McSweeney’s
• Maria Choong
Amazon’s 2026 Top 100+ Toys list: Something for every kid at heart
From budget-friendly finds and Amazon exclusives to trending collectibles, sensory toys, and screen-free favorites, the annual list for 2026 spotlights 100+ expert-curated toys to make holiday gifting easier.
Prime Video introduces new lip-sync technology on ‘Maxton Hall’
Visual dubbing using AI and VFX technologies enhances the viewing experience for global customers.
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Evan Paul
Max McNown Shares His Crazy Opry Debut Story [EXCLUSIVE]
Max McNown's Grand Ole Opry debut nearly didn't happen. His car broke down in the wrong parking lot, and he was sweating through his pearl snap shirt waiting for a tow. Continue reading…
Sketches of the Old Tower and Figures, 1885 #vincentvangogh #realism
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Trump-a-Palooza Is a Gift to Democrats
Dan Pfeiffer: “Democrats currently have a significant enthusiasm advantage. I expect that to narrow as we get closer to the election. Things are so dark for Republicans right now that even some of the party’s most stalwart voters are avoiding politics. As Election Day nears, they will tune in and eventually vote.” “But here’s the […]
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Carena Liptak
Remembering Joey Feek, 10 Years After Her Death
It's been 10 years since we lost Joey Feek, but her presence in the country world still looms large. Continue reading…
TorrentFreak
• Ernesto Van der Sar
Private Torrent Tracker Lawsuit Takes Bizarre Turn: ‘I’m a Different Matthew Schneider’
The copyright lawsuit targeting PassThePopcorn, BroadcasTheNet, HDBits, and three other major private trackers has taken a bizarre turn. After a Canadian filmmaker filed a sworn declaration confirming he has nothing to do with the case, the plaintiff argues there are simply two filmmakers with the same name, who coincidentally created movies with the exact same titles.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Open Channels FM Podcast Network
• Bob Dunn
Major Updates with Version 5.0 and New Developments at Open Channels FM
Open Channels FM launched version 5.0, featuring new shows, enhanced navigation, and updated content focus, shifting toward open source philosophy and community engagement.
Techdirt
• Karl Bode
Fake Consumer Group Using AI To Generate Fake Support For Paramount Merger
In addition to the $111 billion Paramount/Warner Bros merger just being foundationally bad for creatives, labor, and consumers, the Ellison family-owned company’s executives just keep demonstrating why they’re not really the kind of folks you want dominating the lion’s share of U.S. media. That’s included calling deal critics “antisemitic,” cozying up to foreign authoritarians, constantly […]
The Texas Observer
• Saul Elbein
1.2 Million Oil Wells Are Buried Underneath Texas. Do You Live on Top of a Dangerous One?
This spring, a Permian Basin pastor got an unpleasant surprise: a geyser of more than 1.5 million gallons of toxic brine gushing up through the parking lot of the First Baptist Church in Grandfalls. It was a “zombie well”—what happens when the plug on one of the state’s hundreds of thousands of old wells fails, […]
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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Adrian Bridgwater
K2 Horizon just shipped as six new fully open models — developers aren’t fully convinced

Based in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) introduced K2 Horizon last week. This group
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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Frederic Lardinois
Harness rebuilt its Git repository for nonstop AI agent traffic

As one of Harness’s field CTOs, Martin Reynolds spends much of his time asking engineering leaders one question with no
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Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Top Missouri Court Considers Holding Official in Contempt
“Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice W. Brent Powell has ordered Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to explain why he should not be held in contempt as a legal battle continues over the state’s congressional map,” KMBC reports.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
AI Lobby Braces for Political Fight
“Backlash against the nationwide data center buildout is threatening to shape the 2026 midterm elections,” NBC News reports. “But the lead strategists behind one of the biggest pro-AI groups believe the political and policy fights around AI and data centers are merely ‘in the early innings’ — and they’re eager to shape the next ones.”
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period.
The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-doubled-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Women #Health #Pregnancy #Abortion #Data #Research #Texas
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
• Steve Schmidt
Zero shame
Trump’s sick 9/11 lie dishonors the dead and reveals how far America has fallen
🪐 Ground Control to Major Myles: Please stop knocking the planets out of orbit. 🌏
Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
• Andrea Thompson
Trump's Truth Social Meltdown Was So 'Inappropriate,' Iceland Summoned An Ambassador
Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
• David Edwards