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How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian

llrx.com/2025/12/how-to-spot-ai-hallucinations-like-a-reference-librarian/

Last Tuesday, a client sent me their “thoroughly researched” white paper on workplace automation. It had 47 citations.

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Celebrating 40 Years Of Cronenberg’s THE FLY: A Devastatingly Romantic Movie

fangoria.com/celebrating-40-years-of-david-cronenberg-the-fly/

THE FLY is a brilliant fusion of horror, romance, loss, and longing. We’re celebrating David Cronenberg’s heartbreaking epic 40 years later.

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Nearly 100 Cases of Salmonella Tied to Voluntary Recall of 19 Million Eggs

nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/egg-recall-salmonella-texas.html

Nearly 100 people have been reported sickened with salmonella starting in November amid a recall of 19 million eggs linked at least to part of the outbreak, according to the federal Food and Drug Administration.

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F.D.A. Classifies Egg Recall as Class I, for Highest Health Risk

nytimes.com/2026/08/14/health/fda-egg-recall-salmonella.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes

The Food and Drug Administration this week gave an egg recall that started last month over salmonella concerns its highest-risk designation, meaning that eating the eggs could cause “serious adverse health consequences or death.

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New York City Lawmakers Push to ‘Ban the Scan’ at MSG

wired.com/story/new-york-city-lawmakers-push-to-ban-the-scan-at-msg/

At a press conference outside Madison Square Garden, politicians, musicians, and privacy advocates argued for tighter restrictions on how public venues deploy biometric surveillance.

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Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty during Manhattan federal court hearing

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/luigi-mangione-guilty-plea-federal-court-case-ceo-shooting-rcna592421

Mangione was charged with two federal stalking counts and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison in the 2024 killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record - The 19th

19thnews.org/2026/08/national-park-signs-women-lgbtq-history/

We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons license as long as you follow our republishing guidelines, which require that you credit The 19th and retain our pixel.

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Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned

aiddata.org/blog/before-reimagining-development-data-remember-what-weve-learned

Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.

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Judge Rejects Suit That Sought Professor’s Emails on Climate Law

nytimes.com/2026/08/14/climate/climate-superfund-professor-lawsuit-emails-michigan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5VA.v0-b.X7Ri29Xep4y4&smid=url-share

Michael F.

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Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

404media.co/meta-patents-ai-glasses-to-use-facial-recognition-to-identify-people-make-highlight-reels-of-your-dinner-party/

A new Meta published Thursday says a system, like its AI glasses, would use facial recognition to identify people, current a series of video clips, then provide you with a highlight reel of your night.

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New York Magazine Drops Columnist Ross Barkan After Internal Review of Sourcing, Attribution

thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/new-york-magazine-drops-ross-barkan-attribution-sourcing/

New York Magazine dropped Ross Barkan after finding problems with attribution in 67 of his columns.

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The Jason Arday controversy: Explaining the University of Cambridge scandal rocking British academia 17-Year-Old Charged With Killing Mother and Brother After Investigators Say He Used ChatGPT for “Murder Fantasies”

yahoo.com/news/world/articles/jason-arday-controversy-explaining-university-123020580.html

A high-profile plagiarism row has led to one of the biggest academic scandals in the UK's history. It centers on Professor Jason Arday, the new poster boy in an ongoing culture war centered around "wo...

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Why We Need “Shortwave 2.0”

radioworld.com/columns-and-views/guest-commentaries/why-we-need-shortwave-2-0

Debate about the future of shortwave broadcasting focuses on the correct observation that shortwave listening is no longer a mainstream activity in most of the world. 

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Two Simple Steps Toward De-MAGAfication

prospect.org/2026/06/09/two-simple-steps-toward-de-magafication/

A big reason why Trump II is so much worse than the first time is that the world’s richest man bought Twitter and turned it into a fascist cesspit.

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Chicago's social network is a huge bet for news. I think it's the future.

werd.io/chicagos-social-network-is-a-huge-bet-for-news-i-think-its-the-future/

Chicago Public Media is building a social network for America's third largest city. Forget AI - this is the thing I'm most excited about in news technology.

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What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on U.S. water utilities

techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/what-we-know-about-the-alleged-iranian-hacks-on-u-s-water-utilities/

Over the last couple of weeks, hackers have targeted and broken into the systems of several water plants in the United States. Here’s what we know and don’t know about this wave of attacks allegedly carried out by the Iranian government.

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Keep exploring Power Keyboard

clicks.tech/products/powerkeyboard

Clicks Power Keyboard is a premium bluetooth keyboard and power bank that fits in your pocket bringing tactile typing to your phone, tablet, smart TV and immersive screens

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8 thoughts on “Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out”

krebsonsecurity.com/2026/08/whos-tracking-you-use-this-new-service-to-find-out/

It can be daunting to determine who’s responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who’s harvesting data from the mobile apps we use every day.

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EmergencyWalletCards.com

w.hutson.gy/projects/emergency-wallet-cards

Introducing EmergencyWalletCards.com

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Attorney: Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICE

mprnews.org/story/2026/08/13/attorney-says-homeland-security-spied-on-minnesotans-who-opposed-ice

Defense attorney Kevin Riach alleges that just four days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, that Homeland Security Investigations launched Operation Puppet Master. The agency couched this program in language about rooting out people they describe as “violent opportunists.”

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MAGA’s burrito brawl shows cracks in Trump’s economy

salon.com/2026/08/13/magas-burrito-brawl-shows-cracks-in-trumps-economy/

A $20 meal became a right-wing media feud, exposing a party's broken promises

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Kansas Put a Bounty on Trans People

nytimes.com/2026/08/13/opinion/kansas-anti-trans-laws-drivers-license.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5FA.Pc6l.HkIY8XEoCxrm&smid=url-share

On Feb. 25, Siobhan Kirchstein received an official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles instructing her to surrender her driver’s license.

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Kalshi Ordered to Cease Most Operations in Washington State

nytimes.com/2026/08/13/business/kalshi-washington-state-ruling.html

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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis

thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the abrupt funding cuts announced and implemented in the first half
of 2025 are reversed, a staggering number of avoidable deaths could occur by 2030.

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SOFTWARES AND ENGINES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW HOW TO CODE!!!

insertdisc5.com/tutorials/makeagame

Ren'py (and also a link to it if you click here do it): THE visual novel software. Comic artists, look no further ✨Pros: It’s free!

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“HOW DO I GET STARTED WITH MY GOSHDANG PROJECT?!?!”

insertdisc5.com/tutorials/get-started

starting to work is hard. who wants to work on anything??

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Meta Used AI to Target Disabled and Pregnant Workers for Layoffs, Lawsuit Claims

novaramedia.com/2026/07/15/meta-used-ai-to-target-disabled-and-pregnant-workers-for-layoffs-lawsuit-claims/

Dozens of workers are suing Meta over claims it used AI to identify workers for mass layoffs, with those taking disability or maternity leave disproportionately targeted.

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What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR

404media.co/whats-the-difference-between-ai-glasses-and-an-iphone-a-helpful-guide-for-meta-pr/

Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.

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Fascists Really Believe It

liberalcurrents.com/fascists-really-believe-it/

Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.

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Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight

nytimes.com/2026/08/14/climate/wildfires-forest-service-trump-cuts.html?smid=bs-share

At the start of what is becoming an intense wildfire season this year, federal officials warned of a 15 percent decrease in available “hotshot” teams, the elite squads that fight complex blazes in the most rugged areas.