The $3,600 keyboard that’s optimized for joy.

I’ve spent the past week typing on an early unit of the Norbauer Seneca, a mechanical keyboard that’s entirely custom, from its Topre-like electrocapacitive switches to its astonishingly smooth stabilizers. I also spoke at length with its creator about the process of making the board and why it’s so damn expensive. Stay tuned next week, feel free to ask about it in the comments, and meanwhile: just look at this keyboard.

9 New and Upcoming Books for Better Living

The season's most interesting self-improvement and practical nonfiction books address ambition, friendship, wellness, and more.
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9 New and Upcoming Books for Better Living

^{Rebecca Joines Schinsky (BOOK RIOT)}

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will call a snap election on Sunday with vote expected April 28 (Rob Gillies/Associated Press)

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will call a snap election on Sunday with vote expected April 28

A government official familiar with the matter says Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will call a snap election on Sunday for an expected vote on April 28. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly.

^{Rob Gillies (AP News)}

Honda and Acura EV owners will get Tesla Supercharger access this summer

The Prologue and ZDX will work at Superchargers once their owners buy a new adapter.

Honda and Acura EV owners will get Tesla Supercharger access this summer

Honda and Acura will get Tesla Supercharger access this June for their Prologue and ZDX EVs.

^{Umar Shakir (The Verge)}

From Project Gutenberg:

Grey Wethers: A Romantic Novel

by V. (Victoria) Sackville-West

Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/65182

Go, go Shadow Rangers.

It’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows launch day and in celebration Ubisoft Brazil and Ubisoft Japan got together to make the sickest promo video I’ve ever seen. The video pays homage to Japan’s tokusatsu (think Kamen Rider and Ultraman) genre and features incredible costuming, sick action sequences, and a cool-as-hell original song “Strike As One” that definitely put me in my Power Rangers feelings. I want 12 seasons of this show on my desk by tomorrow, Ubisoft.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWBJVl-tPEw

Assassin’s Creed Shadows finally showed me the appeal of Ubisoft’s tentpole franchise

Assassin’s Creed Shadows takes typical stealth gameplay action and an average narrative and puts them in a world that elevates both.

^{Ash Parrish (The Verge)}

Threads finally lets you set the following feed as default

Threads will also let you limit replies to just followers and add topics to your bio.

Threads finally lets you set the following feed as default

Meta is adding some much-needed features to Threads. You can now set any feed as default and limit replies to your posts to followers only.

^{Tom Warren (The Verge)}

#wooden : made or consisting of wood

- French: en bois

- German: hölzern

- Italian: di legno

- Portuguese: de madeira

- Spanish: de madera

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Game: Graze Counter Original Soundtrack (2017)

Song: Stage2 DIVE DEEPER STILL

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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and former Texas Congressman Michael Burgess floated for CDC director (Alexander Tin/CBS News)

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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and former Texas Congressman Michael Burgess floated for CDC director

The White House is searching for a new pick to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

^{Alexander Tin (CBS News)}

Taliban frees an American man who was abducted while traveling in Afghanistan more than 2 years ago (Eric Tucker/Associated Press)

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Taliban frees an American man who was abducted while traveling in Afghanistan more than 2 years ago

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is praising Qatar for helping the U.S. secure the release of an American held by the Taliban for more than two years. Rubio said Thursday George Glezmann will be reunited with his wife.

^{Eric Tucker (AP News)}

Republican lawmaker booed during rowdy town hall after complaining crowd is 'obsessed' with the government (NBC News)

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Republican lawmaker booed during rowdy town hall after complaining crowd is 'obsessed' with the government

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman faced a torrent of heckles and boos during a town hall in deep red Wyoming as she repeatedly tried to downplay constituents' concerns about the Trump administration's actions.

^{Kate Santaliz (NBC News)}

South Africa Urges Rethink on Naming US Office Road for Hijacker (Bloomberg)

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South Africa Urges Rethink on Naming US Office Road for Hijacker

From Bloomberg. View the full context on memeorandum.

^memeorandum

Today I learned you can buy tiny server rack replicas from Japanese vending machines.

Japan has shown the world that wonderful things can be distributed through a vending machine -- from tiny Nikon camera replicas, to Nintendo controller keychains. But I’m especially jealous of these server rack replicas discovered by Viktor Shpak featuring miniature Dell servers and Cisco switches plus tiny cables to connect them all together.

You can also buy them online it turns out, but you’ll be paying far more than what a Japanese gashapon machine charges.

twitter.com/vikshpak/status/1902370664927130010

Nintendo levels up its controller button keychains.

[Image: You’ll need to book a trip to Japan or find a friend there to score these new retro controller keychains. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25542199/nintend0_keychains.

^{Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)}

Apple puts the Vision Pro guy in charge of Siri

Mike Rockwell is taking over Siri after Tim Cook reportedly ‘lost confidence’ in the AI team.

Apple puts the Vision Pro guy in charge of Siri

Apple is replacing Siri head John Giannandrea with Vision Pro leader Mike Rockwell after the company pushed back plans to ship its new AI features.

^{Emma Roth (The Verge)}

Anthropic’s chatbot Claude can finally search the web now

The feature rolls out to U.S-based Claude Pro subscribers today.

Anthropic’s chatbot Claude can finally search the web now

Anthropic is rolling out web search for U.S-based Claude Pro subscribers today.

^{Kylie Robison (The Verge)}

Still Life with Books, Hercules Segers, c. 1618 - c. 1622
While Segers’ stack of books looks unassuming enough, it is entirely original, and may even be the earliest still life in European graphic art. While still lifes frequently feature in 17th-century paintings, they are rarely found in black-and-white (in prints).

On loan from the City of Amsterdam
line etching, possibly a counterproof, printed in bluish-green on cotton prepared with a cream-coloured, lead-based ground, coloured with paint in transparent grey, semi-transparent brown and opaque black, h c.93mm × w c.205mm
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