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Ukraine Says Russia Planning Ground Offensive On Kyiv

“Ukraine has received intelligence that Russia is preparing for a possible new ground offensive toward Kyiv as well as Chernihiv in the nation’s far north, a top official said,” Bloomberg reports. “There are no concrete dates or signs that Russian striking units are gathering near Ukraine’s northern borders. However, certain assessments are being made by […]

Sacha Chua
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Carnaval d'Emacs d'août  : la gestion d'information et les graphes de connaissances

I'll post an English translation eventually, just thought I'd get this one out before the target date! Cet article est inspiré par le Carnaval d'Emacs sur la recherche de connaissances. Merci à Charlie Holland pour son accueil ! C'est une bonne occasion de réfléchir à...

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Rep. Raskin Renames Reflecting Pool ‘Strait Of Warm Ooze’

Donald Trump’s idiotic order to rename Lake Ontario, as well as his daydreaming about renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, are sick and repulsive. But the jokes mocking him have been quite funny and enjoyable. Even better, they hit Trump where it hurts: at the heart of...

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We should get real about what the web is and isn’t.

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More on Cursor

After sleeping on the Cursor + OpenAI news from last night, I think it points to a broader question of openness. I don’t actually use Cursor, so it doesn’t affect me, but I’m interested in the dynamics of the industry. There were two ways to use GPT-5.6 inside Cursor: With ...

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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PICS: See Photos of Dolly Parton Young

She's as radiant as ever. Continue reading…

Political Wire
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Trump Keeps Building His Ballroom

“Construction on President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom shows no signs of slowing down. And the U.S. Supreme Court shows no signs of wanting to stop it,” Bloomberg reports. “More than a week has passed since Chief Justice John Roberts issued an interim order letting work continue while the court considers the case. Two lower […]

Political Wire
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No One Knows How to End the War with Iran

Rolling Stone: “Both Washington and Tehran want to inflict enough pain that the other side buckles. But neither side seems to be living in reality.”

Political Wire
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Fed Chief Kevin Warsh Turns to Central Banking 101

“With markets wobbling and the world watching, Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh went back to basics yesterday morning: He affirmed that the Fed is determined to get inflation down and may have to raise interest rates to accomplish it,” Axios reports. “If the Warsh Fed follows through with rate hikes, it would increase borrowing costs […]

Political Wire
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Government Equity Stakes Face Election Risks

“Traders have made a bundle over the past year following President Donald Trump as the U.S. government pursues an unprecedented strategy of taking ownership stakes in publicly traded companies,” Bloomberg reports. “But with the deeply polarized midterm elections approaching and polls suggesting the Democratic Party is likely to win a majority in at least one […]

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Sheet with Sketches of a Digger and Other Figures, 1890 #vangogh #vincentvangogh

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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Your container runs. Everything around it shouldn’t be your problem.

Abstract digital binary data wave depicting cloud container orchestration and automated infrastructure.

The promise with containers was simple: if it runs on your local machine, it will run in production. And this

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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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Commits on GitHub have doubled in four months. Verification capacity has not.

Abstract dark digital artwork of diverging red and blue wave lines, symbolizing AI code generation and software verification bottlenecks.

I have been waiting for agent-generated code to show up in public infrastructure data rather than in vendor benchmarks. In

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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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The 3 roles AI agents play in your developer platform

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Engineering organizations are trying to deliver as fast as technology allows, bringing agentic AI into their developer platforms and working

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ICE plans to spend as much as $2 million on Boston Dynamics robot “dogs” for ICE operations. Because apparently what immigration enforcement was missing was robot dogs.
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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Meta Settlement; Sports Biz; Dolly Parton

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

Inside Meta's settlement over social media addiction (First) | The big business of sports grows even bigger (Starts near 49:30) | Tributes to the late Dolly Parton (Starts near 1:12:40)

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Mix

The start of a beautiful weekend.

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Electrek
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MacGregor says demand for its electric cranes is BOOMING in 2026

Demand for MacGregor’s maritime cranes has been strong in the first half of 2026, and Swedish heavy lift experts say their electric offerings are now making up more than 80% of the company’s new crane orders.

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Heat waves are disproportionately harming people with...

Heat waves are disproportionately harming people with schizophrenia. “The bodies of people with schizophrenia, especially those on medication, simply regulate temperature very differently than others do.”

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Midterm Madness

Midterm Madness

Your questions answered on elections, tech oligarchs, dirty journalists, and more.