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Drata

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My thanks to Drata for once again sponsoring DF. Their message is short and sweet: Automate compliance. Streamline security. Manage risk. Drata delivers the world’s most advanced Trust Management platform.

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Bummer about Apple abandoning Clips. No surprise that they don’t have time for it, but it was a nice app that maybe could’ve been successful as part of someone’s indie business.

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I’ve been very diligent lately about doing all work in a Git branch so it’s easy to let Codex run a quick sanity check on every change before it’s merged. Today has been a roller coaster, distracted, busy, but still took a few minutes to code and just pushed changes up without review like it’s 2007.

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Apple Has Indefinitely Postponed Jessica Chastain’s Apple TV+ Thriller ‘The Savant’, for Political Reasons

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Nellie Andreeva, reporting for Deadline back on September 23: The release of Apple TV+’s The Savant has been put on hold. The decision comes three days before the thriller starring Jessica Chastain was slated to premiere on the streamer Sept. 26. No new date has been set...

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The Aces Made Their Season From The Muck

The Aces Made Their Season From The Muck

PHOENIX — Now they were just showing off, treating the crowd to an encore. Jackie Young zigged and zagged to the rim. Chelsea Gray’s strange-looking heaves swished in. NaLyssa Smith pulled down all the right boards. Jewell Loyd popped into open threes from screens. The universe can sometimes be indelicate with its symbolism: A’ja Wilson slid across the paint to block DeWanna Bonner. The ball spun in the air and fell on Bonner’s head. Through it all, the Las Vegas Aces led, and led, and led, and led.

With a 97-86 Game 4 win over the Mercury in Phoenix on Friday night, the Aces won their third WNBA championship in four years to finish a Finals sweep and an unthinkable in-season turnaround. After beginning the regular season 14-14, they finished it on a 16-game win streak. Including the postseason, they won 25 of their last 28 games. 

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Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

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Clyde Haberman, The New York Times: Saul Zabar, who across more than seven decades as a principal owner of the Upper West Side food emporium bearing his family name kept New Yorkers amply fortified with smoked fish, earthy bread and tangy cheese, not to mention pungent c...

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How to save an animal shelter: “If you care about something just do it”

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The municipal animal shelter in Huntington, West Virginia, was euthanizing 50 to 75 percent of the animals that came in because they didn’t have the funding or space to care for them. Enter Courtney Proctor Cross. She was named director of the shelter in August 2018, and through hard work and fundraising she transformed the shelter into a place of hope. 

This episode was produced by Ted Muldoon. The Optimist’s editor is Allison Klein.

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In Canada

I’ve been trying to find time in my calendar to attend more WordCamps as I love meeting WordPressers all over the world. The stars aligned, and I’ll be swinging by WordCamp Canada next week. They’ve put together an amazing program, including open web pioneer and inventor Dave Winer, so I’m looking forward to checking out … Continue reading In Canada →

WIRED
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6 Best Carpet Cleaners (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Tackle stubborn stains, ground-in grime, and pesky pet hair with one of these WIRED-tested washers.

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I'm narrating development work on my Daveverse site. If you're interested, that's where I've been while I'm shaking out core bugs in the new WordLand. These are the things I want to stay fixed and never have to screw with again. It does actually work that way in products that go through a shake-out process. Drummer and FeedLand both work pretty well. Sure there are bugs and things I wish worked differently, but I and a few other people use them as everyday tools. I'm trying to get WordLand with its timeline function to be that way. A bunch of new hookups via HTTP and Websockets.

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Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro Review: An Outdoor Watch That Doesn't Work

This Garmin killer is dead on arrival.

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Amazon Hamfistedly Removed the Guns From Prime’s James Bond Movie Posters

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Garth Franklin, writing at Dark Horizons: Amazon has quietly walked back new James Bond thumbnail artwork on its Prime Video service following controversy over digital alterations to the original art. As reported here yesterday, the art was unveiled on the weekend to coi...

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A Hands-On Review of Conductor, an AI Parallel Runner App

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The nice thing about Conductor is that it has one of the simplest strap lines: “Run a bunch of Claude

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Schools & the Mayor's Race; Nobel Prize; Rails to Trails

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

30 Issues in 30 Days: New York City Schools (First) | Who is María Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Price Winner? (Starts at 1:12) | From Railroad to Rail-Trail (Starts at 1:50)

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Mole-Rats Could Hold the Key to Living Longer

Mole-Rats Could Hold the Key to Living Longer

Plus, when did claret get so good and why did Shackleton's ship Endurance sink? Historical updates aplenty.

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New React Foundation To Manage Framework

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Meta is spinning off React to the newly formed React Foundation, with a new technical governance structure. It will be

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Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16 Review: A True MacBook Pro Rival?

No Windows laptop is dethroning the MacBook Pro anytime soon, but the Yoga Pro 9i 16 gets surprisingly close.

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Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

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Gear News of the Week: Intel’s New Chips Arrive, and Apple May Debut iPads and MacBooks This Month

Plus: PlayStation 6 rumors heat up, Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses are hard to fix, and Logitech disables its smart-home buttons.

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'Happy Gilmore' Producer Buys Spyware Maker NSO Group

Plus: US government cybersecurity staffers get reassigned to do immigration work, a hack exposes sensitive age-verification data of Discord users, and more.