Following up on my comment yesterday, I now have Codex → OpenClaw working, so I can chat with my bot in the same place I have other AI chats. Codex wrote a plugin for itself to handle the connection, plus some setup on the OpenClaw server. 🤖
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The City Reporter
• Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat
NYC Misses Legal Deadlines in Most Special-Education Cases, Auditors Find

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City has long failed to quickly provide special education services even after families won legal orders for them, generating more than two decades of litigation. Three years ago, city officials embraced a federal court order requiring dozens of reforms to more swiftly provide services […]
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Whatever
• John Scalzi
The Shattering Peace Now Out in Trade Paperback
That’s it; that’s the post! Well, also that it’s a New York Times best seller and also nominated for the Dragon Award (by itself) and the Hugo Award (as part of the Old Man’s War series), got great reviews and also I was very happy with it as a novel. If you’ve not read it […]
SCOTUSblog
• Amy Howe
Court announces cases it will hear in November, including religious discrimination dispute
Ars Technica - All content
• Beth Mole
Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells
FDA report finally reveals where Taylor Farms sent its lettuce—and it raises questions.
Ars Technica - All content
• Scott K. Johnson
Tracking extreme heat by the hour makes climate change seem even worse
Hot hours of summer could triple in the coming decades.
Ars Technica - All content
• Jennifer Ouellette
A Google insider spills the tea on how the company forsook its founding ideals
Claire Stapleton's new book, Don't Be Evil, recounts her journey from company cheerleader to outspoken dissident.
Techdirt
• Mike Masnick
The Censorship Industrial Complex Didn’t Exist Until The People Who Invented It Took It Over
For many, many years now we’ve been calling out how the entire narrative around the “censorship industrial complex” was absolute bullshit, made up by a group of either deliberate misinformation peddlers or confused “contrarian” journalists too stupid to understand how basic things work. And I say that as someone who has long been critical of […]
Techdirt
• Daily Deal
Daily Deal: Retropian Color Retro Handheld Gaming Console
Rediscover the thrill of classic gaming with the Retropian Color, the pocket-sized powerhouse designed to revive your favorite retro titles in vibrant detail. This handheld console delivers nostalgia on the go, featuring a crisp 3.5-inch IPS display, an open-source Linux system, and support for 10,000+ games. Whether you’re into arcade classics, 8-bit adventures, or 32-bit […]
How Iran Adapted Its Attacks as U.S. War Munitions Dwindled (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Proust in the age of TikTok (ft.com)
Dogs can tell when you’re happy, sad or frustrated, study shows (wapo.st)
Musical Manuscripts Are Intimate and Transporting. See Why. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
ICE Arrests Are Pushing Immigrant Families Deeper Into Poverty (bloomberg.com)
Ex-Marine Robert Gilman Is Freed by Russia After 4 Years in Prison (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Lincoln Center’s Orchestra Makes Creative Programming Look Easy (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
UK economy is resilient but Healey’s Treasury is unknown quantity (thetimes.com)
With ‘The Galloping Cure’ in Edinburgh, Missy Mazzoli Tackles the Opioid Crisis (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
News – The White House
• The White House
ICYMI: “Violent crime keeps falling in biggest U.S. cities”
A new mid-year crime report delivers more clear proof: President Donald J. Trump’s law-and-order agenda is crushing violent crime across America. According to the Major Cities Chiefs Association, homicides in the nation’s largest cities are down 17.2% from the first half of last year — alongside sharp declines in robberies, rapes, aggravated assaults, and overall […]
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Racket
• Keith Harris
Guitars by the Lake, Fests on the Porch: Your Complete Concert Calendar: August 11-17
Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.