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Elon Musk launched Grokipedia last October as an anti-woke, AI-powered Wikipedia. It is, Renée DiResta wrote for The Atlantic at the time, part of “an escalating campaign to discredit Wikipedia and reshape what counts as a reliable source of basic information in the age of AI.” Grokipedia allows humans to suggest edits, but Columbia’s Tow...

“As the custody battle between Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) and his ex-wife Emily Moreno seems to grow nastier by the day — and play out in the public eye — Miller’s ex-father-in-law Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said he moved his wife, daughter, and granddaughter to a ‘secure location out of state’ until they ‘feel safe,'” […]

Washington Post: “Trump — more than any president in recent history — is relying on wealthy donors and political loyalists to fill ambassadorships at U.S. embassies worldwide.” “It comes as the president has overseen a broader shake-up at the State Department, marking a shift away from apolitical norms that have guided American foreign policy for […]

“When Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive Democrat who was declared the winner of the Senate primary in Michigan today, strode to the lectern for his victory speech, he did not exactly look like himself,” the New York Times reports. “After all, he was wearing a suit.” “It was a notable departure from the tight, black […]

“The Trump administration’s sweeping grant cuts are hitting sexual abstinence programs long favored by Republicans,” Politico reports. “Earlier this summer, the administration abruptly terminated tens of millions in funding for groups teaching children and teenagers about how to prevent pregnancy and sexually-transmitted infections.”

“President Donald Trump has periodically spoken by phone with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh since he took the role, the latest sign of Trump’s effort to exert greater influence over the central bank,” Bloomberg reports. “Trump and Warsh have spoken multiple times since the latter was confirmed in May, with Trump inquiring about Warsh’s forecasts […]

This may help fungi survive host scarcity and explains why infected hosts prefer the mosses as death sites.

A controversial law is now in effect in New York. Continue reading…

I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for These DEI Hires. “I’m just telling you that it’s getting hard out there for us blue-collar Nantucket lads when all the ships’ owners are catching the Abolitionist Mind Virus.”

“President Donald Trump won an 11th-hour court reprieve Thursday that temporarily blocks the BBC from obtaining detailed records on the finances and ownership of his business empire as part of his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster,” CNBC reports. “The emergency stay, granted in Miami federal court, pauses a looming Thursday deadline that […]

Less than a week after acquiring Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers for the hefty sum of three prospects, the Los Angeles Dodgers are in a tailspin. What seemed at first a pitching upgrade aimed at converting the team's momentum into a cinched playoff spot has, given the p...

Revenge is a dish best served cold, and in author Shami Stovall’s case, her desire to get back at those who have wronged her ended up being just what she needed to write a John Wick-esque revenge story. Sharpen your skills and your blades, and follow along in the Big Idea for her newest novel, One-Fifth […]

A model of a microbe cell revealed that methane-producing organisms could potentially emerge on a wide variety of exoplanets, which can inform the search for extraterrestrial life.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Reading proficiency plunged across New York state last school year while math scores ticked up slightly, according to preliminary state test results obtained by Chalkbeat. About 48% of students across the state were proficient in reading on the 2025 state exams administered in grades […]

The post Under Half of 3rd to 8th Graders in NY State Are Reading Proficient, Test Scores Show appeared first on The City Reporter.

Change will let "Trump-aligned billionaires" buy more stations, advocacy group says.

The new episodes may be delayed due to a slight change in the shooting schedule. Continue reading…

CARE of DC in Wappingers is looking for caring families to take on one of their rescue pups for a sleepover Saturday night. Continue reading…

Apple Picking at Eragny-sur-Epte, 1888 #danishart #pissarro

Tanya Gazdik, reporting for MediaPost back in December 2023: Despite the ever-expanding screens in its vehicles, including an available 31-inch backseat theatre screen, BMW has no plans to sell advertising on any of them. Radio commercials are intrusive enough, says Step...

GitHub malware advisories no longer stop at npm. Here's how we wired OpenSSF's malicious-packages data into the Advisory Database, and why we built the pipeline paranoid.

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