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AI Listings Have Made Apartment Hunting Even More Debasing

AI Listings Have Made Apartment Hunting Even More Debasing
I started reading Valley of the Dolls for the first time the other night. It opens in 1945, with Anne Wells landing in New York and securing a job as a secretary at Henry Bellamy’s theatrical agency. She’s been tasked with finding an apartment for Henry’s handsome business p...

SCOTUSblog
Text • Martin Flaherty

The court and the “opinions of mankind”

Exterior view of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC
Exterior view of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC

SCOTUSblog
Text • Alex Rivenbark

The court’s big gun cases – and what’s next

The Second Amendment (the right of the people to keep and bear arms) is spelled on a US flag above a display of firearms for sale in a gun store in Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, Arizona on September 17, 2025.
The Second Amendment (the right of the people to keep and bear arms) is spelled on a US flag above a display of firearms for sale in a gun store in Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, Arizona on September 17, 2025.

SCOTUSblog
Text • Kelsey Dallas, Nora Collins

Palestinian authorities seek Supreme Court relief

Carved details along top of Supreme Court building are pictured
Carved details along top of Supreme Court building are pictured

Plus, is Justice Kavanaugh the great concurrer of the Roberts court?

Ars Technica
Text • Andy Greenberg, wired.com

AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust

AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust

The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.

daveverse
Text • Dave Winer

A new validator for RSS.chat-compatible apps. Examples. The everyone feed on rss.chat. A user’s feed. The user list. A feed with issues.

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Text • John Amato

Alex Jones Calls For 25th Amendment Against Donald Trump

Alex Jones is calling for the 25th Amendment to be implemented against Donald Trump because the only way to stop Trump and his Iran war is to impeach him. How times have changed. Many members of the MAGA cult are fed up with Trump's tariffs, 1.8 billion dollar slush fund, a...

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8 Simple AI Prompts to Help You Sell More with WooCommerce | Pootlepress
Text • Jamie Marsland

The Bigger Ambition for Gogh

When most people see Gogh, they see a drag-and-drop page builder. That's understandable. It's the most visible part of the project. But if you zoom out, I think there's a much bigger story emerging. It's not really about building another page builder. It's about creating a bridge, and potentially, a platform. AI Already Speaks HTML […]

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

A Blue Wave Is Coming

Former Clinton strategist Doug Sosnik predicts a blue-wave election for Democrats in a new memo, pointing to the party’s consistent overperformance in special elections, President Trump’s record-low approval ratings, growing economic frustration and a Republican Party that appears vulnerable when Trump himself is not on the ballot. And Sonik looks ahead: “In the two biggest […]

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Josh Shapiro Had the Heads Up on LeBron James

“Just three minutes and 46 seconds after NBA insider Shams Charania posted the sports-world-shaking news that LeBron James inked a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, Josh Shapiro’s X account lit up with an intricately crafted proclamation declaring LeBron James Day in the city,” Politico reports. “How could the Pennsylvania governor and potential 2028 presidential candidate […]

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Trump’s Canada Tariffs Decimate Border Crossings, Business in Upper Michigan
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Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sign of relief.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-canada-tariffs-michigan-sault-ste-marie?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Michigan #Canada #Trump #Tariffs #Trade #Business #Economy

TorrentFreak
Text • Ernesto Van der Sar

HBO’s Blocking Order Takes Out Popular Pirate Streaming Domains Including Streamzy.to

Popular pirate streaming sites, including Streamzy and Lordflix, are key targets in a new Indian site-blocking order obtained by HBO and other major studios. The order, which lists over 120 domain names, refines how India deals with new mirror domains that surface after the initial block. The order also demands action from domain registrars and, as a result, several domains, including Streamzy.to, were suspended within a day.

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The Age of Unstoppable Wildfires Has Reached Europe (bloomberg.com)

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Analysis | Trump’s poll numbers just took another turn for the worse (wapo.st)

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Texas and Florida Draw Up Terrorism Lists and Take Aim at a Muslim Group (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Whither the weather balloons? U.S. changes leave Canada with less notice of storms, experts say (theglobeandmail.com)

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Validate User (academic.oup.com)

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Anthony Fauci’s Washington (theatlantic.com)

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Twin Cities suburbs restrict license plate data after Star Tribune investigation (startribune.com)

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