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• georgi.kisyov
http://georgikisyov.com/2026/08/04/the-ice-cream-truck-at-the-end-of-the-street/
An ice cream truck becomes a reminder that joy still finds us. A nostalgic summer essay about childhood, family, and learning to run toward happiness again.
WBUR News
• WBUR
Does our increased use of AI amplify human imagination, or risk dulling our capacity for original thought? Poet and artist Sasha Stiles, educator Jane Rosenzweig and best-selling author Ann Handley discuss AI and its implications for creativity in a conversation with Cog's senior editor Cloe Axelson at The WBUR Festival.
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fabioturel.medium.com/the-fragility-of-facts-f9b52a27c234?sk=b78e65fb0186054adb1616c561d50859
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The San Francisco Standard
• David Lombardi
As training camp winds down, Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch have two preseason games to evaluate players who are competing for jobs.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is laughing off ‘Woke 1,'” Axios reports. “But she’s carrying baggage from the 2020 era of cultural progressivism that some Democrats say is an obstacle to a future presidential run.” “Why it matters: AOC’s pivot to the cultural center — which she began to roll out last week in a high-profile ABC […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“President Donald Trump spent last week handing out coveted endorsements ahead of Florida’s Tuesday primaries. But amid the parade of thumbs-ups on Truth Social, one House Republican incumbent was conspicuously absent: Rep. Cory Mills,” Puck reports. “Trump endorsed Mills earlier in the cycle, but his recent omission offers the clearest evidence yet of the campaign […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“President Donald Trump said Sunday he directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ‘substantially reduce’ joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his ‘very good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,'” the Washington Post reports. Said Trump: “These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States […]
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