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So, you’re a person who has decided to embark on a creative journey of self-expression — to make art, in other words. First off, this is awesome! The universe needs more people making art, whether that art is writing, painting, music or any other form that humans are capable of creating. You have the drive, […]

As we dug into a little-known church, we started to see a pattern: women describing similar abuse; a preacher who knew what was going on.

And the same prescription for the problem: forgiving and forgetting it happened.

Listen to the latest episode of "Paper Trail": https://www.propublica.org/podcast/old-apostolic-lutheran-church-sexual-abuse-clint-massie?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Church #Religion #Minnesota #Police #Children #Abuse

Mayor Mamdani installs a water fountain in Prospect Park to prepare for the upcoming heatwave

Ohio Trump voters on the economy: "You can't do anything with gas prices. You can't afford to breathe at this point... I'm very hurt. I try to do a lot for my kids and I can't do much... He needs to look out for the American people instead of himself."

Excursionists, Nahant, 1897 #impressionism #prendergast

Woman with a Broom, 1882 #vangogh #vincentvangogh

Woman at the Fountain, 1917 #expressionism #matisse

Fixed an issue with embedding Bluesky cards and Standard.site publishing for AT Protocol.

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Mark Gurman reports on OpenAI’s upcoming device:

The product — essentially a smart speaker without a display — will be shaped like a doughnut that’s roughly the size of a hockey puck […] The battery-powered item will be designed to work in different positions — in a user’s hand, say, or placed on a nightstand or kitchen counter.

Can’t wait to see this. 🍩

I’ve switched Micro.blog’s Standard.site content format to the Markpub.at lexicon. It includes just Markdown, not HTML, but should be compatible with other AT Proto apps now.

The End of Google Search. The internet giant is “changing the formula” of its products and media folks are beginning to assume that there will be no search traffic in the future…and fretting about their survival.

The Trump administration really seems to be all about asking people to carry out unlawful orders.

Galicia, July 2026.

From the video Photography on the Galician Coast.

Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group.

Suno plans watermarks and download limits to stop "large-scale abuse."

Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.

The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus.

"The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines."

The Trump administration has approved plans by a private corporation to pump 800 billion gallons of groundwater out of California's Mojave Desert.