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

Happy new Rust! 🎆🦀

Rust 1.89.0 has been released!

This release brings you inferrred array length, new lints, u128/i128 in extern "C", NonZero<char>, File::lock, many x86 intrinsics, and much more! ✨

Check out the blog post and release notes for all the details: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/08/07/R...

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Zed — The editor for what's next Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Anthropic (@AnthropicAI) just announced Claude Opus 4.1 earlier today, and our CI just finished publishing new stable and preview patches to include it! Careful when grabbing, these are hot! 🔥

zed.dev/releases

We just published patches for stable (v0.198.3) and preview (v0.199.1), which include support for OpenAI's GPT-5, for those bringing their own API keys in Zed.

After hearing this a lot: "no debugger = no Zed"—we’re excited to share that Zed's Debugger has finally launched! 🎉

zed.dev/debugger

Windsurf (formerly Codeium) - The most powerful AI Code Editor Windsurf (formerly Codeium) is the world's most advanced AI coding assistant for developers and enterprises. Windsurf Editor — the first AI-native IDE that keeps developers in flow.

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Wave 11 is here!

Included in this update:
🎙️Voice
💬@-mentioning Conversations
💻Deeper Browser Integration
📑Default Planning Mode
🧠JetBrains Improvements

…and more!

london c++ & london rust meetup @truelayer.bsky.social #webdev

codium is now @windsurfai.bsky.social #ai #webdev

Is nothing sacred anymore?

macOS Traffic Lights (2000-2025) 🚥

macOS Tahoe Aerial Wallpapers for Mac, iPhone, & iPad

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When to catch the Perseids, the year’s best meteor shower This year’s Perseid peak lines up with the full moon, which will make it harder than usual to view some of the show.

Considered the year’s most reliable and stunning meteor shower, the annual Perseids are headed toward a late Tuesday night into Wednesday dawn peak.

Here’s what to know about the showers and when to catch them:

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Did you know that 28% of all revenue from independent bookshops immediately recirculates in the local economy—compared to 17% with Barnes and Noble and less than 4% with Amazon?

Just saying 🤷‍♀

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We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.

Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs The assembly process will require more automation and fewer workers.

Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs

Best photo I’ve ever taken

Flattery, Lobbyists and a Business Deal: Crypto’s Richest Man Campaigns for a Pardon

NEW: Trump’s team appears to be considering pardoning Binance founder CZ.

He pleaded guilty in 2023 to money laundering violations that allowed terrorist groups to move $.

Since then, Binance has done a $2B deal that benefited Trump’s crypto firm.

A pardon could allow more deals +access to the US

Me in the wreckage of CBGBs Oct 2006 by Eddie Sung

NJ Friday night

there is no z in epstein #fakenews

1400 hundred children are still missing from trumps first term deportation.

I wonder where they are?

I can’t work out if he’s just gloating here or not.

before or after being forced to write valentine cards ?

There are more than a million Dominicans in NYC, and yesterday on 6th Avenue I felt every bit of that pride.

Thank you for welcoming me in to celebrate the vibrant, beautiful culture and community that does so much for our city. 🇩🇴

A hidden civil rights fight: New book shares the untold story of the intersex movement Juliana Gleeson wrote “Hermaphrodite Logic: A History of Intersex Liberation” mainly for intersex people, but there’s something in its history for everyone.

Intersex people have always existed. How they first started to find each other, build community and forge a movement against medical erasure is a story that’s mostly gone untold.

A new book aims to change that.

Beavers damming the Thames….:)

Ecotalk is the world’s only mobile network to use all the money it makes to protect nature, not for paying shareholders.