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Brown University leaders’ response to the alleged cheating incident has been “meek,” the professor said.

On this date in 1996, British girl group the Spice Girls release their debut single "Wannabe" in the UK. Note that this video was filmed all in one-shot (though there might be some Hitchcock-style trickery). As Maya Angelou said, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

Mike The Mad Biologist: Oddly Enough, the HR Women Were Right About Platner.

The Fucking News says that the "Defenders of democracy should let democracy happen."

3 Chics Politico says, "Surprise, Surprise."

Left Jabs: Socialism is Still A Four-Letter Word.

Bonus Track: Street Art Utopia plays with statues.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Fediverse, or on BlueSky. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

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Donald Trump made $2.29 billion off crypto this year. The people who bought in lost $2.28 billion—they may as well have directly handed him their money. Many were working-class Americans who wanted the best for him, and couldn't afford the hit. Not that he gives a shit. Th...

Several EVG readers have pointed out that Fifth Square debuted last month at 304 E. Fifth St., between First and Second Avenues.  The cafe specializes in lattes and waffles. We're told the business is owned by a husband and wife who found inspiration to open their own place after "their most recent visit to Dhaka and trying a popular waffle popsicle store over there."  Flyers posted nearby show the menu and hours... Noona's Ice Cream & Bakeshop closed here at the end of March after 16 months. Owner Hannah Bae plans to reboot her ice cream business.

Disturbing new reporting from the Wall Street Journal is shedding new light on just how fragile the United States' alliance with other world leaders has become under Donald Trump's unhinged authoritarian leadership. Since the beginning of Donald Trump's second term in offi...

The Virgin of the House of Orleans, 1506 #raphael #highrenaissance

Nestled next to the stunning Adriatic Sea, the medieval, UNESCO protected city of Kotor reminded us of Dubrovnik, Croatia. With its narrow, twisted, cobbled alleys, Venetian architecture and ancient churches, you’ll feel as though there might be an armored knight on horseback around the next corner. It’s not clear exactly when the first settlement was […]

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"Ghost, WriteFreely, Micro.blog, Plume, WordPress, and Flipboard didn't all arrive at federation the same way. Some built it in from the first commit. Some bridged it onto a product that already existed. Federation decides how far the writing travels."

Kerouac is "the studio for pro bloggers." It looks really nice and does cross-posting to services that support full web text, like Medium, Ghost, WordPress.

Signage for Herbie's Burgers is up at 109 First Ave., between Sixth and Seventh Streets. 

In 1781, Walker sued for his freedom in the commonwealth. A judge ruled in his favor, and the case became a model for ending slavery across the burgeoning nation.

More than 4,000 nurses at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital are going on strike Wednesday. Here's how long the work stoppage is planned to last and what patients should expect.

The following article originally appeared on Markus Eisele’s newsletter, The Main Thread, and is being republished here with the author’s permission. There’s a mental model spreading through the developer community right now that goes something like this: Agents are smart enough to figure things out, so heavy upfront specification is bureaucratic overhead you don’t need […]

Last week, national security agencies from the Five Eyes—that’s the rich, English-language-speaking countries club—jointly released a statement warning of the increasing cyber risks of AI models: in particular, their ability to autonomously hack into systems and networks. The statement was more measured than some of the breathless headlines about it, and the advice they gave is pretty much the standard advice everyone gives—albeit with newfound urgency.

Internet risks are nothing new, and cyberattacks—both large and small—have been a significant issue since long before the current crop of generative AI models...

When it comes to the world of hair branding … what happens if you have none?

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Roy Lichtenstein, Landscape 8, from Ten Landscapes, 1967 #museumarchive #artinstituteofchicago

Who’s afraid of the big bad Trump?

Al Franken is who I think of when the rush to destroy a Democratic politician is underway.

Burst water mains. Evacuated hospitals. In a closed-door simulation, insurers played out their response to a mass disruption by China’s Volt Typhoon hackers—and found a nightmare scenario.