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The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

How Fred Warner’s ‘Peanut Punch’ could be the 49ers’ answer to Bijan Robinson

Warner’s high-risk, high-reward technique has made him one of the NFL’s most dangerous defenders.

Ars Technica
Text • Jeremy Hsu

Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs

Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs

Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.

CogDogBlog
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Making Haiku[photo]comic Daily Create #tdc5397

Even with the frenzy panic of PHP running the web site and the mostly departure of folks who bother to make their own digital art, the DS106 Daily Create still marches on every single day, non-stop since 2012. Open on the web. No paywalls. No tracking do-hickeys. No ads. I still do them fairly regularly […]

Silver Bulletin
Text • Eli McKown-Dawson

Do these Senate-governor splits make sense?

Do these Senate-governor splits make sense?

In Michigan, Jocelyn Benson is polling well ahead of Abdul El-Sayed. Do gaps like that tend to shrink on Election Day?

Waxy.org
Text • Andy Baio

Apple Music’s iPod easter egg

unsung.aresluna.org/apples-ipod-recreation/

it’s on their 404 page and really well done

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Waxy.org
Text • Andy Baio

Local Wikipedia

edjefferson.com/localwiki/

“Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you”

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The City Reporter
Text • Greg B. Smith and Katie Honan

Mamdani’s Top Lawyer to Probe Agency’s Off-Grid Chats

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at the site of a future NYU quantum lab at Astor Place

Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city government’s top lawyer is personally looking into allegations revealed by The City Reporter that top officials at the agency overseeing city purchasing and properties regularly used personal emails and texting to discuss official business. City employees are required to communicate about official business through official channels to ensure the […]

The post Mamdani’s Top Lawyer to Probe Agency’s Off-Grid Chats appeared first on The City Reporter.

Ars Technica
Text • Beth Mole

RFK Jr.’s vaccine injury clinic could damage NIH hospital, board warns

RFK Jr.’s vaccine injury clinic could damage NIH hospital, board warns

"Trust is slow to build and quick to lose," board chair Jack Leslie said.

Ars Technica
Text • Jon Brodkin

Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report

Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report

Corporate phishing tests are common, but this one was especially cruel.

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
Text • Evan Paul

Chris Stapleton Joins Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen in Rare Club

Chris Stapleton just hit a massive streaming milestone with his second billion-stream song on Spotify, joining an ultra-exclusive country club. Continue reading…

Defector
Text • Samer Kalaf

James Dolan Finds Innovative New Way To Be Cruel And Cheap

James Dolan Finds Innovative New Way To Be Cruel And Cheap
Most owners of sports teams are wise enough to understand that their reputations will never be better than when their teams are winning. If they're fortunate enough to see that team capture a championship, they know that it's easy image rehabilitation. Just show some basic a...

Defector
Text • Alex Sujong Laughlin

How Can I Hang On To My Digital Life?

I've been watching the "available storage" bars on my various digital storage systems creep up over the last couple years with a growing sense of dread. Each percentage point is a tick closer to an upgrade to my package—money I'll have to pay Apple, Google, and Dropbox to co...

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Text • Joe Ragazzo

TPM Live: It’s Scary Out There

Halloween is right around the corner, and it sure seems like monsters are running the country. This week I’m joined...

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Text • Josh Kovensky

DOJ Sues to Block Alaska Senate Certification if Republican Loses

The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Friday to stop Alaska from certifying the winner of the state’s Senate...

Latest articles from Crooks and Liars Valid
Text • Andrea Thompson

Priceless Artifact Destroyed Because Whiskey Pete Is A Vain, Smug Little Diva

A priceless military artifact has been destroyed thanks to Pete Hegseth being a vain, self-absorbed little bitch. According to new reporting from The Washington Post, Trump-era Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wanted one of the two massive globes housed at the Pentagon, b...

ProPublica
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NEW: “In Texas, we fight fraud head-on,” Ken Paxton said last year.

Yet records show his trust gave $600K to a convicted fraudster’s new company in 2020, which later wired the trust tens of thousands of dollars before and during his 2023 impeachment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-investment-scott-sherman-wildcatter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #KenPaxton #Fraud #Business #Investment #TX #Government #USPolitics

Racket
Text • Keith Harris

For This Week’s Open Thread, How Do You Use Mass Transit?

For This Week’s Open Thread, How Do You Use Mass Transit?

As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

Racket
Text • Kirstie Kimball

Bangkok Sweetheart’s Rolls Are a Sensation. These Are the Best Ones to Order Right Now.

Bangkok Sweetheart’s Rolls Are a Sensation. These Are the Best Ones to Order Right Now.

If you brave the long lines or successfully navigate the cutthroat preordering system, here's what you should get.

404 Media Supports Webmention Valid
Text • Joseph Cox

Podcast: ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the Next Wave of AI Slop

Podcast: ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the Next Wave of AI Slop

How people are removing surveillance ads from their TVs; a big AI shakeup at Accenture; and the Character.ai bankruptcy.

404 Media Supports Webmention Valid
Text • Samantha Cole

Behind the Blog: Brute Forces

This week, we discuss reverse engineering and some wild court docs.