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How a Housing Bill Trump Spurned Became Law (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Iran war, tariffs raise new risks for a resilient U.S. economy (wapo.st)
Boris Johnson surprises us with a sober, no-frills film about Ukraine (telegraph.co.uk)
India’s Education Minister Steps Down, Handing Win to Protesters (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Being Linux Torvalds
(This blog post was adapted from the transcription obtained from my YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6lxgYeVZqs)
When Linus Torvalds developed the first Linux kernel, he had studied the Minix sources, he had studied computer architecture, he had the base kno...
Yes. Do you think it shouldn’t?
Is the #Plushtodon made of marshmallow, or the marshmallow made of #Plushtodon?
Elon Musk’s vision of the future (economist.com)
(S+) Gefängnis nach Schwarzfahren: Ein Mann berichtet, wie er freigekauft wurde (spiegel.de)
Sex tourists fuel outrage about vice in Japan (economist.com)
住宅街に響く怒号、学校に届いた爆破予告 法整備でも変わらぬヘイト：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)
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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Matthew Burns
Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta and 22 others defended open weights. Anthropic and OpenAI didn’t sign.
The fight over open-weight AI entered a new round over the last week. On July 22, White House officials accused
The post Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta and 22 others defended open weights. Anthropic and OpenAI didn’t sign. appeared first on The New Stack.
Ars Technica
• Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje
With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience
Museums are embracing data-driven curation and a shifting technology landscape.
Ars Technica
• Anna Desmarais, wired.com
Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers
Researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta aren't providing data they're legally required to.
WBUR News
• WBUR
Amid reelection fight, Southie state senator pitches rival property tax proposal
State Sen. Nick Collins is back for another round in his fight over Boston tax policy with Mayor Michelle Wu. The South Boston lawmaker’s move comes as he faces a Wu-backed challenger on the campaign trail.
WBUR News
• WBUR
Judge limits sharing of autopsy photos, 911 call as murder trial for Lindsay Clancy gets underway
The jury was selected this week for the murder trial. Lindsay Clancy is charged with murdering her three children at their home in Duxbury in 2023.
WBUR News
• WBUR
What immigrants say it means to assimilate in the U.S.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller wants to shut down immigration because he believes many immigrants refuse to "assimilate". But what does assimilation mean to immigrants themselves?
WBUR News
• WBUR
70 years ago, one of the largest maritime rescues happened off Nantucket
The Andrea Doria sank just south of Nantucket on July 26, 1956. While 51 people were killed in the collision, more than 1,600 were saved in one of the largest maritime rescue operations in history.
WBUR News
• WBUR
Biddeford, Maine, still reeling from fatal ICE shooting
The mid-July death of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero is still reverberating in Biddeford, Maine.