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A screenshot of a post in Slack from "Google Workspace Updates" with the headline "Gemini Alpha is now Gemini Beta"
Claude Code Changelog version 2.1.68 • Opus 4.6 now defaults to medium effort for Max and Team subscribers. Medium effort works well for most tasks — It's the sweet spot between speed and thoroughness. You can change this anytime with model. • Re-introduced the "ULTRATHINK" keyword to enable high effort for the next turn • Removed Opus 4 and 4.1 from Claude Code on the first-party API — users with these models pinned are automatically moved to Opus 4.6
A screenshot of Claude Code with "ultrathink" in the prompt, and the program showing help text that says "Ultrathink no longer does anything. Thinking budget is now max by default."
A screenshot of the Pocket Casts 2025 Year in Review saying "You tuned into 42 podcasts and 643 episodes"
A screenshot of me asking Claude "Why did you switch from the parsing XML traversal to regex?" and it thinking ("Weighed simplicity against robustness in parsing methodology.") before answering "Honestly, convenience/laziness."
A screenshot of the Cards Against Humanity 99% off Sale that says: "You're trying to get LABUBU" "Well done! Now it's time to play the waiting game. We'll let you know if you got one of our awesome Labubus in:" and a countdown timer that's at 17:33
A social media post from Adafruit that says: Qualcomm-owned Arduino quietly pushed a sweeping rewrite of its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the changes mark a clear break from the open-hardware ethos that built the platform. The new documents introduce an irrevocable, perpetual license over anything users upload, broad surveillance-style monitoring of Al features, a clause preventing users from identifying potential patent infringement, years-long retention of usernames even after account deletion, and the integration of all user data (including minors) into Qualcomm's global data ecosystem. Military weird things and more. Several sections effectively reshape Arduino from an open community platform into a tightly controlled corporate service with deep data extraction built in. The most striking addition: users are now explicitly forbidden from reverse-engineering or even attempting to understand how the platform works unless Arduino gives permission. That's a profound shift for a brand long embraced by educators, makers, researchers, and open-source advocates. With the cloud having a rough day and many systems offline, yesterday... Anyone invested in transparency, community governance, or data rights should read these documents closely.
Five musicians on a stage with strings of lights behind them, playing guitar, mandolin, standup double bass, fiddle, and banjo/harmonium
Screenshots of emails ordering a $3,400 OneWheel in July of 2024, and then them denying being able to replace a failed charger in October of 2025.
Survivor All Stars logo
Three limited edition colors of the eInk Dashboard called TRMNL: Sage, Grey, and Wood
The official doge.gov website with a message in the body of the page that says "THESE "EXPERTS" LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN - roro", implying that anybody in the world can edit the webpage.
A screenshot of the Google Maps interface south of the United States and east of Mexico, labelled "Gulf of America"
An animated photo of an orange traffic light with a blinking red light
A guy squatting in front of a traffic light that's leaning on the wall, about the same height as him when kneeling
An animated photo of an orange traffic light with a blinking red light
A screenshot of the ChatGPT interface, with the following written by the bot: Final Thoughts • As an all-purpose “NWS wind chill in °F or °C” function, your snippet is fine. • If your true intent is “F version uses NWS formula, C version uses Environment Canada formula,” then you need a more extensive function that selectively applies a different formula for the °C path. But if you just want one consistent formula (NWS) and a choice of Fahrenheit or Celsius output, then yes, your function does exactly that. Good job, you dumb bitch!
An infographic with the heading "Compared to 2023, your listening time stayed pretty consistent" and the subheading "and they say consistency is the key to success... or something like that!"
Screenshot of a text message from Mint Mobile warning "Mint Mobile: We detected that you've recently activated onto a promotional offer exclusive to new customers, which is against our Acceptable Use Policy. If you continue to buy and activate additional new customer offers, we reserve the right to adjust your plan to a 5GB plan."
A short animation of a colorful, full-width calendar web UI. When the user clicks on a day, it smoothly grows and expands to show that it's highlighted. Then, the page smoothly scrolls horizontally to the next week.
A short animation of a colorful, full-width calendar web UI. When the user clicks on a day, it smoothly grows and expands to show that it's highlighted. Then, the page smoothly scrolls horizontally to the next week.
A screenshot of the “Apple Intelligence & Siri” section of iPad OS showing that it is enabled
A screenshot of the Google Play "Pending downloads" section with apps that need an update. One update is listed: Google Chat. The update's changelog description of the update says "Current version, for Google Workspace Customers only, includes direct messages, group chats, and platform integration with Google Apps" which hasn't been true for years.
The Persian Cat Room Guardian meme. A confused, exasperated looking white cat monkey thing sitting upright on a stool and holding its hands out in a "WTF?" pose.
A screenshot of the new iOS feature that summarizes all of your notifications, with three highlighted notifications that the device recently received. The front and center one is an advertisement from the Settings app that says “Your iPad can’t be backed up”, with the scary body text “If your iPad is lost or damaged, your data could be lost. Upgrade now or manage storage.”
A photo of a page from the 1946 book "Sammy the Seal" by Syd Hof, depicting a hand-drawn picture of a seal holding play alphabet blocks. They just happen to spell XFML in front of him.
The image is a meme featuring two scenes from the TV show "The Office." In the top panel, two pieces of paper are being held up, one labeled "Windows Recall" and the other labeled "Apple Intelligence Semantic Indexing." The middle text reads, "Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture." The bottom panel shows Pam Beesly from "The Office" looking at the camera with a neutral expression, saying, "They're the same picture."
The Drake Hotline Bling meme. In the top panel, Drake is shown with a displeased expression, holding up his hand as if to reject something. The text beside him reads "Windows Recall." In the bottom panel, Drake is shown with a satisfied expression, pointing approvingly. The text beside him reads "Apple Intelligence Semantic Indexing."
The "You Made This? I Made This." meme template showing TSMC handing "innovation" to Apple, Google, and Nvidia, and them taking credit for it.
A chart in the shape of a quarter of a circle showing the likelihood of various streaming services to be shut down soon. It’s a scale of 0 to 89, with 0 on the left and 89 at the top. Hulu is rated at 88. Peacock is rated at 75. Paramount+ is rated at 70. Max is rated at 55. Apple TV+ is rated at 25. Netflix is rated at 10. YouTube TV is rated at 3. Disney+ is rated at 0. YouTube is rated at 0.
A chart ranking squares by rows with written words representing end-of-show bits from My Brother, My Brother and Me. The rows are labeled S to A, B, C, and D. S contains "Fake Final Yahoo". A contains "Final Yahoo" and "Wishes for Fungalore". B contains "Celebrity Impressions". Contains "Jack Johnson Quotes". D contains "Inspirational Quotes" and "Sound Bath".
A fake generated box containing a Play-Doh set entitled "Play-Doh's Cave" with a dark, spooky cave as the box art.
A graphic showing two lines of parading podcast cover art, with the title "You listened to 45 different shows and 1035 episodes in total" and subtitle of "But there was one that you kept coming to..."
A screenshot of the Google Assistant history screen, where "Said Shuffle the playlist Christmas hits" was heard and the response was "Sure, shuffling the YouTube Music playlist called Top Christmas Hits - Holiday Music Playlist."
A screenshot of the Amazon search results for "8GB DDR4" showing 8GB of RAM costing less than $20
A screenshot of two top-level comments on Hacker News. One says "Wow I have no opinion on the product yet, but I’m really impressed with the design of the site. And I don’t say that lightly.", and the other says "holy vaporware batman!"
A screenshot of a notification from the PayPal app that says "You sent money last month. Ready to send again?"
A screenshot of an email from Cuisinart that just says "Welcome to Cuisinart", as if that's supposed to mean something
A photo of a TV screen from LOST Season 4 Episode 5, "The Constant", where Desmond Hume is looking longingly over his shoulder at Penelope Whidmore's apartment
The back of a large wooden silhouette of the lower peninsula of Michigan with three-colored copper wire fed along it, weaving back and forth across it, snaking from the bottom towards the top. There's a small purple microcontroller in the bottom right corner where the wires will eventually connect to. Along the wire, there are occasional hot glue stops where LEDs are presumably stuck into holes.
A screenshot of a list of SEO-bait articles like "How to delete your AOL account", "How to contact Uber for help", "How to export your old Hotmail emails", and "Best apps for college students in 2023"
A screenshot of an Amazon page with a bunch of small text and mismatched colors telling me that I have "delayed items that require approval"
The bell curve meme showing a bell curve chart. On the far left is a stupid neanderthal looking rage comic face saying "I like American Cheese on my cheeseburger". In the middle top of the bell curve, an angry rage comic face says "Nooooo! Havarti and Provolone are good, but Swiss or Monterey Jack are better. Or try Colby Jack to mix it up!". On the far right is a hooded "expert" rage comic face saying "I like American 'Cheese' on my cheeseburger".
An alignment chart (9-square 3×3 grid) with "Distribution Method" on the X axis and "Media Type" on the Y axis. The three rows and columns are labelled "Traditionalist", "Modernist", and "Radicalist" across the two axes. The Traditionalist distribution method is RSS feed, Modernist distribution method is anything subscribable, and Radicalist distribtion method is anything available on the internet. The Traditionalist media type is audio, the Modernist media type is audio or video, and the Radicalist media type is any content.
A dude in a white t-shirt with the "Hope Forward" logo on it and orange sunglasses giving two thumbs up on a city street filled with tents
A dude with a helmet on posing in front of a large outdoor sign that says "Macalester College" in large collegiate font with flowers in front