I made a little Instagram reel about this image because it’s just so frickin’ cool

if you invented public libraries today, every opinion page in the country would be arguing for means tested subsidized Amazon Prime memberships

Rob McGinley Myers and Britta Greene just released an episode of their podcast, Phonograph, about “The Greatest Podcast Ad Campaign of All Time,” featuring me and some other folks I know. pod.link/1438655330/e... overcast.fm/+ABTumP7B7PY beforeithadatheme.libsyn.com/knob-feel-th...

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

In honor of (hopefully) today's launch of NASA's Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon in more than 50 years, here is a to-scale graphic of exactly how far away the Moon actually is. (Click image to expand.) You could fit about 30 Earths between the Earth and the Moon!

685: The Ability to Be Hotter atp.fm/685 Farewell, Mac Pro.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ The mere act of existing and being visible shouldn’t be as fraught as it is today. Let’s keep fighting to set things right. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

📱 New member special! 📱 ATP Tier List: Home Screen Icons atp.fm/atp-tier-lis... Ranking the app icons on our iPhone home screens, including built-in Apple apps, third-party apps, and — somewhat awkwardly — even our own. Join now to listen! atp.fm/join

283: Famous in My Head relay.fm/rd/283

684: It’s Not What Young People Do atp.fm/684 WWDC 2026 hopes, the state of passkeys, more on podcast transcripts, and how businesses manage fleets of Macs.

Dad mode isn’t so fucking funny now is it

Fellow runners know… #MarathonGame www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHLJCq…

In the latest episode of @atp.fm atp.fm/683 @marcoarment.bsky.social shares his amazing story of how he, as a lone developer, created a transcripts feature for @overcastapp.bsky.social to compete with Apple Podcasts. You do not want to miss this one. (starts at 54:46) overcast.fm/+BQnv4MC0jU/...

683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug atp.fm/683 MacBook Neo hands-on, Studio Display XDR eyes-on, and how Overcast is transcribing podcasts at scale.

It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

Here are 4,000 words on the DOGE bro depositions that the gov't got pulled down because the DOGE bros, who defined DEI as getting something "on the basis of something other than merit" and who used ChatGPT to ask "is this DEI?" are being criticized for being totally incompetent dipshits.

DOOM fully rendered in CSS. Every surface is a <div> that has a background image, with a clipping path with 3D transforms applied. Of course CSS does not have a movable camera, so we rotate and translate the scene around the user.

oh no the guy who ruined people's lives is being made fun of online

282: Sadness Accrues relay.fm/rd/282

The FAA Administrator made a point of being in flight at midnight of December 31, 1999 / January 1, 2000, to project confidence that the agency had adequately dealt with Y2K problems. This feels like the least the current cabinet could do ...

682: Medium Core atp.fm/682 MacBook Neo details, Studio Display XDR tech and impressions, Marco tries a Garmin, and Casey tries to watch F1.

So @tinanguyen.bsky.social has spent weeks trying to identify the person at DHS who posts all the racist memes, and instead uncovered a fascinating code of silence: everyone in Trump's Washington knows who it is, but refuses to say. Gift link! -> www.theverge.com/column/89298...

Obviously the solution is to impose tariffs on the countries responsible; that way we’ll make a profit on this whole thing.

681: The Price of Your Nightmares atp.fm/681 The MacBook Neo, M5 MacBook Air, M4 iPad Air, MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max, the new Studio Display XDR, and the “new” Studio Display.

My wife says I like The Pitt because "where else do you see competent people in positions of authority trying to help?"

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

The A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo is 19% faster than the M2 Ultra in the Mac Pro in single-core performance (Geekbench 6). The MacBook Neo starts at $599. The Mac Pro, which is still for sale, starts at $6,999.

Dianna Cowern (aka Physics Girl on YouTube, and @thephysicsgirl.bsky.social here) has been fighting COVID-induced ME/CFS since 2022. She just posted her first video in three years: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3m3AM… Learn about her battle and amazing comeback here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeIeI…

Efficiency cores are now performance cores. Timeline goes sideways. www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/…

When I am President I will order every frontier AI company to subtly lace all responses to venture capitalists with basic concepts from political science and philosophy, or be designated a supply chain risk. Vote Patel

281: I’m the Hero relay.fm/rd/281

What happens when a motley group of thieves sets out to rob an ancient spacefaring tomb before it falls into a black hole? Find out this November in ETERNITY'S TOMB. dmoren.com/writing/eternitys-...

680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese atp.fm/680 Our home screens, desktop audio setups, document-saving models, what we hope to “experience” next week, and where not to aim snow.

Does Apple still not have any official accounts on Bluesky (or Mastodon)? Are they really still using X as their primary (only?) text-based social media platform? www.macrumors.com/2026/02/26/a...

You know how phone numbers in TV shows and movies all start with "555" and that's not a real exchange, but we all just accept that? We need to do that, but for doorbell sounds. No doorbell in a TV show or movie should sound real, and we should all go along with it. Sincerely, a dog owner.

Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew https://theonion.com/aide-wearily-begins-5th-explanation-of-why-trump-cant-pardon-prince-andrew/

This is just a fantastic interview with Tony Gilroy. If you liked Andor—which you should, because it's amazing—give it a read.

I'm about to embark (hah) on my second expedition in ARC Raiders…right before switching to Marathon. But if you want to hear my thoughts on ARC Raiders after ~270 hours of play time, check out this episode of @theincomparable.com www.theincomparable.com/theincomparabl…

time from supreme court decision to first customer requesting a refund on their tariff charge: 43 minutes

Her father fled China because he organized student protests during Tiananmen. He was a political refugee. The story of this family, and Alysa Liu, would have played out very differently today. This is what we're losing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...

DOCTOR Rümeysa Öztürk has earned her PhD!!

679: An Adversarial Relationship With Myself atp.fm/679 Solar and batteries vs. generators, news about Perl (?!), hiding apps as a self-improvement tool, and the age-old debate of "Save As…" vs. "Duplicate.”

What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

280: How Dangerous I Can Be relay.fm/rd/280

Hey, my book's on sale. Go grab a copy for cheap.

over a year ago, i gave a talk at the xoxo conference about a mural, a mcdonald’s, and a man. (but it was also secretly about life, and legacy, and meaning.) finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk. enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...

Brawndo’s got what plants crave.

*young me, developing a strong sense of justice* This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane

🚨 New member special! 🚨 ATP Insider: After Apple atp.fm/atp-insider-... What would have happened if Apple never existed? What if they stop existing? Which platforms and products would we use? Join now to listen! atp.fm/join