The family behind Filoli Gardens owned this home for decades. Will newly minted AI millionaires pony up to create their own generational compound?
The San Francisco Standard
• Emily Landes
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The San Francisco Standard
• Emily Landes
The family behind Filoli Gardens owned this home for decades. Will newly minted AI millionaires pony up to create their own generational compound?
The San Francisco Standard
• Anya Schultz
The Board of Supervisors will demand answers from SFPD on the city’s handling of sexual assault cases.
Ancient fern savannahs may have transformed parts of Europe into a wildfire-prone inferno during the end-Triassic mass extinction. New fossil evidence suggests the ferns repeatedly regrew after fires, creating fresh fuel that helped prolong the devastation.
Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death among people under 50, and cases in younger adults continue to rise. Warning signs can include persistent bowel changes, recurring rectal bleeding, dark or narrow stools, unexplained weight loss, and fatigue. These symptoms often have harmless causes, but they should not be dismissed, especially when they are new or ongoing. Early detection can greatly improve treatment outcomes.
Thinking about...
• Timothy Snyder
Lecture two of my new lecture series: "Hitler and Stalin Today."
WP Tavern
• Nathan Wrigley
Today's conversation with Jessica Lyschik focused on WordPress theme accessibility, highlighting that achieving "accessibility-ready" standards is easier than many developers assume. We talked about the moral and practical importance of accessible websites, not just for legal compliance but to create a better web for everyone. We explored how recent updates to guidelines, particularly for block themes, make technical implementation more straightforward, with WordPress Core handling much of the work. We also discussed the benefits of adopting good habits early, the role of documentation, and the positive impacts of accessibility on user experience and inclusivity.
WIRED
• Simon Hill
Samsung’s folding phone family has a new middle child with a fresh form factor, but which of its eighth-gen foldables is right for you?
WIRED
• Julian Chokkattu
People spend hours watching videos on their smartphones. The wider, shorter, and lighter Galaxy Z Fold8 caters to exactly that.
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Good news! Sumner County, Tennessee, is removing the Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway signs from Vietnam Veterans Boulevard after veterans said they were never consulted and that the designation overshadowed the memorial honoring the 25 local service members killed in the Vietnam War. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state/tennessee/sumner-county/charlie-kirk-sign-removed-from-tenn-highway-after-veterans-object
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
• Steve Schmidt
The rhetoric that paves the road to terror
Longreads
• Peter Rubin
“Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines.”
John Singer Sargent, Mountain Landscape, Hohe Göll, Hintersee, Austria, Aug 1871 #johnsingersargent
Number 4 (Gray and Red), 1948 #jacksonpollock #americanart
In California, You Can — and Should — Vote After Prison https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/10/02/felony-conviction-in-california-you-should-register-to-vote/
Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed. “Google has often said it was ‘sending out more traffic & the web is bigger than ever. And then right next to that is a bunch of publishers whose businesses are getting destroyed.’”
Electrek
• Micah Toll

Segway has made major strides in the e-bike space recently, but the company isn’t done expanding its electric bicycle lineup just yet.
Following the launches of the Myon commuter e-bike and MUXI cargo bike earlier this year, the company has confirmed to Electrek that it plans to unveil two additional e-bike models before the end of 2026, with both expected to become available in the third quarter.
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