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Amen.

I remember very well being handed a list of feature requests by Apple’s lead evangelist from a new exec they just hired at Apple. I looked at the list, and handed it back and said I’d like to meet him. On the paper was the top ten list of every MORE user at the time. We knew what they wanted because we listened, studied, and learned. I knew his new boss was a real user, and thus I knew we could do stuff together. It worked out exactly that way.

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The memo is fueled by Tuesday’s supreme court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on trans military members. The defense department has said it will follow up by going through medical records to identify others who haven’t come forward.

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“Tonight, President Trump fired a patriotic public servant. The Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, has spent her entire career serving people — from helping kids learn to read to protecting some of our nation’s most precious treasures. She is an American hero,” Morelle said in a statement. 

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40 Acres and a Lie – Mother Jones. A Pulitzer Prize finalist.

What is fundamentally interesting about vibe coding is that it frees the imagination. It allows for simple and rapid iteration on tech ideas. It helps lower the barrier to entry for software creation, even by non-coders.

As a result, thanks to vibe coding, it is easier to imagine a lot of home-cooked software, personal software being built.

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The Trumpification of Marco Rubio

Good news for libraries is good news for all of us.

Mark now envisions Meta’s social apps as “discovery engines” — constantly churning out content that you might find engaging. Then, when you discover something you like (or hate), you’ll share it with your friends, whether that’s in a public feed or privately in DMs and WhatsApp group chats.

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The cruelty doesn’t end.

But at this crucial moment, clients need to find their courage, too. And partners at big firms — who often earn millions a year — must be willing to take financial risks when the fate of our nation, the future of our profession and the rule of law itself is at stake.

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Now Gertner is observing Trump’s belligerence towards the courts unfold with mounting concern. “There’s been nothing like this in American history. There have been people who threatened not to obey the law, especially post the civil war, but this is a sustained attack on the courts we haven’t seen before.”

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It’s no coincidence that the same tactics used to restrict abortion access are used to restrict gender-affirming care, nor that they’re lobbied for by the same conservative groups, who litigate loudly against trans, gay and abortion rights. It is bewildering, though, to see feminists who engage in anti-trans rhetoric offering up their own reproductive rights as a sweetener. Authoritarian movements require solidarity to resist, otherwise we’re all toast.

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All the joy.

Musk’s fans love his narration of power as a vicarious gamelike experience of dominance. These fans don’t find the DOGE escapades chaotic or confusing. If anything, the bombastic flouting of norms and laws makes the world more sensible to them. It is government and civic life they don’t understand. Musk clarifies a scary world for them, putting it in terms they understand. Bad guy. Good guy. Evil. Villain. Kill. Win.

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I am a lawyer and so I believe in the power of law as a tool to fight against injustice. But as a civil rights lawyer, I also know that law alone is insufficient.

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In standing by and allowing Trump & Musk to seize power that is not constitutionally theirs, the Republican-controlled Congress is fully participating in the coup. Most of the power being grabbed here is that of Congress…and they are just letting it happen.

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How can we shift the Overton Window back towards inclusion, communities, and compassion?

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