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FlowAI Gives Agents a Greater Role in Infrastructure Automation

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The future of infrastructure management will include using reasoning-based agents to take over a greater portion of the deterministic layer in

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Aura Frame Cyber Monday Sale (2025): Carver, Walden, Aspen

Aura's digital picture frames are the most complimented item in my house, and now you can get your own during the Cyber Monday sale.

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404 Media's Cyber Monday Sale! 25% Off!

Support independent journalism this Cyber Monday!

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'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting

'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting

It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.

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Jaguars Junction: Week 13

Jaguars Junction: Week 13

Jacksonville Jaguars move to 8-4 record on the season with another big win this week. Unimportant people gape in slack-jawed amazement. Many have asked me, "How did we get here?" Well it all started right where you would think—in Week 1. That's when the Jaguars scored a big win over Carolina Panthers, holding Panthers star Rico Dowdle to only 12 yards of rushing. Ever since then the Jaguars have been on a rocket ship to the moon. Meanwhile, Rico Dowdle remains trapped in his humdrum life, each new day a disquieting echo of the last. 

"Hi, Mr. Dowdle?"
"Hi, I'm Mr. Dowdle. You can call me Rico. Rico Dowdle."
"Welcome Rico. Or Mr. Dowdle, haha."
"Haha. Either is fine. Rico, or Mr. Dowdle. Rico Dowdle."

The Brian Lehrer Show
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New Jersey Politics Round-Up

Mike Hayes, WNYC/Gothamist reporter covering covering the New Jersey governor's race and the author of The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform (Kingston Imperial, 2023), rounds up some of the latest political news in New Jersey, including the mayoral run-off election in Jersey City, and governor-elect Mikie Sherrill's transition.


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Lane Kiffin And LSU Deserve Each Other

Lane Kiffin And LSU Deserve Each Other
It does not take long to assess Lane Kiffin's time at LSU, and not just because it hasn't begun yet. He has decided yet again to see how far into the campfire he can stick his face, and this time has chosen a bessemer furnace to test his hide. Put another way, Kiff...

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The Crossword, Dec. 1: I Gotta Feeling

The Crossword, Dec. 1: I Gotta Feeling

Can you sense that it’s time for our Monday crossword? This week's puzzle was constructed by Kelly Richardson, and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. Kelly is a northern Michigander who loves running, stand-up paddleboarding, and traveling. In addition to constructing crosswords, she is a regular contributor to her hometown newspaper, the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

Defector crosswords, launched in partnership with our friends at AVCX, run every Monday. If you’re interested in submitting a puzzle to us, you can read our guidelines HERE. 

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Charlie Successfully Kicks Football

Charlie Successfully Kicks Football

George Best was once the only man from Northern Ireland to make a stir kicking a ball in America. But now the NFL is rife with Irish kickers. Last season Jude McAtamney hit a FG for the Giants. (It went less well for him this year.) And on Sunday Charlie Smyth joined him with a successful kick of his own, joining Neil O’Donoghue in the growing fraternity of Irish-born NFL kickers.

Smyth was previously just another guy in the booth at Super Bowl 59. During a break, announcers on the UK Sky Sports broadcast brought him in for a chat. They introduced him as a member of the New Orleans Saints—he’d spent the year on their practice squad, and signed a futures contract for the following season—and “a big fan of the NFL.”

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Ronald Young Jr. Comes Clean

Ronald Young Jr. Comes Clean

I didn't consider the possibility of failure enough when I was developing this show. For the last episode of the season I was supposed to have a conversation with Ronald Young Jr., he had been wanting to spend time learning piano and do a small show for his loved ones. But the week I was supposed to record with Ronald he emailed me to admit that he hadn't learned the song on piano, he never had the recital we'd agreed he'd do, and he wasn't ready to record with me.

I freaked out for a few hours. I knew I still had to deliver an episode, and I had no idea what to do. I considered spinning up a new episode with myself as the test subject; "Could I learn to play football in like three weeks?" But after sleeping on it, I decided to ask Ronald if he'd be willing to chat with me anyway — but this time, about failure.

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Cyber Monday Grill Deals: A Bunch of Favorites Are on Sale Today (2025)

It's the end of the season for outdoor living, which means you can save big on Cyber Monday grill deals.

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Just hit my monthly search limit on Kagi’s starter plan. Turns out we still need traditional web search even with AI everywhere.

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World AIDS Day and a Promising HIV Prevention Drug

On World AIDS Day, Pratik Pawar, Future Perfect fellow at Vox, talks about a new HIV prevention drug the U.S. is making available everywhere except South Africa, the country with the most people living with HIV. 


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The Best Pokémon Cyber Monday Deals That Make Great Gifts (2025)

We found a handful of Pokémon Cyber Monday deals that'll make perfect gifts for enthusiasts of all ages.

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The Ballad of Betty Rizzo

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Get Started With NLP Using Hugging Face and Python

Hugging Face is a powerful AI library that applies pre-trained models to solve real-world problems. It’s a Natural Language Processing

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12 Best Cyber Monday Home Security Deals 2025

If you want to secure your property, these Cyber Monday security camera deals are worth a look.

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Aaron Rodgers Is All Fucked Up

Aaron Rodgers Is All Fucked Up

Try as he did, Aaron Rodgers was not able to avoid having his own Brett Favre Moment. Any 41-year-old quarterback with decreasing mobility takes a big risk by participating in an NFL game, and on Sunday Rodgers's age caught up with him all at once.

The Steelers were nursing a 7–3 lead as the second half of their game against Buffalo got underway, and the plug was pulled after one play. Rodgers, playing with a broken left wrist that kept him out of the previous game, fumbled the ball after getting blind-side smashed by Joey Bosa on the Steelers' first snap of the half, and the Bills took a 10–7 lead when Christian Benford scooped up the loose ball and returned it for a touchdown. While the Steelers were losing the lead for good, Rodgers was reeling on the turf, blood dripping from the bridge of his nose.

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It’s December already? ⛄️ Good start to the morning so far. Responded to a few emails. Releasing updates for iOS and Mac apps today.

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Good post by Allen Pike about why ChatGPT for Mac is better than the competition. I remarked a year ago that there is clearly some AppKit goodness in the app.