Elon just threw Trump under the bus.
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SCOTUSblog
• Amy Howe
Justices grant Trump administration’s request to pause lower court ruling in political ad rate dispute
Freshly Pressed - WordPress.com
• Little Miss Traveller
Tresco Day Trip from St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly
About Tresco During our stay on St Mary’s, we couldn’t resist taking a day trip to Tresco, the second-largest inhabited island in the Isles of Scilly. Unlike the other islands, Tresco has no cars (apart from those needed for island services), giving it a wonderfully peaceful atmosphere where bicycles, golf buggies and walking are the […]
When I first got to prison, I was told by the property officer that they were out of headphones for the tablet, and I would have to buy some from commissary. That took a while, because I had very little money, but once I bought them, the tablet was a game changer for calls to family and friends.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/01/13/how-tablet-phone-calls-are-reshaping-life-in-prison/
$2000. That's how much your household has already spent this year on Trump's Middle East War. Congressional Republicans won’t lift a finger. It’s time to vote them out.
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Six Colors
• Six Colors Podcasts
(Podcast) Clockwise 678: Sliced by the Bleeding Edge
Our thoughts on the new HomeView and its confusing pricing, whether we’re using AI agents like Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots, how we feel about passkeys, and if we’d ever use an Apple Pencil with an iPhone Fold.…
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Jackie Corley
George Washington Statue Returns to Newburgh After 7 Years
A bronze statue of George Washington sent out for a restoration in 2019 has been returned to its pedestal at Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site. Continue reading…
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Amanda Caswell
Linus Torvalds let Claude Code fix the Linux page cache. Then reviewers found a race.

Linux creator and longtime lead maintainer Linus Torvalds turned to Anthropic’s Claude Code to tackle a kernel performance problem that
The post Linus Torvalds let Claude Code fix the Linux page cache. Then reviewers found a race. appeared first on The New Stack.
The City Reporter
• Gwynne Hogan and Eileen Grench, Documented
ICE Had No Valid Warrant Ahead of Shooting, Attorneys Allege, as Belgal Is Held in Solitary

The Dominican man shot by an immigration agent in Marble Hill was arrested without a valid warrant and is being held in solitary confinement without proper medical care, according to a new court filing submitted by his attorneys Wednesday afternoon. Oscar Belgal had just picked up his son from school then taken him to McDonald’s […]
The post ICE Had No Valid Warrant Ahead of Shooting, Attorneys Allege, as Belgal Is Held in Solitary appeared first on The City Reporter.
Letters from an American
• Heather Cox Richardson
Desperate for Distraction
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2026 Aussie Visit
What happened was, Lauren’s NZ family includes a nephew who’s currently living in Brisbane and got married last month, so a dozen or so Kiwis and three of us Canadians got on airplanes and converged on easternmost Australia. We went on to tourist a bit and visit friends in the Melbourne area. Came away with impressions and pictures
Ars Technica
• Dan Goodin
Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security
Incident hitting 700 supermarkets exploited outdated devices exposed to the Internet.
Ars Technica
• Kyle Orland
Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam
But the new "Preview" app "will have some bugs," Epic warns.
Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu
NATO may redeploy anti-drone defenses as attacks sink more Black Sea shipping
Suspected Russian drones have sunk or damaged 5 ships near Bulgaria and Romania.
The San Francisco Standard
• Jillian D’Onfro
The SF real estate firm betting big on robotics
Cannae Partners explains why it’s amassing a portfolio focused on “hard science” tenants.
Racket
• Keith Harris
‘Pro-Choice’ Michele Tafoya Thinks Minnesota Should Limit Abortion Rights
Plus another council-mayor clash in Mpls, local rocker needs brain surgery, and we're doomed in today's Flyover news roundup.
Reading more details in the story of an OpenAI engineer getting arrested after bugging a conference room:
Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national, was arrested Friday and charged with using or attempting to use a device to intercept oral communications. He made his initial appearance in federal court Tuesday and remains in custody.
He seems to have had a fairly normal career, so what caused this flip to espionage? Strange. Not the obvious “he was a Chinese spy” that people might guess.
News – The White House
• The White House
President Trump Visits Montana with a Record of Results for Workers, Families, and Communities
Today, President Donald J. Trump heads to Montana for a stop in Kalispell. He arrives with a proven record of America First policies that put Montana workers, families, seniors, and communities first — delivering historic tax relief, unleashing private investment and job growth, securing energy dominance, building critical minerals independence, and protecting public lands and […]
The post President Trump Visits Montana with a Record of Results for Workers, Families, and Communities appeared first on The White House.
The San Francisco Standard
• Michael McLaughlin
Reality show cast member accidentally killed by sister during Oakland street fight: police
Vernika Dunbar mistakenly shot Mackayla “Kash” Paige while pistol whipping another woman, authorities said.