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The CDC has scrubbed two Pennsylvania measles deaths from its national database.

Tulsi Gabbard specifically warned Trump that Iran would strike at American troops and its allies if he started a war. And yet, Whiskey Pete Hegseth failed to secure Bahrain to prevent its destruction.

The post Tulsi Gabbard Warned Pete Hegseth; Iran Destroyed the US Base in Bahrain Anyway appeared first on emptywheel.

Understands.

I found this website which helped me learn about fairs that I didn't know about in New York State. It's also easy to use! Continue reading…

A wave of East Bay restaurants, including Gregoire and Grand Lake Kitchen, has landed in San Francisco in the past year. Here’s what their owners have learned about expanding.

The “worst of the worst” are coming for the “worst of the worst.” Of course, this administration has completely given up on this pretense, despite sending out lots of noisy messaging otherwise every time an immigration officer murders a person. For the entirety of Trump’s anti-migration surge, it’s been obvious that it’s all about expelling […]

I’m now back at home after a red-eye, and rather than go to bed in the early afternoon, I’m going to write a post about winning the Hugo Award for Best Series. To help me with this, allow me to haul from his dungeon my Fictional Interlocutor: (squinting) Why is it so bright? What month […]

The Jerusalem Coffee House will be closed while it fights three lawsuits that allege the pro-Palestinian cafe mistreated Jewish customers.

“Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin provided more details Tuesday about the kinds of operations which would see immigration agents enter polling places, as Democrats have worried the Department of Homeland Security could seek to interfere in November’s midterm elections,” Politico reports. Said Mullin: “The only reason why we would be at polling places is if […]

“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned airlines to avoid Russian airspace as he threatened to respond to Moscow’s escalating missile attacks by crowding its skies with drones,” Bloomberg reports. Said Zelensky: “Russian airspace will effectively be closing. There will simply be drones in Russia’s skies on a scale that has to be taken into account.”

2 Odysseus 2 Ithaca: Emily Wilson is completely retranslating The Odyssey. “It’s a complete retranslation. It’s not a revision of the old version.” This is the exact opposite of resting on one’s laurels.

New Jersey renters and apartment dwellers will soon be able to lower their electricity bills with solar panels that plug directly into a standard wall outlet – no roof required.

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Runway introduced Solaris on Monday, the first model of a new class of AI systems it calls Interface World Models,

The post Runway wants to generate software as you use it. Solaris is its first step. appeared first on The New Stack.

Rogan: Imagine if no one was ever starving, or desperate, or wondering whether they're gonna have a roof over their head. What if there's no more poverty? We could’ve already done that. But you would have to get all those rich people to agree to make the world a better place for everybody

Obama should have seated Garland if the Senate wouldn’t have a vote to advise and consent. assume they consent. In the same way, the governor of Kentucky should appoint a successor to McConnell unless someone can prove he’s actually alive. The Democrats always put up with Republican tricks like this one. I’m sure McConnell would […]

Punchbowl News: “It doesn’t take much for House Republicans to lose a rule vote on the floor. On most days, just two votes can set fire to Speaker Mike Johnson’s agenda.” “And the hardline conservative right has their matches at the ready this week.” “Several House GOP conservatives say they’ll vote against the rule this […]

Pete Hegseth appears to have found yet another important use for his time as defense secretary: mocking Canadian female cadets on social media. As his own department deals with considerable turmoil, Hegseth took aim at a photo featuring female members of the Canadian Armed ...

Obama should have seated Garland if the Senate wouldn’t have a vote to advise and consent. assume they consent. And the governor of Kentucky should appoint a successor to McConnell unless someone can prove he’s actually alive.

Starting to see the gold Tesla Cybercabs in Texas. I don’t plan to ride in one, but to their credit it sounds like the cameras might be better than the ones in a normal Tesla. I just don’t get stubbornly ignoring LiDAR when the technology is right there.

Of course Waymo ageees. From a Waymo blog post:

Cameras are incredible, but they aren’t enough.

Cybercabs can probably drive a little better than the average human, but not much better.