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Apple and Google Miss Deadline to Block Child Nudity on Their Phones in the UK

Now the UK government plans to introduce new legislation that would see companies face fines and potential criminal liability, and signaled similar plans could extend to Snapchat and Instagram.

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Sean Duffy doubles down on not allowing his daughter to go to Harvard:

"They come back and they're unrecognizable. They've been completely contorted and converted from these liberal institutions."

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The Trump administration has quietly scrubbed all response data on bullying based on gender identity from the Education Department's school civil rights survey.

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Castle above the clouds

Galicia, August 2026.

From the video This $10 filter cost me the photo of the year.

The San Francisco Standard
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Dog attack in Tenderloin leaves person with life-threatening injuries

Police responded to a report of an attack at 9:20 a.m.

Letters from an American
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Trump’s Frantic Pace

404 Media Supports Webmention
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Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason

Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason

A data protection lawyer told 404 Media the sharing was likely illegal, and Channel 5’s own privacy policy explicitly says it won't give subscribers’ emails away to people for marketing purposes.

Political Wire
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Why Trump Can’t Rename New Mexico

“If President Trump wants to rename New Mexico ‘New America,’ it would require a legal lift that he doesn’t control,” Axios reports. “New Mexico’s name is written into its constitution, putting an official name change beyond the president’s unilateral power.”

Political Wire
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Trump’s Bombardier Threats Hit Red Kansas

Punchbowl News: “Trump’s Monday night threat to ban the sale of aircraft from Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier didn’t land with some Republicans. The company employs more than 1,000 people at its U.S. headquarters in Wichita.”

Techdirt
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The DOJ’s AI Fair Use Brief Is Correct, But From A DOJ That Has No Credibility

I am never asking the monkey’s paw for a federal government that defends fair use again. For decades on Techdirt, I’ve talked about the absolute necessity of strong fair use, and have been disappointed over and over again at how little the federal government has fought for fair use. For decades, the rare times when […]

Techdirt
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Daily Deal: The 2026 Data Engineering Bundle featuring Databricks

The 2026 Data Engineering Bundle has 7 online courses designed to help learners build skills that align directly with industry expectations. The focus is on practical tools and languages used by data professionals: Python for programming, Pandas and NumPy for data manipulation, foundational certification prep and specialized work with Databricks, an industry-standard platform for data engineering […]

Electrek
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Bluetti exclusive 6th Anniversary power station sale from $799, roborock RockMow X115H 4WD robot mower $799 off, more

We’ve got a nice mix of continuing Labor Day deals mixed with some new sales events for today’s Green Deals – plus, we’ve updated our one-stop-shop Labor Day Green Deals hub that contains all the ongoing holiday savings. Headlining today is the recently launched Bluetti 6th...

Racket
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Greenway Glow, Cedarfest, TC Maker Fest: This Week’s Best Events

Greenway Glow, Cedarfest, TC Maker Fest: This Week’s Best Events

This week is stacked, y'all!

Racket
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Pay-to-Play Youth Soccer ‘Is About Entitlement and Money.’ 2 MN Leagues Are Emphasizing Affordability, Fun.

Pay-to-Play Youth Soccer ‘Is About Entitlement and Money.’ 2 MN Leagues Are Emphasizing Affordability, Fun.

Sol of the Cities Futsal League and La Liga de Sueños aim to solve youth soccer's 'lightning-rod issue.'

Defector
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There’s Still Tennis At The U.S. Open

There’s Still Tennis At The U.S. Open
The U.S. Open is a city in miniature. The food is expensive; wealthy people flock to the tallest vantage points while richer experiences on the outskirts are ignored; influencers bother the masses. Read enough about the tournament, or just walk around the grounds for a few d...

Defector
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The Angels Are Just Passing Through

The Angels Are Just Passing Through
Defector has partnered with Baseball Prospectus to bring you a taste of their work. They write good shit that we think you’ll like. If you do like it, we encourage you to check out their site and subscribe. This story was originally published at Baseball...

The Lever Supports Webmention
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Trump's Fed Chief Missed The AI-flation Memo

 Trump's Fed Chief Missed The AI-flation Memo

New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh ignored the U.S. central bank’s own research when he said AI’s economic impacts are unknown.

The City Reporter
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25 Years Later, a Mayor Finally Owns Up To 9/11’s Toxic Dust

There are all of these people who were forgotten, who have health issues or are ticking time bombs with health issues they don’t know about yet… This hasn’t gone away, and the financial implications of acknowledging it are huge. More than three times as many people have now died of 9/11-related illnesses as were killed […]

The post 25 Years Later, a Mayor Finally Owns Up To 9/11’s Toxic Dust appeared first on The City Reporter.

Fresh Air
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Casey Gerald says ruining his reputation saved his life

A decade ago, Casey Gerald was running a celebrated nonprofit, giving TED talks, and on magazine covers as proof that the American dream still works. Then he shut it all down and disappeared from public life. Now, in a new book, The Great Refusal, he turns his leaving into an argument about the limits of the American dream.

Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews SCTV, which is now available to stream on Netflix. 

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Political Wire
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Bonus Quote of the Day

“The only answer that I can come up with that explains the current behavior of Donald Trump is simply this: he wants the Republicans to lose. He hates them. He wants to torture them.” — James Carville, quoted by Mediaite.