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New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France

New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France

Record flight shows viability of Qantas Airways’ Project Sunrise routes in 2027.

Ars Technica
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Judge blocks first state law that would have banned prediction markets

Judge blocks first state law that would have banned prediction markets

Judge may allow Minnesota to ban some types of bets, but not all of them.

Political Wire
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New analysis finds 59 documented cases of ICE and Border Patrol agents committing violent and/or sexual crimes.

60% committed sex crimes against children.

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An Anthropic Claude AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Techdirt
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The FTC Would Like To Decide Which AI Answers Are Too Woke, And Is Calling That Consumer Protection

On Friday this week the FTC’s open comment period regarding its “Policy Statement Addressing AI Accuracy” will close, which means that a bunch of very smart, very busy people are wasting a ton of time this week writing up comments that will mostly be ignored by the FTC — but still matter for the record. […]

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Trump administration appears not to have asked Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on June 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on June 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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Surprisingly, posting from my smartphone interrupted the song I was listening to on Qobuz (the new Rough and Twisted at the time). Oh well—I like silence too.

Political Wire
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The Latest House ‘Hexmap’

The Downballot released the latest update to their ‘hexmap’ of congressional districts that shows every district as the same size — including the new maps adopted by 10 states since the 2024 elections. Why a new map? “Even though every member of Congress gets just one vote, traditional maps of congressional districts over-emphasize sprawling rural […]

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Partisanship and the Social Construction of Deservingness in the United States (rdcu.be)

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Ukraine’s strike on Iranian tanker is a message for Trump (telegraph.co.uk)

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La Russie recrute des jeunes femmes en Amérique latine pour assembler des drones au Tatarstan (lemonde.fr)

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Six Miles From the Flames in France: Chemical Rocket Fuel and Used Missiles (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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OpenAI, Anthropic Staff Share Letter Asking US to Help Pace AI Progress (bloomberg.com)

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Opinion | Lula to Trump: ‘No one will defeat us through lies’ (wapo.st)

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When You Call the Cops On Us, You Are Attempting Murder (medium.com)

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Prediction Market Betting on Drug Trials and Approvals Sparks Concern About Undermining Research (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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The forces that shape gun culture

Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘New York Times’ reporter Mike McIntire says gun companies and the NRA are broadening the scope of the Second Amendment, socializing kids to appreciate guns and marketing a new brand of masculinity. McIntire spoke with Terry Gross about his book, ‘Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence.’ 

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New reporting reveals Trump is pushing RFK Jr to further reduce the number of vaccines required for children.

RFK Jr has already moved to eliminate recommendations for childhood vaccines such as hepatitis B, RSV, and the flu.

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Sean Strickland on being blacklisted from the White House UFC event:

I don't blame the UFC, cause I would have been up there with a microphone like, 'These fucking pedophiles. It's fucking Trump, dude. How many times is your name on the list?'