Lizards, 1956 #opart #mcescher
Please touch - Cover design for "Le Surréalisme", 1947 #dada #surrealism
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
What Does Olive Garden’s Never-Ending Pasta Have to Do With Voting Rights?
Do you have to show ID to get unlimited pasta at Olive Garden? Yes. Is this the same as secure voting? Definitely not.
Ars Technica
• Jacek Krywko
Naked mole-rat queens keep their colonies in line with a scent
A single chemical made by mole-rat queens enforces the social order.
The Pentagon has identified 30-year-old Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of North Carolina as another service member killed in the Iran War.
He was a father and husband with two children.
This invasive reed is spreading. Minnesota still has a chance to stop it. (startribune.com)
Carney says he and Trump agreed to ‘intensify’ trade talks (theglobeandmail.com)
Trea Turner’s season takes another turn with bizarre night of misplays and homers (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Hegseth and Caine Will Appear Before Senators to Seek More Money for Iran War (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Inside the debate over Arch Manning: Why some coaches call him elite and others aren't sold (nytimes.com)
Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Waxy.org
• Andy Baio
NYT on how Google’s AI search is hurting the open web
starving websites big and small of search traffic while regurgitating their information for profit
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Ars Technica
• Ashley Belanger
Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors
Anthropic blocks authors from opting out of $1.5B settlement at last minute.
Ars Technica - All content
• Kyle Orland
Steam Deck sales are losing steam since May's price hike
Analysis of bestseller charts shows an 80 percent dip from 2025's sales rate.
Ars Technica - All content
• Ryan Whitwam
Google announces Gemini 3.6 Flash and cybersecurity AI, teases 3.5 Pro and Gemini 4
There are new 3.6 and 3.5 models today, but Google is already training Gemini 4.
Ars Technica - All content
• Scharon Harding
TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe
"Current economic conditions" have shifted TreeSize's business model.
Racket
• Em Cassel
At the Reimagined Black Duck, You’ll Find a Menu That Would Make Babcia Proud
A trip to Poland inspired chef Jason Sawicki to reconnect with his roots—and reinvent his restaurant.
Poynter
• Kristen Hare
Should you eat lettuce? 5 things newsrooms can do to cover the cyclosporiasis outbreak
Last Thursday, in Poynter’s daily faculty meeting, we pitched a piece to help newsrooms better cover the cyclosporiasis outbreak that’s put lettuce in several states on the danger-do-not-eat-unless-you-want-to-get-explosive-diarrhea list. By […]
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The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Carena Liptak
Did Blake + Gwen Go to Taylor Swift's Wedding?
Shelton and Stefani celebrated five years of marriage with a night out...and fans suspect that that night out might have been Taylor Swift's wedding. Continue reading…
Defector
• Owen Lewis
Tennis.com Lived And Died With The Internet
A day after the French Open ended in May, the website tennis.com shut down its editorial operation. The brand dates back to the founding of Tennis magazine in 1965, and though the mag folded in 2022, the website continued to produce news, analysis, and feature articles. At l...