A woman pouring water (Study of Suzanne Leenhoff), 1858 #impressionism #manet
The Overlook
• Connor Greco
Two Dead After Head-On Crash in Shokan

Two drivers died after a head-on crash on state Route 28 in Shokan early Sunday, Aug. 23, state police said. Peter Bonenfant, 19, of Smithtown, Suffolk County, was driving west near 3558 state Route 28 at about 6:47 a.m. when his 2024 Chevrolet crossed into the eastbound lane for reasons that have not been determined […]
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WIRED
• Kat Merck
Can You Kill Salmonella in Eggs Without Cooking Them? I Tried It
With advice from infectious disease experts, I tested a low-effort way to pasteurize eggs at home.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Trump Bought Shares in Elon Musk’s SpaceX in June
“President Donald Trump invested as much as U.S.$50,000 in Elon Musk’s SpaceX in June, according to a public financial disclosure, giving him a financial stake in a major government contractor run by his former adviser,” Reuters reports.
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Josh Kovensky
Blanche Must Provide Info on Minneapolis Surveillance, House Oversight Dem Says
House Democrats are gearing up for investigations into the Trump administration’s push to investigate left-wing political protests. House Oversight Committee...
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Josh Marshall
Trash Talking Doug Ford and a Bit of TPM Lore
The U.S.-Canada trade situation is so bleak (as I’ve been discussing in these three posts: 1, 2 and 3) that...
Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
• Heather
Fox News Just Can't Deal With Ossoff's Moment Of Truth
Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
• Chris capper Liebenthal
Linda McMahon Wants To Get Elementary School Kids Working
Ars Technica - All content
• Jonathan M. Gitlin
GM vehicles under federal scrutiny after hundreds of reports
The eBoost brake-by-wire system is responsible for at least 22 crashes now.
Ars Technica - All content
• Dan Goodin
Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
Is the technique outdated? Yes. Is it still creepy? Also yes.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
• Steve Schmidt
Dead Air recap: devil's in the details with Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell
Thank you Susan DRENNAN GABRIEL, David Robert Davidson, Pattye Ludwig 🇺🇸, Dougie Fresh, CO, and many others for tuning into today’s episode of “Dead Air” with Dean Blundell, and brought to you by The Save America Movement.
Mayor Mamdani paints a playground after an 8-year-old New Yorker wrote to him and asked for help with repairs
This is stock market manipulation. Truth Social is now selling companies faster access to Trump’s posts, which can move markets in seconds. The company launched the service earlier this month, allowing paying firms to receive his posts more quickly than ordinary users.
WIRED
• Matthew Korfhage
The Best Kitchen Gadget to Prevent Salmonella Is a Good Meat Probe
Salmonella outbreaks are seemingly everywhere right now. A good temperature probe is the last and best line of defense.
The Editorial Board
• John Stoehr
So the most powerful person in the world is insane. Now what?
The lesson? Never put a mad man in the White House.
Can’t believe August is almost over. Between moving countries, settling in a new home, and getting back into work, summer just kind of flew by… It used to be that #ATG would mark the end of summer for me in a bittersweet way but this year I didn’t go…
Ars Technica
• Scharon Harding
Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.
Monitor vendors are playing with fire.
New filings reveal Trump's super PAC spent $827,711 on texts and calls supporting Darline Graham.
Racket
• Keith Harris
Brunch Buds: We Went to Dumpling Eatery to (What Else?) Eat Dumplings
If you've been craving great soup dumplings and/or a bathroom with a Robot Trashcan, have we got the place for you.
Techdirt
• Tim Cushing
Trump Threatens Think Tank With Libel Lawsuit For Telling The Truth About National Guard Deployments
Whenever Trump doesn’t like the facts, he calls it “fake news” or does what he’s doing here: tries to shoot the messenger by threatening them with a lawsuit. The administration has been sending National Guard troops to various US cities ever since it became clear its mass deportation efforts weren’t nearly as popular with US […]