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SCOTUSblog
• Kelsey Dallas
New tariffs, new lawsuits
Xabi Alonso backs Morgan Rogers to make an ‘instant impact’ at Chelsea (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Indonesia Central Bank Chief Resigns Unexpectedly (wsj.com)
How Much Smoking Damage Can You Reverse If You Quit? (wsj.com)
Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
New Heat Wave Could Intensify Wildfires in France and Spain (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Mike McCarthy came home to Pittsburgh, his family and the grief he can’t escape (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Heat From France’s Wildfires Creates a ‘Fire Cloud,’ or Pyrocumulonimbus (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
The shrinking world of former president Joe Biden (wapo.st)
Reading the Bible in School Is Good (theatlantic.com)
North Carolina GM Michael Lombardi placed on administrative leave (nytimes.com)
Another Symptom of Growing Isolation (theatlantic.com)
Ukrainian Attacks in Crimea Deprive Towns of Power and Water (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Radar
• Michelle Smith
Zero to Agent in 30 Minutes: Build a Hermes Social Media Agent with Craig Hewitt
If you’re still writing posts one at a time, your content pipeline is already obsolete. On the latest Zero to Agent in 30 Minutes, Craig Hewitt, founder of Castos, demonstrated how to turn a fresh Hermes installation into a social media agent that can study a person’s writing, draft posts, and plan recurring research, focusing […]
Added YouTube as a video cross-posting option on the Sources page.
The San Francisco Standard
• Tim Kawakami
Kawakami: What’s new with the 49ers? A healing coach, a changing defense, speed on offense
It’s clear that Raheem Morris has been given free rein to implement some of the different looks he drew up in previous coordinator stints.
The San Francisco Standard
• Paolo Bicchieri
Brandon Jew is reopening his tiny Chinatown cafe and souvenir shop
A second act for Soon and Soon brings pop-up Paper Son Coffee to Grant Avenue, with a menu inspired by Chinese cafe traditions.
The San Francisco Standard
• Garrett Leahy
Urban designers workshop what Sunset Dunes Park could become in its post-recall era
Designers imagine cafes, soccer fields, and pickleball if the park survives yet another vote meant to kill it.
The San Francisco Standard
• John Shea
Buster, Bochy, and Baker: In Cooperstown, a Giants takeover awaits
Following Jeff Kent’s 2026 induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Giants could send a much larger contingent to upstate New York next summer.
The San Francisco Standard
• Stephanie K. Baer
A Walnut Creek summer camp lost her 4-year-old son. Officials won’t do anything about it
In California, summer camps are unlicensed and unregulated, meaning there’s no one to call when something goes dangerously wrong.