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Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

Private Insurers Cover Drugs Less Often Now (First) | Fires, Floods, Air Quality & Climate Change (Starts at :24) | 'Cane Sugar' vs High Fructose Corn Syrup (Starts at :59)

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Ashley Belanger, writing for Ars Technica: After Substack shocked an unknown number of users by sending a push notification on Monday to check out a Nazi blog featuring a swastika icon, the company quickly apologized for the “error,” tech columnist Taylor Lorenz reported...

Scientists hope their plumage project could someday lead to biocompatible lasers that could safely be embedded in the human body.

The afterlife of Puerto Rico’s Aricebo telescope continues with the detection of a powerful “tidal wave” from the Sun.

Cameras can offer peace of mind, but choose carefully before inviting one into your home.

With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering.

Plus: A former top US cyber official loses her new job due to political backlash, Congress is rushing through a bill to censor lawmakers’ personal information online, and more.

Plus: Netgear has an affordable Wi-Fi 7 mesh system, Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z Fold series is a hit, and Google’s Pixel 10 leaks heat up.

Emmy-winning Law & Order: SVU actor Mariska Hargitay talks about her new documentary, My Mom Jayne, an intimate portrait of her mother, the late Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield. Mansfield's life was cut short in a tragic car accident when Hargitay was just 3 years old.

Also, comic and actor Marc Maron talks about grief, his problematic cats, and why he's ending his popular podcast WTF, which he started in the early days of podcasting. Maron has a new HBO comedy special called Panicked, and he's the subject of a new documentary.

Plus, Ken Tucker has an appreciation of Parliament's album Mothership Connection which turns 50 this year.

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Why the economic news is bad today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv-UTWwu5UM&list=PLDamP-pfOskNgMNI1eg0pajQfRu-q3NUO&index=4

OpenAI lost access to the Claude API this week after Anthropic claimed the company was violating its terms of service.

A Miami jury has ordered the automaker to pay up to $243 million after finding that the Tesla vehicle had a “defect.” It's the first time Tesla has been found liable in an Autopilot-related crash.

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I don’t often share personal things about my family here on the blog, but I was reflecting on something last weekend that’s also relevant to Micro.blog. My mom has been in the hospital for a week and a half. I’ve been back and forth to the hospital every day to visit her. Mo...

After months of threats, the Trump administration announced this week a slew of heavy tariffs, taxes on imported goods, for major trading partners such as India and Canada. The news came on the heels of the recent announcement of a new trade agreement with the European Union...

When the police arrived, they also advised Dershowitz to use non-gendered pronouns. Dershowitz was hesitant. “I’ll use whatever language I choose to use,” he told the police. “That’s a matter between me and my grammarian — not anything the police should have anything to say ...

I’m very tempted to buy a cheap Super 8 camera (probably a Yashica) and I don’t know if I want to be talked out of it or talked into it.

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Do you eat enough protein in a day? Don’t even bother answering, because I know the answer is no. But don’t worry, I’m kind of a protein guy. I can give you all the guidance you need so you can stop being such a weak little bitch. I eat three hundred times my recommended dai...

Adolfo Carrión, Jr., New York City deputy mayor for housing, economic development, and workforce, talks about the city's newest housing plans and the challenges that remain as the city is dealing with a shortage of affordable housing.

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After the 2023 season, when the Mariners narrowly missed out on the playoffs despite having 90 percent odds of making it at the start of September, Jerry Dipoto traded Eugenio Suárez to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for relief pitcher Carlos Vargas and White Sox legen...