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realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/effective-altruism-is-a-dangerous
Understanding the "Scientology of Silicon Valley." (7,700 words)
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desmog.com/2025/08/25/ipg-broke-own-climate-pledge-rebranding-saudi-aramco/
Firm’s top London consultants planned to help Saudi Aramco influence policymakers, leaked documents reveal.
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ft.com/content/3df8edae-ae3b-4f56-83a3-40602edc17a3?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Lawyers say AI co-founder Greg Brockman was ‘motivated by the gazillions’ he hoped to gain from models trained on copyrighted content
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grist.org/extreme-heat/yes-this-summer-really-was-as-hot-as-you-think-it-was/
“The numbers are just really mind-boggling."
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europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/from-finland-to-portugal-by-train-in-just-125-hours
Last week, Jon Worth, a railway activist who advocates for better cross-border train travel across Europe, completed the longest train journey in the EU – from…
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McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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War damage to data centers exceeded what AWS services are designed to withstand.
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insidehighered.com/news/students/academics/2026/09/10/report-humanities-majors-disappearing
Anxiety about job prospects and heavy reading loads have led to dramatic declines in humanities majors since 2012, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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It’s no secret that trees are good for the climate.
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gizmodo.com/71-of-americans-say-theyre-completely-exhausted-2000812712
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Many Democrats are running scared on trans issues. They shouldn't be.
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dailymail.com/yourmoney/article-16136113/liquid-soap-recall-bacteria-fda-intercon-st-louis.html
The FDA issued an urgent recall for soap sold in over a dozen states potentially contaminated with bacteria.
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wsmv.com/2026/09/16/hand-soap-recalled-potential-contamination-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/
Six hand soaps distributed across 15 states have been recalled over possible bacterial contamination. See the brands, lot codes and affected products.
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It creates mountains of busywork for everyone. So why do more than half of the companies in the Fortune 500 use it?
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I’m redesigning this site bit by bit, which you can read about. This is just a temporary UI.
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CFO Mark Davies and legal chief Andy Missan signed each other’s severance agreements while Matt Mullenweg was on leave, providing a year of salary and additional equity vesting if their departures qualify for the benefits.
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What does the real climate footprint of the biggest company on the planet look like? It's a good question, but here's a better one: why don't we already know the answer?
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wired.com/story/chipotle-is-working-with-palantir-on-food-safety/
The burrito chain has enlisted Palantir for a platform that monitors pest incidents, employee illnesses, and other factors. The partnership comes after a nightmare summer for food safety across the US.
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theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/995348/ai-dating-app-scams
Thousands of people were catfished by scammers supercharged with AI.
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For smaller artists, increased costs and outsized merchandise expectations are putting convention-selling out of reach.
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The top cop's decision came even though the NYPD's patrol guide prohibits both excessive force and bars officers from parking on the sidewalk.
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Billionaire Robert Kraft allegedly pressured Ed Sheeran to remove Macklemore—and all the other opening acts who dropped out in solidarity—from the tour.
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wired.com/story/hackers-flock-camera-data-shows-how-system-works/
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
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Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status amounts to a “death spiral.”
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An anonymous source, a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” text message, and the newsroom’s first defamation defeat in this country in more than fifty years.
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A PDS, or Personal Data Server, is kind of the core thing behind atproto. The idea is that it's a server that stores all your atproto data and cryptographic keys. Most people just use Bluesky's PDS right now, but this is probably the most commonly self-hosted part of the ecosystem:
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Self Host a Personal Data Server (PDS) for your BlueSky Account
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A set of critical links for anyone interested in getting started with AT Protocol and exploring the landscape
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coyotemedia.org/records-of-enemy-surveillance-cara-esten-hurtle/
Cara Esten Hurtle’s drone-based art project shows the difference between being seen and being spotted.
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gizmodo.com/the-new-other-mommy-trailer-turns-a-ball-pit-into-an-ocean-of-horror-2000811827
Bubble baths are also marked unsafe in Rob Savage's new chiller starring Jessica Chastain.
