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In this past episode of Remarkable People, Haben Girma, the first deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, joins Guy for a conversation that challenges how we think about disability, accessibility, and inclusion.

Foodborne illnesses tied to outbreaks have exploded in 2026, with federal data showing roughly four times as many reported illnesses as recent years.

“Wealth, perhaps second only to loyalty, has been a prized attribute for Donald Trump during his second presidency,” the Associated Press reports. “The number of people worth at least $100 million whom the Republican president has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total under the three previous presidents, according to […]

Attorney General Todd Blanche offered a hollow, specious argument to claim he would never be independent of Trump's White House. His response was as unintelligible as his actions have been since he was began serving in the DOJ. Meet The Press host Kristin Welker began her ...

Today’s post is an interlude in the Universal Moral Core series to discuss human nature. Given how much philosophical and other writing centers on different ideas of human nature, including the endless nature versus nurture debate, this aside obviously isn’t meant to be some kind of definitive treatment. Rather I want to set out an argument about the importance of multiscale analysis that appears all too often absent from human nature discussions and is central to making moral progress. We ar...

Meet WordPress.com Education, a new, free product for teachers and students.

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He hadn’t posted in several years until today, so I didn’t realize that Greg Brockman had a blog. It’s powered by Svbtle. Some interesting posts in the archive, including one about OpenAI’s mission from 2019 co-written by Ilya Sutskever:

Just like a computer today, an AGI will be applicable to a wide variety of tasks — and just like computers in 1900 or the Internet in 1950, it’s hard to describe (or even predict) the kind of impact AGI will have.

I’m at WordCamp US in Phoenix Monday through lunch on Wednesday. Feel free to say hi. I have “I ❤️ RSS” stickers! Andrew at WordCamp US

The Family Values Party We know that Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution against anyone he perceives to have wronged him...

There's no 'I' in crossword. This week's puzzle was constructed by Matthew Stock, and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. Matthew is a crossword constructor and stay-at-home dad from Dallas. His work can be found at happylittlepuzzles.com.

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Some people are fans of the Vikings. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Vikings. This 2026 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here.

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Your team: Minnesota Vikings, the winningest team to never win a Super Bowl. What an honor! King of the paupers! The widely respected Bills and Bengals have tried their best, but have failed in their quest to lose more Super Bowls than the mighty Vikings. The Lions and Jaguars WISH they had Minnesota's history of being moderately competitive! Bow down, O Titans and Browns! The Vikings are here to teach ye the ways of modest regular season success and embarrassing playoff implosion.

BYD’s low-cost Seagull EV, sold as the Dolphin Surf in Europe and Dolphin Mini in other overseas markets, is due for an upgrade. Here’s a sneak peek.

White House aide Natalie Harp wrote Trump a series of love letters that "unnerved" people around him:

"You are all that matters to me ... I want to bring you joy"

A {writing} pause.