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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

When We Fight, We Win: Why I Am Suing Northwestern University—and the US Government

lithub.com/when-we-fight-we-win-why-i-am-suing-northwestern-university-and-the-us-government/

Yesterday, I filed a lawsuit against Northwestern University and—in his official capacity as Chairman of the US House of Representatives House Committee on Education and the Workforce—Michigan Cong…

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

New York Is Having a Legionnaires’ Outbreak. Here’s What to Know.

nytimes.com/2026/07/14/nyregion/legionnaires-disease-nyc-what-to-know.html

The health authorities said that 59 people had been diagnosed with the disease, a severe form of bacterial pneumonia.

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative

nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications.

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

I Am Completely Exhausted by Restaurant 'Experiences'

weareravenous.com/restaurant-experiences-tableside/

Restaurants keep trying to lure diners with tableside spectacles, and it's starting to get ridiculous.

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions

lifeisasacredtext.com/the-jewish-case-for-ai-work-exemptions/

or: why should CHICAGO POPE have all the fun

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Are cigarettes cool again? A cultural investigation.

washingtonpost.com/style/2026/07/14/are-cigarettes-cool-again-cultural-investigation/

Are cigarettes cool again? A cultural investigation.

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Authorities investigate Taco Bell and lettuce in multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak

washingtonpost.com/health/2026/07/14/authorities-investigate-taco-bell-lettuce-multistate-cyclosporiasis-outbreak/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Authorities investigate Taco Bell and lettuce in multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Meet Gen Z's Phyllis Schlafly—She Hopes

jessica.substack.com/p/gen-z-phyllis-schlaflys-emma-waters

Emma Waters has a powerful platform, but is anyone watching?

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

A Dozen States Sue To Block Paramount’s Shitty, Unpopular Merger

techdirt.com/2026/07/14/a-dozen-states-sue-to-block-paramounts-shitty-unpopular-merger/

A dozen states have filed an antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount/CBS’ $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers. The states argue the deal will undermine market competition, cause untold layo…

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/misuse-crowd-control-weapons-ice-protesters-blindings-traumatic-brain-injuries-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The balcony solar boom is coming to the US

technologyreview.com/2026/05/07/1136933/balcony-solar-boom/

Plug-in panels are getting popular—how do we make sure they’re safe?

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The looting of science fiction

aeon.co/essays/silicon-valley-has-a-science-fiction-problem

Tech titans claim the genre inspired them. But all they’ve done is graft their politics onto stories of a better future

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.

nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/americas/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jVA.d_Ab.s9APmml4cmcb&smid=url-share

New research sheds light on how mediocre employees help would-be authoritarians maintain power.

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

With New York Times subpoenas, Trump is brazenly escalating his attacks on the press

theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/14/new-york-times-subpoenas-trump-media

Federal agents showed up at reporters’ homes, targeting journalists for doing exactly what the first amendment protects

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Most slopcode projects are abandoned and deleted within months of release

osnews.com/story/145469/most-slopcode-projects-are-abandoned-and-deleted-within-months-of-release/

About a month ago, Flathub announced a ban on slopcoded applications.

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

AI Safety Is a Narrative Problem

hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/wz35dvpo/release/2

This op-ed explores power and narrative dynamics around AI.

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The surveillance state, voiced by Kylie Jenner

thedailytexan.com/2026/07/13/the-surveillance-state-voiced-by-kylie-jenner/

Columnist Tia Chatterjee argues the acceptance of content filmed using smartglasses reflects society’s growing acceptance of surveillance and erosion of privacy.

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15 Jul 05:33 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Theming atproto

blog.damato.design/posts/theming-atproto/

Taking Mise en Mode into the new web standard

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Boosie Badazz Sues After Paying $600K for Trump Pardon That Never Materialized

tmz.com/2026/07/13/boosie-badazz-sues-over-trump-pardon-deal/

Boosie Badazz says he paid big money for a presidential pardon ... but now he's claiming all he got was a massive bill and an empty promise ... and he wants a big refund.

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The Public Rejects OMB's Federal Financial Assistance Rule

techpolicy.press/the-public-rejects-ombs-federal-financial-assistance-rule/

Tens of thousands of scientists, clinicians, and ordinary citizens warned OMB about putting political appointees in charge of which research gets funded.

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Trump Mocked Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos by Showing Off Fawning Texts

wired.com/story/trump-mocked-mark-zuckerberg-and-jeff-bezos-by-showing-off-fawning-texts/

“You would not believe the texts I got from these tech guys,” NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan quote Donald Trump as telling associates in an upcoming book.

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The 1X Neo Robot Has Freaky Fast Fingers

wired.com/story/the-1x-neo-robot-has-freaky-fast-fingers/

The soft, weirdly sexualized home-chore robot has been given some very tactile hands.

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Robotics CEO fumes after Wired portrays $20K home robot as ‘sexualized’

nypost.com/2026/07/13/media/robotics-ceo-fumes-after-wired-portrays-20k-home-robot-as-sexualized/

Dar Sleeper, vice president of product and design at 1X, blasted Wired magazine over the weekend.

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Iceage : For Love of Grace and the Hereafter | Review | Treble

treblezine.com/iceage-for-love-of-grace-the-hereafter-review/

It sure didn’t seem like it at the time, but the Iceage song that seemed to most accurately point toward their future was 2014’s “ The Lord’s Favorite.

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

On Performative Reading

johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/on-performative-reading

Language, resentment, magic, and morals.

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Polio Made Mitch McConnell MAHA’s Enemy

motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/mitch-mcconnell-polio-vaccine-rfk-trump-illness-senate-disability/

The senator defended vaccines and angered Trump. If only he'd done that more.

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The Goldilocks customizable select height

jakearchibald.com/2026/goldilocks-select-height/

The 'ideal' sizing is more complicated than you think…

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Lindsey Graham Chose Evil

thenation.com/article/politics/lindsey-graham-obituary-trump/

Conspiracy theorists liked to say that Graham’s Trump sycophancy was a result of blackmail. But the truth is worse: He stuck with Trump to keep the US war machine going.

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

An iron worker takes on one of Trump’s most loyal followers in Congress

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/18/brian-poindexter-ohio-congress-candidate

Brian Poindexter, a five-term local councilman and apprentice instructor at Ironworkers Local 17, is seeking the Democratic nomination for an Ohio House seat

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14 Jul 20:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Slay The Spire 2 Is Choosing "Shit" Art Over Generative AI - GameSpot

gamespot.com/articles/slay-the-spire-2-is-choosing-shit-art-over-generative-ai/

Throughout the past decade, we’ve seen the gaming industry grow increasingly concerned with optimization and the fruitless endeavor of chasing perfection.