The Friend-Group Fallacy - The Atlantic
Many people yearn for a crew, but having one is not actually the norm.| The Atlantic
jwz: Today in "Google broke email"
I have just learned that, beginning in 3 days, my employees will no longer be able to receive their work email. Apparently Google is dropping support for Gmail accounts being able to fetch mail from outside accounts. At all. And they announced this change less than 60 days ago. (The announcement was in the basement, stairs, leopard, etc.) What I want to accomplish is simple: When email ...| www.jwz.org
Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026 - Dhole Moments
If you think about emails as if they’re anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard–that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality–then someone lied to you and I’m …| Dhole Moments
The ‘America First’ President Takes On the World - The Atlantic
Nicolás Maduro was plucked out of Caracas, but the more shocking news was that the White House plans to run Venezuela.| The Atlantic
Tariffs Are Not Smart Industrial Policy – Economist Writing Every Day
This is where the political scientists, who often don’t understand the model in the first place, say ‘Ah ha!. Silly economists…’ They proceed to argue for tariffs on the grounds of national securit…| Economist Writing Every Day
Package Managers are Evil - gingerBill
n.b. This is a written version of a dialogue from a YouTube video: 2 Language Creators vs 2 Idiots | The Standup Package managers (for programming languages) are evil1. To start, I need to make a few distinctions between concepts a lot of programmers mix up: A package Package Repositories Build Systems Package Managers These are all separate and can have no relation to one another. I have nothing wrong with packages, in fact Odin has packages built into the language. I have nothing wrong with...| www.gingerbill.org
toidiu
I have 15+ years of software engineering experience across different parts of the tech stack including networking libraries, congestion control, performance improvements, Backend, and Android development.| toidiu.com
Growing up in “404 Not Found” (Part II): The Vanishing Nuclear City
Previously: Growing up in “404 Not Found”: Life in a Secret Chinese Nuclear City That Was Never on the Map| vincent404.substack.com
Avoid Mini-frameworks - laike9m's blog
DEC| laike9m.com
Do Your Parents Have a Screen-Time Problem? - The Atlantic
Do your parents have a screen-time problem?| The Atlantic
trusting the little guys: issues with 'big tech' alternatives | ava's blog
How do your trust levels vary between a big company, a single stranger, a friend, and a family member?| ava's blog
GeoHistory Magazine Part 1 | 2025 Q4 - by Tomas Pueyo
The future of nation-states, new cities and their science, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.| unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com
After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up - Yale E360
Iran is looking to relocate the nation’s capital because of severe water shortages that make Tehran unsustainable. Experts say the crisis was caused by years of ill-conceived dam projects and overpumping that destroyed a centuries-old system for tapping underground reserves.| Yale E360
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.| marcusolang.substack.com