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FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking

FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking

Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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Your next OpenAI API timeout might not be a timeout at all

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OpenAI said Tuesday that its upcoming Astra model is the company’s first to reach the Critical cybersecurity threshold in its

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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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Anthropic’s Claude failures have made agent observability a security priority

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Anthropic aimed to steer its ship into safer, more carefully charted waters this week. The company announced it was improving

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Political Wire
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Trump Says He’s ‘Happy’ Prince Harry Is Leaving

“President Donald Trump celebrated Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s plans to leave the U.S. taking a dig at the royal couple as they return to live in the UK,” Bloomberg reports. Said Trump: “I’m happy about it. I was not a fan. I thought they treated the royal family with great disrespect. I […]

Political Wire
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Rubio Downplays CIA Director’s Surprise Trip to Russia

“Secretary of State Marco Rubio brushed off various reports about CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s furtive visit to Russia last week, stating in a Fox News Radio episode aired Wednesday that the spy agency’s leader was there solely to open a dialogue with Russian officials,” NOTUS reports.

Political Wire
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Some Vulnerable Republicans Won’t Attend Trump’s Party

“When President Trump announced that he would hold an unusual party convention just weeks ahead of the midterm elections, he wrote online that it would be ‘a truly Historic Event’ and ‘a RALLY like none other!,'” the New York Times reports. “But as they stare down a bleak political environment, with the president’s approval rating […]

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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Dollywood Announces Its Plans to Honor Dolly Parton in the Park

Believe it or not, Dolly had a hand in the changes that are coming. Continue reading…

@factpostnews.bsky.social - FactPost
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Rachel Campos-Duffy: Great omen on our daughter's wedding day. It was the morning that Roe v. Wade was overturned. We were so overjoyed. Everyone thought, "Oh my gosh, this is the greatest sign ever."

@factpostnews.bsky.social - FactPost
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Sean Duffy: Donald Trump is a lot like Princess Diana

@factpostnews.bsky.social - FactPost
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Rachel Campos-Duffy: Women understand what their purpose is in life when they have their period. Women just are.

McSweeney’s
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Generic State University Pivots to Dark Academia

Generic State University has been proudly upholding its mission to provide opportunities and build character in all students since its founding. Now, we turn our attention to the next frontier of education: joining the ranks of Dark Academia, which we are mostly sure we coul...

TPM – Talking Points Memo
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Is the Data Center Backlash Just NIMBY Run Amok?

In response to my post about this data center backlash outside of Kansas City (specifically Independence, Missouri), I’ve been fielding...

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The Virgin of the House of Orleans, 1506 #raphael #highrenaissance

Ars Technica - All content
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Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design

Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design

"Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs."

Ars Technica - All content
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Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing

Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing

Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says.

ProPublica
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The memo cites an “increased operational tempo” as the reason. Prior to publication, the sheriff’s office declined to respond to a question about if it wanted to clarify its statement from July that the jail is supposed to hold ICE detainees for only up to 72 hours. (2/2)

ProPublica
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Update: Five days after this story was published, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office provided ProPublica with an internal memo from ICE, dated Dec. 11, 2025, stating that the Pinellas County Jail “is redesignated as an over-72-hour facility, effective immediately.” (1/2)

@crockett.house.gov - Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett
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Black Americans are being found hanging in 2026.

For generations, Black people were lynched while institutions stood by and did nothing.

We cannot repeat that history.

I’m demanding a full investigation from the DOJ.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Trump Says Iran Strikes to Be Short

“President Donald Trump said renewed attacks on Iran would likely be short-lived, reiterating his claim that the U.S. controls the crucial Strait of Hormuz after fresh fighting spiked energy prices and rekindled fears of an open-ended war,” Bloomberg reports.