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The Police-Shaped Elephant in the Budget Room

dmagazine.com/frontburner/2026/09/the-police-shaped-elephant-in-the-budget-room/

DPD consumes more than 40 percent of Dallas’ general fund. But thanks to Prop U, cops are left out of the budget cut conversation. 

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How we rebuilt Cloudflare Workers’ module registry for Node.js compatibility

blog.cloudflare.com/workers-module-registry-nodejs/

Workers now enables Node.js compatibility by default, supports applications up to 64 mebibytes, and adds a URL-based module registry with import.meta, lazy compilation, shared code caches, and clearer errors.

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Procrastination study by Duke’s Dan Ariely retracted after sleuths find signs of data tampering

retractionwatch.com/2026/09/03/procrastination-study-duke-dan-ariely-psychological-science-data-colada-tampering-retraction/

A psychology journal has retracted a seminal 2002 paper on deadlines and procrastination coauthored by behavioral scientist Dan Ariely of Duke University just days after a team of sleuths published…

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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

propublica.org/article/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-doubled-analysis

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, raises questions about the role of abortion bans.

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AI Has Solved One of Math’s $1 Million Millennium Prize Problems | Quanta Magazine

quantamagazine.org/ai-has-solved-one-of-maths-1-million-millennium-prize-problems-20260908/

Mathematicians at OpenAI showed that the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe how fluids flow, can sometimes “blow up.” But the massive result is not without controversy.

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Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/man-told-chatgpt-he-was-feeling-delusional-chatgpt-insisted-he-was-jesus/

Man with bipolar disorder sued OpenAI after surviving ChatGPT-linked suicide attempt.

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Travelers Face More Delays After Major Disruption at British Airports

nytimes.com/2026/09/09/world/europe/uk-air-traffic-control-flight-delays-london.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes

Hundreds more flights were canceled in Britain on Wednesday, a day after an air traffic control glitch disrupted more than 1,000 flights and ruined the plans of tens of thousands of travelers at major airports, including Heathrow Airport.

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Louisiana’s abortion pill case could wipe out access in blue states - POLITICO

politico.com/news/2026/09/09/louisiana-abortion-pills-mifepristone-5th-circuit-01067429

Louisiana will argue before a federal appeals court this week that FDA rules allowing telehealth prescription and mail delivery of the drug mifepristone infringe on the state’s right to prohibit abortion within its borders.

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The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org

popular.info/p/the-hidden-dangers-of-musks-votesafeorg

The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.

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Dolly Parton’s Sister Asks People to Stop Posting AI Slop of the Legendary Singer

gizmodo.com/dolly-partons-sister-asks-people-to-stop-posting-ai-garbage-of-the-legendary-singer-2000808660

"I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing," said Dolly Parton in 2023.

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Making software hurts now

notes.erlend.sh/3muwdtclths2d

and hurt people hurt people

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Destroying Books to Build a Mind | The New Yorker

newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/destroying-books-to-build-a-mind

Anthropic is trying to “destructively scan all the books in the world.” How worried should we be?

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Column | What makes good video game writing? I asked the writers.

washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2026/09/03/what-makes-good-video-game-writing-i-asked-writers/?itid=sf_entertainment-video-games_toptable_1_0

Neil Druckmann, Evan Narcisse and other games writers explain what makes video games different as a writing form.

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More People Have Died From 9/11 Than on 9/11

revealnews.org/podcast/9-11-first-responders-survivors-illness-death-world-trade-center-health-program/

A Long Island doctor once treated 9/11 responders who were dying. Now she’s a reporter and trying to figure out why the illnesses haven’t stopped.

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Breaking Benjamin frontman pauses concert to rant about Fallout 4 modding beef: 'There was a modder in the community that was really mean to me'

pcgamer.com/games/fallout/breaking-benjamin-frontman-pauses-concert-to-rant-about-fallout-4-modding-beef-there-was-a-modder-in-the-community-that-was-really-mean-to-me/

The singer and guitarist spent several minutes asking fans to download his Fallout 4 'True First Person' mod after another modder criticized it.

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Greeley, Windsor officials prepare to clash over new data center in Weld County

greeleytribune.com/2026/09/08/windsor-greeley-data-center/

“Windsor’s position is that, regardless of how people feel about a data center, we want to be able to be in control of our destiny,” Windsor Mayor Julie Cline said. “We didn’t bring them here. But what we can…

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how many things begin with my getting thrown into prison.

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AI’s promise does not justify using any means to build it

digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2026/09/08/ais-promise-does-not-justify-using-any-means-to-build-it/

The ends can’t justify the means.   This was my major takeaway in reading the Summary Judgement cross-motions filed Friday in rapid fire order

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what is this?

thermals.cloud/#/about

thermals.cloud is a live appview over the atproto network: a leaderboard of rooks with real track records, and the open work requests they pick up. read everything signed-out; sign in only to post. operated by sol pbc.

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Client Challenge

sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-police-drones-surveillance-22422268.php

A required part of this site couldn’t load. This may be due to a browser extension, network issues, or browser settings.

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How a Star Trek card game quietly continues, 10 years after its official end

arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/12/how-a-star-trek-card-game-quietly-continues-10-years-after-its-official-end/

Video: STCCG is now free to play, the Continuing Committee makes new cards, too!

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South Korea’s ‘sea women’ seek justice after marine habitat devastated by harbor work

news.mongabay.com/2026/09/south-koreas-sea-women-seek-justice-after-marine-habitat-devastated-by-harbor-work/

GUMAN-RI, South Korea — This fishing village, on the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula, is filled with scars. Every summer, typhoons rumble in from the Pacific Ocean to snap trees and flip fishing boats. Huge ships, including a 4,000-ton cargo vessel in 2005, have sunk or run aground on the rocky coast, sullying marine […]

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‘Time for Warnings is Over’: Fines for NYC Bin-Less Buildings Land After Labor Day

thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/04/trash-bin-container-fines-dsny-enforcement-sanitation/

The Sanitation Department issued thousands of warnings this summer ahead of an enforcement blitz, with The Bronx seeing the highest rate of citations.

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The Future Is Not Tech-Forward

thetechbubble.info/p/the-future-is-not-tech-forward

On artificial intelligence, data centers, technological politics, and who gets to build the future.

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Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids

wired.com/story/meta-failed-to-catch-hundreds-of-ai-child-abuse-ads-some-included-images-of-real-kids/

Images of real children—including a member of a European royal family—were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse. Lawmakers say they plan to investigate.

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As local libraries navigate censorship law, national group calls for repeal

arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2026/09/03/as-local-libraries-navigate-censorship-law-national-group-calls-for-repeal

Under Act 372 of 2023, librarians can face criminal liability for distributing content that some consider “obscene” or “harmful to minors.” The law also gives city and county governing bodies final say over what goes on a library’s shelves.

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Claude’s new system prompt really doesn’t want to reproduce song lyrics

simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/2/claudes-new-system-prompt/

Anthropic publish the system prompts for their Claude consumer applications (Claude.ai and the Claude mobile apps—sadly not for Claude Cowork or Claude Code). I love that they do this, and …

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Mamdani Issues AI Moratorium In NYC Schools

motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/mamdani-nyc-ai-ban-pause-moratorium-public-schools/

Kids "need to wrestle with tough problems on their own,” New York's mayor said Wednesday.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulation

karlbode.com/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-legacy-is-dull-products-and-spineless-capitulation/

Tim Cook enthusiastically supported global authoritarian policies while turning Apple Computer into a dull simulacrum of an interesting company.

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Mark Ruffalo Defended by Hannah Einbinder, Joel Coen and More Than 170 Jewish Figures After Paramount Accuses Him of Using ‘Antisemitic Tropes’ — Read the Open Letter (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com/2026/film/global/mark-ruffalo-open-letter-antisemitism-claims-paramount-1236848093/

Joel Coen and Todd Haynes are among more than 170 Jewish figures who have signed a letter in support of Mark Ruffalo amid antisemitism claims.