Huh I wonder why Trump fired him oh there's a picture included, nevermind, same as usual

This is some fucked up shit.

VP JD Vance is opining on the Bolton case on television. Before we had an authoritarian tyrant running the government, the VP would say that it's in the hands of the DOJ and refuse to comment. But he's a motor mouth who can't help strutting and posing about everything just like his boss.

My favorite post in a while:

Trump should demand that whoever made today’s Wordle be fired.

"I've got an exclusive for you. We're offering Google $34.5 billion to buy Chrome." "You're not talking to anyone else?" "Nope, exclusive for the Journal. I definitely do not have a colleague sitting next to me on the phone with Bloomberg as we speak."

A better Tim (Snyder) wrote, “Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”

★ Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon

We’re defying basic number theory at this point—riding roughshod over the intrinsic properties of integers.

a fun game to play with BLS numbers is to go “that’s stupid, why do they do it that way” and then go find the paper explaining why they do it that way to see if you still think it’s stupid, and if you do, you win I am like 0 for 19 lifetime at this game

Struggling with figuring out how to get International service when roaming outside of the United States? I’ve untangled all the carrier options and roaming eSIM alternatives for you @sixcolors sixcolors.com/post/2025/07...

Incredible.

★ICEBlock, an iOS Exclusive https://daringfireball.net/2025/07/iceblock

Just this week, the 79-year-old president hallucinated a lie about the Unabomber, forgot he appointed the Fed Chair he hates, blanked on names of officials, fell asleep at a rally, threatened to strip Rosie O'Donnell of her citizenship and spun wild theories about his good friend the pedophile.

Baseball fans like to debate who the GOAT is, and to me the GOAT is John Smoltz, because he managed to make the Hall of Fame despite not knowing a single thing about the game of baseball.

I'm about to do it. I'm about to say "imagine if Biden did this." I don't want to but I must, because it'd be very funny. Imagine if Biden said his uncle told him how brilliant the Unabomber was a decade before he was identified. Imagine the very funny NYT push notification you'd get on your phone.

Jiminy.

K-Billy Supersounds of the 70s

I love Drexel and I hope this guy is a great president and he's there for a few decades of growth and success. But damn if he isn't a dead ringer for Merkin Muffley.

★ More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet Ad https://daringfireball.net/2025/06/more_on_apples_trust-eroding_f1_the_movie_wallet_ad

Many thanks to @gruber.foo for having me back on The Talk Show this week: daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...

Not the biggest issue right now, but Dutch continues to not be a serious language

Retrospecs, a superb iPhone and iPad app that can make any image look like it's from a classic game system, is having a ridiculous barg sale: $0.99/99p for full unlock. If you don't already have it, buy it! https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/retrospecs/id887031094

I don't know will be funnier — if Trump himself starts using one of these, or if he doesn't. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/16/trump-mobile

Whether it's Democrats putting flyers on Chris Cillizza’s Tesla or Republicans assassinating Democratic lawmakers, it's time for both sides to turn down the temperature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqwPUHTFEkg

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

@gruber.foo please stop with the Siri posts. I swear no one else cares as much as you do about Siri and at this point it seems like you need to be proven right or something? “These people aren’t your friends” is a good lesson you learned (again) but scorned lover is a look best suited 4 some1 else.

A US Senator. Donald Trump’s America.

Starting to doubt there’s going to be an Olympics in 2028.

Senator Padilla is forcibly shoved out of Kristi Noem's press briefing: "I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"

backstage at @gruber.foo’s WWDC show to check out how @adamlisagor.com and team are filming and livestreaming this in stereo 3D for Vision Pro

It was so much fun! @gruber.foo

A zinger from the brightest tool in the shed: politicalwire.com/2025/06/11/t...

I pay $300/year to subscribe to The Information and every time I visit — I swear, seemingly every time — they block the page with a popover trying to get me to upgrade to a $500/year subscription. Why would anyone pay *more* to a publication that treats already-paying subscribers like this?

Trump is just going to keep slinging pardons to the highest bidders because the power is unlimited & Repubs in Congress won’t say a word. Despite no legal or moral justification, they will come steadily all 4 years - each more reprehensible and brazen than the one before it.

Instead of working on AI video generation, I hope Apple has been working on and is set to announce "legit video verification".

“Donald Trump has repeatedly said he could settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again.” apnews.com/article/trum...

We’re all looking for the guy who did this.

to be fair can u imagine having to transcribe that batshit every fuckin day

Fucking-A does this make me sad. I grew up loving the Inquirer. I worked there, for a few years. I still read it. But Jesus H Christ this is humiliating.

Don’t be Tim Sweeney‘s fish. daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...

A story of staggering hypocrisy, in two tweets.

JFC, @gruber.foo, now I can't unsee the damn "a".

@gruber.foo you bastard. It's all I can see now.

already commented on this. But I think this may literally be the dumbest comment of the second Trump administration so far.

You forgot to mention she resigned in protest in January after you killed her cartoon about your plutocrat owner.

This Alcatraz thing is because Trump is literally incapable of thinking in anything that isn't a cultural reference from the 1950s or 60s, or maybe a Looney Tunes cartoon. Alcatraz, Hollywood, soon we're going to be hearing about quicksand and TNT.

Going to be an unusual celebration in the newsroom.