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This is an old list but still interesting: the 12 most linguistically influential American movies since 1980. If you were compiling a list of linguistically influential movies since 2000, what would be on it?

Assistant will disappear, leaving only Gemini for voice control in the coming weeks.

Did you think you’d get away with it? Did you think he wouldn’t find out? Saja always finds out. And now you’ll just have to live with him knowing. In other news, we’re coming right up on the one-year anniversary of Saja’s official adoption. He was clearly alive before then, so being more than one […]

On Aug. 1, smoke was visible in the distance as I walked to the chow hall for lunch at Airway Heights Corrections Center near Spokane, Washington, where the Old Trails Fire is now burning just a few miles away (see map estimate here).  Over the course of the afternoon, the wall of smoke encroaching on […]

The post What It’s Like In Prison Just Miles Away From Washington State’s Destructive Fires appeared first on Prison Journalism Project.

“Two Florida Republican House members — Reps. Anna Paulina Luna and Mike Haridopolos — shook up the state’s 7th District GOP primary Wednesday by endorsing Ryan Elijah over the embattled and Trump-endorsed incumbent, Rep. Cory Mills,” Politico reports. “The move is the latest sign of the GOP turning up the heat on Mills, who has […]

Saga Not Over Yet While most of the reflecting pool coverage focuses on the reality TV-style palace intrigue among the...

I’ve been watching a growing number of organizations explore collaborations between journalists and creators with great interest. In March, the Lenfest Institute and the Google News Initiative announced the creation […]

The post Here’s how newsrooms are working with influencers appeared first on Poynter.

Shares slide in pre-market trading even as group says its quarterly revenues nearly doubled.

When Aubrie was a freshman in the Houston Independent School District (ISD), she was assigned to an Algebra I class. On the first day of school, her teacher recognized her talent and moved her into pre-AP Algebra I, where she thrived. Two years later, at the beginning of the last school year, Aubrie was excited […]

The post The ‘Houston Miracle’ Shell Game appeared first on The Texas Observer.

Joe Kent says that he and other anti-Donald Trump MAGA figures have formed a new movement. They want Tucker Carlson to run for the presidency in 2028.

“Muslim American voters celebrated Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary on Wednesday, declaring they had found a place in American politics even amid a rise in fiercely anti-Muslim political rhetoric, especially in the South,” the New York Times reports. “Dr. El-Sayed’s win against a centrist congresswoman funded by pro-Israel groups and backed […]

"Las frutas del labor" pays homage to the people who do the heavy lifting in the art world.

all the bootstrap things, i love watching this boot up! Still digging :-) etc. Thanks Dave and all the developers and testers

It’s not so much staying alive, it’s staying human that’s important. What counts is that we don’t betray each other.” -- George Orwell

El-Sayed: Mike Rogers wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can make himself feel a little bit more manly by making an AI video.

Trump has ordered contractors to rip up 2 weeks of work on his White House helipad due to frustrations with its appearance.

• Draft created: Aug 5, 2026 15:12 (UTC).
• I guess create an address book, add contacts, delete an addres book in order to support Thundermail folks.

  Previously

• August 4, 2026: How to create and delete a non default CalDAV calendar using curl on Windows (untested)
• August 1, 2026: How to create and delete a non default CalDAV calendar using curl

Tucker Carlson said he’s sharing something with his followers tonight at 6 p.m. ET. Said Carlson: “MAGA was betrayed. We all were. It’s time for a new path forward.”

“Keisha Lance Bottoms is launching her first general election attack ad, opening a new front in the race for governor by trying to tether Republican Rick Jackson to the one figure Democrats most want front and center during the November campaign: President Donald Trump,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “The 30-second spot casts the billionaire […]

“President Donald Trump panned Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a social media post, calling the progressive Democrat a ‘Communist, who is not liked in Detroit,’ while alleging without evidence rampant voter fraud in the state,” Politico reports. Wrote Trump on Truth Social: “Wayne County (Detroit) in Michigan is one of the most corrupt voting […]