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Cleo Abram goes to Antarctica, Jonah Hill's interview on SmartLess, Joanna Stern's new book I Am Not a Robot is out, a few great Mac apps, and a commencement address clip reacting to AI.
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What's Really Under Antarctica - Cleo Abram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfGEMCb6BQU

Watch the SmartLess Live Show with Jonah Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvlPFnOC0o

SmartLess Live with Jonah Hill on Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jonah-hill-live/id1521578868?i=1000766700415

I Am Not a Robot
https://www.amazon.com/Am-Not-Robot-Almost-Everything/dp/0063446618

Contextly App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/contextly-notes/id6762497168

Gnome - Share GIFs on a Mac
https://lexfriedman.com/gnome/

Today Menu Bar App
https://sindresorhus.com/today

UFC Commencement Video - Cabel Sasser on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mlk75u3om22e

Hannah Fry tests what AI agents can really do, the founding story of Starbucks on Acquired, the rise of clip farms, massive new data center debacle, and the Earth like no one has seen.
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Acquired: Starbucks with Howard Schultz
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acquired/id1050462261?i=1000657758174

The Clippening — The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/report/920005/social-media-clipping-podcasts-clavicular-marketing-mrbeast

Claude and Grok as Roommates — 512 Pixels
https://512pixels.net/2026/05/claude-and-grok-roommates/

Hovercraft — Sandwich Vision
https://sandwich.vision/hovercraft

Earth GIF from Artemis II — Hank Green
https://youtu.be/OdO_g1S_MBU?si=9-QyFTfIZN_2eGjC

John Oliver tackles AI chatbots, Nilay Patel on the AI backlash, swirling Vision Pro and MagSafe rumors, a fun wallpaper shortcut, and my take on actually useful AI.
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AI Chatbots — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Decoder with Nilay Patel — Apple Podcasts
The people do not yearn for automation — The Verge
Apple Reportedly Gives Up on Vision Pro After M5 Refresh — MacRumors
Apple Questioning Whether to Drop MagSafe from iPhone — MacRumors
Jon Prosser: "Vision Pro ain't dead fam"
Basic Gradient Wallpaper Shortcut
Patel: Software Brain — Daring Fireball
15 Useful Ways I Use AI Every Day

Joanna Stern launched her "New Things," a look inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios, Jason's great commentary on Tim Cook, and on retiring from content creation (not me).
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Why I Quit The Wall Street Journal To Start This YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd2Dyr0m3BI
Tim Cook Steps Down. And Who is John Ternus? — With Joanna Stern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXOLfijQzQc
Inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios — Twenty Thousand Hertz
https://www.20k.org/episodes/hans-zimmers-remote-control
Community Letter from Tim - Apple
https://www.apple.com/community-letter-from-tim/
Tim Cook’s Farewell Letter Just Revealed His Most Important Leadership Habit
https://apple.news/ADYipKBtITUKNC-wuMSx6jw
Backup Your Shortcuts 
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I'm Retiring… Gerald Undone 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqNa6Xa3Ns

What's the story on Mythos AI from Anthropic, a fascinating AT&T history lesson, a must-read Sam Altman profile, and the best app I’m using to save everything.
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Watch: Hank Green Interview on Mythos
Listen: Western Electric 500: Monopoly phoneVideo version

Read: Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? — The New YorkerPrimary Tech Chapter on Sam Altman

Download: Capture App
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