Lam Wing-kee, the bookseller who would not admit defeat (economist.com)
Big oil companies reap billions off the Iran War (wapo.st)
Techdirt
• J. David McSwane, Pratheek Rebala, and Carla Astudillo
Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department For “Unlawful,” “Unethical” And “Unseemly” Conduct
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Across the country, federal judges are calling out Department of Justice lawyers, questioning in unprecedented ways whether they can be trusted to tell the truth or uphold centuries-old legal norms. From Washington, D.C., to Rhode Island to Oregon, federal judges nominated by presidents from both parties, […]
Techdirt
• Daily Deal
Daily Deal: The Lifetime Learner Bundle
The Lifetime Learner Bundle feature access to uTalk and Stack Skills. Through uTalk, you’ll be able to speak keywords and phrases in no time and will start to see the results straight away. You can pick 6 languages to learn from their library of 140+ languages. You also get access to Stack Skills, the premier […]
Ars Technica
• Ashley Belanger
High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
Gaps in laws may help Pennsylvania high school escape AI nudes scandal.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
• Steve Schmidt
The storm he started
Yesterday, I woke up at a marina in the beautiful town of Niagara-on-the-Lake at the edge of Lake Ontario, a few miles down river from the famous falls.
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Bobby Welber
9/11 Families Want NYC Mayor Banned From 25th Anniversary Event
Some New Yorkers want to ban one leader from attending the 9/11 25th-anniversary remembrance ceremony. Continue reading…
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Bobby Welber
Upstate New York Nearly Buried Under 10 Feet Of Snow
It poured across the Hudson Valley and Upstate New York this week. But experts tell Hudson Valley Post it could have been much, much worse. Continue reading…
Defector
• Sabrina Imbler
Can A Monkey Have A Pet?
In the spring of 2004, researchers monitoring a population of wild bearded capuchins in a Brazilian woodland saw an infant clinging to Chiquinha, one of the adult female monkeys. The baby was not a capuchin but a marmoset—a much smaller monkey species. The researchers dubbed...
Electrek
• Reinette LeJeune
Aventon Level 3 + Pace 4 smart e-bikes at new $1,299 lows ($600 off), EcoFlow GLACIER electric cooler bundles, Anker, more
We’ve got some exciting new low prices leading our Friday Green Deals this week, starting with the Aventon weekend flash sale that is offering up to $600 savings on the Level 3 Smart Commuter e-bike and the $500 savings on the Pace 4 Smart Cruiser e-bike, which are both hit...
WIRED
• Zeyi Yang
Chinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X
As OpenAI and Anthropic employees grow quieter online, researchers at Chinese AI labs are flocking to X to explain their work, recruit talent, and shape the global conversation on AI.
Thejesh GN
• Thejesh GN
Weekly Notes 31/2026
This week has been good. It’s been a busy week, but it has been good except today. I typed a wrong Git command and pushed without verifying. Initially, it looked like I lost a couple of weeks’ work, but thankfully, since Git is distributed, we had a copy and recovered without much hurt....
Ohio state fairgoer watched his electric bill go from $225 to $515 in one billing
Ohio state fair vendor: People don't seem to have the money for big trips this year
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
The Most Expensive Democratic Primary Ever
Mother Jones: “Next Tuesday’s contest in Michigan between Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens holds a dubious distinction: No Democratic congressional primary in history has ever attracted so much super PAC cash. The overwhelming majority of the outside money has gone toward ensuring that Stevens, a moderate, pro-Israel Democrat, defeats El-Sayed, a Bernie Sanders-endorsed champion […]