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Dozens of ICE Vehicles in Minnesota Lack ‘Necessary’ Lights and Sirens

A contract justification published in a federal register on Tuesday says that 31 ICE vehicles operating in the Twin Cities area “lack the necessary emergency lights and sirens” to be “compliant.”

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Text • Barry Petchesky

Remember When Aaron Rodgers Was Good?

Remember When Aaron Rodgers Was Good?
I think about shoulders a lot. (Bear with me.) What would you say made humans the dominant species on the planet Earth? (I said, bear with me.) Is it our big brains, allowing us the use of language to pass down technology and culture? Sure, but before that. Is it our bipedal...

The Brian Lehrer Show
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Making Sense of the New Nutrition Guidelines

Deirdre Tobias, epidemiologist at Brigham & Women's Hospital and assistant professor in the department of nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, talks about the new nutrition guidelines released last week and how they could impact what American health and diets.


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Another Micro.blog tool from @timapple, this one is for blogging from the command line. The year of micro apps.

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Text • Darryl K. Taft

Ramp Adds Developer Tools to Platform With AI Coding Assistant

Spend management platform provider Ramp has launched a new AI coding agent, Ramp Inspect, alongside its accounting platform expansion. Ramp

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Text • Ray Ratto

The Houston Texans Ushered Aaron Rodgers Into Oblivion

The Houston Texans Ushered Aaron Rodgers Into Oblivion
With the football world's sudden fixation on Mike Tomlin's future or lack of same in Pittsburgh raising the question of why coaching longevity is suddenly a bad thing, we have completely forgotten the more obvious reason for caring about the Steelers—the end of Aaron Rodgers...

The Texas Observer
Text • Josephine Lee

Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate

Upon signing school vouchers into law last May, Governor Greg Abbott pronounced that he had delivered “education freedom to every Texas family.” But the billion-dollar program, which opens to parents on February 4, has enrolled dozens of private schools that openly discriminate against Texas families on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity, […]

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Mastering Frontend Tradeoffs: The 2026 Guide for Senior Devs

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The frontend ecosystem is no longer driven by novelty alone. Teams care about performance budgets, hiring signals, maintenance costs and

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Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error

Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error

Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.

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Pretty significant bundle of apps in Apple Creator Studio. I’ve been using an old license of Final Cut Pro to edit my short videos recently, even though it’s overkill. Probably will keep doing that for now, don’t really need a new subscription.

The Brian Lehrer Show
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Why New York City's Nurses are on Strike

Thousands of nurses from three of New York City's private hospital systems have walked off the job over safety concerns. Nancy Hagans, president of the New York State Nurses Association, shares details on what her fellow nurses are striking over and what might happen next in negotiations between the union and hospitals.


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Text • Patrick Redford

Convening The TrueHoop Ideas Summit, With Henry Abbott

Convening The TrueHoop Ideas Summit, With Henry Abbott
This week's Nothing But Respect with returning champion and human body expert Henry Abbott was a very fun one. Before we get too far into what was said, I have to tell you, I have been thinking nonstop about something Henry said over an hour into the recording: When he playe...

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It seems like these new icons were designed so that they could form a rainbow marketing image rather than as actual usable, beautiful icons for your dock. Each one has almost entirely lost its identity. Some make no sense at all. These are the first Liquid Glass era designs that I truly dislike.

The Texas Observer
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Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.

Editor’s Note: This story is the third installment in a series produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network.  Goliad County police kicked off one human smuggling investigation not with a suspect’s name, but with a discarded receipt and cell phone surveillance software. In June 2021, Chief Deputy Tim Futch chased a speeding […]

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How Much Is Eight Dollars?

How Much Is Eight Dollars?
You heard me. Is eight dollars five dollars? Or is eight dollars 10 dollars? Why are you making that face right now? Stop making faces and answer the question: How much is eight bucks? Stephen Totilo, games journalist and author of the Game File newsletter, got into the ont...

McSweeney’s
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Necessary Prerequisites for Having a Baby

So you want to have a baby. That’s the biggest decision you’ve ever made in your life. And with it comes an endless list of to-dos, supply needs, and pointers to make sure you don’t screw up this kid’s childhood. But before you get to any of that, have you double-checked tha...

WIRED
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Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill

In response to a growing backlash, Microsoft said it would take steps to ensure that data centers don't raise utility bills in surrounding areas and address other public concerns.

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I’ve wanted Pixelmator Pro on iPad for years. Cannot wait to give this a shot. 9to5mac.com/2026/01/1…

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Can someone please make a clear iPhone case that doesn’t easily accumulate dust and gunk along the edges? Apple’s cases are particularly bad offenders but I’ve yet to find a third-party option that doesn’t also have this issue to some degree!

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Shopify, Walmart Endorse Google’s New Open Commerce Protocol

The retail AI protocol standards war is heating up. has unveiled a new open standard, the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP),

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