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Today at WordCamp US 2026, we’re officially launching WordPress.com Education. At its heart is a free dedicated Student Plan, built to give students the tools of a professional WordPress.com environment while they learn. Now, students can build real websites in a professional environment that they can keep using after the …

“The BBC has asked a Florida court to subpoena members of President Trump’s family as part of the British public broadcaster’s legal defense against Mr. Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit,” CBS News reports. “The BBC’s legal team asked the U.S District Court in the Southern District of Florida for ‘authorization to serve third parties Donald […]

“A Trump-appointed bank regulator has given conditional approval for World Liberty Financial, a crypto business established by President Trump’s sons and the sons of special envoy Steve Witkoff, to become a bank,” CBS News reports.

I’m not an AI hater: I’ve used it for my fair share of projects that involve coding or for troubleshooting various technology problems. In my work testing Apple’s Apple Intelligence releases, I’ve generated some images, all truly bizarre and many of them good for nothing beyond a joke.…

Hope Ngumezi never imagined he would be a single father.  When he met his late wife Porsha at Lamar University in Beaumont, Ngumezi was instantly enamored of her energy, drive, and compassion. Both Ngumezi and Porsha came from large families and were eager to start their own. After getting married in their late 20s, they […]

The post Texas Maternal Mortality Committee’s Next Report Will Skip Post-‘Roe’ Deaths. Lawmakers Suspect Political Influence. appeared first on The Texas Observer.

Hyundai opened orders for the IONIQ 3, its new entry-level electric hatch, starting at about $30,000.

Two new episodes of Ric Burns’ 1999 documentary series New York will soon air on PBS. “Produced by the same team that created the original NEW YORK series, The Future of Cities presents a sweeping and dramatic portrait of New York since Sept 11th.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries refused to embrace Medicare for All after he rejected the DNC resolution to pass legislation abolishing ICE. Jeffries gave a lengthy interview on NBC's Meet the Press where he rejected many of the actions that the base of the Democrati...

Most editors start as reporters. At some point, either because there’s an opportunity, an urgent need, or sometimes both, those reporters become editors. And in most newsrooms, that’s about it.  […]

The post New to editing? Embrace being behind the scenes appeared first on Poynter.

The Farmers Almanac has a saying worth knowing this time of year. Goldenrod blooms, frost follows in six weeks. Continue reading…

Panettiere died unexpectedly on Sunday (Aug. 16.) She was 36 years old. Continue reading…

Fox: More than 50% of Americans say there is economic hardship placed on them because of high gasoline prices

🎩 IndieNews: Burgeon Lab: Naty's Tech Log Writing about Hugo, web dev, open source & IndieWeb experiments Dozenial Dragons 🙘 an experiment in pixels and words 🙚 HTML Day San Diego 2026 by Joe Crawford Things we talked about and learned and made 😎 some explore-worthy things!

Wavelength 2.0 for iOS is now available! I’ll have more to blog about this later, but for now check it out on the App Store.

This is a major update with a new design. Great for recording and editing short podcasts. Included free with all paid Micro.blog plans.

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"Mr. Walter's office. Can I help you?"

"Yes you can. Is Mark in?"