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aftermath.site/game-ui-bible-database-book-lost-in-cult-edd-coates/
Menus and icons, for your coffee table
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washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/23/what-exactly-is-democratic-socialist/
What exactly is a democratic socialist?
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theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/23/elon-musk-regret-trump-doge-ai?CMP=bsky_gu
Billionaire in interview with the Economist admits he was too consumed by politics and shares predictions about AI
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“I think it should stand for ‘artificial idiot,’” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.”
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advocate.com/politics/national/cap-restrictions-transgender-sports
The Center for American Progress says its new framework will help Democrats confront anti-LGBTQ+ attacks without abandoning civil rights. Transgender people aren't so sure.
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defector.com/only-a-complete-asshole-would-get-married-at-madison-square-garden
This here is not a personal diatribe about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. I got no beef with either of these two crazy kids. Swift is one of the hardest-working entertainers in show business, and Kelce is one of the greatest tight ends to ever play pro football. They’re more than welcome to fall in…
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techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/meta-launched-a-new-ai-optimism-ad-set-to-a-song-about-human-extinction/
David Bowie's song "Five Years," which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.
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wired.com/story/for-taylor-swift-madison-square-gardens-controversial-cameras-briefly-went-dark/
MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.
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The fired “60 Minutes” correspondent revealed stunning new details about how CBS News management tried to meddle in her reporting, according to an audio recording obtained by Status.
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404media.co/judge-caught-court-reporter-using-ai-transcript-errors/
A judge in Indiana warns a court reporter than it's their job to proofread their work, after catching errors likely made by AI transcription services.
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ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/grants-pass-supreme-court-cruelty/
The Grants Pass decision allowed more cities and states to impose criminal penalties for the offense of being poor in public.
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In an internal email shared with creators, CEO Jack Conte wrote that AI doesn’t replace human creativity — but it does affect how the company operates.
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consumerreports.org/health/food-recalls/parsley-cilantro-potential-sources-cyclospora-a1067026795/
State officials said parsley and cilantro may be linked to rising cases in North Carolina. The FDA is also investigating a new outbreak with an unknown source.
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Cyclospora outbreak in the US, May–July 2026. Also includes articles related to the cyclosopra outbreak in 2013 and the E. coli outbreak in 2025. Search terms: Taylor Farms, Taylor Fresh Foods, Cyclosporiasis, サイクロスポラ症
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nydailynews.com/2026/07/23/feds-rename-penn-station-potentially-for-trump/
In a letter sent Wednesday to Senate leadership on several committees, Duffy lists “administration priorities” for the federal rebuilding of the nation’s busiest rail hub.
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Drones now dominate the war in Ukraine. Fly through the front line’s deadly “kill zone” and discover how surveillance, kamikaze drones and new tactics are reshaping modern warfare. An immersive Reuters reconstruction.
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gizmodo.com/inevitably-ads-have-come-to-xbox-game-streaming-2000790020
You can now suffer through a Mountain Dew commercial for a quick hour of cloud-based gaming.
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nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/senate-bill-require-ai-chatbots-disclose-rcna588970
The Senior Chatbot Protection Act, from Sens. Mark Kelly and Jim Justice, would require clear labeling of AI and new protections for health and financial conversations.
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Random forest is a machine learning approach that utilizes many individual decision trees.
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ppc.land/nyt-advertisings-first-clean-room-deal-beat-cookies-by-61/
New York Times Advertising ran its first-ever data clean room deal in Q4 2025, using Decentriq to match first-party data and beat cookie benchmarks by 61%.
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werd.io/private-healthcare-makes-industries-less-innovative-its-time-for-change/
1 in 4 American workers stay in their jobs because of the healthcare. It suppresses wages and working conditions - and prevents innovators from heading out on their own.
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A DSP refused to give ad industry watchdog Check My Ads a seat on its platform, even after both parties cosigned a master service agreement.
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gizmodo.com/musk-leaves-room-for-a-potential-spacex-tesla-merger-2000789371
First came xAI-SpaceX. Now brace yourselves for SpaceXAI-Tesla.
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thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/22/mamdani-wall-street-new-jobs-employment/
A continuing boom on Wall Street keeps the economy expanding — even as tariffs, high inflation and rising rents take a toll.
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wired.com/story/the-child-is-terrified-measles-doctors-speak-out/
Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah, as the US faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous disease.
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Poor President Donald Trump. He loves filing lawsuits. Why can’t he just sue the BBC for defamation, demand $10 billion and have them write him a check for $10 billion?
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ft.com/content/dc5e629b-562c-41e3-8b89-350af6960adc?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Tesla shares tumbled 11 per cent on Thursday after the carmaker reported a surprise drop in second-quarter profits, as the group cut prices to boost sales and income from regulatory credits sold to rivals dried up.
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propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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techpolicy.press/how-the-digital-omnibus-could-unravel-europes-digital-safeguards/
The challenge is not so much how to simplify Europe’s digital rules, but how to ensure that the foundations that make those rules enforceable remain intact.
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aldf.org/article/california-governor-signs-octopus-farming-ban-into-law/
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov.
