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The DEA Plans to Ban Opioid-Like Kratom Compound 7-OH

The federal agency says it will temporarily schedule the drug, which has been called "gas station heroin," as a controlled substance—a boon for MAHA and the mainstream kratom industry.

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Parker Molloy on why the panic about trans women in...

Parker Molloy on why the panic about trans women in sports is not actually about fairness or protecting women & girls (in the similar way Gamergate was not about “ethics in games journalism”).

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Only A Complete Asshole Would Get Married At Madison Square Garden

Only A Complete Asshole Would Get Married At Madison Square Garden
This here is not a personal diatribe about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. I got no beef with either of these two crazy kids. Swift is one of the hardest-working entertainers in show business, and Kelce is one of the greatest tight ends to ever play pro football. They’re more...

The Brian Lehrer Show
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Trump's Crypto Windfall

David Uberti, a reporter covering the intersection of financial markets and the economy for The Wall Street Journal, discusses Trump's 2025 financial disclosures, focusing on the more than $1 billion he made from his crypto businesses.

Photo: Representation of cryptocracy coins with the $Trump meme coin and bitcoin falls roughly 33% since the start of 2026 after months of gains following the 2024 U.S. election. Seen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on February 8, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

 


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The Brian Lehrer Show
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New Jersey News

Michael Sol Warren, New Jersey reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the latest from New Jersey, including the new state budget and Rep. Kean Jr's return to the public stage.

Photo: WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 30: U.S. Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ) (C) arrives at the U.S. Capitol with his wife Rhonda Kean (R) on June 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

 


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The Brian Lehrer Show
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1776 and the Worldwide Drive for Freedom

Sarah Pearsall, professor in the Department of History at Johns Hopkins University and the author of Freedom Round the Globe: A World History of the American Revolution (Doubleday, 2026), draws on the ideals in the Declaration of Independence to examine the global revolutionary spirit of 1776.

Photo: 1776, Bonne Map of Louisiana and the British Colonies in North America, Rigobert Bonne 1727 – 1794, one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

 


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Things to Do on July 4 Weekend

Hannah Frishberg, WNYC and Gothamist arts and culture reporter, rounds up a slate of festive events to celebrate America's 250th Anniversary this July 4 weekend.

Photo: People watch as fireworks light up the Manhattan skyline during the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks celebration on the East River at Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 4, 2025 in New York. (Photo by Angelina Katsanis / AFP) (Photo by ANGELINA KATSANIS/AFP via Getty Images)

 

 


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The GitHub Blog
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How GitHub used secret scanning to reach inbox zero

GitHub had 20,000+ secret scanning alerts across 15,000 repositories. Here's how we separated signal from noise, built remediation workflows, and reached inbox zero in nine months.

The post How GitHub used secret scanning to reach inbox zero appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone...

Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else? “These documents…were written by rich white men for the benefit of rich white men, and this country has never for a day recovered from their failure.”

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OK, This Is Probably Too Much Talk About The KLF

OK, This Is Probably Too Much Talk About The KLF
Up until a month ago, I rarely thought about '90s club legends The KLF. This is because The KLF were never all that big in the States, and thus I only remember them for their biggest single here, “3:00 a.m. Eternal.” If I had been paying closer attention, I would have discov...

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The Jeep Recon EV will launch in Europe, plus a new China-made SUV and more

Jeep is bringing its electric off-roader to Europe. The Recon EV will go on sale in early 2027 as Jeep goes on the offensive with three additional SUVs arriving.

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I re-read the bio on my about page while I was making tweaks to my blog. If someone doesn’t know who I am, this is still a pretty good summary of my work.

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Updated our help page about hosting your blog indefinitely. An undersold feature of Micro.blog. We always err on the side of preserving and backing up content.

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AI should be like a lawyer or doctor, first responsibility is to the user. And first, do no harm.

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The Big Idea: Clara Ward

“What belongs to the sea will always return to the sea.” Author Clara Ward has always been drawn to the ocean, spent time teaching others about the ocean, and now has featured the ocean in their newest novel, Dream the Deep. Dive into their Big Idea to see how deep the water goes. CLARA WARD: Science […]

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Feeling green #Plushtodon

Feeling green #Plushtodon

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Dead Country Fair

Dead Country Fair
Things come out of Donald Trump's mouth, then just keep on coming out of it. If he says something once, he will say it again, primarily to reinforce how powerfully and unprecedentedly successful he was in having said it in the first place, but also because he so enjoys the s...

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This 17th-Century Flemish Painting Held A Gnarly Bat Secret

This 17th-Century Flemish Painting Held A Gnarly Bat Secret
To Jan Brueghel the Elder, paradise could not be contained to a single biome. Many of Brueghel's paintings teem with menageries of birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish that would never ordinarily meet in the wild: monkeys from the Americas mingling with birds from Europe and u...

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Celtics Jettison Beloved Finals MVP For Lapsed Podcaster And Some Picks

Celtics Jettison Beloved Finals MVP For Lapsed Podcaster And Some Picks
The Boston Celtics finally found another team serious about trading for Jaylen Brown. Following a couple of weeks where everyone offered their own opinion about the star's true value, the Philadelphia 76ers came in with a real offer—"real" in that it existed and was accepted...

The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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Running on fumes

Donald Trump has declared victory over Iran countless times despite the abundance of evidence that he lost the war.