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J.D. Vance Has A Leak In His Boat

It seems the leaks are coming from J.D. Vance's boat —or at least from his security detail. Donald Trump has spent the last several weeks on a knock-down drag-out rampage over "unauthorized disclosures" to the press that have left Donald and his people looking like a bunch...

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John Dvorak Drops Dead at 80

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William Gallagher, AppleInsider: Legendary technology columnist, pundit, author and podcast host John C. Dvorak has died, age 80. He is survived by his wife Mimi Dvorak. Today Dvorak is best known for co-hosting the “No Agenda” podcast with Adam Curry, where he would cr...

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Text • Josh Marshall

Bubble Don

Perhaps some of this is by design. But Trump adding Israel normalization to an apparently already signed nuclear deal with...

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Text • Josh Marshall

From Our Correspondent in Wisconsin

Longtime TPM Reader JB gives us a rundown on the rather suboptimal gubernatorial situation in Wisconsin … If I may,...

Ars Technica
Text • Beth Mole

Woman loses vision in one eye after UTI bacteria evolves to invade her brain

Woman loses vision in one eye after UTI bacteria evolves to invade her brain

The case provides a novel report of the emergence of heterovirulence.

Longreads
Text • Krista Stevens

A Dying Art

"The last of the morticians."

Longreads
Text • Brendan Fitzgerald

Beckett the Prophet

"We are all, it seems, still waiting for Godot."

@prisonjournalism.bsky.social - Prison Journalism Project
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Derek writes: "I talked to one officer, who asked to remain anonymous, on the day he decided to quit his job. 'My wife gave me a choice of either corrections or her and our newborn child,' he said. 'Naturally, I chose my family.'"
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From Our Correspondent in Wisconsin - TPM – Talking Points Memo
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/from-our-correspondent-in-wisconsin +links +pefl

Techdirt
Text • Tim Cushing

ICE Illegally Scooped Up Medicaid Data, Then Shared It With Palantir

The Trump administration’s continual trend towards maximum awfulness means that every report seems to be “I’ve got bad news and I’ve got worse news.” What was already bad has become even worse now that more of the administration’s actions have been exposed during court proceedings. Last July, the Trump administration unilaterally decided ICE should have […]

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Text • Abigail Segel

Leicy Santos Is In The Right Spot

Leicy Santos Is In The Right Spot
The Boston Legacy is not known for being gentle. The expansion team has earned more yellow cards and committed more fouls than any other club in the NWSL this year. On Sunday, that didn’t matter for Leicy Santos. At least twice, the Washington Spirit midfielder found herself...

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Text • Maitreyi Anantharaman

Sophie Cunningham Is About As Edgy As A Beach Ball

Sophie Cunningham Is About As Edgy As A Beach Ball
There’s a type of public relations exercise that unfolds like a joke. In it, a notable figure who has chosen to sit for a longform profile, declined to answer a sensitive question through her representative, posed for a corresponding photoshoot, and recently "hopscotched acr...

WIRED
Text • Joel Khalili

The EU Fines Google $1 Billion for Prioritizing Its Own Services in Search

The European Commission claims that Google boosted its own apps and products to the top of search rankings to the detriment of its competitors.

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This is what a podcast community sounded like in 2005.

@crockett.house.gov - Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett
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The House just passed another bipartisan War Powers Resolution to put this reckless president in check.

Our servicemembers should never be put in harm’s way because Trump decided to ignore the Constitution.

Now, the Senate needs to step up and put an end to this war before more lives are lost.

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We’re Squandering LEDs’ Potential to Save Our Night...

We’re Squandering LEDs’ Potential to Save Our Night Skies. “Our main failure isn’t a technical one. It’s that we have yet to revise our thinking about lighting at night. We use LED technology just as we did the old sources of light.”

Ars Technica
Text • Ashley Belanger

Google hit with $1 billion in fines as EU braces for Trump battle

Google hit with $1 billion in fines as EU braces for Trump battle

Google becomes third tech giant to face huge fines under the Digital Markets Act.

Ars Technica
Text • Kyle Orland

Sony's decision to ditch discs was practically inevitable, data shows

Sony's decision to ditch discs was practically inevitable, data shows

Circana numbers show US gamers overwhelmingly voting with their wallets.

The Lever Supports Webmention
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The SNAP Subsidy

 The SNAP Subsidy

At America’s biggest corporations, low wages mean thousands of workers rely on federal food stamps to get by.

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Josh Shapiro may be the biggest fundraising juggernaut Pennsylvania politics has ever produced (share.inquirer.com)

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