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  • The only teams left in the World Cup are England and countries who upset about England controlling nearby islands.

    · July 14, 2026 · 2

  • What’s your most unnecessarily elaborate tech workaround?

    · July 14, 2026 · 8

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  • Plex keeps getting worse but Jellyfin, the main open source alternative, has a few real downsides. I break things down for WIRED:

    Plex Keeps Getting Worse. Is Jellyfin a Decent Replacement?

    If you want to stream local media, this free and open source media server is just as good as Plex. But if you rely…

    wired.com

    · July 14, 2026 ·

  • Cursive isn’t faster, and a few other handwriting myths I debunked over at PopSci:

    3 myths about cursive handwriting

    It's not faster, and it's not legally required for signatures. 

    popsci.com

    · July 13, 2026 · 3

  • Mira, the cutest cat in the world, is wrapped in a blanket.

    Rest is the most underappreciated productivity tool

    July 10, 2026 · 2

    Science shows rest makes you more productive (but that’s not why you should rest).

  • A photo of the Twin Creeks gold mine in Nevada, a visually striking strip mine. There's blast seen near the top of several layers cut into the earth

    Google is strip mining the web. Publishers might leave.

    July 10, 2026 ·

    USA Today may pull their articles from search results to avoid feeding the AI machine. Other publications could follow.

  • I spent way too much time thinking about a video game from 1993 and now you have to read about it. Sorry.

    Zork and the social impact of design choices – Justin Pot

    justinpot.com

    · July 8, 2026 ·

  • Both Bluesky/ATProto and Mastodon/Fediverse posts show up on my posts, alongside traditional WP comments, and I can reply to them all in one place. Feels like the future, somehow.

    Justin Pot

    justinpot.com

    · July 7, 2026 · 3

  • What’s an under-appreciated productivity tool? Non-AI answers only.

    · July 7, 2026 · 37

  • Multi-tasking isn’t real, and other productivity myths I wrote about for PopSci:

    3 ways you're working wrong, according to scientists

    Stop multitasking.

    popsci.com

    · July 6, 2026 · 5

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