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Joseph Cox, writing for 404 Media (paywalled, sans gift links, alas): Consulting giant Accenture is trying to figure out how to stop non-technical workers from blowing through companies’ AI token budget on trivial tasks like converting PDFs to presentation slides, accord...

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08 Aug 19:39 • Conover Kennard

'Terrified Of Written Records': Interior Staffers Are Shredding The Evidence

Interior Department staffers are describing a Secretary Doug Burgum operation so allergic to accountability that it's routinely destroying its own paper trail. Three current or former officials told Politico that Interior employees have been shredding documents and relying...

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08 Aug 19:12

Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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08 Aug 19:12

تجربتي مع قائدة تعمل 24 ساعة ولا تفهم البشر (medium.com)

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08 Aug 19:12

Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes says he sometimes forgets he’s playing on surgically repaired knee (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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08 Aug 19:12

Why MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci (factcheck.org)

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08 Aug 19:12

Why Is Everyone Wearing Camouflage? (bloomberg.com)

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08 Aug 19:12

This tween could have met Jalen Hurts. Instead, he used his Make-A-Wish to host a carnival for a homeless shelter (share.inquirer.com)

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08 Aug 19:03

Paul Klee, In Memory of an All-Girl Band, 1925 #museumarchive #themet

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08 Aug 19:00 • Sacha Chua

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lundi 27 J'ai eu une séance de conversation avec mon tuteur. Je suis mécontente de mes compétences de conversation. Même en anglais, je pense que je suis très rouillée. Je suis fatiguée aujourd'hui. Je me suis couchée tard hier soir, je suis réveillée tôt pour mon cours p...

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08 Aug 18:27 • Heather

TPUSA Flack: Women Better Off At Home Doing Cooking And Cleaning

Someone explain to me why these two aren't at home making someone a sammich if they really believe this. During yet another segment where they found a way to twist themselves in knots to attack socialism on Fox not "news" this Friday, The Ingraham Angle host Laura Ingraham ...

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08 Aug 18:24

Maybe ‘Steal Underpants by Blowing a Fortune on AI Tokens’ Is, in Fact, Not a Good Business Plan

'Terrified Of Written Records': Interior Staffers Are Shredding The Evidence

This Week In Techdirt History: August 2nd – 8th

Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

تجربتي مع قائدة تعمل 24 ساعة ولا تفهم البشر (medium.com)

Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes says he sometimes forgets he’s playing on surgically repaired knee (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

Why MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci (factcheck.org)

Why Is Everyone Wearing Camouflage? (bloomberg.com)

This tween could have met Jalen Hurts. Instead, he used his Make-A-Wish to host a carnival for a homeless shelter (share.inquirer.com)

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TPUSA Flack: Women Better Off At Home Doing Cooking And Cleaning

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