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The continental United States had its hottest month ever in July, shattering a record from the Dust Bowl.

“Hungarian lawmakers elected former Supreme Court Justice Andras Baka as the country’s new president, in a key step toward dismantling the political legacy of former Premier Viktor Orban,” Bloomberg reports. “Parliament approved Baka’s election by 140 votes with 6 against, based on the ruling party’s more than two-thirds majority controlled by Prime Minister Peter Magyar.”

“President Trump has chosen Dennis Kirk, a co-author of the right-wing road map known as Project 2025, as inspector general for the Interior Department, a role that would oversee any review of the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool,” the New York Times reports. “The White House announced the nomination of Mr. Kirk, a […]

British climate scientist Kevin Anderson (from a 2024 video): So there is lots that you will hear — lots of rhetoric, lots of good words, lots of optimism about the future. But given we’ve known about this subject and apparently been working on it for 30 years, the trend ...

Village Pancake Factory is bringing 30-plus pancake varieties to Fishkill, and yes, there are gluten-free options on the menu too. Continue reading…

Audi’s midsize electric SUV drove further than advertised. The 2027 Audi Q6 e-tron has an EPA-estimated driving range of up to 301 miles, but in the real world, it traveled even further.

I don’t like the Claude watermark announcement. For images, yes, watermarks are important. “A picture is worth a thousand words” and there’s too much of a chance for misinformation. For text, it’s more complicated, as essays will often be 95% human, with AI-assisted edits.

Great episode of Dithering this morning. I’ve been wondering about the Apple / Google partnership too, with Google falling behind. I think Siri AI will be a good release, but it’s not really in the same ballpark as the frontier models. Try GPT-Live sometime.

New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent—vastly outpacing the impact of data centers.

Donald Trump continues his war on science and vaccines by signing an executive order breaking up the MMR vaccine into three separate shots given at different times. Demented Donald used no science, research or credible peer-reviewed studies to proclaim kids receiving multip...