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propublica.org/article/military-defense-spending-budget-series
The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spending.
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npr.org/2026/08/20/nx-s1-5891791/disability-rights-community-living-integration-trump
Siblings Cody and Kaleigh Brendle have grown up with the right to community integration. Now, they worry those protections for people with disabilities like them are being eroded.
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Western cattlemen are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.
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nytimes.com/2026/08/22/business/economy/greer-us-canada-trade-deal.html?smid=bs-share
The United States had offered to reduce its tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos, and eliminate a recently imposed tariff on Canadian lumber, before negotiations suddenly collapsed last night, Jamieson Greer, the U.
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nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/canada/carney-tariffs-trade-trump.html?smid=bs-share
The morning after he pulled negotiators from trade talks in Washington and set off a new round of American tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday explained to Canadians why he walked away, calling the U.
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First of a new series on sensemaking patterns we're observing on Semble
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cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/the-most-influential-critic?ref=thetonearm.com
The Great Music Critic Debate
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restofworld.org/2026/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-for-everyone-manifesto-global-critique/
Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.
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nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/judge-trump-75-country-visa-ban.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
A federal judge on Friday struck down the Trump administration’s ban on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries, finding that the policy was “contrary to law” and beyond the legal authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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There are several wide-area LoRa mesh networks in the NYC metro area, using different technologies and in various states of formation. You are welcome to join any or all of them!
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stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-21/bahrain-evacuation-military-families-navy-22618186.html
The evacuation has left families in limbo and forced military officials to improvise solutions for support programs.
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“Altadena has spoken,” a resident says. “We don't want surveillance cameras. We don't want Flock replaced by another company's cameras."
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nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/politics/uss-abraham-lincoln-trump-supplies-diego-garcia.html
With the threat of Iranian attacks at other ports in the region, the Pentagon looked to a base under British command on the island of Diego Garcia as its supply hub, which is south of the Maldives and roughly 2,200 miles from where two aircraft carrier strike groups have been operating in the Gulf of Oman.
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A nightclub murder leaves behind a glowing blue powder, pulling a suspended cop and a lonely waitress into a deadly hunt by a masked conspiracy operating behind the city, where secret tunnels, corrupt power, and buried crimes threaten to erase anyone who gets too close.
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The Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.”
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sydney-bauer.com/just-call-me-a-man-already-and-get-it-over-with/
I'm angry.
I hate writing when I'm angry. I think it makes me too emotional, too attached to copy and most importantly makes my brain move too fast having ideas pop up and die before I can even get them down on the page.
But, I'm sick
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Tiles are composable web docs and apps that can safely be used in arbitrary contexts and assembled from multiple sources to carry out complex user interface tasks.
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nypost.com/2026/08/18/real-estate/popular-nyc-brunch-restaurant-sarabeths-closes-two-stores/
The beloved brand closed the doors on two Manhattan locations, as the fate of a third appears to hang in the balance.
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Natalie Harp, the executive assistant to President Donald Trump, wrote to her boss to say that she is "unworthy" of him, according to one of two letters published by The Daily Beast on Thursday night.
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teenvogue.com/story/teens-have-always-been-on-the-front-lines-of-the-labor-movement
For a century, teens have proved time and time again that they are the future.
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cnbc.com/2026/08/21/new-york-san-francisco-tech-talent-cbre.html
AI-related roles now account for nearly one-third of all tech-talent job listings in the U.S., per the new CBRE report.
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reason.com/2026/08/20/border-cops-detained-me-for-hours-without-explanation-they-wont-tell-me-why/
Customs and Border Patrol agents claim dictatorial powers over Americans coming home. A big part of that is hiding information.
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rollingstone.com/music/music-features/songs-titled-after-band-names-wednesday-townies-1235611936/
From Townies' song 'Wednesday' to Paris Texas' song 'Lana Del Rey,' bands are titling songs after other bands.
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health.harvard.edu/exercise-and-fitness/new-resistance-training-guidance-may-simplify-your-workout
New resistance training guidance suggests strength workouts don’t need to be complicated. Learn simple ways to build muscle and improve health....
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Why women around the world are building their own DIY computers.
