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05 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

propublica.org/article/fcc-paramount-gifts-brendan-carr-ethics-complaint-warner-bros-merger

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to review megamergers involving Paramount.

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05 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

U.S. has used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters

cnbc.com/2026/08/04/us-has-used-virtually-all-of-its-long-range-precision-missiles-report.html?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a71c34616de02000107afa9

The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its war with Iran, people familiar ⁠with the data told Reuters.

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05 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Ariana Grande Is ‘Taking a Step Back from Visibility’ After Tour as Public Scrutiny Intensifies: Rep (Exclusive)

people.com/ariana-grande-taking-step-back-after-tour-amid-public-health-scrutiny-rep-exclusive-12032395

Ariana Grande is ‘taking a step back from visibility’ after her Eternal Sunshine tour wraps in London on Sept. 1, a representative for the singer tells PEOPLE exclusively. Grande has faced public scrutiny surrounding her weight, leading to the unplanned break.

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05 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Ariana Grande Can’t Win

vulture.com/article/review-ariana-grande-petal.html

Her response to a swarm of post-Wicked rumors is an earnest, dark album and a music video that has created only more controversy.

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04 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

'A major player': Solar generated record 14.4 per cent of Great Britain's electricity in July

businessgreen.com/news/4533778/major-player-solar-generated-record-144-cent-great-britain-electricity-july

UK 'firmly in its second solar boom' as all-time monthly generation record tumbles yet again, NESO figures confirm

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04 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

First US deaths in cyclosporiasis outbreak recorded in Michigan

reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/michigan-reports-two-deaths-ongoing-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-2026-08-03/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a70b66169018900012be2b2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Two people have died from cyclosporiasis in Michigan, the state's health department said on Monday, marking the first fatalities in the largest U.S. outbreak ‌of the intestinal illness.

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04 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Let’s Talk About the Massive Parking Garage Trump Wants to Build at Dulles

notus.org/metro/dulles-airport-parking-garage-trump

The 32,000-spot deck would surpass both existing parking capacity and what airport officials have said is needed.

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04 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Shared knowledge, owned by you

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Build a knowledge base with friends. Wikis owned by you, built on ATProto.

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04 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

AI forced Washington Post to rethink paid acquisition, start with journalism

inma.org/blogs/digital-subscriptions/post.cfm/ai-forced-washington-post-to-rethink-paid-acquisition-that-started-with-journalism

When The Washington Post found its direct response playbook was costing more to acquire fewer subscribers, its strategy pivoted to a more successful video-based content promotion.

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04 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The New York-ification of Media Keeps Growing, Warts and All

bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-08-03/the-new-york-ification-of-media-keeps-growing-warts-and-all

Why has New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani become nationally prominent so quickly? Part of it has to do with his bold and controversial policy proposals, his undeniable political skills and his wholehearted embrace of social media. But it can’t hurt that there are so many journalists in New York to write and talk about his exploits and so few following the mayors of most other US cities.

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04 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Keep reading “The Campaign to Force Genital Exams on Girl Athletes” for free

thecut.com/article/washington-state-campaign-genital-exams-girl-athletes-il26-638.html

In just a few months, Washington could become the first state to require sex-verification tests for girls playing sports in K–12 schools.

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04 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Baby’s First R-Rated Blockbuster

nytimes.com/2026/08/01/nyregion/baby-movie-showings-parents.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes

In defense of Mr. Nolan, who directed the film, these moviegoers were not exactly his target audience.

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04 Aug 05:30 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Big Walk: The Kotaku Review

kotaku.com/big-walk-the-kotaku-review-2000720861

’Life's like a road that you travel on/When there's one day here and the next day gone’

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The Post's Opinion Parting

status.news/p/adam-oneal-washington-post-opinion-exit

Days before his abrupt exit from The WaPo, Adam O’Neal was privately boasting that he had pushed the Opinion section further to the right—raising new questions about what really drove his departure.

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

A Prison on Fire

themarshallproject.org/2026/07/24/prison-fires-joliet-illinois-mental-health

Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

DSA Wants to Abolish the Senate. Bernie Sanders Says ‘No.’

notus.org/democrats/dsa-abolish-the-senate-bernie-sanders-democrats

Democrats across the caucus dismissed the idea of restructuring Congress.

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The DNC Lost Nearly $29,000 to an Email Scammer Posing as Ken Martin

notus.org/democrats/democratic-national-committee-email-scammer

The Democratic National Committee caught the error, but only recovered a portion of the funds, an official said.

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

New study finds Canadian trans youth rarely detransition

xtramagazine.com/video/canada-trans-youth-detransition-study-282599

A group of Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

DoorDash is paying people to load its delivery robots. It points to a shortcoming of automation

businessinsider.com/doordash-pays-workers-load-dot-robots-orders-automation-limitations-2026-7

DoorDash is using gig workers to load orders into its Dot delivery robots, highlighting limitations in autonomous delivery technology.

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

It Wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion.

nytimes.com/2026/08/02/opinion/civil-war-slaveholders-rebellion-slavery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.r1eV.betVtbCX2Rdc&smid=nytcore-ios-share

In a written statement on the anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, President Trump described the Confederacy’s defeat in 1865 as the end of “four brutal years of suffering.

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

We must name racism when it happens

e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/we-must-name-racism-when-it-happens/

"It is not impolite to name racism, to document it, or to organise against it. What is impolite is telling a New Zealander of 30 years to go home. What is indecent is a cabinet that shelters him." — Mohan Dutta.

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

tech.yahoo.com/gaming/articles/negative-reactions-god-war-laufey-165001436.html

An aramzs.xyz post

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys

thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/31/unaccompanied-children-migrants-without-lawyers-trump/

Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like.

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI

theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/02/australian-book-sellers-alarm-destruction-rare-titles-ai-supply-chain

Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed

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03 Aug 05:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal

grist.org/energy/data-centers-electricity-power-coal-emissions-climate-report/

New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.

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02 Aug 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe

reuters.com/legal/government/capital-one-says-it-closed-trump-organizations-accounts-after-anti-money-2026-08-01/

The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.

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02 Aug 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

a beginner's guide to mischief

rawandferal.substack.com/p/a-beginners-guide-to-mischief?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3d5&triedRedirect=true

how to make being alive more fun

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02 Aug 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into city

spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/01/fast-moving-fire-breaks-out-in-airway-heights-area/

A wildfire driven by high winds has jumped the Spokane River and is threatening neighborhoods near and within the city of Spokane.

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02 Aug 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The Utopia of Refusal: David Graeber, Debt & the Left Monetary Imagination

moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/29/the-utopia-of-refusal-david-graeber-debt-the-left-monetary-imagination/

by Will Beaman & Scott Ferguson Note: David Graeber leaves behind a rich and complex body of work that remains influential for leftist thought and practice. Since his passing in 2020, however, …

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02 Aug 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts

nytimes.com/2026/08/01/climate/trump-arctic-ships.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes

Late one night last August, Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland, was at his summer residence two hours west of Helsinki when his phone rang.