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Protesters Decry Chinatown Museum’s Acceptance of “Jail Money” at Town Hall
hyperallergic.com/protesters-decry-chinatown-museums-acceptance-of-jail-money-at-town-hall/
Leaders of New York’s Museum of Chinese failed to persuade protesters that a $35 million grant from the city was not tied to the construction of a borough jail.
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How workers in Germany can reclaim vacation days when they get sick on holiday
thelocal.de/20260724/how-workers-in-germany-can-reclaim-vacation-days-when-they-get-sick-on-holiday
Falling ill during a holiday does not always mean losing your annual leave. But employees in Germany must follow strict reporting rules from day one to get those days back.
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The Steam Machine's ePaper Faceplate Is Open Source And Full Of Possibility
Valve made the eInk Steam Machine faceplate open source to see what the community could do. We're already seeing results.
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Opinion | Keeping Bill Withers Alive - The New York Times
nytimes.com/2020/04/04/opinion/bill-withers-coronavirus.html
The three-time Grammy Award winning artist has died. In this moment of isolation, I wanted to see him alive again. And I did.
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Hightouch Launches Exposure Log Matching for The Trade Desk
Hightouch, the leading Composable CDP and Agentic Marketing Platform, announced Exposure Log Matching for The Trade Desk. The new Match Booster capability resolves The Trade Desk's Raw Event Data Stream (REDS) logs directly to a brand's own customer and household IDs, landing the data in the customer's warehouse for measurement, reporting, and AI analysis.
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Peptide boom has states scrambling to protect consumers, Post investigation finds
Peptide boom has states scrambling to protect consumers, Post investigation finds
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The Book Banning Bill That Won’t Die
roncharles.substack.com/p/the-book-banning-bill-that-wont-die
What looked like political theater is becoming a genuine threat to the freedom to read.
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Knives are out for Vance in the GOP. His allies say it’s a coordinated ‘op.’
washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/24/knives-are-out-vance-gop-his-allies-say-its-coordinated-op/
Knives are out for Vance in the GOP. His allies say it’s a coordinated ‘op.’
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Hirokazu Kore-eda ‘Sheep in the Box’ interview
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda isn’t pro-AI, but he’s not afraid of it either.
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Boox is taking on Xteink with its own tiny e-reader
Boox is downsizing its next e-reader.
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Column | Is he the most important music critic? Don’t ask pop fans.
Is he the most important music critic? Don’t ask pop fans.
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Children of Time: The Roleplaying Game by Rowan, Rook and Decard » Children of Time RPG Dev Diary 1: Speculation — Kickstarter
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West Virginia paid digital nomads to move there during COVID. Many are staying
npr.org/2026/07/24/nx-s1-5869402/remote-work-west-virginia-cash-incentive
Ascend West Virginia is one of dozens of relocation initiatives across the country offering cash and other incentives to move to states needing an economic boost. Here's how they're working out.
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Old World Is A Modern Strategy Gaming Masterpiece
Six years after release, it's still kicking ass
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Evangelists say they are heeding a biblical command to preach on flights
washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/07/23/preachers-are-turning-planes-into-their-pulpits/
Evangelists say they are heeding a biblical command to preach on flights
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Should you be afraid of Elon Musk?
economist.com/leaders/2026/07/23/should-you-be-afraid-of-elon-musk
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE poses a double challenge to the human mind.
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Netflix viewers the world over are binge-watching South African series 'The Polygamist.' Here's why
npr.org/2026/07/24/nx-s1-5901949/netflix-south-african-series-the-polygamist
Why is a Zulu-language drama taking the world by storm? The Polygamist mixes sex and scandal with a sharp portrait of modern South Africa.
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What Polls Do and Don't Tell You
Does the public oppose its own interests? Really?
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U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists
The Justice Department said on Thursday that it would withdraw the subpoenas that sought phone records and grand jury testimony from New York Times journalists who had reported on the security capabilities of President Trump’s new Qatari-built Air Force One jet.
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A Whole Big, Fancy Book Just About Game UI
aftermath.site/game-ui-bible-database-book-lost-in-cult-edd-coates/
Menus and icons, for your coffee table
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Analysis | What exactly is a democratic socialist?
washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/23/what-exactly-is-democratic-socialist/
What exactly is a democratic socialist?
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‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit
theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/23/elon-musk-regret-trump-doge-ai?CMP=bsky_gu
Billionaire in interview with the Economist admits he was too consumed by politics and shares predictions about AI
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Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
“I think it should stand for ‘artificial idiot,’” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.”
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Powerful Democratic think tank's reset on transgender rights alarms advocates
advocate.com/politics/national/cap-restrictions-transgender-sports
The Center for American Progress says its new framework will help Democrats confront anti-LGBTQ+ attacks without abandoning civil rights. Transgender people aren't so sure.
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Only A Complete Asshole Would Get Married At Madison Square Garden
defector.com/only-a-complete-asshole-would-get-married-at-madison-square-garden
This here is not a personal diatribe about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. I got no beef with either of these two crazy kids. Swift is one of the hardest-working entertainers in show business, and Kelce is one of the greatest tight ends to ever play pro football. They’re more than welcome to fall in…
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Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/meta-launched-a-new-ai-optimism-ad-set-to-a-song-about-human-extinction/
David Bowie's song "Five Years," which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.
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For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark
wired.com/story/for-taylor-swift-madison-square-gardens-controversial-cameras-briefly-went-dark/
MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.
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Vega Breaks Her Silence
The fired “60 Minutes” correspondent revealed stunning new details about how CBS News management tried to meddle in her reporting, according to an audio recording obtained by Status.
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A Stenographer Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript, Judge Says
404media.co/judge-caught-court-reporter-using-ai-transcript-errors/
A judge in Indiana warns a court reporter than it's their job to proofread their work, after catching errors likely made by AI transcription services.