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🇺🇸 DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing /// 404 Media

> The study, which was conducted by the National Institute of Justice and hosted on a DOJ website was available there at least until September 12, 2025

If i... https://tiv.today/2025/09/deletinghistory

🤖 ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification /// 404 Media

> ChatGPT will now also apply different rules to teens who are using the chatbot.

> ChatGPT used to be a far more restricted chatbot that would refuse to engage users on a w... https://tiv.today/2025/09/aiid

Trumpbert (@Trumpbert@zirk.us) Attached: 1 image Some #CharlieKirk quotes, with more of the surrounding words than I've seen in other posts and as much additional context as I could squeeze on the page.

🤔 The Sunday Edition — 09.14.25 /// The Newsprint

> A young father with largely the same list of values was killed for having those values.

Oof… here are some of Charlie Kirk’s values in his own words (https://zirk.us/@Trumpbert/115197861696893524). N... https://tiv.today/2025/09/values

🔫 Charlie Kirk Shot at University Q&A /// NY Mag

He’s a despicable human being, but I still hate gun violence of any kind… In this weird place right now because he went to my high school (he’s a few years younger) and was on the varsity baske... https://tiv.today/2025/09/turningpointshot

💀 DOOMscroll /// The Game

Incredible new game from David Friedman that combines DOOM with our societal addiction of scrolling. I went 400 meters and killed 174 monsters on my first go this morning.

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https://tiv.today/2025/09/doomscroll

🤖 Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It? /// Wired

> One engineer at Notion compared the economic panic of this AI era to when the compiler was first introduced. The idea that one person will suddenly d... https://tiv.today/2025/08/vibecodeproductivity

🧦 Trump’s Intel Deal: Also Very Fascist /// New Republic

> In Congress, Rand Paul excoriated the deal as a “step toward socialism,” but otherwise, as Politico’s Jonathan Martin noted Monday on Morning Joe, the silence “is deafening among ... https://tiv.today/2025/08/intelcorpfascism

💍 Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Are Engaged /// THR

It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for… 🙄

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https://tiv.today/2025/08/swelce

🪀 Yoyo Elevated to Performance Art /// Kottke

I don’t know the first thing about YoYoing, but this is incredible. Jason says this is the best routine he’s ever seen, but I took a few minutes to look around the International YoYo Federation (https://www.you... https://tiv.today/2025/08/yoyo

🪷 Anemone /// Trailer

He’s baaaack! Daniel Day-Lewis comes out of retirement, starring in his first film since 2017’s Phantom Thread. This time, he’s starring in a movie he co-wrote with his son, who is also directing. And honestly, this trailer looks... https://tiv.today/2025/08/anemone

☕ How to replicate Espresso Vivace’s creamy ristretto? /// r/espresso

This thread, and this comment specifically, is absolutely gold. Vivace was one of the best things about living in Seattle, and I’d drive out of my way from Ballard to Capitol Hill just ... https://tiv.today/2025/08/vivace

📻 Macrowave /// Radio Broadcaster

Friend of the Variable just launched this awesome app that allows you to broadcast your Mac’s audio and people can listen in through the web, Mac app, or iOS app. Pirate radio for the modern age. Go check it out.

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https://tiv.today/2025/08/macrowave

🚢 Valve founder Gabe Newell just purchased a superyacht company /// The Verge

> Newell has a growing fleet of yachts as well, including the Oceanco-built Draak (formerly called the Tranquility) and the Rocinante superyacht, built by German yacht-maker Lürss... https://tiv.today/2025/08/yachts

☠️ Make asbestos OK again? /// The Verge

> The Trump administration is thinking about scrapping a ban on white asbestos, a material used in roofing, chlorine manufacturing, and more. White asbestos is banned in many countries; exposure to it has been link... https://tiv.today/2025/08/asbestos

💉 RFK Jr. is coming for your vaccines /// The Verge

> Some patients seeking covid vaccinations have now reportedly been turned away, mobile vaccine clinics are being forced to restrict or end operations, and research that could have cured cancer and preve... https://tiv.today/2025/08/vaccines

📧 Substack Raised Another $100 Million, Which, I Bet, Is Already Being Flushed Down the Same Toilet as Their First $100 Million /// Daring Fireball

> I firmly believe one could build a very nice business taking 10 percent of subscription revenue f... https://tiv.today/2025/08/morewastedfunding

⛑️ Days after $5 million donation to MAGA Inc., Trump freezes Medicare waste crackdown /// Popular Information

> The Biden rule was designed to crack down on a significant source of waste and abuse in Medicare. “Skin substitute” products went from... https://tiv.today/2025/08/wastingmoney

🪦 Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath Singer and Heavy Metal Pioneer, Dead at 76 /// Rolling Stone

Not sure there’s ever been a singer as enigmatic, prolific, and just crazy (but the good kind of crazy) as Ozzy. I got super into Ozzy and Black Sabbath when I was pl... https://tiv.today/2025/07/ozzy

🎵 Ensenada - Single /// Sublime

Oh man. I think this is the first single with Bradley’s son, Jacob, officially a member of (just) Sublime. And it’s good. Really good. I didn’t mind Sublime with Rome’s early stuff, but this feels like Sublime. Jacob... https://tiv.today/2025/07/ensenada

🤯 The Frightening and Fantastic Worlds of James Tynion IV /// Humble Bundle

For anyone interested in reading some non-Marvel or DC comics, this is a great place to get started. Deoartment of Truth, Something is Killing The Children, and W0rldtr33 are a... https://tiv.today/2025/07/tynionbundle

🤖 Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI /// Wired

> Union members say they believe the AI-generated posts were handled in a way that violates Politico’s correction and takedown policies. They also allege that one of P... https://tiv.today/2025/07/politician

💮 Chris Ware designs commemorative stamps celebrating 250th anniversary of US Postal Service /// The Beat

These are obviously some of the coolest stamps ever drawn and produced. Period.

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https://tiv.today/2025/07/warestamps

☀️ Jack Dorsey’s latest app tracks sun exposure /// TechCrunch

> Like other developers, Dorsey is riding the vibe-coding bandwagon. But instead of using Cursor, Claude Code, or Windsurf, he says he is using an open source coding tool called Goose.

Though... https://tiv.today/2025/07/sunday

📺 ABC News to Launch Daily Short-Form News Program on Disney+, ‘What You Need to Know’ /// TheWrap

I haven’t thought about the daily ESPN show since the day they launched launched it, but I wonder if this means it’s been a success. Short f... https://tiv.today/2025/07/whatyouneedtoknow

📽️ Inside the New Movie Theater Concept From the Founder of Alamo Drafthouse: Private Rooms, Gourmet Meals and Guest Attendants /// THR

> The experience won’t come cheap: The four-person theater runs a cool $200 for a four-hour booking while the... https://tiv.today/2025/07/movieexperience

🦸‍♂️ Dean Cain Says James Gunn’s “Woke” Stance on “Immigrant” Superman is “Going to Hurt” Box-Office /// World of Reel

> Cain criticized what he sees as a politicized reinvention of the iconic character, especially Gunn’s framing of S... https://tiv.today/2025/07/superman

🤡 Musk makes grand promises about Grok 4 in the wake of a Nazi chatbot meltdown /// The Verge

> Musk said he hopes to allow Grok to interact with the world via humanoid robots.

Great, so we’re going to have nazi robots running around now… best what ... https://tiv.today/2025/07/nazirobots

☠️ kkkbye /// Instagram

A delightful little art project of a klan member being violently killed in new ways. Over and over.

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https://tiv.today/2025/07/kkkbye

📰 The New York Times Had To Work With A Eugenicist So They Didn’t Get Scooped By A Bigot /// Defector

> The Times opinion department loves the occasional provocation for provocation’s sake, but the reportorial side considers itself at a further r... https://tiv.today/2025/07/eugenicaltimes

🧺 The Nuggets Are In A Standoff With Jonas Valanciunas And It Somehow Matters /// Defector

> For basically the entirety of the Nikola Jokic era, the Nuggets have not had a backup center who could be described as a functional basketball player capable of... https://tiv.today/2025/07/nugstandoff