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The Brian Lehrer Show
Audio • WNYC

Red/Blue Redistricting

Jeffrey Wice, adjunct professor and senior fellow at New York Law School where he directs the New York Census and Redistricting Institute, talks about the plans for mid-cycle redistricting for partisan advantage kicked off by Texas, the rules in different states and the impact of redistricting on 2026 midterm races.


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Text • Albert Burneko

What’s ‘Mönch’ Thinking?

What’s ‘Mönch’ Thinking?
Mönch (Monk) is a solid polyester figure, life-sized and jarringly lifelike in its details, depicting a somewhat gaunt man dressed in roughly Franciscan habit: a floor-length cowled robe, a rope cintura with three knots around his midsection. He hunches ever so slightly forw...

The Brian Lehrer Show
Audio • WNYC

City Politics: Cuomo Talks Trump in the Hamptons

Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, and Jeff Coltin, Politico reporter and co-author of the New York Playbook, talk about the latest news in the mayoral campaign, including Andrew Cuomo's comments regarding President Trump at a Hamptons fundraiser, the Adams administration's response to the Legionnaires' outbreak and more.


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Cesium

Someday I hope to find a way to mess up a recipe so badly that it draws the attention of the International Air Transport Association, the International Mathematical Olympiad, or the NSA.

Scripting News Valid
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What podcasting is

You couldn't have had podcasting without a lot of things coming together. Networks of writers who shared links. Blogging. A protocol for moving links around a network. HTTP. Something to attach links and recordings to. RSS. A standard format for recording. MP3. Inexpensive...

WIRED
Text • Benj Edwards, Ars Technica

Arkansas Hosts the Planet’s Only Public Diamond Mine

Visitors have unearthed over 35,000 diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park since 1972.

WIRED
Text • Javier Carbajal

Scientists Just Caught Human Embryo Implantation on Camera

Scientists recorded in 3D and in real time the exact moment a human embryo implanted itself in an artificial uterus, opening new avenues for treating infertility.

WP Tavern Valid
Text • Nathan Wrigley

#182 – Michelle Frechette and Jonathan Desrosiers on the story of .com and .org

On the podcast today we have Michelle Frechette and Jonathan Desrosiers, and we're here to unravel the key differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. We explore the historical development, technical distinctions, and user experiences of both platforms, including issues of ownership, ease-of-use, open-source philosophy, community contributions, and the evolving feature sets. The discussion also touches on branding confusion, community perceptions, and the value of both approaches, emphasising that the right choice depends on individual needs rather than a strict rivalry between the two versions. If you’ve ever wondered which version of WordPress is right for you, why the project seems split into two variants, or how community and commerce intertwine in the WordPress ecosystem, this episode is for you.

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My mother would have been 93 years old today. She died in 2018, seven years ago. As time goes by, I feel her importance in my life more and more. I find I didn't have a realistic perspective in the living years. But more than any other person in my life, she shaped me -- for better or worse, but mostly better.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Richard MacManus

MCP-UI Creators on Why AI Agents Need Rich User Interfaces

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MCP-UI is a new open source project that provides a way to add web-based user interface components to AI agents.

The post MCP-UI Creators on Why AI Agents Need Rich User Interfaces appeared first on The New Stack.

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Text • Matthew Gault

AI at the World’s Biggest Games Event Booked Random Meetings for Attendees

AI at the World’s Biggest Games Event Booked Random Meetings for Attendees

The Gamescom app spammed attendees with AI-generated meetings before organizers disabled it.

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Text • Israel Daramola

Let’s See How Dumb We Can Make The College Football Playoff

Let’s See How Dumb We Can Make The College Football Playoff
As college football administrators deliberate over whether to expand the current 12-team playoff into a 16-team one, monopoly-minded Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti has reportedly conferred with the SEC about an even more dramatic transformation, kicking around the idea of...

WIRED
Text • Emily Peck

The Best Cold-Plunge Pools in 2025—I Spent Months Testing to Find the Best

Keen to try the latest wellness trend, I dipped out of my comfort zone. These are my favorite cold-water-plunge pools for any budget.

The Every Podcast
Audio • Dan Shipper

Best of the Pod: She Built an AI Product Manager Bringing in Six Figures—As A Side Hustle

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**Automate 80% of your repetitive writing, thinking, and creative tasks****Try Spiral made by Dan Shipper & Every: https://spiral.computer?utm_source=youtube** Claire Vo built ChatPRD—an on-demand chief product officer powered by AI. It’s now used by over 10,000 product ...

The Every Podcast
Audio • Dan Shipper

Best of the Pod: She Built an AI Product Manager Bringing in Six Figures—As A Side Hustle

**Automate 80% of your repetitive writing, thinking, and creative tasks** **Try Spiral made by Dan Shipper & Every: https://spiral.computer?utm_source=youtube** Claire Vo built ChatPRD—an on-demand chief product officer powered by AI. It’s now used by over 10,000 product ...

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Text • Joseph Cox

Podcast: The Inside Story of Tea

Podcast: The Inside Story of Tea

The inside story of how Tea undercut women's safety groups to get people to join its app; GPS trackers sold on TikTok; and Grok exposes its prompts.

McSweeney’s
Text • Casey Rand

Rules for “Infertility: The Board Game”

PLAYERS: Infertility can be played alone, in a couple, or with a friend who promised that if you were still single at 40, they’d hook you up. OBJECTIVE: The goal is to strategically bankrupt yourself physically, financially, and emotionally to become a parent. Average playin...

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Chinese Livestreaming 'Virtual Human' Salespeople Are Outselling Their Human Counterparts

Chinese Livestreaming 'Virtual Human' Salespeople Are Outselling Their Human Counterparts

Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, these virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers and work 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

@davidfrum.bsky.social - David Frum
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Americans are paying over 20% more for coffee under Trump than under Biden. When Trump brags about tariff collections, he's bragging about his tax on your cup. Good morning!

@davidfrum.bsky.social - David Frum
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