The Things We Think and Do Not Say: Why I’m Writing a Newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/seanfenn...

New Projection: The 10 New Rules of Movies. open.substack.com/pub/seanfenn...

My wife @nessijane.bsky.social has been hard at work creating this YouTube cartoon short about when she used to go fishing with her Mum, Dad & brother when she was a kid. It's such a from the heart & humorous little encapsulation of Vanessa. My favourite yet. #cartoonshort 🐟 youtu.be/1xAlcmEN9FY?...

“Writing the United States off as a friend might once have been a sign of doom for Ukraine,” Phillips Payson O’Brien argues. “It isn’t anymore”: theatln.tc/WoOIskeE 🎨: The Atlantic. Sources: Nikoletta Stoyanova / Getty; Beata Zawrzel / Getty.

This is an insane #longread on surveillance gone wild at some of the US's most well known entertainment/sports venues. Discovered on Reddit's r/Longreads subreddit. @wired.com continue to kick journalism goals. Holding the powerful to account. I'm a happy WIRED subscriber & all for this new era.

Great article on the downfall of the American empire under Trump: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

The world’s richest men “have clearly left the world of consequences behind,” Noah Hawley writes. “Their actions are only ever judged by themselves.” Here’s what Hawley learned about the ultra-wealthy at Jeff Bezos’s Campfire retreat:

Followers of the white-nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes once constituted a tiny subculture of America’s young right; now they hope to overtake it. Antonia Hitchens reports on the Groypers’s growing influence over the Republican Party. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/8Ami3_

An excellent and important #longread. Discovered on Reddit's r/Longreads subreddit where I am active. We can't let Pauline Hanson and One Nation anywhere near power and control of the Australian and Victorian Governments: #auspol #vicpol www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap... via @theguardian.com

Schoolchildren would like a word.

Aside from everything, I had completely forgotten about NFTs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ban...

If there's one thing we've learned in 15 years on the internet, it's that not everyone reads our site the same way. That's why we're launching a new homepage to emphasize big moments alongside timely updates. Let's take a look: 🧵

from the annals of getting high on your own supply (gift link) www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...

Verge news incoming later today…

The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition

“The MAGA crowd is made of dumb people — like, SUPER dumb people. And they fall for it.” For my @wired.com feature debut, I talked to Sam, a guy who made thousands of dollars on Instagram by scamming MAGA men with Emily Hart, an AI generated, Trump-loving influencer. www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

Can Puck reinvent the news business for the influencer age?

NEW: When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social

Wild that Altman is being sued by his sister for repeated sexual abuse and that doesn’t come up in basically every conversation about him. I get that it’s alleged but if that shit was happening to someone else I feel like that would come up, particularly if that person had a history of lying a lot.

The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has been wielding its vast power to transform the midterm elections. This is the untold story of Trump’s efforts to, as he has called it, “take over” the midterms.

ATT: @theverge.com, @techcrunch.com, @macrumors.bsky.social, @markgurman.bsky.social, @bloomberg.com, @9to5mac.com, @mkbhd.com, @404media.co, @theinformation.com, @davidpierce.xyz, @reckless.bsky.social, @wired.com, @laurengoode.bsky.social & @davidswan.bsky.social. Worth looking into?

Things Apple iOS 26.4.1 broke on my wife @nessijane.bsky.social's iPhone SE (2022): -FreeStyle Libre 2 glucose monitoring sensor to iPhone scanning for her type 1 diabetes (kinda important) -tap & pay with Zip Pay at Bunnings Warehouse (1/2)

Interviews with Sam Altman and 100+ people on if he can be trusted amid allegations of persistent lying and more: some defend him, others call him a sociopath (New Yorker) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The China hawks have Australia in a bind - antagonising China, going 'all the way with Donald J' (who's all the way with Bibi) Is there a better course, asks @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social ? #auspol #AUKUS michaelwest.com.au/what-would-x...

The "previously on" feature on Apple TV before each episode of Apple TV shows on my Apple M5 iPad Pro is borked. Everything is out of sync in a major way. Then the TV show itself proceeds to play fine. Using iPadOS 26.4. It's happened with 3 or 4 shows in the last 24 hours. #bug #apple #appletv 🪲🍎📱📺

👀 @theverge.com, @reckless.bsky.social, @davidpierce.xyz, @9to5mac.com, @9to5google.com @androidauthority.com, @markgurman.bsky.social, @arstechnica.com, @techcrunch.com, @theinformation.com, @wired.com, @404media.co & @jasonkoebler.bsky.social. Something to report on? Apple can't get Android right.

The AppleTV app for Android on my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL fails to even launch. And multiple others on the Google Play Store are having the same issue. I have none of these issues with my other streaming apps on Android. Maybe Apple should hire some Android developers. #bug 🪲🍎👎

"Chris Bowen did not block the Strait of Hormuz. A war did." Andrew Brown on the failing Murdoch and msm media propaganda #IranWar‌ #auspol michaelwest.com.au/this-is-not-...

TikTok banned a video we made making fun of Benjamin Netanyahu and continues to change the official reason why. www.garbageday.email/p/our-conten...

A notice on the popular paywall-bypass website Archive.today said that access is blocked "by decision of public authorities."

Vox Media tried to sell its podcasts, and itself www.semafor.com/article/03/2...

The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣

Elon Musk has been very clear about his feelings on publicly traded companies. Specifically: He doesn’t like them! @lopatto.bsky.social has some thoughts on why we are seeing this messy IPO, and all of them are more cynical than data centers in space. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/887899/...

Jeffrey Epstein saw promise in Bitcoin — and its far-right supporters

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media. Off the top of my head: www.thehandbasket.co 404media.co www.garbageday.email Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

Not surprised JB Hi-Fi & The Good Guys are outperforming Officeworks. Officeworks postage rates are insanely expensive. They wanted $25 postage for a $50 gift card. Meanwhile JB Hi-Fi offers free post on gift cards. #retail #ecommerce #Officeworks #JBHiFi 👎💵💳 www.channelnews.com.au/jb-hi-fi-sur...

Weird that Apple Music can't play music videos on my Samsung 2025 4K smart TV but there's no trouble playing videos, TV shows & movies on the Apple TV app as well as rentals & PVOD. Spotify has no trouble playing music videos and podcasts on my Samsung TV. C'mon Apple! #AppleMusicVideosonSamsungTVs

guys… we made a Super Bowl ad here’s how we did it: www.404media.co/watch-404-me...

WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD.

Alibaba customer support is non-existent. I don't know why but my account has been permanently restricted for over 15 years. I just want to clear this up. Can provide ID if needed. Now that AliExpress is a thing I want to be able to use my #Alibaba & #AliExpress accounts.

Wimbledon to remain on NINE and STAN SPORT in new multi year agreement No post tournament hangover here, with Nine following up the Australian Open final overnight by extending its hold on Wimbledon in a tidy rights play.

As Amazon lays off another 16,000 employees, this is a useful read on AWS today; they’re catching up in AI, and Google Cloud’s rise looks more threatening than Azure’s “growth,” which feels like financial engineering. Big risk is institutional knowledge walking out the door from all the layoffs.

Spotify paid out $11B+ to the music industry in 2025, up 10% YoY, bringing its all-time payments to $70B, and now accounts for ~30% of recorded music revenue (Ethan Millman/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

If I had to guess about Netflix's grand plan (if they get Warner Bros/HBO)... [⭕️🔒]

Netflix is obviously the best path forward for Warner Bros, you fools...

A year ago, DeepSeek rocketed to the top of the App Store. Today, it's outside the top 500. But that was never going to be its actual impact...

The Telstra Smart Modem 4 & my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL updated to the January 2026 security update don't seem to mix very well at all. It connects for about 2 minutes, the Internet quality degrades then it drops out altogether. Apple devices & a Samsung smart TV not affected. #telecommunications 📱📶👎🇦🇺🐌

some (rare) good news for the journalism industry: The Philadelphia Inquirer is profitable www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

2026 is the year Bluesky and the Atmosphere really come alive here's what's next bsky.social/about/blog/0...