Friday, May 22, 2026
ArchiveReiner Pope – Chip design from the bottom up
Start with a logic gate. End up understanding why GPUs, TPUs, and your brain are shaped the way they are. Reiner Pope builds chip design from scratch on a blackboard.
Seattle Shield, an intelligence-sharing network operated by the Seattle police
Seattle police run a semi-secret surveillance network that shares intelligence with private companies. Most residents had no idea it existed.
“A three-month national investigation by Beyond...
Researchers GPS-tracked Starbucks cups placed in recycling bins inside Starbucks stores. Zero — literally zero — made it to a recycling facility.
Em dashes, bad metaphors, and not-X-but-Y sentence constructions. Did Granta award a prize to an entirely AI-written short story?
Literary detectives are picking apart a Granta prize-winner's em dashes, metaphors, and sentence patterns. The evidence for AI authorship is uncomfortably strong.
Trump Just Pardoned Himself and His Family Forever
The DOJ quietly prohibited federal investigations that could threaten Trump's finances. Legal experts say it's a de facto permanent self-pardon.