Top three favorite new web tools I’m using this year:
Dia browser: has awesome AI integration
Cursor IDE: sick AI powered IDE
Wispr: AI powered dictation
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Solo entrepreneur helping other solo founders & small businesses win at marketing. Founder @ freak.marketing & deadlinekit.com. Portland-based.
Just played around with Gemini 2.5 image generation and it’s pretty sweet. No more digging through stock photo sites when I need images for landing pages or ad creatives. Now I can make exactly what I want in seconds.
Feels like stock photos might not be around much longer.
Google DeepMind’s AI just outperformed traditional models in forecasting Hurricane Erin. Could this be the start of smarter storm predictions? 
South Florida Reporter
Google’s AI Weather Model Nailed Its First Major Storm Forecast
They're cooking in the Weather Lab.
Idiocracy just randomly came on, what’s YouTube trying to tell me?
Potato skins have no business being in mashed potatoes
Quick tip: In Google Ads, chasing higher ROAS can mean fewer sales, while pushing for more conversions often lowers ROAS. For brands in growth mode, focus on volume. More sales now means more repeat customers and more word of mouth later. Growth beats perfect efficiency.
Google is killing itself with AI overviews. What are they gonna do in 10 years when barely any websites are publishing free HUMAN generated content? What will the LLMs be trained on then? Why would anyone go to Google at that point?
The follow spam on Primal is out of control! I don’t think I had the same problem on Damus the last time I used it.
After 9+ years freelancing in Google Ads, the typing fatigue was real. Recently started using Wispr Flow and can't imagine working without it now.
Speaking is so much easier than typing, works across all apps, and understands context naturally!
https://wisprflow.ai/r/STEVE458 (affiliate - free Pro month!)
These pitcher plant lights are cool 
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Trump’s DC National Guard deployment cost 4 times more than housing every homeless person in the city. Imagine if those resources went toward real solutions instead… https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-national-guard-housing-cost.
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They need to bring back rice krispy treats cereal.
Lawmakers want to ban 7-OH, a natural pain relief option that’s helped thousands avoid opioids. This ban risks pushing people toward dangerous alternatives. Demand smart regulation, not prohibition. Sign and share: 
Change.org
Have you seen this petition yet?
URGENT: STOP A NATIONAL 7-OH BAN & PROTECT CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS
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Cassettes are back, baby!
ICE's nightly tear gas attacks forced a Portland public school to abandon its campus. Kids' playground contaminated with chemical weapons. This is Trump's America.
Trump's ICE Gassed Public School, Force Move
Portland charter school faced fallout from chemical munitions federal riot cops fired at ICE protesters
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