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Hundreds of workers representing low-income defendants in Brooklyn and Queens walked off the job Thursday morning, after failing to reach a deal with management on wages and benefits before an 8 a.m. strike deadline. Approximately 500 lawyers, case managers and staff at Brooklyn Defender Services and Queens Defenders have been locked in negotiations on a […]

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Punchbowl News: “House Republican leaders had to pull a veterans benefit bill after a prolonged arm-twisting session on the House floor on Thursday.” “Four Republicans — Reps. Max Miller (Ohio), Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.), Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) and Victoria Spartz (Ind.) — voted with Democrats to recommit the bill to committee, a move that […]

Jon Ossoff previews Trump's address to the nation: "The world's most famous sore loser will deliver a primetime presidential sour grapes address to pursue his grievances about the 2020 election while his war in the Middle East spirals and the cost of living rises."

Q: Do you have an update on the Cyclospora parasite outbreak? Leavitt: The White House has a handle on the situation (The White House gutted the CDC's parasite tracking team last year)

Xpeng launched its new L03 electric SUV-coupe in Europe this week with a starting price of €34,990 — undercutting the Tesla Model Y by roughly €3,400 in Germany and by around $10,000 in Norway.

The pricing puts a well-equipped 4.65-meter electric SUV directly under Tesla’s best-seller in its highest-volume segment, and deliveries start in the fourth quarter.

This video from Kurzgesagt is a great little primer on how the human brain stores memories.

Memory is one of the strangest abilities you possess. Your brain uses an incredibly complex biological system to preserve moments from your past that no longer exist, allowing you to revisit experiences from years ago. But memories are not always recordings of reality. In fact, every time a memory comes under the spotlight of your attention, it can melt and change a tiny bit.

What exactly is a memory, how is a moment in time stored inside your brain, and why does remembering something slowly rewrite the story of your life?

Tags: brains · neuroscience · science · video

Leavitt on White House insiders making money on Kalshi bets: "Look, there are very strict ethical guidelines here at the White House that explicitly state not to do this"

Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton are unfit to serve as attorney general and director of national intelligence.

A new report from MS Now reveals that the Vance family has been using military helicopters as if they were Ubers – except that it’s U.S. taxpayers footing their bills. The scoop came from “fed up” Secret Service agents tired of last-minute travel plans from the vice preside...

Louie Mantia, with a thoughtful essay on app icon design and the squircle-jail controversy on the Parakeet blog: It’s worth noting that some of the platform’s best icons look worse, while some of the platform’s worst icons look better. Ultimately this is what I object ...

Remember back in March when then-co-CEO Fidji Simo announced to the company that “We cannot miss this moment because we are distracted by side quests”? And then weeks later they spent “low hundreds of millions” to purchase the TBPN YouTube show? In their continuing effort to focus on core product, they’re now selling a $230 hardware keypad ostensibly for working with Codex, which is no longer an app but just a tab in their craptacular super app.

Quinn Nelson:

No way, that’s crazy. I’ve just been using the keyboard and trackpad that came on my laptop for free like a stupid idiot.

It's 96° here in Baltimore, where the air quality sucks thanks to fires in Canada and Minnesota. But write on I shall. And your mone Ed Zitron's long read on the coming AI crash is worth your time. Seriously In paleoenshittification and a path to adoption for MyTerms, Don Marti gives us a useful frame and […]

Give AI tools a clearer way to find and recommend your work

even if courts decide AI training is fair use, companies may still be liable for illicitly acquiring copyrighted works

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his entertaining research found examples 30 years earlier than cited on Wikipedia, which was quickly updated

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Pigeons & Planes’ Eden DaSilva on the heyday of Oink’s Pink Palace and What.cd

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