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05:24 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The Native Language of Social Media Is Slurs

liberalcurrents.com/the-native-language-of-social-media-is-slurs/

Antisemitism on X knows no party.

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05:24 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Ken Paxton’s Anti-Abortion Influence Already Extended Beyond Texas. He Could Take It Further in the Senate.

propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-texas-abortion-senate

As Texas attorney general, Paxton has advanced anti-abortion policy in his home state and prevailed where others have failed. Allies who’ve witnessed his victories see an opening to keep moving their cause forward if his Senate bid is successful

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05:24 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

this week in security — october 18 2026 edition

this.weekinsecurity.com/this-week-in-security-october-18-2026-edition/

European fridges mass-hacked and food spoiled, OpenAI employee caught planting bug, spy implants found in hardware crypto wallets, spyware delivered via ads, new iPhone jailbreak, FBI raids dozens of North Korean laptop farms, and more.

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05:24 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Exclusive / How CBS News’ Middle East war spread to the Upper Midwest

semafor.com/article/10/18/2026/how-cbs-news-middle-east-war-spread-to-the-upper-midwest

Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has personally advocated for CBS News journalists to pursue numerous story angles related to Abdul El-Sayed’s supposed sympathy towards the Muslim Brotherhood.

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05:24 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Arthur Mensch, CEO of French start-up Mistral AI: 'AI is software. It can be controlled'

lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/09/24/arthur-mensch-ceo-of-french-start-up-mistral-ai-ai-is-software-it-can-be-controlled_6757890_19.html#

Mistral AI's co-founder believes the sector's American giants are manipulating the discourse around the technology's risks. He also defended his strategy, as critics are accusing his company of falling behind US and Chinese rivals.

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05:24 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The weird rise and spectacular fall of Katie Zacharia

publicnotice.co/p/katie-zacharia-rise-and-fall

Remember when we were only gonna hire the best people?

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Three Shootings in America

doomsdayscenario.co/p/three-shootings-in-america

A week of our entirely-ordinary *extraordinary* violence

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

How Hunting Owls Use Sound to “See” Under the Snow

kottke.org/26/10/how-hunting-owls-use-sound-to-see-under-the-snow

The great grey owl basically has a sound cone for a face, which helps it hunt down voles burrowing through snow in the winter. The owl’s large facial ruff, form

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

'Star Wars: Galactic Racer Was Made By A Core Team Of 75 People'

aftermath.site/star-wars-galactic-racer-developers-75-fuse/

Over 1000 people are in the credits, though

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Men in tech #YesAllMen

media.ccc.de/v/emf2026-240-1-men-in-tech-yesallmen

“Fuck you you fucking whore. Fuck you”.

A text I received from a colleague I was told was “too valuable to reprimand".

I'm so tired of ...

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The New Tax Revolt Isn’t About Taxes - POLITICO

politico.com/news/magazine/2026/10/18/property-taxes-housing-affordability-issue-01105514

Brian Massie stands outside his home in Concord Township, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2026.

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Grifters be grifting: ‘You Can See Everything’

humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2026/10/18/grifters-be-grifting-you-can-see-everything/

An admission: I came to You Can See Everything almost blind. I knew little about Elizabeth Holmes and nothing at all about co-director Nathan Fielder (co-director Lance Oppenheim I knew from Some K…

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back

theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/13/ai-companies-rushed-workers-fallout

Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Protests erupt across France against rising living costs and in support of students

cbsnews.com/news/protests-france-rising-living-costs-students/

Police used tear gas to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks and other objects at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The Case Against Business School

nytimes.com/2026/10/18/opinion/business-school-mba-harvard-cornell-cambridge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JlE.bi37.LV-30SQRSfG6&smid=nytcore-ios-share

This fall, another cohort of ambitious young professionals has arrived at business schools around the world for two-year programs with price tags in the six figures.

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties

thehandbasket.co/p/tommy-teepell-abdul-el-sayed-viral-video-town-hall-josh-hawley

Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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05:27 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Why we just can’t quit the site formerly known as Twitter

ft.com/content/236f73b9-cd71-4ef4-a5dc-303a9d7be673?syn-25a6b1a6=1

It’s almost four years since Elon Musk completed his purchase of what was then Twitter, announcing to the world that “the bird is freed”.

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05:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

HTML Can Do That

chrisburnell.com/html-can-do-that/

HTML has been gobbling up swathes of what used to be JavaScript’s remit. This page lists a bunch of dynamic functionality that we can now achieve with just HTML.

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05:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Katie Zacharia’s brief White House stint included a rebuke from the Auschwitz Memorial

forward.com/news/856373/katie-zacharia-white-house-press-secretary-mifepristone-abortion-pill/

The ousted press secretary claimed ‘the abortion pill has the same chemicals' as the poison gas Nazis used in concentration camps

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05:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

TikTok “Permanently Bans” the ‘Musk’ Film Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)

hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/musk-movie-tiktok-banned-theaters-showtimes-1236734308/

Move comes just as Alex Gibney doc film expands to nearly 500 screens. Distributor Bleecker Street says it is appealing.

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05:51 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Wendy’s Is Trading on Millennial Nostalgia With Emo

weareravenous.com/wendys-emo-album-millennial-nostalgia/

Wendy's released an EP, 'Songs to Listen to in a Wendy’s Parking Lot,' with a slew of emo heavy-hitters. It hopes to cash in on your memories of eating a Frosty after you were dumped.

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04:36 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Katie Zacharia Is Out After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary

nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/katie-zacharia-fired-press-secretary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFE.XePJ.vO1_JVamf_78&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Ms.

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04:36 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Alexander Hanff (LLM, CIPPE, CIPT)’s Post

linkedin.com/posts/alexanderhanff_so-i-have-been-going-through-the-audit-data-share-7513140247375790080-nDk2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAA2pU8YBg7Z3wIRi7OjEU1Z9Li-gXVo1ddE

So I have been going through the audit data for the research paper I will publish at Tim Clements "Field Talk" event in November - here are the highlights... Top 100 English-language content websites - captured before any consent was given (EU connection, homepage + privacy...

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04:36 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

How authorities say a jammed gun and Taco Bell workers prevented a possible mass shooting at an Aurora temple

chicagotribune.com/2026/10/15/raja-krishnamoorthi-aurora-temple/?lctg=2276c265798522db34332abcd662f646&active=yesD&utm_cluster=TRIB&utm_profileID=6a5eab34998e864970460a3b

A jammed gun and workers at an Arlington Heights Taco Bell restaurant prevented a potentially devastating mass shooting Sunday at a Hindu temple in Aurora.

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04:36 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Wildest Car Stunts in Film History

caranddriver.com/features/g31978859/wildest-car-stunts-in-film-history/

From White Lightning to John Wick, these are the 16 best car chases, jumps, and crashes to ever appear on movie screens.

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04:36 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Tesla turns to 50-year-old stunt technology as it tries to Roadster again

arstechnica.com/cars/2026/10/tesla-turns-to-50-year-old-stunt-technology-as-it-tries-to-roadster-again/

If you want to make a car spin in the air, compressed gas is a good way to do it.

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Elon Musk Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Duping Trump Supporters

huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-duping-trump-supporters-lawsuit_n_6ad11706e4b0a7bf79af6747

Musk promised voters in the 2024 presidential election a chance to randomly win $1 million. The winners were predetermined.

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04:36 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Whatever you think of Ilhan Omar, these threats are unconscionable

forward.com/opinion/856106/whatever-you-think-of-ilhan-omar-these-threats-are-unconscionable/

American Jews should oppose the intimidation and denaturalization of the Minnesota Congresswoman

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04:36 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

Replit’s CEO says the future of work is the ‘self-driving company’

techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/replits-ceo-says-the-future-of-work-is-the-self-driving-company/

Replit CEO Amjad Masad envisions a future of “self-driving companies,” where AI agents handle day-to-day tasks and people focus on higher-level decisions.

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04:36 • Aram Zucker-Scharff

The Slow Formation of Durable Software

newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-slow-formation-of-durable-software/

How a group of historians took years to imagine Zotero, the research application that would eventually be used by millions