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@natfhale Have you seen Domenico Ghirlandaio @GhirlandaioArt? Cheers, @andreitr

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Taylor Sheridan and Cole Hauser Feud: What Happened?

Taylor Sheridan and Cole Hauser have reportedly been butting heads behind the scenes, with new claims suggesting their long-running tension is getting worse. Continue reading…

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Scripting News: Monday, August 31, 2026

Monday, August 31, 2026 Fatpages. I'm working on a code release that's on the path to Frontier. It reads and writes fatpage files, a format we invented for releasing new and updated parts for Frontier in 1997. So this is very old but perfectly useful technology that's being...

Electrek
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The US added a record 20.2 GWh of battery storage in just 3 months

The US battery storage market just posted its biggest quarter ever, adding 20.2 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in Q2 2026.

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Vase with Zinnias and Other Flowers, 1886 #realism #vincentvangogh

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I'm done using AI

brettcodes.com/im-done-using-ai/

Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.

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How to sign up for a virtual power plant—and decide whether you should

technologyreview.com/2026/08/28/1142956/how-to-sign-up-for-a-virtual-power-plant-and-decide-whether-you-should/

Utilities are lowering energy bills in exchange for more control over your electricity use. Here’s how to get involved.

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Franz Marc, Riding School (Reitschule), 1913 #europeanart #franzmarc

Political Wire
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The Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business

“As the U.S. government faced shortcomings in the country’s weapons manufacturing, the Pentagon set up a new office that would make investments to help boost defense industrial production,” the New York Times reports. “That effort, which began in 2022 during the Biden administration, is now taking a sharp turn with the Pentagon’s involvement in an […]

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Trump’s latest victim is DEI bike paths. Yes, apparently bike paths are woke now. Honest question, what exactly is a DEI bike path?

Techdirt
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RFK Jr. Goes Full Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theorist Over 2 PA Measles Deaths

When we just discussed the two recent deaths in Pennsylvania that came as a result of measles infections, we noted that there was very little information about the deceased. Some additional information has since been released, in particular the fact that one of those that died was a newborn child. This is the sort of […]

Political Wire
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Trump Steps Up Immigration Crackdown On Truck Drivers

“Trump administration officials are escalating an immigration crackdown on commercial truck drivers, setting off a new clash with Democratic-led states,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Both the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Department are demanding licensing data across the U.S. about immigrants driving trucks, in a hunt for what they say is a […]

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Vase with Zinnias and Other Flowers, 1886 #realism #vincentvangogh

Political Wire
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Tanker Struck by Three Projectiles in Hormuz

“A tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, stoking worries that the Middle East conflict could once again escalate,” CNBC reports.

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Monday's parting shots

Sometimes we have answers. Other times, we just take photos. As seen today on Seventh Street between Avenue A and Avenue B...

Political Wire
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Trump Calls for Federal Film and Television Tax Incentive

“President Trump on Monday declared his support for federal tax credits to support film and television production in the U.S. which entertainment industry veterans say could boost a struggling industry that has lost huge amounts of business to foreign countries,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Deadline: Trump backs federal film & TV tax incentive: “Hollywood […]

Political Wire
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Ted Cruz Celebrates Trump’s ‘Cast Iron Balls’

“Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) praised President Donald Trump for having ‘cast iron balls’ in a preview released Monday of his appearance on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s podcast,” Mediaite reports. Said Cruz: “My favorite attribute about Donald Trump is the guy has cast iron balls. He just does, at a level that there’s no parallel […]

Political Wire
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Trump Says It’s ‘Very Early’ to Talk About a Hegseth Bid

“President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters it was too soon to discuss his ​potential successor, sidestepping talk of a 2028 campaign by ‌Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,” Reuters reports. Said Trump: “We ​have to get through the midterms first.”

Political Wire
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Russian Sanctions Bill Is Poised to Get Shuffled Aside

“Less than a month ago, a huge bipartisan Senate majority voted to honor the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and pass legislation he pushed aimed at sanctioning Russia’s trading partners,” Politico reports. “Now the bill is at serious risk of languishing in the House, where it is suffering from significant Democratic opposition, lack of Republican enthusiasm […]

Political Wire
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The CDC Hasn’t Added 2 Deaths to Its Measles Database

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is excluding two deaths reported by Pennsylvania from its weekly updates of a national measles death tally, a decision that came from new CDC director Erica Schwartz,” the Washington Post reports. “The highly unusual decision departs from the agency’s practice of including such data from state health departments, […]