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Waymo Is Racking Up Thousands of Dollars of Parking Fines in Austin (wsj.com)
Source of false Buttigieg allegation appeared ‘mentally unstable,’ records show (wapo.st)
The impact of universal credit on mental, physical, and financial well-being: longitudinal evidence from the UK household longitudinal survey (rdcu.be)
The Preacher (theatlantic.com)
5 Things to Know About Meta’s Giant Data Center in Louisiana (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
‘We were shovel-ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablaze (wapo.st)
Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
RFK Jr.’s Promise to Ban Pharmaceutical Ads Is Stalled
“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has the power to stop pharmaceutical companies from advertising directly to consumers. He could do it almost instantaneously by revising the ’90s-era guidance giving drugmakers the opening to run 30-second TV ads on their products,” NOTUS reports. “However, the Department of Health and Human Services is taking a different […]
Ars Technica - All content
• Ashley Belanger
Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template
Meme generator may have screwed up by using templates in outputs, expert says.
WBUR News
• WBUR
Lettuce lovers turn to local N.H. farms for fresh produce amid cyclospora outbreaks
Lettuce from the company Taylor Farms has been linked to cyclospora outbreaks in multiple states, including New Hampshire. Taylor Farms recalled some of its lettuce, which is found in restaurants and grocery stores around the country.
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Spat over 6-foot-tall roosters in seaside Maine gets national attention
Owners of a small business were issued fines for installing a half-dozen large tin roosters in front of their home, which town officials say was a violation of the local signage rules. The owners say the colorful ornaments comfort their autistic daughter, and they're gaining support for their cause.
WBUR News
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We’ve all but wiped out wild oysters. Bringing them back could help solve some big problems
Between nutrient pollution, climate-fueled severe storms, and warming ocean waters, our estuaries are at risk. But restoring wild oyster habitat could help.
WBUR News
• WBUR
Troy Jackson wins the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Susan Collins
Hundreds of Democratic delegates from across Maine chose Jackson — a logger and former Maine Senate president — to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins this fall in a pivotal race that both parties regard as key to control of the Senate.
WBUR News
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New play examines the impact of legendary Black activist Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
"A New Era," examines the impact of legendary Boston activist Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin and the women she worked alongside. Playwright Miranda Austen ADEkoje joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk more about the play and how its themes still run true today.
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Archival photos highlight Black and brown Cambridge
Since the 1960s, youth at Cambridge's Community Art Center have captured their lives through photos. "There’s this idea that we've been here," said the center's executive director, Erin Muirhead McCarty. "And what's more, we belong here still."
WBUR News
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Red Sox, Nationals get deadline stretch run started by swapping Early and Mead
The Boston Red Sox have acquired infielder Curtis Mead from the Washington Nationals for left-hander Connelly Early. Both teams are in the mix for a wild card in their respective leagues. With the trade deadline a little over a week away, the Red Sox and Nationals made a deal involving two significant major league contributors
WIRED
• Miles Klee
Wellness Influencers Are Pushing ‘Natural’ and Unproven Alternatives to Adderall
Ads on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are painting prescription stimulants in a negative light while promoting supplements for ADHD that lack evidence.
WIRED
• Hugo Lowell
This Is Donald Trump’s AI Brain Trust
“It’s not an argument with two sides, it’s an argument with 10 sides,” one senior administration official tells WIRED about how US AI policy is being shaped.