US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says
Environment | The Guardianby Verónica García de León and Erin McCormick·7 Apr 2026
Mexico is facing a “toxic crisis” and has become a “garbage sink” for the US, exposing Mexican communities to dangerous pollution, a UN expert has warned.
Identifying Necessary Transparency Moments In Agentic AI (Part 1) — Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazineby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Victor Yocco)·7 Apr 2026
Designing for autonomous agents presents a unique frustration. We hand a complex task to an AI, it vanishes for 30 seconds (or 30 minutes), and then it returns with a result.
A Game That Outlasted the Day (3)
Chess Newsby ChessBase·6 Apr 2026
The Longest Game By Valery Golubenko This time I will carry out a detailed analysis of the endgame "queen and knight pawn versus queen" that arose on move 88 of my game against Kirill Gorkov...
Cartoon Gravity 44
Pure Hokumby Julian Simpson·6 Apr 2026
This is going to be brief, because it would be really nice to salvage something of the holiday weekend. This week has seen me mostly cosplaying as a Customer Service Assistant.
Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement
Lichess's Blogby Lichess·6 Apr 2026
Image by Vectorarte on Freepik Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement Take Take Take will use Lichess as the infrastructure of their new play zone, in a win for open source Key...
I Am So Money
Budgets Are Sexyby J. Money·6 Apr 2026
How do you like that confidence?! It’s true though – I am (thrilled to be on the) So Money podcast again!
Candidates Round 7: Sindarov Maintains Lead, Vaishali 1/2 Point Behind Muzychuk
Lichess's Blogby Lichess·6 Apr 2026
Dominik Töpfer Candidates Round 7: Sindarov Maintains Lead, Vaishali 1/2 Point Behind Muzychuk GM Javokhir Sindarov retains his 1.5-point lead ahead of GM Fabiano Caruana, while GM Vaishali...
Source code generated string enums with exhaustion support
Steven Gieselby Steven Giesel·6 Apr 2026
Some time ago (over 4.5 years ago!) I wrote a blog post titled: "A better enumeration - Type safe from start to end". While cool and so - it had some issues. Let's tackle them!
Artemis II: The 40 minutes when the astronauts lose contact with Earth
BBC Newsby Rebecca Morelle; Alison Francis; Kevin Church·5 Apr 2026
- Published No-one will have been further from home than the Artemis astronauts. But as the Earth shrinks ever smaller in their rear-view mirror, they've had a constant connection with mission...
Links
Ex Astris Scientiaby easinfo@gmail.com (EAS)·5 Apr 2026
Links PortalsDatabasesEpisode GuidesBlogs & PodcastsActors & CharactersStarships & TreknologyArt & DesignModels & PropsBooks & GamesFan FictionCommunities YouTube Banner Links Notes Only the best...
The Orb by Travis Anderson
Ex Astris Scientiaby brin_macen@yahoo.com (Travis Anderson)·5 Apr 2026
The Orb by Travis Anderson Chapter One "This had better be good," Celeste Rockford growled at Neela in Serenity Station's briefing room.
How Infold Games fashioned an open world for Infinity Nikki - Discover - Apple Developer
Apple Developerby Apple Inc·3 Apr 2026
How Infold Games fashioned an open world for Infinity Nikki April 3, 2026 Infinity Nikki is a literally glowing example of what video game graphics can be.
Q&A: How Plane Finder set itself up for the long haul - Discover - Apple Developer
Apple Developerby Apple Inc·3 Apr 2026
Q&A: How Plane Finder set itself up for the long haul April 3, 2026 Plane Finder is a sparkling example of what happens when a small team grows with a platform.
The uphill climb of making diff lines performant
Engineering - The GitHub Blogby Luke Ghenco·3 Apr 2026
Senior Software Engineer Pull requests are the beating heart of GitHub. As engineers, this is where we spend a good portion of our time.
Life in a Barrel
Radiolabby WNYC Studios·3 Apr 2026
Apr 3, 2026 This week, in an episode we first aired in 2022, we flip the Disney story of life on its head thanks to a barrel of seawater, a 1970's-era computer and underwater geysers.
How much longer will Orbán be Putin and Trump’s man in Brussels? - Coda Story
Coda Storyby Ines Vilares·3 Apr 2026
Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister since 2010, faces an election dogfight. Behind in the polls, he has been effectively endorsed by both the Kremlin and the White House, and a host of...
No, SwiftUI is not “Accessible by default”
Mobile A11yby a11y@mobilea11y.com (Mobile A11y)·3 Apr 2026
When speaking to fellow iOS engineers, I often hear variations of the phrase “SwiftUI is accessible by default”.
Why This Company is One of the Best for Finding Work
Travel Blog -by Matthew Kepnes·3 Apr 2026
Most travel is extractive and passive. You show up somewhere, take photos of the same landmarks everyone else takes photos of, eat at a restaurant the guidebook recommended, and hit up some bars.
2026 Arkansas Pen Show
Olive Octopus·3 Apr 2026
There were at least five major pen or stationery events in the U.S. in March, and I attended two of them.
Civil Unrest by Travis Anderson
Ex Astris Scientiaby brin_macen@yahoo.com (Travis Anderson)·3 Apr 2026
Civil Unrest by Travis Anderson Chapter One "I can't believe Starfleet ever agreed to these uniforms," Captain Thomas Riker said as he straightened his golden tunic with black accents.
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