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Meta ran ads for an app promising to nudify female politicians

Meta ran ads for an app promising to nudify female politicians

One ad featured a pornographic video with deepfake closely resembling a US politician.

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Trump calls Iranian drone strikes in the Strait of Hormuz a "nuisance"

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Trump on Kim Jong Un:

If we have a smart president, he's gonna be fine. If we have a dumb president, then it's not gonna be so fine

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A win! A federal appeals court upheld an EPA rule requiring polluters to help pay for cleaning up toxic PFAS “forever chemicals,” rejecting an industry challenge to the rule. This keeps the financial burden where it belongs on the companies responsible for the pollution!
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“You can’t predict fire. But you can trade on it." California senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff want financial regulators to restrict people from using prediction markets to bet on how wildfires will spread, citing concerns that bettors could resort to arson to secure outcomes.

The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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Donald Trump and MAGA Can't Be Trusted

Donald Trump is arguably the most powerful socialist in the country today.

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Introducing my book ‘Hot Type’

With the release my new book, Hot Type, this week, I will post some good bits in hopes of enticing you into reading it. Here, from the introduction, is a preview of the many delightful rabbit holes I explored building the story of the invention of the first successful typesetting machine, the Linotype, and with it, […]

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‘A Dream Task’: Inside Nico Lou’s new Mutt Library at Hancock Cafe

Photos by Stacie Joy  Interview by EVG  East Village native Nico Lou Monheim Carrasquillo has a new home for some of the books, writers and literary discoveries that have shaped her reading life.  The founder and curator of the monthly MUTT Readings just la...

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Nothing 'Irregular' about the 2 festival awards for this Sophie's-set film

A nice festival finish for "Irregular." The independent feature, filmed largely inside Sophie's on Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B, won Best Comedy and Best Ensemble Cast at the Chain Film Festival, director and co-writer Kyle de Vre (below) tells us.  The...

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Openings: Recente on 2nd Avenue

Photo courtesy of Alex Staniloff  Recente, a coastal Italian restaurant and aperitivo bar, debuted last week at 182 Second Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street. The restaurant is the first independent venture from managing partners Willem Hock and Lukas Canan, wh...

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Trump to construction workers: "Does anybody know the word media?"

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Trump says he will use the new White House helipad for cocktail parties

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Trump muses at length about poles:

"It's tapered. This isn't a straight-up-and-down job, which looks terrible, frankly. It's a tapered pole. I'm very good at flagpoles."

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Q: When do you expect the helipad to be open?

Trump: This will be open, uh... Within... Could be... It would be good if it was... I took an extra week to lift

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Trump: I'm very good at flagpoles

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Trump: Scotts is a great company. They actually contributed to my campaign!

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Trump: It's all been topsoiled. In other words, we put brand new soil on top. A lot of good ingredients

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Trump makes the press follow him around while he acts as a White House tour guide

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Warning: Smudge is Likely Judging You

You know what you did. You may admit to it in the comments, if you like. — JS

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New trailer out for Wildwood. This looks extraordinary. Hope it’s even half as good as it looks.