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The Meaning of Nolan’s The Odyssey
I suspect like many of you, I saw The Odyssey this weekend. I really liked it and the more I read & think about the film, the more it grows in my esteem. This t
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Why space games still struggle with the scale of the universe
space.com/entertainment/space-games/why-space-games-still-struggle-with-the-scale-of-the-universe
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is."
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Federal prosecutors are under fire after critics accuse them of smearing man killed by ICE in Houston
yahoo.com/news/us/articles/federal-prosecutors-under-fire-critics-103025397.html
Legal experts are questioning whether the DOJ is playing politics in an unorthodox way after the surprise unsealing of an FBI search warrant following ICE shooting.
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A 'D' and a bunch of 'B's — my report card for the media covering Trump's awful speech
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/a-d-and-a-bunch-of-bs-my-report-card
Some flashes of courage, some good analysis and still too much normalization
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Artificial
An LLM is a computer program. We should talk about it like a computer program.
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FBI will no longer investigate ICE confrontations, The New York Times reports
The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have both denied that any change in oversight has taken place.
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Under a new federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid
npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5835631/turner-camhi-do-no-harm-college-loans
If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?
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At 23, he was functionally cured of sickle cell. Now he’s ready to fly.
At 23, he was functionally cured of sickle cell. Now he’s ready to fly.
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No, AI Written Romance Novels Are Not Inevitable
The New York Times interviewed two authors who claim AI is the future of romance novels, who coincidentally also sell courses about how to use AI to write romance novels.
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quick rant - follow friction
longfrom.stznz7qsokto2345qtdzogjb.com/a/3mqyswqegoj23-quick-rant-follow-friction?bridge_completed=1
#atdev : So I'm making an offprint component so people can follow me on semble, grain, currents, etc. BUT WHY?!?!
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AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don’t Exist — And They’re Being Cited in Real Journals
rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-chatbot-journal-research-fake-citations-1235485484/
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
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Israel’s $50 Million Experiment to Change U.S. Public Opinion
wsj.com/politics/israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-u-s-public-opinion-253b3b70?st=uV1SyA
Millions of similar texts have flooded American cellphones in recent months.
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Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/idaho-pushed-anti-trans-laws-transition-care-bathroom-trump-rcna350199
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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Politicians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About Them
nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/chatbots-political-campaigns.html
Fortunately for Mr. Lloyd, there was a fix.
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We’re Underestimating the Power of ‘One-in-a-Thousand-Year’ Solar Storms, NASA Warns
New research led by NASA Goddard found persistent “erroneous measurements” skewing past estimates for how severe geomagnetic storms can get.
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FDA says sample of iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for US parasite outbreak
The FDA on Saturday said a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for a parasitic illness that has sickened thousands of people in the U.S.
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People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster
cnn.com/2026/07/17/climate/betting-wildfires-polymarket-prediction-market-platforms
As the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires raged last year, people placed bets on how how many acres the fires would consume, which locations they would reach and when they would be contained.
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A conflict as old as punk itself
Rax King on Crass
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He Wants to Believe
Aliens exist. At least, they do for Steven Spielberg. This has remained constant across a career defined by restless movement. Spielberg has spent 60 years maki...
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Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy
bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/metro/trump-immigration-boston-university/
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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Lowlands Away, Me John
aftermath.site/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynched-sea-shanty/
Sea shanties don't need remakes
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Huh? "AI entryism"?
AI entryism subverts anti AI critique.
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Fox’s Speech Snub
Donald Trump wanted a national conversation about election fraud. Fox News aired the speech, then spent the next morning talking about anything but.
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Top Tax Official Pushed Out After Clashes With Trump Administration: Report
Assistant Treasury Secretary Kenneth Kies will be leaving the administration after reportedly warning that it might be breaking the law.
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ICE Agent Shoots and Kills a Motorist in Biddeford, Maine, Sen. Angus King Says
A federal immigration agent fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday. This is the second time in a week ICE has used deadly force.
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‘Enemies of civilization’: top Trump officials disparage leftism at event
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio
Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller took aim at only leftwing activism at meeting of 66 nations against political violence
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Introducing Leaf Computing
The leaf software architecture keeps users in control with local execution and data storage, autonomous functionality, and federated interoperability.
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Citizens Bank parts ways with two prison operators amid ICE protests
bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/business/citizens-bank-ice-protests-prisons/?event=event12
Citizens said the end of its relationships with GEO Group and CoreCivic was driven by changing financial needs of the two clients, not by protests.
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lichen-markdown - Lichen-Markdown is a simple and friendly CMS for making static websites.