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Knight, White Horse and Snake, 1925 #romanianart #brauner

Anthropic publish the system prompts for their Claude consumer applications (Claude.ai and the Claude mobile apps—sadly not for Claude Cowork or Claude Code). I love that they do this, and …

“The Trump administration has proposed stripping private schools of their tax-exempt status if they consider race, furthering the administration’s intense pressure on institutions that have sought diversity in their classrooms,” the Washington Post reports.

Part of Kawhi’s statement after the NBA investigation into the Clippers. Sort of a non-apology apology:

Integrity and respect for this game are fundamental to who I am. I accept full responsibility for lapses in judgment by people within my inner circle…

I feel like the punishment is very lopsided against the Clippers. No first-round picks for 5 years. 🏀

Firefox adds a global AI opt-out checkbox:

Opting out of upcoming and current AI features on your browser should not require endless navigation through multiple Settings pages. That’s why Firefox offers an AI controls section within its General Settings panel. A single, easily located place where you can block current and future AI features and related pop-ups with the swipe of a toggle.

Kind of similar to Micro.blog’s AI checkbox, but the Firefox version is more complicated, allowing control of various AI-related features.

Have you been following this crazy dating scam? It's been my favorite story over the last week or so and now there's a New York twist. Continue reading…

Trump made it abundantly clear to anyone watching that he quite literally can't do anything without making it super weird. During a Rose Garden dinner event last night, the sitting President of the United States went off on a truly bizarre, unhinged rant about his fat frie...

I believe this is the turkey tail mushroom or some such. It’s on a fallen tree in the local nature preserve. It’s actually quite pretty. Today I am off to Tampa to take part in the Tampa Bay Comic Convention. If you are in or near Tampa, come on down and see me this weekend. […]

Fox: There's a possibility that the Iran war stretches into next year

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing restrictions on birthright citizenship.

Theo Von: We might start getting some real different animals with these beef prices. Trump said he's got 300,000 tons of beef that they found somewhere

Charges have officially been filed after disturbing discovery inside a Hudson Valley grocery store over the weekend. Continue reading…

Tucker Carlson essentially endorsed Abdul El-Sayed (D) for the U.S. Senate in Michigan. Said Carlson: “I wouldn’t vote for Mike Rogers at gun point.”  He called Rogers a “tool of Israel” and praised El-Sayed for “taking on” AIPAC. 

President Trump has a new phone with gold accents on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

“President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers facing tough reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House despite his sagging popularity,” the Associated Press reports. Said Trump: “All you have to do is talk about it, and you’re going to win and you’re going to win big.”

I’m remembering a time in the 2000s when Julie and I did the Universal Studios tour in Los Angeles and went to the Terminator attraction. In many of these types of attractions, including the Terminator one, the plot is that the audience is a group of VIP visitors taking a t...

The 35-page report released on Wednesday by the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which contains a great deal of evidence that Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers circumvented the NBA's salary-cap rules, makes for some surprisingly fun reading. It includes ...

Tom Dundon and the Portland City Council remain in a standoff. In early August, the city approved a $120 million expenditure of public money for renovations of the Blazers' longtime home arena, located in the city's Rose Quarter entertainment district. The city's proposed te...

ICE is planning to spend up to $5 million to create a national voter database.

Rollins: America has the best food safety system in the world. That doesn't mean there aren't going to be recalls...