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time.com/article/2026/07/30/stop-saying-theres-a-nursing-shortage/
The U.S. may have less of a shortage of licensed nurses than a shortage of nurses who are willing to work in bedside jobs that have become increasingly demanding.
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Ten of eleven DA offices answered my records requests. More than six million charges later, here is what the data shows — and what the state's own auditor, oversight board, and researchers say about the system it lives in.
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An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
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For a movie based around the 12 hours when sex is legal, One Night Only is an infuriatingly conservative romantic comedy.
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oaklandreviewofbooks.org/the-villain-of-el-cerrito-nextdoor/
“I had a panic attack. Then I wrote an apology letter.”
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insider-gaming.com/halo-studios-hit-by-layoffs-after-campaign-evolved-launch/
Halo Studios has reportedly begun layoffs following the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved, according to multiple LinkedIn posts.
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wired.com/story/meta-ran-ads-that-contained-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-imagery/
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
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theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/20/parents-outraged-meta-uses-photos-schoolgirls-ads-man
Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says
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Why everyone wants to argue about Christopher Nolan, and why we'll do it all again
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wired.com/story/anti-data-center-movement-reshaping-michigan-politics/
Climate activist Will Lawrence cofounded the Sunrise Movement. Now, he has shifted his focus in his attempt to compete for a swing-district seat by calling for a data center moratorium.
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valleynewslive.com/2026/08/04/every-flock-camera-winona-minnesota-cut-down-stolen-coordinated-theft/
Lost cameras valued at about $24,000
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newrepublic.com/post/213678/donald-trump-endorsement-michigan-derailed-maga-racism
Donald Trump’s fans are not happy he backed Amir Hassan.
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restofworld.org/2026/china-moonshot-kimi-k3-free-sovereign-ai/
Governments can now deploy top-tier AI locally, bypassing costly U.S. cloud rentals.
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The Paramount boss tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his Times essay in brutal comments to Status, pointing to his disastrous record at CBS News.
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newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/the-coffee-industry-is-unequal-a-marxist-economic-theory-explains-how/
Demand for coffee is growing, and climate change threatens supply—yet consumers don’t want to pay more. In an intensified and unequal industry, however, someone always pays.
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The long-awaiting Code of Practice may have been watered down, but it could roll back trans inclusion laws by more than two decades.
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Quantifying our lives is easier than it’s ever been. But a philosopher of games warns that external metrics and data can never capture what’s truly important.
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The U.S. publisher has been taken private in a deal worth $55 billion.
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money, power, and populism in the AI buildout
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A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.
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silverbranch.co.uk/2025/03/controlling-colons-and-dodging-bullets/
TTRPG and boardgame writers tend to throw around too many colons. A lot of it is about right and wrong ways to use bullets. Tim Gray explains.
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Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield.
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autonomynews.co/doj-off-label-prescriptions-gender-affirming-care-subpoena-abortion-pills/
The Trump Administration’s arguments in a recent hearing over a subpoena for trans patients’ medical records could also spell danger for abortion access.
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bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-03/the-world-crossed-a-major-solar-milestone-no-one-noticed
After crossing the 100-gigawatt mark in 2012, it took the world 10 years to deploy 1 terawatt of solar power.
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Signal in sync.
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thecityreporter.nyc/2023/11/03/how-to-snoop-through-property-records-like-a-reporter-two/
Maybe you need to find the name of a contractor who botched a repair, or your landlord’s real mailing address, or how many violations a building has racked up.
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Pivot co-hosts Galloway and Kara Swisher discuss the bumpy pied-à-terre tax rollout.
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Developers may not realize they are sharing their users' location data with advertisers, per new research.
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At conferences and meetups, and in conversations online, many Ruby developers have asked me about Ruby Central and my disagreement with them. This post is my attempt to answer the questions I’ve been getting over and over, covering: 1) what is Ruby Central doing now? 2) has the dispute over Bundler and RubyGems been resolved? 3) what has Ruby Central said about the dispute? and 4) what can Ruby developers do now?
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The hacked digital advertiser was caught serving malicious ads that allowed hackers to steal a victim's cryptocurrency.
