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Trump’s Fury at Reflecting Pool Mess Darkens as Damning New Leaks Hit

Donald Trump has been raging at Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC, because she dropped those high-profile prosecutions for alleged vandalism of his Reflecting Pool renovation. That pressure is corrupt on its own. But new leaks are making it look e...

Poynter
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IndyStar exposes prison failures, shows us why investigative journalism matters

This column is part of the Indianapolis Public Editor project, a pilot program designed to test whether the presence of a public editor who analyzes local coverage can elevate audience […]

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WIRED
Text • Daisuke Takimoto

A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals

Nobody likes getting a swab shoved up their nose. A startup in Japan has developed a much less intrusive system.

The City Reporter
Text • Nancy Jiang

Bronx Foreclosures Have Doubled. Experts Say Many More Are Coming.

Residential townhouses line blocks around East Gun Hill Road in The Bronx.

Amid a decline in foreclosures citywide, the number of homeowners in The Bronx facing such cases has nearly doubled from the prior year, highlighting worrying economic trends in the borough. A recent report from PropertyShark, a real estate research platform, shows first-time foreclosures of single- and two-family homes as well as coop and condo apartments […]

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Clarinet and Violin, 1913 #syntheticcubism #pablopicasso

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Blue Morning Glories, 1935 #americanart #georgiaokeeffe

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Palm Tree, 1923 #expressionism #escher

Silver Bulletin
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What to make of Michigan

What to make of Michigan

Abdul El-Sayed’s apparent victory is a big win for the left — but a disaster for polling and a case study in poor expectations management.

Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
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What Makes Someone a Supercommunicator with Charles Duhigg

Why do some people instantly put us at ease while others leave us feeling unheard? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Charles Duhigg joins Guy to explain the science behind meaningful conversations and why communication is a skill anyone can learn. Draw...

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Henri Matisse, Goldfish and Sculpture, Issy-les-Moulineaux, spring-summer 1912 #museumarchive #museumofmodernart

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Berthe Morisot, Study for "Young Girl in a Green Coat", ca. 1894 #berthemorisot #robertlehman

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Review: “Ted Lasso” returns, refreshed, to the pitch

A man with a mustache and visor points while standing beside a woman in dark athletic gear; red stadium seats and a 'Greyhounds' sign behind them.
Tanya Reynolds and Jason Sudeikis in “Ted Lasso.”

“Ted Lasso” is back on Apple TV, which was no sure thing after the series more or less wrapped up in May of 2023.…

History Facts
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5 of the Oldest Companies Still in Business

Businesses come and go, and even industry titans are subject to the whims of the market. Just look at Woolworth’s, Circuit City, Blockbuster, Pan Am, Compaq, and Tower Records — all gone.  But some companies have impressive staying power, surviving wars, economic collap...

History Facts
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There’s a clock in Bolivia that runs counterclockwise.

As a general rule, clocks run clockwise — it’s right there in the name. After all, time moves forward, not backward, and it tends to be helpful for timepieces to operate the way we expect them to. A notable exception is the “Clock of the South” in La Paz, which can be found ...

WIRED
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The AI Notetaker Has Been Invited to All the Meetings

Wispr Flow, a popular dictation tool, has released a live notetaker that transcribes and summarizes meetings. It joins a growing wave of AI notetakers for the workplace.

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The poet recompensed, 1956 #belgianart #surrealism

Roland Tanglao
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ME:: tl;dr-ing rejection sensitive dysphoria ; stormy first draft; Catch it. Name it. Revise it. ; Chuck Hall: Growth Mindset Without the Toxic Positivity

Discovered: Aug 5, 2026 15:32 (UTC) ME:: tl;dr-ing rejection sensitive dysphoria ; stormy first draft; Catch it. Name it. Revise it. ; Chuck Hall: Growth Mindset Without the Toxic Positivity QUOTE Read the whole thing: Chuck Hall: Growth Mindset Without the Toxic Positi...

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Pablo Picasso, The Frugal Meal, from The Saltimbanques, 1904 #artinstituteofchicago #pablopicasso

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Red spot II, 1921 #kandinsky #vasilykandinsky

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Farm Women at Work, 1883 #pointillism #georgesseurat