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unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2025/june/20250618_lenacapavir
In a research paper published in The Lancet HIV this week, experts found that generic lenacapavir could cost $35-$46 per person-year.
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A few years ago the cherry blossoms given to the U.S. from Japan in 1912 had to be removed to rebuild the flood wall on the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. The oldest trees left remained within East Potomac Park, until this week.
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Yosemite National Park: Federal officials and documents reviewed by The New York Times indicate that the Trump administration has proposed giving a small parcel of land in the California park to a private developer.
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Census of rotation keys and other ways of asserting strong control over identity on the Atmosphere
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cbsnews.com/news/fbi-candidates-prostitutes-theft/?linkId=1002767301
In June, the FBI quietly lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other personnel.
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Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm
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theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/wall-street-journal-ai-op-ed/688433/
One of America's most prestigious newspapers has defended publishing an AI-written op-ed. Will Oremus on what it means for the future of human prose:
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garbageday.email/p/miles-morales-probably-couldn-t-happen-now
Read to the end for a very good dog video
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So far, many of the projects in the ATProtocol ecosystem have focused on bringing parity—making projects that replicate our existing tools and platforms, but with the affordances of the protocol instead. That's cool and we need to do that, but I think we can go much farther, and take this opportunity to challenge some of the biggest assumptions of what the modern internet is for, who builds it, and how we interact with it.
This talk is in conversation with several of the talks from last year, and in I'll argue that we'll never get away from skeuomorphism until we've fundamentally changed the definition of what "the social internet" means in the first place.
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Personal websites as an atproto onboarding strategy
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The one where we don't release an API :)
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theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/08/welcome-to-the-scrolling-backlash/688446/
A lot of people are getting tired of their phone—they’re sick of the algorithms and overwhelmed by what can feel like a loss of control.
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tmz.com/2026/08/28/milo-yiannopoulos-detained-ice/?adid=share-tw
Milo Yiannopoulos has been apprehended by ICE in Louisiana ... TMZ has learned.
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wired.com/story/mice-a-caved-in-ceiling-and-cloudy-water-the-gsas-new-office-is-falling-apart/
“Do we need to look at the ceiling before going to the bathroom? Can we actually trust the water is safe to drink?” asks one GSA worker.
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After 250 job applications in four months, I'm giving up.
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texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-lifting-restrictions-lawns/
Reservoirs have rebounded from critical levels, but an emergency order absolves the city of requirements to resume releasing water for the Nueces River Delta.
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No more beeping, booping, or buzzing. One writer on why she’s opting out.
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Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.
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wired.com/story/how-an-atlanta-suburb-ended-up-sharing-flock-data-with-more-than-2000-organizations/
Alpharetta, Georgia, cops share data with thousands of Flock users, ranging from federal agencies to a fish and wildlife commission. The reasons why show how vast—and invasive—the network has become.
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reworked.co/collaboration-productivity/everything-youve-ever-typed-at-work-just-became-an-asset/
We spent 10 years pushing people to work out loud. Spirit's data sale is teaching everyone a good reason to stop.
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Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient injuries.
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cnn.com/2024/04/30/opinions/campus-protest-what-created-university-medieval-perry-gabriele
Seeing current campus protests unfold is a reminder that solidarity between protesting students and their teachers in medieval Europe was the origin of the modern-day university, write historians David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele.
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futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nyc-basement-smart-glasses
Basement, one of NYC's buzziest nightclubs, has announced a total ban on smart glasses amid growing controversy.
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inc.com/sam-blum/the-onions-audacious-plans-for-infowars-are-not-a-joke/91383744?mvgt=9r1uq3bMJOuX
Owner Jeff Lawson, CEO Ben Collins, and comedian Tim Heidecker tell Inc. how they found themselves owning goblinlove.net and selling gay frog plushies, and what it means for the future of 'The Onion.'
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The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.
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delish.com/food-news/a73545961/whole-foods-dip-recall/?taid=6a90ebae0d091100013ebc73
Check your freezer before your next chips-and-dip night.
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yahoo.com/news/us/articles/more-54-000-pounds-jasmine-202530336.html
More than 54,000 pounds of Lundberg Family Farms jasmine white rice have been recalled in 12 states over possible foreign material contamination.
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testing.googleblog.com/2024/12/tech-on-toilet-driving-software.html?m=1
By Kanu Tewary and Andrew Trenk Tech on the Toilet (TotT) is a weekly one-page publication about software development that is posted in bath...
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Nitter gets a cease & desist from X while the atproto makes the Internet more open.
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The records were released in response to a lawsuit Reporters Committee attorneys filed on behalf of the AP.
