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Text • Brendan Fitzgerald

The Proponents of “Dark Nutrition” Think Everything You Know About Food Is Wrong

"More Americans are rejecting everything they’ve been taught about food."

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Roy Lichtenstein, Landscape 10, from Ten Lanscapes, 1967 #museumarchive #roylichtenstein

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Hack Apocalypse Now

Hack Apocalypse Now

The dark side of AI is already here

WIRED
Text • Jason Parham

Pornhub Stars Want to Teach You How to Make Dinner

Faced with censorship and anti-porn laws, the adult site is encouraging creators to embrace cooking, gaming, podcasting, and other safe-for-work content.

WIRED
Text • Boutayna Chokrane

Apple AirPods Max 2 Are $100 Off Ahead of Black Friday

If Apple headphones have been sitting on your wish list, now might be the time to buy ahead of the holiday rush.

WIRED
Text • Adam Morgan

Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed

Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.

WIRED
Text • Miles Klee

Please Let the Internet Die

Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

EV Grieve
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At Drāvida, chef Aarthi Sampath explores the Indian diaspora — and finds a home in the East Village

Interview and photos by Stacie Joy  Chef-owner Aarthi Sampath opened Drāvida at 211 First Ave. in late May, bringing together dishes inspired by Indian and South Asian communities worldwide.  The restaurant is Sampath's first venture as an owner after some 15 yea...

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Report: Developer in contract to buy former St. Brigid School for $35 million

Photos from April by Stacie Joy A developer is in contract to purchase the former St. Brigid School at 185 E. Seventh St., along Tompkins Square Park, for $35 million, according to Crain's New York Business. Quinlan Development Group signed the contract on Sept. 22. The d...

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Incoming: (More) bubble tea and froyo for this block of St. Mark's Place

Two incoming businesses selling familiar products are coming to St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.  First! Yo Dessert, a Fort Lee, N.J.-based brand selling frozen yogurt, smoothies and gelato, is coming to a storefront on the lower level of 19-25 St. Mark's Place... The space was previously a T-swirl Crêpe outpost.  Across the street, Jersey City, N.J.-based Teazzi Tea Shop is bringing its bubble and milk teas to a crowded block with similar offerings... Bake Culture recently closed its location here at 22 St. Mark’s Place.

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The Haywain Triptych (detail), 1515 #hieronymusbosch #bosch

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Is Running From Trump Enough to Save Republicans on Tuesday?

A look at candidates from President Trump’s party who are running on a platform of criticizing him.  In next week’s midterm elections, a specific kind of Republican candidate is appealing to disillusioned voters of both parties: moderates willing to criticize President ...

WIRED
Text • Aarian Marshall

The Men Spending $50,000 Just to Reserve a Tesla Roadster

The base model—without thrusters or the flight system—will likely cost several times that amount to buy. “I’m going to do everything in my power to get the flying one,” says one customer.

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Text • Ernesto Van der Sar

Accused Impostor in Private Tracker Lawsuit Faces Contempt for Withholding Passport

The alleged impostor behind a lawsuit against several private torrent trackers now faces a request to hold him in civil contempt. According to the defense, he missed a deadline to hand over his passport, driver’s license, and Copyright Office paperwork. Meanwhile, the defense’s proposed discovery has blanks the missing documents were meant to fill, in addition to a subpoena for his PACER IP addresses, and requests for any AI prompts.

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WIRED
Text • Ali Winston

ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.

WIRED
Text • Jake Bittle

AI Emergency Alerts Are Coming. Humans Might Not Be Ready

Human beings struggle with emergency communication. Chatbots can help—if people take them seriously.

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Text • Ernesto Van der Sar

Accused Impostor in Private Tracker Lawsuit Faces Contempt for Withholding Passport

The alleged impostor behind a lawsuit against several private torrent trackers now faces a request to hold him in civil contempt. According to the defense, he missed a deadline to hand over his passport, driver’s license, and Copyright Office paperwork. Meanwhile, the defense’s proposed discovery has blanks the missing documents were meant to fill, in addition to a subpoena for his PACER IP addresses, and requests for any AI prompts.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Poynter
Text • Tracey Compton

We’re drowning in sketchy information. Media literacy can keep you from going under.

This column is part of the Indianapolis Public Editor project, a pilot program designed to test whether the presence of a public editor who analyzes local coverage can elevate audience […]

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(Podcast) Designed in California 15: Building the Band (Part 3, Origin of the iPod)

Apple begins a crash program to build a music player by the end of 2001, aided by a fortuitous discovery in Japan. Hardware chief Jon Rubinstein recruits a brash young product manager, Tony Fadell, to figure out how all the parts fit together.…

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Text • Seth Godin

Be careful what you wish for

At a recent Q&A, a small businessperson asked how to get clients to be more alike, willing to engage in systemic work that would be easier to deliver and offer a simpler path to getting the job done. Of course, once there’s a manual, anyone can do the work, and anyone will. It might be […]