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Meta Announces Facebook and Instagram Rationingin New York State Due to Data Center Moratorium Access to Services Limited to Every Other Day MENLO PARK, Calif., September 9, 2026 — Meta Platforms, Inc. today announced emergency rationing of its services in New York State because of the state’s recent moratorium on data center construction. New York […]

Two Woman Chatting by the Sea, St. Thomas, 1856 #realism #danishart

In this episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum is joined by John McConnell, the longtime senior speechwriter for President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, to discuss their memories of September 11, 2001—25 years later. 

Then, David ends with a discussion of “American Pastoral,” a novel by Philip Roth, and what we can learn about domestic terrorism from the book.

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On the Beach No. 3, 1918 #americanart #prendergast

“Republicans are putting an unpopular president at the center of their campaign to keep control of Congress,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “During the GOP’s two-day convention here this week, President Trump—term-limited and facing backlash from voters—will be everywhere. Dozens of Republicans will take the stage to defend his record. The president will deliver a […]

“President Donald Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to his executive assistant Natalie Harp and two of his other young, loyal White House employees, according to financial disclosures released by the administration,” the Washington Post reports. ”On their disclosure forms, which were released publicly late last week, the three women described the payments as ‘Cash Gift […]

“President Trump is poised to become far more visible outside of the White House than he has been for most of his term, starting with a Republican midterms convention in Texas and continuing with travel to boost candidates, according to his aides,” the New York Times reports. “If the president expands his domestic travel after […]

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Two Woman Chatting by the Sea, St. Thomas, 1856 #realism #danishart

Boulevard de la Madeleine, Winter #cortes #postimpressionism

The measles outbreak, that began in America nearly two years ago, has only increased in velocity. We recently talked about the deaths of two children in Pennsylvania who both died while infected with measles. I’m altering my language slightly here from that original post in which I described those children as having died of measles […]

Meet Emily van Lidth de Jeude, an artist who lives on an island and has the most adorable chicken coop you’ll ever see. Those URLs start with emilyartist.ca now; until recently it was emilyvanartist.noblogs.org. But that site, there for many years, is down now, and not coming back up. Why? Well, her email address used to end with @autistici.org (it’s broken too now), and therein lies the story

When Google sends fewer clicks, growing traffic takes more than a bigger content calendar. Here are eight practical ways to earn visits through useful content, email, partnerships, and a site people can trust.

I know I’m really late to this show, but because of the new spinoff we’ve been watching The Big Bang Theory for the first time. A few seasons in. 📺

COUNTERING CANADA’S LATEST RETALIATION AGAINST AMERICAN EXPORTS: Today, to address Canada’s increased discrimination against U.S. commerce, President Trump signed five Proclamations pursuant to Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to ban certain products from Canada and modify the scope of the tariffs on certain Canadian products previously announced on July 20, 2026. President Trump is taking decisive […]

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John Singer Sargent, Mary, Study for "Annunciation", ca. 1909–10 #americanart #metmuseum

Frontier labs make for lousy messengers on AI safety — but it would be foolish to ignore them

One year later and it feels like both the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air could be announced tomorrow, not a year ago, and would seem fresh and exciting.