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The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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Dolly Parton's Sister Urges 'More Compassion' After Her Death

Stella Parton is speaking out about the way people have responded to Dolly's death, asking others to think twice about their words and actions during a painful time. Continue reading…

@prisonjournalism.bsky.social - Prison Journalism Project
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✉️ We’re on a mission to help PJP writers reach more people.

This year, we set a goal to add 250 new readers to The Inside Story.

Why? Because these writers deserve an audience, and their stories deserve to reach people far beyond the prison walls where many of them are written.
https://mailchi.mp/prisonjournalismproject/ykc7aq8bxo

Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
Text • John Amato

Kevin Hassett Tries A New Spin On Soaring Gas Prices

Trump high-level propagandist Hassett told Fox News today that growing frustration over high gas prices are just a "very short-term thing" and they soon will be coming down. Since 2026, gas prices have risen 48%. Nine months is not a "short-term thing" or a minor inconvenie...

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
Text • Bobby Welber

Hudson Valley Cop Must Register As New York Sex Offender

A now-former Hudson Valley police officer was sentenced for sexually abusing a child under the age of 15. Continue reading…

Berkeleyside
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Hopkins bike lane opponents sue to block project

An older-model Porsche backs into a parking space, while dozens of people on bicycles mill around
Longtime critics of the project allege the plan for new protected bike lanes violates California environmental law and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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The child, 1895 #cloisonnism #paulgauguin

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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Untitled #naïveart #chagall

Electrek
Text • Jo Borrás

All press is good press, right? Cybercab event leaves more questions than answers

On today’s pressing episode of Quick Charge, we challenge the notion that all press is good press by filling the void of information surrounding this week’s Tesla Cybercab launch with a whole lot of bad news for the Full Self Driving brand.

more…

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jillian D’Onfro

Historic SF office building sells at a big discount 

The buyers of the 1936 building hope to find new tech tenants to fill the mostly empty office space.

escarpment
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a card catalogue for a library map adventure

I think I've mentioned here before that I'm doing the SFPL Explorer Map adventure for the second time around; first time was during Covid and my return to the Bay Area. This time, though, I've been keeping a running commentary on my Notes app, noting what branch I've been to...

Six Colors Updates instantly via WebSub
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This Week in Apple: Counting Apple CEOs

John Moltz and his conspiracy board. Art by Shafer Brown.

The deed is done! John Ternus is now CEO of Apple!

Memomento mori

[extreme TV infomercial announcer voice] Do you suffer from insomnia, sleeplessness, or the condition known as “Snooze Deficiency Syndrome”?…

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
Text • Bobby Welber

PD: Hudson Valley Mom Gives Birth In Work Bathroom, Leaves Baby

New tragic details have emerged in the case of a newborn baby found abandoned inside a Hudson Valley bathroom. Continue reading…

SCOTUSblog
Text • Amy Howe

Court grants request from Republican groups to pause ruling, for now, on political broadcasting rates

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2026.
The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2026.

Techdirt
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: License To Spill

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. To get extended episodes with additional coverage, support us on […]

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Amanda Caswell

Microsoft built a prompt injection detector. Then it caught a phishing campaign instead.

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Microsoft flagged a phishing campaign last week that exploits a gap in how machines read text. Attackers are slipping invisible

The post Microsoft built a prompt injection detector. Then it caught a phishing campaign instead. appeared first on The New Stack.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

How Well Will You Do?

About a third of Political Wire members got a perfect score on this week’s quiz. So how well did you pay attention to the news this week? Take the quiz to find out.

The City Reporter
Text • Katie Honan

Mamdani Team Deletes Auto-Delete in Influencer Chats

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s chief counsel said Friday that he took “immediate corrective action” after learning a City Hall communications staffer set some chats on an encrypted app to “auto-delete” official messages. The Columbia Journalism Review earlier this week published an article by university researchers showing the mayor’s new-media team used the app Signal to share […]

The post Mamdani Team Deletes Auto-Delete in Influencer Chats appeared first on The City Reporter.

Schneier on Security
Text • Bruce Schneier

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid on a Stick at the New York State Fair

Looks tasty.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

Blog moderation policy.

The San Francisco Standard
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Anthropic calls SFPD over threat against CEO in Claude. User says it’s a misunderstanding

The company proactively reported a concerning chat to police amid rising fears of violence against AI executives.

Ars Technica - All content
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Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths

Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths

"It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives."