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Anthropic gives Claude subscribers five more days with Fable 5

Anthropic was scheduled to remove included access to its flagship Fable model from its subscription accounts today, July 7, and

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How to talk about “AI” without adding to the...

How to talk about “AI” without adding to the anthropomorphization. Suggestions: “artificial intelligence → probabilistic automation” & “AI agent → probabilistic, unverified software manipulator”. Seems like the horse is out of the barn on this though…

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The Big Idea: April Dávila

The action of writing does not require artistry, but the artistry of writing requires action. That action being sitting down and actually doing it, even if it is hard. Writing coach April Dávila is here today to introduce some new methods that are sure to get you focused and motivated so that you can, as […]

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Donald Trump ruined the World Cup

Donald Trump disgraced the World Cup, and USMNT, with his interference in Folarin Balogun's red card.

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Inside Houston’s 1970 School Strike

Editor’s Note: Lupe Mendez, poetry editor of the Texas Observer, is author of the new book We Exist in the Whisper: Huelga School Verses (Arte Público Press, 2026)–one of the first works to tackle Houston’s 1970s huelga school movement. Mendez’s moving mélange of poetry, interviews, and journal entries describes a citywide strike, during which Mexican-American […]

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How did a dirtbag get this far?

How did a dirtbag get this far?

Jenny Racicot slapped fellow progressives back into adulthood.

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Report: Congestion Pricing Had No Impact on Parking Availability

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A new study found congestion pricing had little-to-no impact on parking availability in New York City — both inside and outside the toll zone.

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Censorship Lawsuit Against Disinformation Researchers Dismissed — After Succeeding At Actual Censorship

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Trump-appointed Louisiana federal judge Terry Doughty has spent years bending over backwards trying to help some MAGA faithful manufacture nonsense claims about “censorship” for some gr…

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Democrats’ Middle Lane Is Collapsing

 Democrats’ Middle Lane Is Collapsing

As Abdul El-Sayed surges, Mallory McMorrow drops out, and Haley Stevens digs in, Michigan is revealing a national realignment inside Democratic politics.

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He wrote a scathing message to ICE. Federal agents showed up at his door.

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He wrote a scathing message to ICE. Federal agents showed up at his door.

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Lang Belta (Belter Creole) Phrasebook.

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Picklemania is everywhere. What makes a good one?

Once a humble burger garnish, the preserved cucumber is now a social media star and secret weapon for elite athletes.

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Mysterious Compound Detected on Pluto and Titan

Something on Pluto and one of Saturn’s moons, Titan, absorbs light in a way unexplained by anything in spectroscopic databases.

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If Only There Had Been a Sign that the Face-Melting Nazi from Indiana Jones Wouldn’t Make a Good Senator

“An oysterman who has never held elected office, Mr. Platner has been dogged by controversies since he announced his bid [for Maine Senate seat] last August, including allegations about his past treatment of women, revelations of a tattoo he had that resembled a Nazi symbol ...

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What's next for Xbox, as owner Microsoft slashes staff and pulls out of studios?

This week, 1,600 Xbox employees lost their jobs

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'Girl, Interrupted' comes to off-Broadway stage

"Girl, Interrupted" began as a bestselling memoir.

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Drought emergency leaves ranchers struggling

Colorado has joined several Western states in declaring statewide emergency drought declarations.

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What do Democratic Socialists want?

There has been a string of primary wins by Democratic Socialist candidates.

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Once an industrial center, China's Northeast region is cultural hub

This rust belt area is the source of music, literature, comedy and culture that have gained wide popularity.

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Legendary record producer & manager Peter Asher

Asher remembers when Paul McCartney and John Lennon played “I Want to Hold Your Hand” for him for the first time. “I thought, am I losing my mind, or is this one of the best songs I've ever heard in my life?” McCartney, who was dating Asher’s sister at the time, was living with his family. A new documentary, ‘Peter Asher: Everywhere Man,’ chronicles Asher’s life in the record industry. He spoke with Terry Gross about his own band in the British Invasion (Peter and Gordon), discovering James Taylor and launching Linda Ronstadt. 


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