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Posts this past week included (with a photo of @DoveMother with the pigeons in Tompkins by Derek Berg)...Never miss a post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right here.  • An East Village swimmer completes open-water swimming's Triple Crown (Aug. 20) • Roadway din...

The most-commented-on post of the week: From Tuesday... news that roadway dining will be allowed year-round drew 90 comments. Readers debated noise, rats, parking, public space, snow removal and whether the sheds are a neighborhood amenity or nuisance.

“A prominent Michigan lawmaker who is Jewish says people have been sharing a fake audio clip claiming he said the entire purpose of his campaign for the U.S. House is to ensure America continues to support Israel,” the Detroit News reports. Said Jeremy Moss (D): “I would never say these things. This has been going […]

Los Angeles Times: “Across California and the nation, civic organizations, voting rights advocates and Democratic leaders are preparing for a raft of potential actions by the Trump administration to interfere in, subvert or deny November’s midterm vote.” “President Trump, an election denier for years, has without evidence described the U.S. election system as badly corrupted […]

You think Trump can’t possibly become any worse of a monster, and then you find out his administration is sending America’s wild horses to slaughterhouses. What the Trump administration is doing to our wild horses is absolutely disgusting. 🤮 There has to be a line.

Victor Chocquet, 1882 #postimpressionism #cezanne

President Donald Trump is racing to build his big dumb bribe ballroom before the Supreme Court cuts him off—not that it’s at all a sure thing that they will tell him to stop. But he’s not taking any chances. So he’s got a team building this monstrosity 20 hours per day, se...

To celebrate America's 250th Birthday, which was a month and a half ago, Trans Secretary Sean Duffy released a bonkers AI video of himself apparently driving a Formula One-style go-kart to highlight his "accomplishments." Of course, the AI video includes tributes to Presid...

Congressional Republicans have seized upon news that the US national debt reached $40 trillion to bash what they described as “unaffordable socialist policies” and out-of-control spending.

But economists and policy analysts say Republican policy decisions—from massive tax cuts for the rich to disastrous wars of choice in the Middle East—are primarily responsible for the explosion of the national debt over the past quarter-century. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly promised to eliminate the national debt, has so far overseen an $11.6 trillion debt surge across his two White House terms.

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The Editorial Board’s chief illustrator, age 15, produced another new sketch, this one inspired by her cat and dog, Maya and Hades (pronounced “Haydz”).

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One of my splurges is that I buy myself a new phone each year, and for the last several years, the phone I splurge on is the latest iteration of the Pixel phone by Google, usually the “pro” version of the phone, because it’s feature-packed without being too ridiculously large (that’s the “pro XL”). This […]

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) was interviewed on Meet the Press by Kristen Welker: WELKER: Susan Collins says Trump’s Canada tariffs will increase costs on American families. Is she right? SCOTT: Let’s look back at Joe Biden… WELKER: Wait. President Trump has been in office for two years. Inflation was at 3% when Biden left office. […]

Wall Street Journal: “Drivers will start just in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, then barrel down Pennsylvania Avenue, zipping through turns around the National Archives, the National Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum before hitting a straightaway on Independence Avenue. The circuit stretches 1.7 miles and features seven turns.” […]

“Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday encouraged California residents to open federal savings accounts under a recent Trump administration program that offers $1,000 to babies born between 2025 and 2029,” the Sacramento Bee reports. Said Newsom: “I’m enthusiastic about encouraging people to get a Trump account. I think it’s incredibly important.”

Today's development version of Frontier is buggy and the kernel developer (Claude) keeps breaking the most basic verbs. You spin your wheels and wish you could get them to just get keep it together. I remember this from the work that led up to Frontier version 1.0 in 1991 or so. It was a miserable time. Never got to work on what I wanted to, just reported breakage that kept me from getting anywhere. The sad part is that Claude should be able to find the things it broke on its own, far better than I can and at a much lower expense (I'm paying for its time, not the other way around). But basically every day begins optimistically, maybe today is the day I get to create something, but not yet. My only goal right now, and I'm single-minded about it, is to get it to move forward without breaking the essentials, actually without breaking anything.

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In response to a high-profile GTA 6 leak, Take-Two has requested broad DMCA subpoenas, targeting thousands of Discord users, as well as Microsoft data. The crackdown doesn't stop there. With two additional DMCA subpoenas, the gaming company expanded its information search to X and YouTube. Some of the named X accounts appear to be impostors, and so far no data has changed hands.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

A decades-old compound may point to a new way of treating obesity by making the body burn more energy rather than simply reducing appetite. In mice, TOFA increased energy use by as much as 18%, reduced body fat without significant muscle loss, and improved blood sugar, triglycerides, and fatty liver disease. It also produced stronger results when combined with GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound.

Researchers have used AI to uncover the DNA signature of a key genetic “switch” involved in turning genes on. After analyzing about 500,000 DNA sequences, the model identified the initiator in roughly 60% of human genes. The breakthrough could help predict the effects of harmful mutations and eventually contribute to decoding the broader genetic instructions that control gene activity throughout the body.

Scientists have developed an ultrathin coating that could dramatically improve how efficiently heat is transferred during condensation. By turning tiny polymer structures once considered “defects” into places where water droplets can form, then helping those droplets detach quickly, the new surface keeps exposing fresh areas for condensation. In tests on copper tubes, it transferred heat up to 5.5 times more effectively than conventional copper and more than 50% better than a standard water-repelling coating.