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Losing the Iran War: The Economic Front

Losing the Iran War: The Economic Front

The D in Bessent’s “D-Day” stands for Dud

AI Secret Supports Webmention
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🛎️ Token Costs Slashed 35x

🛎️ Token Costs Slashed 35x

Plus: Freight Is Getting Disrupted, Anthropic Served You Dog Food

WIRED
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Border Wall Construction Threatens 6,000 Years of History on Private Lands

Archeologists are confronting an “unfathomable” loss as border wall construction is set to cut across ranches that are home to unique historical sites, many of which haven’t been fully studied.

WIRED
Text • Kate Taylor

It Should Be Harder to Apply for a Job. No, Really

Thanks to a dwindling supply of open roles, “one-click” applications, and the rise of artificial intelligence, it’s easier than ever to apply for a job. We’re all paying the price.

Rest of World -
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America’s immigration policy is driving away future AI leaders

America’s immigration policy is driving away future AI leaders

Visa restrictions are deterring international AI talent from building companies in the U.S., giving other nations including China an opportunity to catch up.

Longreads
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Black and Blue in Cleveland

two-panel collage image of author Wilbert L. Cooper on left and book cover image on right that reads "The Black Shield: An American Memoir of Family and Power"
Both of Wilbert L. Cooper's parents were cops. In this excerpt from his memoir, Cooper recounts how his mother got into the force—and what the department did to try to keep her out.

The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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Don’t you dare

Don’t you dare

Hands off the USS Doris Miller

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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Jackson Pollock, Untitled (No. 4 Series of 7), 1944-1945 #brooklynmuseum #museumarchive

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Canada Is Done With Trump

In a dramatic decision, the prime minister of Canada abruptly cut off negotiations with the United States, delivering the message to President Trump that he would rather engage in an ugly trade war than submit to an unfair deal. Matina Stevis-Gridneff, the Canada bureau chie...

Amazon News
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How to buy a car with Amazon Autos

Amazon Autos lets you browse, compare, finance, and buy new, used, and certified pre-owned vehicles—all online.

Open Channels FM Podcast Network
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Exploring AI in Security and the Workplace Perspectives from ACM, Forrester, Reuters, and European Policy

This news episode reports on challenges posed by AI in cybersecurity, including supply chain risks, vulnerability discovery bottlenecks, job market shifts due to layoffs, and the balance of autonomy and accountability.

The City Reporter
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How Trump’s Canada Trade War Will Hit New York

A hotel worker makes their back into the Warwick in Midtown.

Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada spells trouble for the New York economy, especially the city’s still recovering tourist economy. The number of Canadians visiting New York fell by 26% last year and spending by tourists from there is down 14% from the pre-pandemic level, according to the Hotel Association of New York.  NYC […]

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Thejesh GN
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Exploring 1-Bit LLMs

My interest in LLMs has increasingly shifted towards smaller models, small in terms of size and their ability to run on modest local machines. For some time now, I have been using models with fewer than 40 B parameters on my machines in some quantized way. Then I came across BitNet, a project...

WIRED
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Spirit Airlines Wants to Sell Its Data to Google. Former Flight Attendants Are Freaked Out

“It never crossed my mind that they would be so bold as to sell our private data for AI,” says one former Spirit Airlines flight attendant.

Seth's Blog
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On the verge of done

Three paths are now available: We face this choice daily, but rarely name it or prepare for it. The moment just before shipping is where magic and leverage can dance together. Updates: Live in NY on September 21: I have 55 seats left for the Knot launch event happening in a few weeks. All the […]

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
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Krugman: Trump Just Revealed Extraordinary Contempt for MAGA Voters

The other day, Donald Trump unveiled a new “plan” to curb beef prices by suspending tariffs on huge amounts of beef imports, while claiming the beef will be sold to the U.S. at a big discount. But he wouldn’t say which countries will be importing the beef or how he...

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san francisco chiaroscuro

...being, just some images from the past couple of days, dissolving into each other (the middle, vertically-oriented, section): San Francisco photograph 1 of 13

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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Diego Rivera, The Captain. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower), 1927 #diegorivera #museumarchive

TorrentFreak
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FlavaWorks Targets 75 Members of Gay-Torrents Tracker With RICO Lawsuit

Adult entertainment company FlavaWorks has elevated its legal campaign against the private torrent tracker Gay-Torrents. After the site already closed its doors, it filed a second complaint arguing civil RICO claims against 75 members of the site. The complaint lists a Virginia man as the first named defendant, alleging he ignored a cease-and-desist letter and kept sharing 'marked' content for years.

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

TorrentFreak
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FlavaWorks Targets 75 Members of Gay-Torrents Tracker With RICO Lawsuit

Adult entertainment company FlavaWorks has elevated its legal campaign against the private torrent tracker Gay-Torrents. After the site already closed its doors, it filed a second complaint arguing civil RICO claims against 75 members of the site. The complaint lists a Virginia man as the first named defendant, alleging he ignored a cease-and-desist letter and kept sharing 'marked' content for years.

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