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WBUR News
• WBUR

AI helps me remember what my brain forgets

As a high school teacher, Mike Kalin sympathizes with the concerns about AI. But a series of medical episodes left the 43-year-old with memory loss. "I have trouble recollecting names, dates, places, events, schedules and other information that can adversely affect my personal and professional relationships," he writes. "A host of AI tools help me compensate for these deficits."

WBUR News
• WBUR

'Tony' is a surprisingly solid Anthony Bourdain biopic

Compressing the several summers a young Bourdain spent working kitchens in Provincetown into an extremely eventful three-month stretch, director Matt Johnson’s film is a mostly made-up mishmash of self-aware, coming-of-age cliches. "They’re cooking up comfort food, and 'Tony' delivers," reviews critic Sean Burns.

WBUR News
• WBUR

ICE will release body camera video only when seen in the agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the agency's policy gives it broad control over what footage will be made public by specifying any releases must be in its “best interests.”

Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard

Judge Blocks Postal Service From Restricting Mail Voting

“A federal ​judge on Tuesday blocked the U.S. ‌Postal Service from implementing part of President Donald Trump’s executive order that aims to tighten ​rules for mail-in voting ahead of ​November elections that will decide control of ⁠Congress,” Reuters reports. “The ruling by U.S. District ​Judge Indira Talwani in Boston effectively expanded ​on an earlier order […]

Gift Articles

Why Your Team Sucks 2026: Atlanta Falcons | Defector (defector.com)

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Gift Articles

Ocasio-Cortez Opened Up About Freezing her Eggs. She Got Women Talking. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

nytimes.com/2026/08/11/us/politics/egg-freezing-aoc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4lA.NbUa.M-_UOAkrQxF0&smid=url-share

Gift Articles

The NDP has been seatless in Quebec for most of the party’s history; Avi Lewis is trying to change that (theglobeandmail.com)

theglobeandmail.com/gift/9109cb8a06b15bbac5ef7c6316e09ee92883661d8f2f64d8e7a7c191ecbb8731/VOD33YW4NVD77CILZDZQYHLJHE/

Gift Articles

CBD vs. THC: What’s the difference between these cannabis components? (wapo.st)

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News – The White House
• The White House

America First Means Ohio First: President Trump, Republicans Deliver for Ohio

Today, President Donald J. Trump returns to the Buckeye State for the Patriot Games finals — celebrating 250 years of American independence by honoring the excellence, grit, and competitive spirit of America’s youth. As he visits Ohio, one thing is undeniable: under President Trump and Republican leadership, Ohio is thriving. Since returning to office, President […]

The post America First Means Ohio First: President Trump, Republicans Deliver for Ohio appeared first on The White House.

SCOTUSblog
• Amy Howe

Challenge brought to Trump’s new birthright citizenship order

Supreme Court Building with the flag at half-staff in July 2026
Supreme Court Building with the flag at half-staff in July 2026

Daring Fireball Valid
John Gruber

The Economist: ‘How to Spot AI Writing’

economist.com/culture/2026/07/30/how-to-spot-ai-writing?giftId=NzBlNTc2OGItMDgxNS00N2EzLWE4NmUtZDgzZmE4Y2FkM2Mw

The Economist (‘twas a gift link, but alas, I guess gift views have been used up — here’s an archive link in case the gift link is vexing you): You can discover AI’s hallmarks by comparing the writing of man and machine. To do this you need a baseline that is distinctive...

@factpostnews.bsky.social - FactPost

The Trump administration has announced an emergency recall of 30,000 pounds of raw beef.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Frederic Lardinois

Why CPUs still matter in the age of AI agents

When the conversation turns to AI infrastructure, it almost always lands on GPUs and TPUs. The New Stack sat down

The post Why CPUs still matter in the age of AI agents appeared first on The New Stack.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Alex Wilhelm

How I learned to stop worrying and love hyperscaler capex

Amazon data center

The AI boom is an oddly miserable bubble. Despite interesting tech, huge new companies, and products with global reach, AI

The post How I learned to stop worrying and love hyperscaler capex appeared first on The New Stack.

Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard

Trump’s Approval Rating Hits Another New Low

President Trump’s net approval rating has fallen to -27, a new record low in the Economist/YouGov tracking poll.

Manton Reece Supports Webmention Valid

After some bug fix juggling that wasn’t going anywhere, decided to throw a problem at GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra, which I had never used before because it churns through tokens quickly. It spun up a few subagents to handle different facets of the problem. Fascinating.

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Jess

This New Beacon Shop Has a Wellness Chair You Have to Experience

Have you heard of the Morphus Lounge Chair? This unique wellness experience has arrived in Beacon, and I got to try it for myself. Continue reading…

Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu

Romania destroys Russian drones drifting near vital European offshore gas site

Romania destroys Russian drones drifting near vital European offshore gas site

This follows many drone incursions into Romania and a failed attack in Germany.

Ars Technica
• Dan Goodin

Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers

Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers

Device-bound session credentials thwart an increasingly common form of account takeover.

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social - Pete Buttigieg

Most of us actually agree on the biggest things we must do to make life better in this country - despite what the people in power right now want you to believe.