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In blue Massachusetts, the primaries are often the most decisive component of the election cycle. And there are several subplots to watch.

Former Newton Police Chief John Carmichael argues Flock Safety cameras can be an asset to law enforcement, despite growing public backlash.

Liya, who fled Afghanistan after American forces withdrew from the country in 2021, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to reflect on five years of life in the United States.

Many of the approximately 150,000 university students attending the city's 36 colleges will be moving into new apartments as leases turn over, leaving behind unwanted furniture across the streets of the neighborhood. That means a whole lot of work for city employees.

Longtime Baker adviser and GOP consultant Jim Conroy said for Republican candidates, there’s “certainly room” to talk about secure borders and the need for immigration reform. But he says criticizing ICE shouldn’t be off the table.

Sharon McMahon has built a huge online audience with her explanations of how America’s system of government works. She tells Jack and Dorey why her non-partisan approach to political understanding can rebuild trust.

With the uncertainty swirling around the Boston Symphony Orchestra, there seems to be a dark cloud hanging over the entire classical music season. But there is still wonderful music to be heard, and WBUR Lloyd Schwartz shares the many excellent soloists and groups he's looking forward to hearing this fall.

Punchbowl News: “The turnover rocking the Senate will trigger a wave of change atop major committees next year, which means new policy priorities and oversight angles coming in 2027.” “The sheer scale of the change is striking: almost a dozen Republicans or Democrats in top committee roles are retiring, lost their reelection bids or are […]

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“Fuel price increases in the first six months of the Iran conflict are costing U.S. drivers far more than the same stretch after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed up costs,” Axios reports. “Trump administration officials have emphasized — correctly — that gasoline hit an all-time high under Biden of over $5 per gallon, well above […]

RNC Chair Joe Gruters tries to make a joke and is met with a full 5 seconds of silence

Started catching up on email and RSS links at 11:30am instead of 8am, and already I feel like I’m behind on everything. Monday morning, I guess.

Stopped in San Antonio for coffee + work. Just updated my state parks page with last night’s visit to Goliad. Plotting a few more parks I can knock out this fall. ☕️

Vice President JD Vance is in Michigan today to mark the comeback of American manufacturing under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump. Since taking office, the Trump Administration has onshored production, restored factory jobs, and put vehicles back on Michigan assembly lines — while delivering tax relief that leaves more money in workers’ pockets […]

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Matt Birchler’s new browser-based RSS reader Birchfeed works with NetNewsWire, Unread, Reader Classic, and other native apps. Matt writes:

The place I feel most RSS apps fall down is in the web reader experience. Sure, you can read there and they typically have some additional features you can utilize, but they don’t seem to be very fast in my experience, and they tend to be mouse-driven rather than keyboard-driven. One of the things I really love about apps like Reader Classic is that I can navigate the app quickly and get through my feeds, all with a few keys on the keyboard. This experience was completely absent from the web.

Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium'

💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it on your podcast services here.

OpenAI put out its full technical report on the Hugging Face hack this week, alongside

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