January 10th, 2026 @ 11:29 am PST

Daily David

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A Lone Penguin

Let’s kickstart 2026 with two brilliant essays from Anil Dash. How the Hell Are You Supposed to Have A Career in Tech in 2026? and How Markdown Took Over the World should both be required reading for every high school sophomore in America.
In April of 2010 a diver found a nearly seven inch Megalodon tooth.
I missed this bit of good news from last year: Vatican City Is Now Powered By Solar
How to Turn Toilet Paper Rolls Into DIY Boxes – via cassidoo
A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record $3.2 million at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market.
Spend a few minutes watching these interviews with dads outside Taylor Swift concerts. – via paulscheer.com
Netflix released the Stranger Things series finale in 600+ theaters over New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, generating north of $25M in concession revenue. (That’s more than Avatar: Fire and Ash earned in actual ticket sales over the same stretch ($23.7M).) – via The Dailies
And finally, a handful of wonderful links from Laura Olin that I keep meaning to share:

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