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If you win an auction to get a click, you probably overpaid. Every other bidder stopped bidding, that’s why you won. Putting attention up for auction is a good business model—for the seller.

Europe's football seasons kick off again this month, with the Champions League to follow in September. In preparation, Canal+ has secured fourteen site-blocking orders spanning ISPs, DNS resolvers, VPNs, and search engines. It's a broad, coordinated effort — and one of the last that France will run by hand before an automated system takes over.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

The digital age is dawning for older bus riders who refuse to dump coins for the MTA’s new fare-payment methods. With OMNY now in use on 92% of paid bus trips, according to the MTA, the transportation authority is nudging golden-aged holdouts who still drop loose change into fareboxes to switch to the tap-and-go technology […]

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A New York punk scene legend was killed by a mail truck while walking home after performing at an East Village watering hole on Friday night.  Chester “Chet” Mazur was a “torchbearer for sleaze rock,” one friend said, a staple of an ‘80s and ‘90s underground music scene laden with black leather, late-night pierogi and […]

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In a fascinating new analysis, CNN’s Harry Enten calculates that Donald Trump’s net approval on the economy is 33 points underwater. That’s a shocking 42-point swing from during the 2018 midterms, when Trump was in positive territory. On top of that, Enten notes that in ...

Recent findings provide one of the most detailed pictures to date of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia, opening up new avenues for research into the disorder.

Franz Marc, Book Plate Franz Marc II (Ex Libris Franz Marc II), (1905) #franzmarc #museumarchive

Russell Vought rewires the government for a no-limits president.

A recent neighborhood dispute raised an interesting question: What are the rules for backyard fires in New York State? Continue reading…