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NYC homes hidden behind LLCs complicate pied-à-terre tax rollout
gothamist.com/news/nyc-homes-hidden-behind-llcs-complicate-pied-%C3%A0-terre-tax-rollout
LLC owners who elude the Department of Finance could escape the tax and lower overall revenue from the tax.
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Microdramas are the death rattle of Hollywood
garbageday.email/p/microdramas-are-the-death-rattle-of-hollywood
Read to the end for Dolly Parton’s “Stairway To Heaven”
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What the Hell Happened to World Cafe Live?
Walkouts. Resignations. Arrests. Lawsuits. Inside the spectacular unraveling of a beloved Philly institution.
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Meta Doesn’t Want to Be a Social Media Company Anymore
motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/meta-settlement-social-media-facebook-whatsapp-glasses/
Despite an $18 billion settlement to end a nationwide child endangerment lawsuit, the firm clearly no longer sees social media as its main product—or its future.
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Essential Resources for Getting Started with AT Protocol
A set of critical links for anyone interested in getting started with AT Protocol and exploring the landscape
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Meta's creepy smart glasses are part of a much bigger plan
fastcompany.com/91594615/metas-creepy-smart-glasses-are-part-of-a-much-bigger-plan
Meta’s vision has not so much abandoned the metaverse as relocated it. Its interface is increasingly the world around us, rather than a virtual world we choose to enter.
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We Asked the Women of the SEC About “Shrekking”
playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/we-asked-the-women-of-the-sec-about-shrekking
There’s a viral theory that beautiful college women are “dating down,” but they don’t quite see it that way.
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Kit Harington Replaces Nicholas Hoult in the Harry Potter Reboot
vulture.com/article/kit-harington-harry-potter-replacing-nicholas-hoult.html
Who’s being asked about transphobia now?
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Copying? Definitely. Infringement? Maybe.
Artist Elizabeth Peyton faces a copyright infringement lawsuit over a photographer's image of Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher.
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Behind the scenes of Picle, our picture-perfect hit game
The Times and Sunday Times archive is being used to turn readers into detectives scanning skylines and hemlines to guess where and when photographs were taken
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Never Apologize For Being a Class Traitor
All rich kids should be socialists.
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Exclusive: GOP warns AI companies that data centers are politically radioactive
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The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms
nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/politics/data-centers-midterm-elections.html
One new ad in Texas begins with someone typing into a chatbot, “Why is my electric bill going up?
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Most GOP politicians now talk negatively about data centers, data shows - The Washington Post
In the past six months, Republicans' public statements about data centers have turned sharply negative, according to a Washington Post analysis.
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Workers in China worry over being replaced as they adapt to the growing impact of AI on jobs
apnews.com/article/china-ai-jobs-unemployment-youth-a44bfac3488adba00d641a3ce0fab702
Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape China's job market, supported by state policies that some economists believe might undermine the overall strength of its economy.
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Why nearly 3 million Teslas are being recalled in China
Other brands affected by the recall include Chinese carmakers XPeng, Xiaomi and Geely.
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Why are there suddenly so many data centres planned in Canada? Your questions answered
The sudden spike in AI data centres that are planned or under construction in Canada is sparking controversy among those hesitant to have the massive buildings that power this technology humming away in their backyards. We answered some of your questions here.
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How Big Tech Captured American Schools
nytimes.com/2026/08/23/business/schools-big-tech-google-microsoft.html
One humid afternoon in the summer of 2025, representatives from Microsoft were waiting as some 200 teachers trooped into a conference hall in downtown Manhattan.
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Read American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
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The Trump Intervention That Got the DOJ Off Live Nation’s Back
wsj.com/business/media/trump-live-nation-antitrust-doj-f82b2c55
Antitrust case started out aiming to force the concert giant to sell Ticketmaster. After two White House meetings, a deal kept the company intact.
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Secret White House bunker undercuts Trump’s ballroom lawsuit, ex-officials say - The Washington Post
The White House already has a nuclear-proof facility buried deep underground and built in secret after 9/11.
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What if America Went Completely Dark?
nytimes.com/2026/08/18/magazine/national-blackout-power-electricity-outage.html
The snipers had been shooting for nearly 10 minutes before someone called 911.
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Death of a Hobby
Fuck it.
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Doctors Give Brutal Verdict on Trump’s Weight
thedailybeast.com/doctor-scott-kahan-give-brutal-verdict-on-trumps-weight/
The president’s weight gain is of national concern, doctors warn.
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Literary Fiction Has Lost the Plot
devonhalliday.substack.com/p/literary-fiction-has-lost-the-plot?r=6n4vf
A close reading of two disappointing openings
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Dangerous and Prolonged Heat Wave to Grip Southern States
nytimes.com/2026/08/23/weather/southwest-heat-wave.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur
A prolonged and dangerous heat wave is set to grip parts of the Southern United States this week, as forecasters warned that temperatures are expected to soar into triple digits, with daily records at risk of being broken.
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ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War
theintercept.com/2026/08/18/iran-trump-deportation-flights-ice/
Immigration agents appeared to comply with an Iranian request to hand over specific nationals — and send the wrong person to Iran.
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The financial crisis theory of everything
samf.substack.com/p/the-financial-crisis-theory-of-everything?r=72szy
Last month there was a fascinating poll from More in Common asking people to pick the main reason Britain is “on the wrong track”.
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Exclusive: 75% of Americans Now Oppose New Data Centers Near Their Home
Americans' support for AI data centers has continued to collapse through the summer, a new Heatmap Pro poll shows.