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New header graphic for scripting.com. Did this one with ChatGPT, asked it to make a Burma-Shave sign sequence and gave it a few examples, and now it knows how to do another one of these for me in the future. I've been using it that way to come up with desktop icons for my apps.

NEW: Ahead of next week’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump has systematically demolished institutional guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 presidential election.

Here’s what to know.
https://www.propublica.org/article/midterm-election-propublica-reporting-findings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Elections #Midterms #Vote #Voting #Democracy #USPolitics #MidtermElections

Federal and State Officials Ramp Up Scrutiny of DraftKings, Other Sports Betting Apps
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Amid investigations by ProPublica and others, officials across the country are demanding information about how online sportsbooks entice customers to keep betting — and proposing new rules to help protect consumers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sports-betting-impact-louisiana-ohio-congress?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Sports #Gambling #Law #Louisiana #Ohio #Congress #Tech #Technology

How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy
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A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
https://www.propublica.org/article/carbon-capture-storage-fossil-fuel-sally-benson?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Oil #FossilFuels #UnitedNations #Science #Research

There's no evidence that Starship will launch traditional satellites, either.

Several eateries are rolling out freebies and discounts for Halloween. Here's where Hudson Valley residents can score free doughnuts, cheap meals and more. Continue reading…

New York State Police are asking witnesses to come forward after a woman in the Upper Hudson Valley was killed in a head-on crash with a commercial truck. Continue reading…

Shelton and Hardy intersect over specific, authentic and celebratory songs about life out in the country. Continue reading…

The fanfic site could be down for weeks due to a “security incident.” Users are not taking it well.

Exercise prénuptial, 1962 #romanianart #victorbrauner

The Trump administration is taking this Alaska thing way too far. How exactly would voters be “tricked”? Is Trump claiming Americans aren’t smart enough to know who they’re voting for? Here’s what their names look like on the ballot. Seems pretty easy to us.

Back in February 2023 I launched Braggoscope, my unofficial spelunker for official best show ever, BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time (write-up here). You can listen to all 1,000+ episodes online for free (and see all books in the online reading lists). i.e. there’s a lot so don’t m...

This is such a wonderful story. Poetry is so powerful.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/08/18/how-one-man-overcame-gang-life-to-become-a-poet/

Donald Trump's election fraud delusions continue to expand into the state of California, where he said if elections were honest, he would've won the state by a lot. Stop laughing, I didn't say it; he did. TRUMP: We found 20,000, but there are hundreds of thousands of bad ...

Aldous Huxley likened the exorcism of the prioress Jeanne des Anges to “a rape in a public lavatory.” It was this horrific description that director Ken Russell shared with production designer Derek Jarman before they set out to tell that story. Russell wanted to capture the...

Discovered: Oct 30, 2026 14:40 (UTC) Highly recommended: cardamon bun and pourover at Café Olive in Quebec City discovered in The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Quebec City, Aug 2025 Should have went back and had an espresso and another 3 buns :-) ! QUOTE Read the who...

Six former Census Bureau directors who served under presidents of both parties signed onto a letter urging the Department of...

We’ll be live on YouTube at 1 p.m. ET today to recap the week’s headlines and talk about the election....

A Perilous Moment I have the same mix of feelings that I did in the days leading up to Jan....

I talked to Tom, the viral ‘Jonestown’ Trump rally guy.