Summer, New England, 1912 #postimpressionism #americanart
Portraits of Leo X Cardinal Luigi de' Rossi and Giulio de Medici, 1518 #raphael #highrenaissance
Three Great Documentaries to Stream (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Second major AI company says its systems hacked into other firms (wapo.st)
Coyotes overtake abandoned housing development, vexing neighbors (wapo.st)
Astros’ Carlos Correa says there’s ‘a chance’ he could return this season (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
（インタビュー）ＡＩは人類を滅ぼすか 米機械知能研究所所長、ネイト・ソアレスさん：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)
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青切符導入3カ月、自転車の死亡・重傷事故6.9%減 意識向上か：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)
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Andy Burnham’s ten-year plan won’t save UK from a debt trap (thetimes.com)
Trump Calls for $1.8 Billion Fund Over Blanche Attorney General Fight (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Gianni Infantino clinging to power as efforts to oust him intensify (thetimes.com)
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Sterling Whitaker
Parker McCollum Welcomes Baby Boy
Parker McCollum and his wife, Hallie Ray Light, have welcomed their second child. Continue reading…
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Redistricting Leaves Few Competitive House Races
“The nation is set to have its least competitive congressional election cycle in years by some measures, with California partly driving the shift,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “The redistricting carried out in California and nine other states since 2024 has left the nation with an unusually low number of truly competitive districts, narrowing the […]
Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
• Heather
The Daily Show Introduces The Presidential Neck Vag
Donald Trump's neck has caused an uproar on social media, with actor Bobby Cannavale now getting involved in the drama.
The president made headlines after giving a speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on July 24, and not for the right reasons. Viewers were distracted by Trump's appearance and many questioned the folds of his neck, with some begging for it to be censored.
Attention was again drawn to Trump's neck as he gave a eulogy at Lindsey Graham's funeral on July 28. Close up images of the 80-year-old president from the event showed sagging, loose skin on his neck. During a sketch on Friday night's episode of The Daily Show, Cannavale poked fun at the president's neck as he played the role of fictional five-time Trump voter Skip McMahon.
Full segment below.
How Gianni Infantino engineered World Cup to sell his doomed plan (thetimes.com)
Inside JK Rowling’s rape support centre that took on Amnesty – and won (telegraph.co.uk)
Fauci’s Return to Capitol Hill (theatlantic.com)
Why We Think We Know More Than We Do (nautil.us)
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daveverse
• Dave Winer
One of the things you learn working with a bot is how much saying the niceties are good for you, even when the “person” would still do what you ask if you weren’t so nice.
One of the things you learn working with a bot is how much saying the niceties are good for you, even when the "person" would still do what you ask if you weren't so nice.