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Text • Jessica Armbruster

Freeloader Friday: 102 Free Things To Do This Weekend

Freeloader Friday: 102 Free Things To Do This Weekend

Plus 61 free shows to see at the fair.

Schneier on Security
Text • Bruce Schneier

Security Vulnerability in a Voting System

It’s a vulnerability that allows someone to recover the order of ballots cast, newly exploited with AI tools. Nearly four years since the original vulnerability was disclosed, I was still able to use it to analyze voter behavior in Georgia (one of the 21 states that uses af...

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

House Democrat Says His Phone Calls Were Wiretapped

“Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) said Thursday he was informed by the Department of Justice that his phone calls with a Virginia state legislator in the spring were wiretapped,” Axios reports. “The Democratic congressman is casting the tap as part of a pattern of the DOJ targeting President Trump’s political enemies, calling the incident ‘deeply concerning.'”

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

South Korea Weighs Strait of Hormuz Deployment

“South Korea is reviewing a possible military deployment to the Strait of Hormuz, as the country comes under pressure from Donald Trump’s White House to contribute to security in the Middle East,” the Financial Times reports. “South Korea’s presidential Blue House said it was considering various options including dispatching a warship to the strait. Trump […]

Longreads
Text • Brendan Fitzgerald

The “Conformation Show” and the Pursuit of the Ideal Dog

"Just inside the Farm Bureau Center, the doormats were already covered in fur."

Ars Technica
Text • Ryan Whitwam

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+.

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+.

Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Text • Layla A. Jones

How a Baseless, Right-Wing Social Media Panic Led to Dramatic Changes at the Census Bureau

When longtime Indiana politician Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) lobbed a powerful allegation against the Census Bureau last October, what had...

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Democrat’s Deleted Tweets Show Far-Left Record

“William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee in one of the country’s most competitive House races in Michigan, deleted hundreds of old social media posts in which he embraced police and prison abolition, called for nationalizing fossil-fuel companies to end their production, attacked moderate Democrats and argued for a ‘fundamental overhaul’ of the Constitution,” CNN reports. “Other […]

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

German Far-Right Set for Gains in Key Elections

“Germany’s anti-immigration, nationalist AfD looks set to emerge as the dominant party in key state elections this weekend, cementing its rise and reshaping of the country’s politics. Recent polling published by Die Zeit showed, however, that the party will fall short of winning an absolute majority in Saxony-Anhalt,” Semafor reports. “Sunday’s vote kicks off a […]

PRINT Magazine
Text • Steven Heller

The Daily Heller: Activate Your Art, Whatever and Wherever

'Make It Matter' is a free opportunity to turn creativity into action.

The post The Daily Heller: Activate Your Art, Whatever and Wherever appeared first on PRINT Magazine.

WIRED
Text • Caroline Reilly

How a Secret Orangutan Breeding Program Is Creating a Baby Boom

The success of a program linking zoos across the US has created social media stars and generated a wave of interest in how to protect the endangered great apes in the wild.

WIRED
Text • Emily Mullin

Measles Outbreaks Are Forcing Immunocompromised Kids to Make Impossible Choices

With the risk of infection rising, parents and young adults are facing agonizing choices about being out in public as school starts back up.

WIRED
Text • Maddy Varner

ICE Wants to Know Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years

Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Trump to Use Qatari Plane Despite Security Worries

“President Donald Trump plans to fly to Ireland next week aboard the Boeing 747 gifted to him by Qatar, a senior White House official said, marking his first international trip on the jet since a security threat in July prompted him to leave Turkey secretly aboard an alternate aircraft,” the Washington Post reports. ”The trip […]

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Ukraine’s Next Goal Is to Shut Down Russia’s Airspace

“Ukraine is planning to step up the presence of its drones near Russian airports to compel their closure, while warning international airlines to re-evaluate the safety of flying there, as part of its effort to disrupt Russia’s economy and pressure Moscow to end the war,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Top Farage Aides Quit After Undercover Donations Sting

“Nigel Farage lost two of his closest advisers after they were caught in an undercover sting investigating party financing,” Politico reports.

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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Franz Marc, The World Cow, 1913 #museumarchive #museumofmodernart

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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Landscape, 1916 #dali #salvadordali

Schneier on Security
Text • Bruce Schneier

AI Coding Agents Are Installing Unknown/Untrusted Code on Corporate Networks

We cannot forget that AI coding agents are not yet trustworthy: Researchers at a stealth startup in Israel scanned 6,214 live domains belonging to defense contractors, Fortune 500, and Big Tech companies. Of the 8,265 llms.txt and llms-full.txt files they found (many sites h...

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
Text • CJ McIntyre

Missing Child Found Safe After Days-Long Search in Ulster County

A 10-year-old boy who was reported missing after leaving his home Wednesday night has been located and is safe in Kingston, NY. Continue reading…