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The San Francisco Standard
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AI’s new political donor class is already outspending Big Tech’s last one

Campaign filings show AI employees donating faster, more heavily, and more in sync than three prior tech-IPO donor classes. Here’s where the money is going.

The San Francisco Standard
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Is this the best-dressed man in tech?

Plus: Odyssey fever hits San Francisco, AI billionaires are dropping beats, and who will star in a Real Housewives of Silicon Valley?

The San Francisco Standard
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Two women fell in love, then went on a crime spree. Only one survived

A tragic romance drove Nicole Holmes and Aamonte Hadley to rob their way across the Bay Area, before tearing them apart forever.

The San Francisco Standard
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The 2 threats to Luis Arráez’s batting title chase? A trade and a former Giant

The San Francisco Giants let one potential batting champion get away in 2024. Another could be on his way out ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.

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Political Wire
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Democrats Have Slim Lead in Race for House

“Americans prefer Democrats to Republicans in the congressional midterm elections by only a slim margin, but Democratic supporters are far more motivated to vote, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll. “Because of partisan redistricting that favors Republicans this year, analysts estimate that Democrats need to win by three to four percentage points overall to gain […]

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Head of a Girl, 1879 #georgesseurat #postimpressionism

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Why we’ve stopped posting on social media (and what it means for our mental health) (medium.com)

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Open Championship 2026 Round 2: What to know after a chaotic day at Royal Birkdale (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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This Conversation Is Being Recorded. They All Are. (wsj.com)

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Thick wildfire smoke lingers over Mid-Atlantic early Saturday (wapo.st)

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All hail the World Cup town of East Rutherford, a deserving center of the universe (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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As Beijing ramps up exports, the world feels ‘China Shock’ 2.0 (wapo.st)

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(S+) Nigel Farage vs. Count Binface: Rechtspopulist muss gegen sprechenden Mülleimer antreten (spiegel.de)

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Political Wire
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For Your Weekend Listening

The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live. Aging politicians, the backlash against AI data centers and the political costs of the war with Iran. Add the show to your podcast player. You’ll get new episodes each week. Or listen here:

ProPublica
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A man was ordered to pay libel damages after calling the head of an Islamic TV channel a “convicted terrorist.” Years later, he made similar claims against Islamic private schools applying for Texas’ voucher program, new legal filings say.

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Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
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Crybaby Trump: ABC/NBC Should Lose Their Licenses For Not Airing His Speech

During Donald Trump's speech Thursday night, he demanded that NBC and ABC News have their licenses revoked for refusing to air his lie-filled, election fraud propaganda snooze-fest. When I saw the news that ABC and NBC hadn't aired his garbage while the country suffers from...

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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‘Dirty Rain’ Is Coming To The Hudson Valley, New York State

If you thought the Canadian wildfire smoke was bad enough, brace yourself for what's coming. Continue reading…

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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Musk open-sourced Grok Build to fight Anthropic. Anthropic pays him $1.25 billion a month.

I’m Matt Burns, Chief Content Officer at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments,

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Chelsea’s summer sales are underway – and there is scope to match the £300m raised last year (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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