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SVG Crowbar

nytimes.github.io/svg-crowbar/

A Chrome-specific bookmarklet that extracts SVG nodes and accompanying styles from an HTML document and downloads them as an SVG file—A file which you could open and edit in Adobe Illustrator, for instance.

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'Knockoff' Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands on Amazon

404media.co/knockoff-browser-extension-hides-sketchy-brands-on-amazon/

"Sorry to brands like WNPETHOME, EHEYCIGA, YXYL, LU&MN, JOYIN, TOMY, GODONLIF, YOOJEE, LINGTENG, LANEIGE, VISCOO, BIODANCE, COOFANDY, BALENNZ, TOSY, and LUENX."

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Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on 'illegal voting.' He may have violated Texas election law.

expressnews.com/politics/article/paxton-illegal-voting-law-texas-22336437.php?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=9e669fb1-dc4b-43dc-b6f1-7bfb6876ffc1

Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton voted six times from a Collin County home he moved out of two years ago, potentially violating the very election laws his office enforces.

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Brown Professor Suspects Majority of His Class Used AI to Cheat

insidehighered.com/news/faculty/learning-assessment/2026/07/08/brown-professor-suspects-most-his-class-used-ai-cheat?mc_cid=c41b169c91&mc_eid=1551f5de76

Brown University leaders’ response to the alleged cheating incident has been “meek,” the professor said.

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Ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner says he removed condoms without consent during sex

washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/07/ex-girlfriend-graham-platner-says-he-removed-condoms-without-consent/

Ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner says he removed condoms without consent during sex

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Please stop touching the flight attendants

washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/05/28/flight-attendants-are-asking-passengers-please-stop-touching-them/

Please stop touching the flight attendants

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A bridge beyond Discord

blog.muni.town/bridge-beyond-discord/

Millions of digital communities have already made a home for themselves on Discord, and we'd rather not force them to make a binary choice between the critical mass of members they've built up on Discord and the agency afforded to them on Roomy.

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We didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfit

thehandbasket.co/p/graham-platner-rape-accusation-maine-senate

Despite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed.

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The Educator’s Guide to Humanities Commons

hcommons.org/

For those who have had to cancel events or shift to virtual meetings in response to COVID-19, this post provides information about ways Humanities Commons could be a resource.

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The Demons of Maryville

theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/charismatic-christian-church-tennessee/687624/

A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan, @mccrummens writes. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.

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Zuckerberg Admits That AI Is Not Working Out the Way He Imagined

finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/zuckerberg-admits-ai-not-working-124846032.html

Shocker.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption is under 4.5% after 3 years, only 1% use it weekly, yet prices went up

windowslatest.com/2026/07/07/microsoft-365-copilot-adoption-is-under-4-5-after-3-years-only-1-use-it-weekly-yet-prices-went-up/

Fewer than 4.5% of Microsoft 365 customers pay for Copilot after three years, only 1% use it weekly, and Microsoft raised prices regardless.

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Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

wired.com/story/meta-now-lets-anyone-use-your-instagram-photos-in-ai-images-unless-you-opt-out/

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.

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Pod Save Patriarchy (or Whatever That Sorry Platner Spectacle Was)

meditationsinanemergency.com/pod-save-patriarchy-or-whatever-that-sorry-platner-spectacle-was/

For at least a decade we have been told that this and that and the other thing must be tolerated in pursuit of the elusive vote of the working class or the white working class which often means the white male working class which becomes in turn a way that

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American A.I. Companies Say Chinese Copycats Are Quickly Catching Up

nytimes.com/2026/07/06/technology/ai-distillation-china.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

The American companies building artificial intelligence systems are loudly complaining that their Chinese competitors are unfairly copying their technology, and they are pleading with officials to do something about it.

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Nigel Farage resigns as MP for Clacton, triggering by-election which he says he will stand in - BBC News

bbc.com/news/live/cn0v9l9x0g8t

The Reform UK leader's statement follows reports he failed to declare financial support from an ally. He has also faced questions over an unregistered £5m gift from a donor.

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Columns buckle at Midtown building: FDNY

pix11.com/news/columns-buckle-at-midtown-building-fdny/

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — A large FDNY response is underway in Midtown after two columns buckled and five floors caved in at a building under construction Tuesday morning. FDNY said the call came in …

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Midtown Manhattan buildings evacuated after columns found buckling at high-rise construction site

abc7ny.com/post/midtown-east-buildings-evacuated-construction-workers-find-buckling-beams-21st-floor-nyc/19463640/

Mayor Mamdani says "the building remains unstable" as there has been additional movement in one of the columns since city officials arrived.

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Report: Congestion Pricing Had No Impact on Parking Availability

nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/06/parking-is-never-easy

A new study found congestion pricing had little-to-no impact on parking availability in New York City — both inside and outside the toll zone.

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Censorship Lawsuit Against Disinformation Researchers Dismissed — After Succeeding At Actual Censorship

techdirt.com/2026/07/06/censorship-lawsuit-against-disinformation-researchers-dismissed-after-succeeding-at-actual-censorship/

Trump-appointed Louisiana federal judge Terry Doughty has spent years bending over backwards trying to help some MAGA faithful manufacture nonsense claims about “censorship” for some gr…

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He wrote a scathing message to ICE. Federal agents showed up at his door.

washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/07/06/he-wrote-scathing-message-ice-federal-agents-showed-up-his-door/

He wrote a scathing message to ICE. Federal agents showed up at his door.

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Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal

euronews.com/culture/2026/06/29/dua-lipa-opens-library-for-banned-and-censored-books-in-portugal

The Manifesto Library is located inside Livraria Lello in Porto, and is dedicated to books “that challenge power, censorship, exclusion, and dominant narratives.”

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CNN and CNBC promote gambling to make a cheap buck

werd.io/cnn-and-cnbc-promote-gambling-to-make-a-cheap-buck/

Some newsrooms are making money from deals with prediction markets. It will only serve to further destroy the public's trust in news.

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How Kalshi infects the news

publicnotice.co/p/kalshi-cnn-cnbc?ref=werd.io

CNN and CNBC are pushing Kalshi on viewers but not telling them the whole story.

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Her Voice Is Unlike Anything in Opera

nytimes.com/2026/04/22/arts/music/vilma-jaa-innocence-met-opera.html

Vilma Jää, a Finnish folk and pop singer, is bringing her eerie and affecting traditional music to the Metropolitan Opera.

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Do Smart Glasses Have a Surveillance Problem?

vogue.com/article/do-smart-glasses-have-a-surveillance-problem

Big Tech is investing in fashion’s cultural legitimacy to make AI smart glasses socially acceptable, but consumers view them as synonymous with surveillance. Is removing the camera the key to adoption?

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Apple TV Shares Mysterious First Teaser for Adaptation of William Gibson’s Sci-Fi Novel Neuromancer

reactormag.com/apple-tv-first-teaser-william-gibson-sci-fi-novel-neuromancer/

The teaser certainly captures the look and feel of the novel

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Rethinking Federal Support for Journalism

knightcolumbia.org/blog/rethinking-federal-support-for-journalism

Ours is an era of abundant information. With just a couple of keystrokes, readers can access whatever they might want to see, hear, read, watch, or engage with.

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Europe Can Protect Children Online Without Surveillance or Age Bans

techpolicy.press/europe-can-protect-children-online-without-surveillance-or-age-bans/

Europe has never defined, in any testable way, what a "safe" platform for children actually looks like, writes Tanya Becheva.

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