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The San Francisco Standard
• Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

Clint Reilly, longtime political fixer and Examiner owner, dies at 79

Reilly, who considered becoming a Catholic priest early in his life, previously ran for mayor and was a major San Francisco political and civic leader.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

Artificial

inkandswitch.com/tangents/artificial/

An LLM is a computer program. We should talk about it like a computer program.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

FBI will no longer investigate ICE confrontations, The New York Times reports

cnbc.com/2026/07/19/ice-assault-claims-fbi.html

The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have both denied that any change in oversight has taken place.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

Under a new federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid

npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5835631/turner-camhi-do-no-harm-college-loans

If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

At 23, he was functionally cured of sickle cell. Now he’s ready to fly.

washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/07/18/illness-kept-him-becoming-pilot-then-came-life-changing-treatment/

At 23, he was functionally cured of sickle cell. Now he’s ready to fly.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

No, AI Written Romance Novels Are Not Inevitable

aftermath.site/ai-romance-novel-new-york-times/

The New York Times interviewed two authors who claim AI is the future of romance novels, who coincidentally also sell courses about how to use AI to write romance novels.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

quick rant - follow friction

longfrom.stznz7qsokto2345qtdzogjb.com/a/3mqyswqegoj23-quick-rant-follow-friction?bridge_completed=1

#atdev : So I'm making an offprint component so people can follow me on semble, grain, currents, etc. BUT WHY?!?!

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don’t Exist — And They’re Being Cited in Real Journals

rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-chatbot-journal-research-fake-citations-1235485484/

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

Israel’s $50 Million Experiment to Change U.S. Public Opinion

wsj.com/politics/israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-u-s-public-opinion-253b3b70?st=uV1SyA

Millions of similar texts have flooded American cellphones in recent months.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/idaho-pushed-anti-trans-laws-transition-care-bathroom-trump-rcna350199

The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

Politicians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About Them

nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/chatbots-political-campaigns.html

Fortunately for Mr. Lloyd, there was a fix.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

We’re Underestimating the Power of ‘One-in-a-Thousand-Year’ Solar Storms, NASA Warns

gizmodo.com/were-underestimating-the-power-of-one-in-a-thousand-year-solar-storms-nasa-warns-2000787305

New research led by NASA Goddard found persistent “erroneous measurements” skewing past estimates for how severe geomagnetic storms can get.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

FDA says sample of iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for US parasite outbreak

reuters.com/world/fda-says-sample-iceberg-lettuce-supplied-by-taylor-farms-tested-positive-2026-07-18/

The FDA on Saturday said a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by ‌Taylor Farms tested positive for a parasitic illness that has sickened thousands of people in the U.S.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster

cnn.com/2026/07/17/climate/betting-wildfires-polymarket-prediction-market-platforms

As the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires raged last year, people placed bets on how how many acres the fires would consume, which locations they would reach and when they would be contained.

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• Aram Zucker-Scharff

A conflict as old as punk itself

welcometohellworld.com/a-conflict-as-old-as-punk-itself/

Rax King on Crass

@mcuban.bsky.social - Mark Cuban

Individual mayors have spoken. That has no impact on senatorial and national politics. It's an opportunity for dem leadership to be proud and to set a foundation to counter the inevitable negativity that will come in November. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

@mcuban.bsky.social - Mark Cuban

Most of the World Cup games were in blue cities. Thousands of complimentary videos. An amazing event handled incredibly well. Not a word from Dems taking a victory lap

Gift Articles

The Commission’s transparency problem, in its own words (ftm.eu)

ftm.eu/articles/the-commissions-transparency-problem-in-its-own-words?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebuttonleden&utm_source=linkbutton&share=s5iQFwvF0HFM91vDU%2F4dsfsi8TjEtE8nXlS%2Bs9jyZFlDoFKJ84%2FGYuWI%2BXaLqpU%3D

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That’s Right, $63 Million for a Football Stadium … for High Schoolers (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

nytimes.com/2016/05/12/sports/high-school-football-stadium-texas-63-million.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zFA.ISxZ.Q-WJf0bl-Nvn&smid=url-share

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Špatný Oto na špatném místě (respekt.cz)

respekt.cz/tydenik/2026/30/spatny-oto-na-spatnem-miste?gift=aeyq9msr4s