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05 Jul 12:56 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi

theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/?gift=jzu0eOW-oOnEtk2K3c5mFbehzz958dSXEvlPmVcZc6k

A generation ago, the United Kingdom was a global power, @imkahloon writes. Today, the country is as poor as Mississippi. What happened?

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04 Jul 13:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY MAGAZINE

clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_07_26/

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Cliff's Girl by Fiona Moore

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04 Jul 13:11 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The square-ish phone that I wanted to love

theverge.com/tech/960509/ikko-mindone-pro-hands-on

I’m begging literally any company to make the iPhone Mini again.

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04 Jul 12:25 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Building GhostOff and our networked, personalized software futures

blog.bmannconsulting.com/3mpsppyyr2s2d

In which I agentic code Ghost to Offprint script and fall into the future of networked code sharing with Vit

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04 Jul 12:24 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Why implementing ActivityPub is hard, and why it doesn't have to be

hackers.pub/@fedify/2026/why-activitypub-is-hard

Implementing the ActivityPub protocol from scratch introduces massive technical hurdles, including fragmented signature standards, unpredictable JSON-LD document variations, complex distributed systems engineering, and critical security vulnerabilities. Developers frequently ...

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04 Jul 03:02 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The Trump admin went so far Thursday night that even Judge Reed O'Connor put a case on hold

lawdork.com/p/ftc-wpath-oconnor-boasberg-consultation?r=1v3zyw&triedRedirect=true

O'Connor has been very receptive to the Trump admin and its anti-trans efforts, but an FTC request to him is now on hold after "consultation" with Judge James Boasberg in D.C.

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04 Jul 01:42 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

USC Faculty Won Their Union. The Administration Wants Trump’s NLRB to Undo It.

capitalandmain.com/usc-faculty-won-their-union-now-the-administration-wants-trumps-nlrb-to-undo-it

The university has been fighting attempts at union organizing for years. Now it’s seeking help from an employer-friendly labor board.

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03 Jul 19:42 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Without Climate Change, U.S. Heat Wave Called ‘Virtually Impossible’

nytimes.com/2026/07/03/climate/heat-wave-us-canada-climate-change.html

Heat and humidity as severe, prolonged and far-reaching as this week’s would have been “virtually impossible” in the Northeast and eastern Canada before humans began warming the planet, a team of scientists said on Friday.

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03 Jul 19:11 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

You should go see Supergirl

news.chanda.science/archive/you-should-go-see-supergirl/

It's pop art that is unapologetically political.

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03 Jul 14:48 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

It’s America’s 250th birthday. And Black Americans are sitting out the celebrations

theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/03/july-4-black-americans

The 250th anniversary is arriving among Black communities as a whisper instead of a roar

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02 Jul 23:21 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

A Dying Dream: How Trump Targets Immigrants Who Arrived as Children

themarshallproject.org/2026/07/01/trump-targets-daca-immigration

Polls say Americans support protecting DACA recipients from deportation. Now some are being detained.

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02 Jul 23:20 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

How a Wealthy Cleveland Suburb Profits From Ticketing Black Drivers

themarshallproject.org/

A nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.