- A Programming Note (kottke.org)
- “Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis” (kottke.org)
- Timothy Snyder: Of Course It’s a Coup (kottke.org)
- “The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler” (kottke.org)
- Trump tried to illegally fire US Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub (kottke.org)
- Elon Musk Cheats at Video Games (Daring Fireball)
- LBJ on the Difference between Republicans and Democrats (Daring Fireball)
- Studio Notes #18 (SimpleBits)
- Weeknotes 25:05 (Jeff Bridgforth)
News
- Reviews from Civilization 7 are starting to appear:
- Opera’s new browser might save you from doomscrolling
- Fantastic Four: First Steps blasts off in new trailer
- Jurassic World Rebirth’s new trailer makes it sound like a video game
- Apple Invites is at its best for people already in Apple’s world
- Disney teases ESPN’s expansive sports streaming future
- Herman Miller made a convertible standing desk that actually looks great
- Microsoft Teams is getting a Facebook-like feed and follow button
- What’s on your desk, Nick Statt?
- Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying — This is really bad, and dangerous. ☹️
- Google faked Gemini AI output in Super Bowl ad
Politics
There was a lot of political news this week. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are staging what many are describing as a “computer coup”.
- Data brokers can keep selling your social security number, says new CFPB chief
- Elon Musk is staging a takeover of the federal budget
- Workers are reeling from chaos at federal agencies
- DC is just waking up to Elon Musk’s takeover
- What we know about President Elon’s government takeover
- Elon Musk’s DOGE storms federal weather forecasters’ headquarters
- DOGE staffer Marko Elez resigns after reporters uncover racist posts
- Elon Musk’s coup: what’s happening with DOGE and the US
- Donald Trump’s tariffs, explained
- Trump administration halts $5 billion EV charging program that benefited Tesla
- DOGE wreaked havoc on the government in just one week
- FEMA’s website started deleting ‘climate change’
- Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury records