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Ars Technica - All content
• Victoria Turk, wired.com

DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists

DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists

Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.

Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard

Tennessee Black Voters Surge After Redistricting

“Democratic turnout for House primaries in a majority-Black Tennessee county surged to the highest level in a decade Thursday, the latest sign that redistricting may be energizing Black voters across the South,” the Washington Post reports. ”A fifth of active registered voters cast a ballot in three Democratic U.S. House primaries held Thursday in Shelby […]

@altnps.bsky.social - Alt National Park Service

While everyone was asleep, the Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a 50–49 vote.

Gift Articles

Opinion | A War Zone in Your Backyard (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Andy Burnham looks to block early release of PC Harper’s killers (thetimes.com)

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404 Media Supports Webmention
• Becky Ferreira

Crab Odyssey: Crustacean Wandered the Seas in a Bottle for Months, Scientists Find

Crab Odyssey: Crustacean Wandered the Seas in a Bottle for Months, Scientists Find

Scientists discovered a crab that had spent months at sea stuck in a bottle, subsisting on algae and fish that wandered into its plastic lair. The lonely mariner offers a warning about the impacts of human pollution on wildlife worldwide.

Electrek
• Micah Toll

NYC declares war on fast e-bikes, sends cease-and-desist letters to Amazon and Walmart

Micromobility regulation continues to tighten in New York City, and now Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking aim at the online retailers that have become a major source of high-speed electric bikes and scooters.

Ars Technica
• Victoria Turk, wired.com

DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists

DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists

Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.

Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard

Russia’s Hottest Startup Is a Sanctions Evasion Network

“Russia’s war effort in Ukraine might be faltering, but the Kremlin has a high-tech superweapon to neutralize Western sanctions,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “It is called A7. The state-backed payment network moves money in and out of Russia, defying U.S. and European efforts to isolate Moscow from the global banking system. A7 helps Russia […]

Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard

How Confident Are Americans in Midterm Fairness?

Pew Research: “A narrow majority of Americans (55%) are confident that this November’s midterm elections will be conducted fairly and accurately – down from 61% ahead of the 2024 elections, 64% in 2022 and 59% in 2020.” “But in contrast to those earlier years, Americans’ views don’t differ substantially by party today, even as Republicans […]

WBUR News
• WBUR

Healey signs Norwood Hospital eminent domain bill

Massachusetts have given the current owner of the shuttered Norwood Hospital until Nov. 1 to sell the property, or the state will take it by eminent domain.

WBUR News
• WBUR

Can Congress stop Wall Street from buying up your neighborhood?

Would-be homeowners across the Sun Belt increasingly find themselves in competition with deep-pocketed private equity firms. Can a new housing law level the playing field?

WBUR News
• WBUR

Don’t get duped this tax-free weekend: What’s worth shopping and what’s not

On Aug. 8 and 9, the state’s 6.25% sales tax will be suspended for many popular consumer purchases like furniture, appliances, electronics, books and more. It can be a good time to shop — if you know what to buy. 

WBUR News
• WBUR

100 elephants arrive in Back Bay with a message of coexistence

The sculptures are part of a touring public art exhibition called The Great Elephant Migration. The herd will stay on Commonwealth Avenue Mall through Sept. 13.

WBUR News
• WBUR

How Jewish Americans are wrestling with an identity crisis

In a recent Opinion piece in the New York Times, Nicholas Lehmann wrote that all of a sudden it seems like it’s no longer possible to be comfortably Jewish, liberal and Zionist.

WBUR News
• WBUR

Trump touts economy as job numbers drop and midterms approach

President Trump spent time in Nevada and California, touting the economy.

WBUR News
• WBUR

The plan to pulverize Earthbound asteroids

Blowing up an Earthbound asteroid may seem like an idea only conceivable in science fiction films, but a team of scientists is now working on an audacious plan to do it.

WBUR News
• WBUR

Arizona cities brace for big cuts to water supply

The federal government is intervening to protect reservoirs on the imperiled Colorado River.

WBUR News
• WBUR

New HBO documentary 'Monsters of God' explores the world of illegal reptile smuggling

Buying and selling reptiles is a billion-dollar industry, and one that has had devastating ecological consequences.

WBUR News
• WBUR

Want to be a content creator? ASU has a degree for that

While many older Americans turn their nose up at the idea of content creation, young people are leaning in. Arizona State University is looking to capitalize, offering a content creation major.