"Some restaurants are leaning into handmade touches, as AI-generated food photos and flyers become commonplace."
Longreads
• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Study to "Striking Rock", 1963 #marcchagall #naïveart
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Senate Unanimously Opposes Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
“The Senate unanimously agreed Wednesday that Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex offender and collaborator of Jeffrey Epstein, should not be allowed a presidential pardon or clemency of any kind,” NewsNation reports.
The Lever
• Katya Schwenk
The Failed Developer Behind ICE’s Billion-Dollar Prison Deals
As his construction empire collapsed under lawsuits and unpaid debts, James Grossmann found a lucrative new role in ICE’s multibillion-dollar detention buying spree.
WIRED
• Boutayna Chokrane
Save Up to $100 on Apple’s Newest AirPods (2026)
Save up to $100 on Apple’s latest AirPods models before prices go back up.
The San Francisco Standard
• Jessica Blough
Tourists at SF hotels scammed by booking websites: city attorney
Deceptive booking websites have added hundreds of dollars to the cost of hotel stays, according to City Attorney David Chiu.
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Layla A. Jones
Senators Urge SEC to Investigate Truth Social Plan to Sell Access to Wall Street
Two influential Senate Democrats are pushing back on the nearly unfathomable idea that a company owned by the sitting U.S....
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Nicole LaFond
Trump and Republicans Ensconce Themselves in 2020 in Lieu of Any 2026 Midterms Strategy
By now, you may have seen the headlines about Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) dragging former Trump and Biden administration health...
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Josh Marshall
Whose Assumptions Will Get Wrecked in the Michigan Senate Race?
It looks like we are going to get a big test of some cardinal (possibly outdated) assumptions about American politics....
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