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thebulwark.com/p/how-a-german-bus-driver-may-have-averted-war-drone-leipzig-antonov-ukraine-putin
An object lesson in hybrid attacks, escalation, deterrence, and miscalculation.
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The Steam Controller uses the right Puck 'slot' by default. Pairing to another device will overwrite the default pairing.
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"If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in. That’s honestly the answer"
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wired.com/story/the-gender-war-over-obsession-has-come-for-theme-parks/
Debate over the true villain in “Obsession” is raging again after Universal Studios announced the movie’s female lead will be featured at an upcoming Halloween event.
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The top editor of Forbes was fired last month after the company discovered that he had received a payment of about $6 million from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine, according to three people familiar with the decision.
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theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/uss-abraham-lincoln-overboard-extended-deployment
Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
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washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/08/12/aoc-president-2028-she-may-never-have-better-chance/
AOC may never get a better shot at being president than this
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hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/warren-ellis-image-comics-fell-canceled-1234974036/
'Fell' would have been a comeback for the writer, who was accused of using his stature in the industry to manipulate women into relationships.
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digiday.com/media/perplexity-blocks-times-ads-served-to-ai-agents-calling-them-deceptive/
Perplexity has blocked Time’s markdown agent ads from influencing its AI system, labeling the practice “deceptive."
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forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/08/12/trump-sued-over-plan-to-monetize-his-truth-social-posts/
Two media firms called the president’s plan to sell faster access to his social media posts “extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional.”
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theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/covid-vaccine-recommendation-kids-pregnant-people-data
Internal memos ignored Covid safety studies and pushed vaccine changes based on ideology, critics say
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autonomynews.co/a-big-deal-top-anti-abortion-group-endorses-comstock-act-as-a-nationwide-ban/
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America had remained silent amid growing calls to enforce the 19th century anti-obscenity law as an abortion ban. That silence ended on Friday.
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For all the talk of “reforming” or “repealing” Section 230 in Congress, the fact is that the courts over the past three or four years have effectively chipped away so steadi…
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propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire.
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The New York City Council is investigating four prediction markets for alleged deceptive marketing practices and targeting minors, opening a new front in the bitter, state-by-state legal war over prediction-market regulation.
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thebanner.com/community/housing/vacant-baltimore-city-houses-FJDU6MJXFRA6NEHTGCDCADWCYY/
More than 3,000 Baltimore buildings have been vacant for two decades or longer.
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wired.com/story/mcdonalds-built-a-515-page-dossier-on-me-it-says-ill-never-leave/
I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty program and received an extensive, personalized report that algorithmically predicts my next purchase.
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First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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nytimes.com/2026/08/12/magazine/deportation-immigrants-prison-eswatini.html
As he stepped out of the American military cargo plane, Roberto Mosquera still couldn’t tell where he was or why he had been taken there.
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technologyreview.com/2026/06/29/1139849/ai-agents-are-not-your-coworkers/
Marketing AI agents as digital employees may make human workers worse at spotting errors and more likely to offload accountability.
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The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Plus, the day Trump left his press corps for dead.
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stevenhyden.substack.com/p/podcast-the-new-old-weird-america
An interview with half of the garage-rock duo, one of my favorite bands of 2026
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everythingishorrible.net/p/ross-douthat-knows-the-fascists-are
Consensus white supremacy relies on fascism to crush its foes.
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wired.com/story/ai-could-help-fossil-fuel-companies-create-more-emissions/
New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent—vastly outpacing the impact of data centers.
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theflytrapmedia.com/dungeon-crawler-carl-dickhead-antihero-litrpg/
How did I end up binge-reading an excessively violent, cringingly crass litRPG series featuring a dickhead antihero and his sassy show-cat?
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thenation.com/article/society/maryam-tahmasebi-iran-ice-essay/
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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jessesquires.com/blog/2023/12/16/macbook-notch-and-menu-bar-fixes/
Last week I wrote about setting up a new MacBook Pro — my first Apple Silicon Mac, and thus my first MacBook with a notch. I lamented how poorly macOS intera...
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Last weekend I was just scrolling and had an idle thought. A couple of times I started posts to say something like “I bet somebody could do something with this” but both disappeared mid-draft.
