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Fox News Freaks Out Over Good-Looking Democrats

“Fox News is struggling to grapple with attractive Democrats that are continuing to push socialism,” The Wrap reports. “Ainsley Earhardt ran down a list of Democrats who have been looking good on social media. She tried to warn her viewers that just because these politicians were looking hot in their thirst traps it shouldn’t distract […]

Buttondown's blog
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One source of truth for analytics

We consolidated two overlapping analytics pipelines into a single, well-documented events log.

escarpment
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singing these lines

...uhm, what lines? Uhh, why... these: Ὁμήρου Ὀδύσσεια αʹ · 1–21 ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν· πολλῶν δʼ ἀνθρώπων ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω, πολλὰ δʼ ὅ γʼ ἐν πόντῳ πάθεν ἄλ...

Ars Technica
Text • Jon Brodkin

FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies

FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies

FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be "technologically neutral."

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Amanda Caswell

AI-generated Rust compiles perfectly. That’s the scary part.

intricate rust

Canonical wants to know whether automated tools can finally rewrite legacy C code in safe, maintainable Rust without altering the

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Text • John Stoehr

How much is Natalie Harp shaping world events? Trump's 'binky' should be a scandal

How much is Natalie Harp shaping world events? Trump's 'binky' should be a scandal

She won't be. Old-man narratives don't apply to Republicans.

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Sadly I'm not at #ArcTanGent this year. Between moving countries and not knowing most of the bands on the lineup I figured I'd skip it, but I do miss it. I ended up getting into Chelsea Wolfe anyway.

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Trump calls crypto leaders "male models who happen to be geniuses"

Political Wire
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Mike Lindell Will Fund Statewide Hand Recount After Loss

“Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder who finished a distant second to Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth in the Aug. 11 Republican primary for governor, announced Wednesday that he will personally pay for a hand recount and audit of every paper ballot cast in that race,” CBS News reports.

Electrek
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As US tries to starve Cuba, solar electric garbage trikes offer a lifeline

Cuba is struggling with a US-imposed blockade on fuel shipments, which has led to many crises, including a breakdown in garbage collection in Havana. But a tiny startup is stepping up to collect garbage in one neighborhood, using electric three-wheeled vehicles powered by solar.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Was Darline Graham’s Dumb Debate Answer Just an Act?

Ed Kilgore: “Throughout her brief career as a senator and as a candidate to remain one, Darline Graham has gone to some lengths to distance herself from the legacy of her late brother while snuggling up to Donald Trump as closely as possible. That reflects a political shrewdness that Lindsey Graham himself might have ruefully […]

Berkeleyside
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Follow the sweet aromas and long lines to Oakland’s latest buzzy bakery

At Studio Estepan, owner Estevan Silva brings Michelin technique and global flavors to his part-time West Oakland bakery.

WIRED
Text • Will Knight

I Saw the Future of AI in a Robot That Can Learn on the Spot

During a recent visit to Generalist AI, I watched a robotic arm improvise and use a banana as a tool.

The Warning with Steve Schmidt
Audio • Steve Schmidt

Holy war on democracy

A conversation with Congressman Jared Huffman

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Improved the web text editor to partially show the styling buttons when there is selected text instead of keeping them invisible. Also updated the Logs page with new colors for different types of logs.

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Finally ran out. But then I remembered that the 5.3 credits are tracked separately. I had also forgotten just how fast 5.3 Spark is! For simple changes, it’s not bad.

The usage limits for General and GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark are displayed, showing 0% and 96% left respectively.

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Did not finish: Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao. I loved the idea and it starts well, but 25% in the writing didn’t quite work for me. Decided to put it down, there’s too much else to read. 📚

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Trump begs for lower interest rates

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Trump: The GENIUS Act. I named it after myself

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Trump forgets the word for "crypto" at his event with crypto leaders:

"That... thing. That little thing that's happening out there"