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• I bought a cookware set from Costco a few months before Trump started his trade war.
• Throughout 2025, I watched the price swing as tariffs changed — at one point, it was $105 more than I paid.
• Today's price is 35% more than it cost before Trump took office.

A few of the things in this world

When Alana Aichholz was applying to college, she read her essays aloud to her mom, who edited them orally because cancer was making it difficult to see. It was one of the last big projects the two took on together, before her mom, Laurene, a writer, died in 2022.

"She

• Pratik Desai, 34, vibe coded a platform to manage his mother's cancer care, improving her treatment.
• Desai later refined the workflow with advanced coding tools; it caught errors in her care plan.
• Desai stressed that though his app isn't perfect, it helped his mom die with dignity.

This as

• Ryan Courtnage quit the tech company he cofounded and bought 22 acres of land in Creston, British Columbia.
• "It's really rewarding hands-on work, which is completely different from what I spent my career doing," he said.
• Courtnage spent years not

• Sakura Kishiro and her partner rent their tiny home as an Airbnb.
• They spent slightly over $100,000 for the home, furnishings, decor, electrical wiring, and a deck.
• They may downsize and move in the future, and the home is a source of income in the meantime.

Sakura Kishiro packs a lot into 400

• Crystal McDuffy is a 28-year-old marketing manager at a Big Tech company.
• She started interning in Big Tech during college and has worked at the same company for 6 years.
• She believes a certain level of polish signals competence, even in casual tech settings.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Crystal McDuffy, a 28-year-old

• Staying sober while traveling is a growing trend, especially among younger travelers.
• Many Gen Z travelers are focused on wellness and experiential vacations over booze-heavy outings.
• The tourism industry, from Las Vegas to Bali, has taken notice and is

When Patricia Tani moved to San Francisco last year, she kept hearing a koan about the city's dating scene: "The odds are good, but the goods are odd."

"There's all this talk online about how dating is cooked in SF, but I never really believed that, because there's way more guys than women," she tells me. "Shouldn't it be easy to find a boyfriend?"

The answer was no. Tani

• Django co-creator Simon Willison said AI could usher in the "dark factory" era.
• Coding would be completely done by AI, meaning it could operate without human intervention.
• "The machines can operate in complete darkness if you don't need people on the factory floor," he said.

AI can already write most of

There's finally a release date for the Spaceballs sequel — but before you get too excited, it's a whole year away. As first reported by Deadline, Amazon MGM Studios announced on Friday night that the upcoming Spaceballs movie will hit theaters on April 23, 2027, right around the 40th anniversary of the first film. Several members of the original cast will be reprising their roles, according to Dea