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When I walked up to 290 Broadway early on a late June morning, an imposing building in New York City...

Look at the past history of this blog. There are many blog posts about programming with AI, a few of them date back to January 2024 (like this: https://antirez.com/news/140). I’m a relatively well regarded programmer, after all. I don’t have the need to still be in the “loop”...

There was major political news on Sunday with the stunning, sudden death of South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. We’ll get to that story in a few moments, but first, […]

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"Millions of songbirds in Southeast Asia are trapped and smuggled each year for keeping as pets or entering in competitions. Scientists warn that it's fueling a crisis."

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Charlie Pierce on presidential disability;

Roy Edroso Breaks it Down - maybe they’re not crashing the economy by accident?

Tell Me a Story - if you don’t have anything nice to say …

The Mahablog - justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo;

The Rectification of Names - demoralized.

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Lindsey Graham spent Friday in Kyiv, shaking Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hand on his tenth wartime visit to Ukraine. He spent Saturday evening on the phone with Donald Trump. By Sunday morning he was dead at 71, and Trump was on Truth Social telling the world it “could’ve been hi...

“JD Vance has an Israel problem,” Politico reports. ”The vice president’s pugnacious defense of a ceasefire agreement with Iran that rattled Israeli diplomats — and his tough talk on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government — has damaged his standing with some pro-Israel GOP donors who have backed the party under President Donald Trump.”

Steve Wariner has four Grammys for his musical work — but he's got a whole other side passion that fans might not know about. Continue reading…

A frightening rollover crash in Dutchess County has left an elderly Hudson Valley couple fighting for their lives after what police believe may have started with a medical emergency behind the wheel. Continue reading…

Build a branded maintenance mode for WordPress block themes: add one small hook, then manage everything—design and activation—in the Site Editor.

If you know how to do it we’ll support you.

Also there’s a websockets based firehouse that’s implemented but not yet documented. 

“Sen. Gary Peters on Monday waded into the messy Democratic primary contest to fill his seat after months on the sidelines, getting behind fellow Oakland County lawmaker Haley Stevens,” the Detroit News reports. Wall Street Journal: Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary will measure how far left the party is willing to go in the industrial heartland […]

The Tall Ships have taken anchor in Boston. The globe-trotting convoy is back for the first time in nine years as part of Sail250, a months-long celebration of the nation's 250th birthday.