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Meat proxy (noun): “A person who forwards AI-generated text, code, or other output without reading, understanding, or validating it. The person acts only as a relay between the AI system and the intended recipient.”

We knew it would be weird when the news went public that President Donald Trump and his former fixer turned state's witness Michael Cohen would be sitting down for an interview together on Cohen's WABC 77 New York radio program. But, honestly, it got even weirder than we w...

There’s been a blizzard of commentary about the breakdown of U.S.-Canadian trade talks. Friend of TPM Paul Krugman has a...

Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) are set to face off in Tuesday’s runoff election for the...

Economist: Most of the spending in the economy is coming from the top 20% of earners. Their reality is different from everybody else in the bottom 80%. In the rest of America, people are treading water.

Texas Republicans have ended requirements for public input on new oil drilling projects and environmental violations.

Sailor on the USS Lincoln whose father was arrested by ICE:

"This is heartbreaking for me. I don't know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly being treated like a criminal"

The Hudson Valley first responder community is coming together to remember a Plattekill couple whose impact reached far beyond their own hometown. Continue reading…

Before Ella Langley ever played a sold-out show, she was singing to nervous dental patients as a kid, and that origin story is genuinely charming. Continue reading…

President Trump’s attempt to strong-arm Canada into a new trade agreement has instead pushed the two countries toward a full-blown trade war. That’s a dangerous development for both sides. The Canadian and American economies are deeply intertwined, with enormous amounts of goods, energy and investment crossing the border every day. Join now to continue reading. […]

Capacity will rise by a record 45GW this year, according to S&P Global Energy.

The Wheelbarrow, Orchard #danishart #camillepissarro

A Tesla owner posted dashcam footage of his car driving straight over a log lying across the road while running Full Self-Driving (FSD) v14.1 Lite, without braking or slowing down.

The clip has more than 800,000 views, and it adds to a growing list of problems we’ve documented with Tesla’s “Lite” version of FSD on older Hardware 3 cars.

What Your Friends Say About You Saturday’s extraordinary speech by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was ostensibly about the collapse...

In another month I will have been wearing my Apple Watch for two years. Not sure I could list all of the features I like about the watch and use a tiny fraction of what the watch can do. I … Continue reading →

Years ago, the principal at my kids’ school would always remind students that when given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind. This was a line in the book Wonder, adapted by author R.J. Palacio from a similar phrase by self-help author Wayne Dyer.

Being right matters, but it’s not always the most important thing. Some people are so sure they’re right that they justify treating people harshly. Worse, they might still be wrong! Let me illustrate this with a table:

Right	Kind
✅	✅	🙂
❌	✅	🙂
✅	❌	🙁
❌	❌	😡

The best thing about “choose kind” is that it protects you from being wrong and an asshole at the same time.

Russell Dickerson covered a Garth Brooks classic, and then Garth Brooks himself showed up in the comments with the kindest words imaginable. Continue reading…

The Special AUSA who has been tending to the MN-15 prosecution appears unfamiliar with the discovery she claims is sufficient to try the case.

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