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The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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Taylor Swift Hasn't Forgotten Where It All Started

Nearly 20 years after "Tim McGraw" launched her career, Taylor Swift is looking back at the country roots that shaped her as an artist and songwriter. Continue reading…

Techdirt
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Sony Keeps Getting Punched In The Face Over Going Disc-less In Unrelated Places

If Sony thought that the outrage over its decision to make the next PlayStation entirely disc-less was going to dissipate quickly, it was wrong. There are actually multiple organic campaigns to protest Sony’s decision to ditch physical media now. We already talked about the plans for a purchase and usage blackout of all things PlayStation […]

Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
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New MRNA Melanoma Vaccines Bring New Hope

These new trials have shown great results. Gizmodo: On Wednesday, the companies disclosed the primary findings of a Phase 3 trial that tested their mRNA-based vaccine, which is designed to prevent people’s melanoma from returning. People who received the vaccine in comb...

xkcd.com
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Highway Signs

Highway engineers like Planck units because, like the speed of light, the energy capacity of a typical car's gas tank is 1.

Tedium
Text • Ernie Smith

The Negative Option

In the 1980s and 1990s, Columbia House could do no wrong—it was a great way to get 12 CDs for a penny. But its business model kind of set the stage for a lot of bad e-commerce.

PRINT Magazine
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Dr. Dori’s Cut: 100 Words. No Filler.

Dr. Dori’s August Cut considers what it means to “put Indigenous first" as a first step in decolonizing design.

The post Dr. Dori’s Cut: 100 Words. No Filler. appeared first on PRINT Magazine.

Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
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MAGA Senator Makes Drastic Change As Life Choice Becomes Re-election Liability

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) spent nearly four times more taxpayer money than previously thought on travel to an out-of-state home that is quickly becoming a re-election liability despite his efforts to sell it. A new Kansas City Star analysis found Marshall billed taxpa...

Political Wire
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Judge Says Recalled Officials Are Unlawfully in Office

“Four officials in Avenal, Calif. who refused to step down after being recalled earlier this year are ‘not lawfully’ in office, a judge ruled on Monday,” the New York Times reports. “The officials — including the longtime mayor, who is part of the City Council, and three other council members — have remained in office […]

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
Text • Donny Meacham

Riley Green Talks Fame: 'It's a Wild Ride'

Riley Green didn't become a country star overnight. Now he's getting real about what it's been like watching his career and fame grow over the past decade. Continue reading…

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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New Metaphysical Store Brings Crystals And More To Orange County

This new shop has soaps, sprays and a wide variety of beautiful crystals.Their jewelry includes crystal bracelets, earrings and rings. We can look forward to workshops on site in Goshen! Continue reading…

The San Francisco Standard
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$97M in Hunters Point settlements close fraud case. Safety, cleanup questions remain

Federal prosecution over faked radiation tests is over. Whether the shipyard is actually safe is up for debate.

Roland Tanglao
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'Illegal initiated-by-American-convicted felon Trade War' instead of 'Trade War'. There I fixed it for you Canadian and USA media :-)

Discovered: Aug 24, 2026 17:35 (UTC) ‘Illegal initiated-by-American-convicted felon Trade War’ instead of ‘Trade War’. There I fixed it for you Canadian and USA media :-)

Daring Fireball Valid
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[Sponsor] Finalist 4: Inspired by Paper Day Planners

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Finalist 4 is the biggest update yet to the paper-inspired day planner for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and now Apple Watch. The headline is Notes, in the app or as a folder of Markdown files that round-trips with Obsidian. Tasks in those files land on the right day, next to your reminders and events, even inside the macOS menu bar app.

The rebuilt Timeline lets you pencil tasks into your day, and Apple Pencil gets special powers to sketch the plan in seconds.

There’s tons more, brewed over four months with 1,000 beta testers. Try it free on the App Store.

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links.daveverse.org
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W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype.

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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The Rouart's Dining Room, 1880 #morisot #impressionism

Scott Loftesness
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The Honesty of the Long Bond

There is a particular sound a fraud model makes right before someone silences it. Not an alarm, not a siren — a score. A number ticking upward on a screen, quietly, the way a fever climbs before anyone thinks to take the temperature. At Visa, in the years when the network was still teaching itself […]

Ranchero Valid
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nextnewsapp.com/

Nextnews is an RSS reader for iOS that syncs with Nextcloud News.

Electrek
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Tesla to inaugurate new Semi factory in Nevada next month

Tesla says it will officially inaugurate its new Semi factory in Nevada next month, marking the grand opening of the plant it has designed to build 50,000 electric trucks a year.

The company announced the event through its Tesla Semi account, though the milestone comes roughly five months after Tesla already claimed that the factory started volume production of the truck.

Freshly Pressed - WordPress.com
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Writer Problems: Minutiae vs. Momentum

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Writer Problems: Minutiae vs. Momentum

Welcome back, my fellow creatives! I like a change of pace now and again, don’t you? For all the action, horror, mystery, and adventure I’ll see in movies or read in books, I occasionally dabble in a bit of regency drama—not “spicy,” mind, just…Austenian. People slowly learn to become better people than whom they were […]