2026

Brené Brown and Adam Grant explore why toughness and kindness aren’t opposites but rather complementary qualities that need each other. A thoughtful conversation about how effective leadership and relationships require both directness and compassion.

At 21:58 (linked), Adam introduces the concept of a kvetching circle, that describes a model for thinking through various people’s roles in responding to a tragedy or difficult circumstance. Comfort in, dump out.

BTW this new podcast, The Curiousity Shop, is fast becoming one of my favorites. I’ve been listening since they launched a few months ago.

LosslessCut is a video/audio editing tool that cuts and merges media files without re-encoding, preserving full quality while completing operations in seconds instead of hours. Via Accidental Tech Podcast..

via Astra Underscore (@astra_underscore@wetdry.world): I feel like some of you Rust freaks might be into this:

Creusot is a tool that helps you formally prove your Rust code is correct. It uses deductive verification to let you write specifications as annotations in your Rust code and then verify them automatically, bringing the power of formal methods to everyday Rust development.

via Den Odell (@denodell@mastodon.social): Some browsers check what site you’re on and render the page differently. Yup, you read that right.

via Organic Maps (@organicmaps@fosstodon.org):

• Tap a bus, tram, train, or ferry stop on the map, and Organic Maps highlights the entire transit line, selectable from the list of displayed lines and routes.
• Cleaner bookmark labels and a more legible map
• Finer map regions across Asia.
• .. and many other improvements in the May update:

I’ve known all of this. And yet …

And yet … it’s still rather unsettling to see it laid out so plainly.

via Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 (@Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social): “You opened this page. It already knows the following.”

Interesting perspective on the experience of being in a place. It’s likely not the same place now as it was when you were last there.

via Terry Godier (@tg@indieweb.social): 📢 New Essay: The Boring Internet

Cute Spanish expression for things going sideways …

via Organic Maps (@organicmaps@fosstodon.org)

Cool hack — turn text into charts with fonts.

via Assaf 🌴 (@assaf@mas.to)

via kottke.org (@kottke@mastodon.social): (The Secret to Success Is ‘Monotasking’)[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/05/monotasking-inside-the-box-excerpt-david-epstein/687015/]. “We find that in ­real‑world work, the more switches in attention a person makes, the lower is their end‑­of‑day assessed productivity.”

A swing is strategically placed so you can cross the border between the Netherlands and Belgium many times per minutes. ❤️

via Frédéric Jacobs (@fj@mastodon.social)

Former teammate Frederic Van talks about how generative AI photography is affecting taste.

An interactive explainer on the physics behind GPS, covering how satellite signals, timing, and relativity all come together to pinpoint your location. A beautifully crafted piece that makes complex physics accessible and engaging.

Looks like an open-source effort to build a git client with the Rust/Tauri stack.