Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.
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Police Are Spending Opioid Settlement Funds on Flock Cameras
motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/police-opioid-funding-flock-alpr-camera-surveillance-tech/
Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.
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'Transformers' Voice Actor Peter Cullen Dead at 85
Peter Cullen, famous for voicing Optimus Prime in the 'Transformers' franchise, is dead.
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Censorship in Los Angeles School District Could Become National Norm, Educators Warn
Educators in the country’s second-largest school district are facing repression in the wake of a new California law.
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Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
By now you’ve almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta’…
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i really really really hate AI images & music
the death of mediocre
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The Data Center Backlash Is a Rare Bright Spot in American Politics
newrepublic.com/article/214795/ai-data-center-backlash-inevitable
The AI industry gleefully sold its products as harmful to the interests of ordinary people. Thankfully, ordinary people decided that there would be consequences for that.
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Vin Diesel leaves fans speechless with ‘brave’ Dolly Parton tribute
Vin Diesel's tribute to Dolly Parton has stunned fans as he shared a surprisingly emotional rendition of I Will Always Love You
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This Is How the A.I. Debt Binge Sinks the Economy
nytimes.com/2026/08/26/opinion/ai-debt-economy-hyperscalers.html
Despite all the hoopla about Nvidia becoming the first company valued at over $5 trillion, the listing of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the looming initial public offerings of Anthropic and OpenAI, artificial intelligence is no longer primarily a stock market story.
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New vaccination data show hundreds of Philly-area schools vulnerable to a measles outbreak
Measles vaccination rates continue to decline in the Philadelphia area as an outbreak spreads across Pennsylvania.
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SounDuck - "Mental Soundtrack for Miscellaneous Nerd Activities" album review
nsigned.com/article/251/sounduck-mental-soundtrack-for-miscellaneous-nerd-activities-album-review
For starters, this immediately inspired me to write something about it, so I can easily imagine others also being inspired to work on their own creati...
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The WaPo’s Attiah Walkback
status.news/p/karen-attiah-washington-post-fired-charlie-kirk
Leadership has stayed quiet after being directed to reinstate the columnist it fired last year. And audio obtained by Status adds another wrinkle for the paper.
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The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informants
wired.com/story/the-county-prosecutors-who-became-ice-informants/
Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.
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Andrew Garfield’s new film suddenly in chaos over ‘unapproved’ Robin Hood plot
metro.co.uk/2026/08/26/andrew-garfields-new-film-suddenly-chaos-unapproved-robin-hood-plot-29465527/
The Uprising was thought to be about the Peasants' Revolt.
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My Year With Jack Reacher
I picked up the first one, Killing Floor, after my lofty quarantine syllabus collided with the reality of being laid off and very depressed: finally time enough to read all day and absolutely no desire to do so.
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F.D.A. Approves Drug Poised to Transform Care for Pancreatic Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration approved on Wednesday a new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, ushering in a new era of treatment for a disease that has long been considered one of the most hopeless in medicine.
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It's OK. Do Your Thing.
Some (reluctant) thought on our AI moment
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NVIDIA Wants To Turn Your Home Wall Into A Mini Data Center By Packing 16 Blackwell GPUs And 4 server CPUs In A Liquid-Cooled, Wall-Mounted Box At $0 Upfront Cost
If selected, you pay $0 upfront cost. What's more, NVIDIA and SPAN will heavily subsidize your power and internet bills, but you get to keep an undisclosed (as yet) proportion of the revenue.
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Police Are Putting Up Fake 3D-Printed Flock Cameras and Swooping In to Arrest People Who Vandalize Them
futurism.com/future-society/police-fake-3d-printed-flock-cameras-arrest
a man was charged with three felonies after he cut down a 3D-printed "decoy" Flock camera, which was set up by police.
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Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/26/paper-product-toilet-paper-tariffs-us-canada
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
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Dolly Parton Never Wavered
From making music to launching a huge literacy program, the singer always took her work seriously. Eventually, the rest of us caught up.
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Proof of Payment for ATProtocol
An open specification for decentralized, cryptographically verifiable proof of payments.
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NYC homes hidden behind LLCs complicate pied-à-terre tax rollout
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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
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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”
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There’s a viral theory that beautiful college women are “dating down,” but they don’t quite see it that way.