Here’s a bunch of links that I’ve been enjoying lately but don’t really warrant much commentary from yours truly. These automatically get piped in from Instapaper, with the most recent showing up in this list. Enjoy!

• Back to Mac — Matt Gemmell

• The Coming War on Dissent

• Emmanuel Latte Lath has the profile of an elite MLS number nine

• Taking on Google search: Perplexity and Kagi

• The Nazi Regime Begins

• Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on breaking free from Twitter and competing with Threads and Mastodon

• How to Think About Politics Without Wanting to Kill Yourself

• Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2: A Deep Dive into Working with Siri and ChatGPT, Together

• An ode to blocking

• Apple’s Commitment to AI Is Clear, But Its Execution Is Uneven

• Talking Tech and AI with Tim Cook!

• Web Design History

• Inside Florida State’s historic fall from 13-0 to its worst showing in 50 years

• The Old Man and the Sun

• Twilight of the Domain Name

• The Meat Grinder — Keenan

• The Miseducation of the American Boy

• Tim Cook Wants Apple to Literally Save Your Life

• Inside The New York Times’ Big Bet on Games

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• Treat Trump Like a Normal President

• The Reckoning of the Democratic Party

• Trump Won. Now What?

• A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles

• How Alarmed Should We Be If Trump Wins Again?

• Ryan Gravenberch, Martin Zubimendi and a twist of fate that is working out for Liverpool

• Drowning in Slop

• All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro — Wait But Why

• After Five Years of Pro iPhones, I’m Going iPhone 16 Plus This Year

• The True Cost of the Churchgoing Bust

• The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive Parent

• Trump’s Plan to Raise Your Taxes

• Your Team Members Aren’t Participating in Meetings. Here’s What to Do.

• watchOS 11: The MacStories Review

• iOS and iPadOS 18: The MacStories Review

• Thoughts and Observations in the Wake of Apple’s ‘It’s Glowtime’ Keynote

• 0-2 hindsight: A timeline of how glaring issues with FSU football got overlooked

• Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out

• Kamala Harris Is Going to Make America Laugh Again

• On D-Day, the U.S. Conquered the British Empire

• The way we interact with apps is changing, so should the way they are designed.

• These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers

• Nintendo completely sat out the video game graphics wars. It’s winning anyway.

• The Biggest Success Story the Country Doesn’t Know About

• The Thrill of Taking a Huge Risk on Kamala Harris

• Pitchfork lived and died by the internet

• Inside the Trump Plan for 2025

• The Science of Having a Great Conversation

• WWDC 2024: Apple Intelligence

• Apple Intelligence is Right On Time