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UK installs AI facial scanning technology at residence halls
wkyt.com/2026/09/19/uk-installs-ai-facial-scanning-technology-residence-halls/
The University of Kentucky is installing artificial intelligence facial scanning technology on several campus buildings.
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Sickened Coal Miners Plead for Their Black Lung Benefits as Cases Surge
"Do you have to be dead?"
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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry.
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Are videogames trying to make me contemplate my mortality? Fine. I shall.
jank.cool/are-videogames-trying-to-make-me-contemplate-my-mortality-fine-i-shall/
The quantified life
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Red flags at the start of Apple’s John Ternus era
disconnect.blog/red-flags-at-the-start-of-apples-john-ternus-era/
Under the new CEO, products are more expensive and AI comes with more surveillance
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Major TV networks decline White House pool duties Monday
politico.com/news/2026/09/21/networks-white-house-pool-duty-01086044
The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO.
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You don’t have to hand it to Richard Hanania
thehandbasket.co/p/christopher-mathias-richard-hanania-huffpost-expose
The so-called "former" white supremacist's work doesn't show accountability—or that he's actually moved on from his earlier views, Christopher Mathias writes.
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In Brooklyn, a Judge-Maker’s Steady Wins Raise Eyebrows
A court battle over a dramatic rewriting of party rules will shape the selection of future judges.
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Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease
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Cybercrime feud erupts on dark web as notorious group claims hijack of rival's website
One of the world's best-known cybercrime groups said on Sunday it had hijacked one of its chief rivals' dark web site, bringing what it said was a long-simmering feud out into the open.
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The blackmail part out loud
He’s not joking. He’s confessing.
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A Deep Dive into the Antitrust Remedies that Spared Google's Ad Tech Business
techpolicy.press/a-deep-dive-into-the-antitrust-remedies-that-spared-googles-ad-tech-business/
Read alongside the Google Search remedies ruling, the Google Ad Tech case changes very little for Google’s monopolies, writes Karina Montoya.
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Sex Workers Versus the Algorithm
No seriously, fuck the algorithm.
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They Sent Me to the Ed Sheeran Concert To See If Anything Happened
snakesandsparklers.com/p/they-sent-me-to-the-ed-sheeran-concert
And the crowd went mild
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The data center backlash is reshaping American politics — one community at a time
npr.org/2026/09/21/nx-s1-5927288/data-center-election-voters-ai
With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.
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Google Fined €403 Million Following Consumer Council Report
forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/digital/google-fined-e403-million-following-consumer-council-report/
Google has been fined €403 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission after the Norwegian Consumer Council exposed how the company manipulated users into accepting extensive tracking.
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Justice for CSS
In defense of the girliest programming language.
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The Search for Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful Woman
wired.com/story/searching-for-powerful-women-silicon-valley/
Women hold some of the most consequential jobs in tech, but they’re still not cult figures. WIRED investigates why.
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
A storm brought down a five-foot piece of ceiling plaster at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts this month and its leadership sprang into action.
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The Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations
But after a year or two, he began to suspect that his strategy was lacking.
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Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
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My Vaccine Record
Use this site to look up immunization records for yourself or your child.
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Thoughts on Mastodon
Five years ago, I was all-in on Mastodon. I deleted my Twitter account, set up a Mastodon instance, and encouraged my friends to join. A year later, I wrote my own Mastodon client in an attempt to …
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Thinking partner
Metal machine thinking repudiated by Nathan Munn
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A melanoma vaccine was hailed as a breakthrough. Which cancers are next?
Trials investigating mRNA vaccines for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases are already underway.
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Making Community Governance Legible: A Semester with Bonfire
bonfirenetworks.org/posts/making-community-governance-legible-a-semester-with-bonfire/
A collaboration with Princeton explores how Governance Cards can help communities explain how they organise, make decisions, and care for their shared spaces.
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‘VisionQuest’ Had ‘No Need’ to Use GenAI, Says Showrunner
gizmodo.com/visionquest-had-no-need-to-use-genai-says-showrunner-2000814473
GenAI may not have been used to make 'VisionQuest,' but the show still found ways to reference it.