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Ms. Pirro — a longtime ally of President Trump’s — directly contradicted the president’s repeated claim that the Reflecting Pool’s peeling liner was caused by people slashing its coating with knives. Instead, she said, “the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism.”

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WordPress 7.1 is a foot, Gutenberg 23.6, iframed post editor, Abilities API, Studio Code and more — Weekend Edition 371

Hi there, This week I realized, I have been building websites for 30 years. from Notepad and hand-coded HTML to HomeSiteX over Coldfusion to WordPress, Nodejs and ReactJS to Python and Claude. It’s been a fantastic journey. It never gets old. I still learn new things every single day. I cherish most the friends I…

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Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop Review: Hedging Its Bets

There are both cheaper and more powerful entry-level gaming laptops out there, but the Alienware 15 walks that tightrope between price and quality.

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Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal

Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?

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Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time

A discovery in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth is challenging definitions and “blurring the lines between stars, planets, and moons.”

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“Welcome back”

What if they meant it? What if your return felt special to the people behind the counter? What if they knew, without looking it up, or being told–what if they knew that you were here, again, a vote of trust and confidence. Returning home is one of the oldest human desires. It’s a feeling that […]

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If Chelsea ‘deliberately flouted’ rules but received no sporting sanctions, will it be same for Man City? (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Queerfeindliche Gewalt: So bedroht sind queere Menschen in Deutschland (faz.net)

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Merz’s fortnight from hell (telegraph.co.uk)

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Best Of: ‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson / Actor Jon Bernthal

Christopher Nolan’s new film ‘The Odyssey’ is a box-office hit, but classics scholar Emily Wilson, who translated Homer’s poem from the original text, says the film’s script is abysmally written, lacking in emotional depth and character development. She talks about her translation and divisive criticism of the film. 

Also, we hear from actor Jon Bernthal who plays Menelaus, King of Sparta in ‘The Odyssey’ and the Punisher in the new Spider-Man movie.  


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Scorching July may end up the warmest month on record across the U.S. (wapo.st)

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How 50,000 People Surged Into a Spanish Exclave in Africa (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Selling Burritos Back to Mexico: Chipotle’s Bold Expansion (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Why New Road went ‘Blue for Bakes’: ‘Josh is our first thought in the morning and our last at night’ (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Frankfurter Günthersburgpark: Erweiterung beginnt 2027 (faz.net)

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Rob Key leaves door open for Ben Stokes to make England Test return (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Viraler Persönlichkeitstest: Das andere magische Dreieck (zeit.de)

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What has happened to Newcastle’s big ambitions? (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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