Center fielder Harrison Bader was involved in a scooter accident over the weekend that further damaged his injured left foot.
The San Francisco Standard
• Kerry Crowley
WIRED
• Dell Cameron, Maxwell Zeff
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face
In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.
How we localize Buttondown
Our homegrown localization is one open-sourced JSON file, a template tag, and a wrapper component — nothing fancy, and kept honest by a bunch of weird tests.
Boxing’s top 10 pound-for-pound men’s fighters, ranked by the sport’s insiders (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Fossil Fuel Executives Cash In (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
（インタビュー）これはテック・クーデター テック政策研究者、マリエッチェ・スハーケさん：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)
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母からの1万円「本を買ってきて」 大人になった娘に毎月頼む理由は：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)
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Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Groups urge Bexar County to declare jail deaths a public health emergency (expressnews.com)
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Bobby Welber
'Landmark' Upstate New York Eatery 'Best Of The Best' In America
A "landmark" in Upstate New York was just named one of America's "Best of the Best!" Continue reading…
Memex 1.1
• jjn1
Wednesday 29 July, 2026
Who do you think your are? Sitting quietly by myself in the garden of the Orchard in Grantchester yesterday, I was joined by this teenage Jackdaw, who gave me a hard stare. So I stared back and he kindly posed … Continue reading →
A Love Story Written In The Stars
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For some time, I have wanted to write about my mother’s love story; I suppose I just wanted it recorded somewhere. It is a tale of unexpectedly finding a second chance at love, and a testament to the idea that sometimes fate has a way of intervening in ways we may not have understood at […]
Baby, 1917 #expressionism #escher
Castle in the Air, 1928 #surrealism #escher
The San Francisco Standard
• Kerry Crowley
‘Section 415’ podcast: The Giants pivot from a Hall of Fame party to the trade deadline
Buster Posey could be enshrined in Cooperstown next summer. For now, he’s focused on giving the Giants a chance to compete in 2027.
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Khaya Himmelman
Jay Clayton Confirmed As DNI — A Position Trump Warped to Feed His Election Conspiracy Theories
Jay Clayton was confirmed as the Trump administration’s new Director of National Intelligence in a 51 to 47 vote along party...
Minnie sleeps in my home office and she had a special surprise for me when I came in this morning to wake her up.
She is a senior dog now.
We’re going to start buying Nature’s Miracle Advanced Stain & Odor Eliminator in 55-gallon drums.
History Facts
• Nicole Villeneuve
Celery was once considered an exotic luxury food.
Celery isn’t exactly the most glamorous vegetable today; it’s usually reserved for soups or served unceremoniously alongside an order of chicken wings. But in the 19th century, it was an expensive delicacy associated with wealth and refinement. Wild celery had been used as a...
History Facts
• Bess Lovejoy
One president’s son was connected to three presidential assassinations.
If anyone had reason to believe they were cursed, it was Robert Todd Lincoln. The eldest son of Abraham Lincoln was closely connected to three presidential assassinations over the course of his life — first his father’s, then those of Presidents James A. Garfield and William...
History Facts
• Bess Lovejoy
People used to believe left-handedness could be cured.
For much of modern history, being left-handed wasn’t just considered unusual — it was treated as a problem to be fixed. Well into the 20th century, teachers in Britain, North America, and elsewhere routinely forced left-handed children to learn to write with their right hand...