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WIRED
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Can Republicans Actually Send Anthony Fauci to Jail?

MAGA is loudly calling for the former White House chief medical advisor to end up in prison. WIRED asked legal experts to weigh in on whether that’s even possible.

Defector
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Why Your Team Sucks 2026: Washington Commanders

Why Your Team Sucks 2026: Washington Commanders

Some people are fans of the Washington Commanders. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Washington Commanders. This 2026 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here.

Your team: Washington Comma—OH GOD NO NOT AGAIN

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Defector
Text • Chris Thompson

Tom Dundon’s Shameless Minions Expand The Scope Of His War On Portland

Tom Dundon’s Shameless Minions Expand The Scope Of His War On Portland
Fans of the Portland Trail Blazers should prepare themselves for a very unpleasant time. Tom Dundon, the team's new owner, is digging in. Arena renovations would improve the value of his property, and so he wants arena renovations. He is simply and resolutely refusing to com...

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CNN Data Guru: Republicans Tanking Badly With Youth Vote

CNN's Harry Enten highlighted new polling data that shows people 50 and under have turned away from Trump and Republicans in droves, while the enthusiasm gap is monumental with majorities wanting Democrats to take back the House. I doubt Trump staffers will let Trump see t...

The GitHub Blog
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Don’t stop early: Case-folding source code at memory speed

How a branch-free loop and byte-space arithmetic let GitHub case-fold every byte of code search at >45 GiB/s on a single core.

The post Don’t stop early: Case-folding source code at memory speed appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Gift Articles
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What we learned on Day 2 of Packers training camp: Javon Bullard is a boxer now (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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“The Best Cucumber Salad I’ve Ever Made” (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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America’s biggest companies are burning cash on AI. It’s risky for everyone. (wapo.st)

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Bars Are Giving Up on Young People and Catering to Gen X Instead (wsj.com)

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Gillian Tett: Oxbridge has a problem with ‘handsy’ men (thetimes.com)

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MLB trade deadline 2026 live updates: Tracker, latest news and analysis of every deal (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Wojciech Szczesny interview: Retirement and Barcelona return, Arsenal and his ‘one addiction’ (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Mamdani Leaves Door Open to Paying Reparations to Black New Yorkers (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Inside the scramble to save Philadelphia’s only free sexual assault exam center (share.inquirer.com)

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U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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I was an atheist – then my wife died (telegraph.co.uk)

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Political Wire
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Never-El-Sayed Moment in Michigan?

“A new independent poll shows progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed leading by double digits in Michigan’s heated Democratic Senate primary, as Democrats stare down the possibility that the party won’t unify behind him in the general,” Semafor reports. Said Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI): “I will not stand beside someone who has allowed distinctly anti-American sentiment to […]

Radar
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AI as an Enterprise Operating System

AI as an Enterprise Operating System

I hadn’t heard of Dan Guido until a few months ago, when I came across the video of a talk he gave at [un]prompted, an AI security practitioners’ conference. Dan is the CEO and cofounder of Trail of Bits, a software security research and development firm that works with companies in tech, defense, and finance. […]

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Trump on Iran: I guess you could call it war. I call it a military operation

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Trump: I see these fake polls where the Democrats have wonderful numbers on healthcare