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TruthOut 3d ago

Federal Agents Began Spying on MN Left-Wing Groups 4 Days After Pretti Was Shot

by Chris Walker

Organizations surveilled included unions, socialist collectives, climate action groups, and others.

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Media Matters 5d ago

Trump says "stranger things have happened" after Wayne Allyn Root pitches his national security emergency idea on elections directly to him

by Media Matters for America

In an interview with Wayne Allyn Root, a host for Real America's Voice and longtime supporter of the president, Donald Trump appeared to give credence to the emerging far-right…

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TruthOut 4d ago

Censorship in LA School District Could Become National Norm, Educators Warn

by Marianne Dhenin

Educators in the country’s second-largest school district are facing repression in the wake of a new California law.

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Aaron Parnas 5d ago

NEWS: Important Mitch McConnell Update, Kushner Built on "Gangsters'" Land, Iran Deal Hopes Dashed, Trump Guts Vaccine Schedule

by Aaron Parnas

Good evening everyone.

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Slashdot 2d ago

Judge Orders Google To Make Rival App Store Installs Easier

by BeauHD

A federal judge has ordered Google to remove what he called "anticompetitive friction" that makes rival Android app stores harder to find and install. The order is part of the…

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SCOTUSblog 5d ago

A reflection on John Roberts

by Kelsey Dallas, Blake Fox

Plus, what happened to Homer Plessy after Plessy v. Ferguson?

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Less Wrong 2d ago

Do It Like Darwin

by derelict5432

A stated goal of many of the frontier AI labs is to automate science, or at least large portions of it. AlphaFold’s architects won the Nobel Prize in 2024 for enormous advances in…

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Techdirt 5d ago

The Censorship Industrial Complex Didn’t Exist Until The People Who Invented It Took It Over

by Mike Masnick

For many, many years now we’ve been calling out how the entire narrative around the “censorship industrial complex” was absolute bullshit, made up by a group of either deliberate…

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Ars Technica 2d ago

Organic-looking brake assemblies debut on new Czinger 21C Spyder

by Jonathan M. Gitlin

Czinger used topological design and additive manufacturing to make the brakes.

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Popular Information 6d ago

These corporations are supporting an alleged domestic abuser for Congress

by Judd Legum

Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse.

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Heather Cox Richardson 6d ago

The Road to Resignation

by Heather Cox Richardson

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Kottke 5d ago

“ Your brain is a gambling addict that bets on...

by Jason Kottke

“ Your brain is a gambling addict that bets on reality . It doesn’t wait for information. It guesses what should happen and adjusts when surprised. Most bets win. But when they…

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Slashdot 4d ago

The Pixel Tag Is Google's Answer To the AirTag

by BeauHD

Google has unveiled the $29 Pixel Tag, its long-awaited AirTag rival that combines UWB with Bluetooth 6.0 Channel Sounding for two forms of precision tracking. It launches…

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Less Wrong 2d ago

Empty Chambers, Missing Stairs

by finitude

tw: guns, weird shitty behavior, inadequate responses to weird shitty behavior So say you’re out on the street, not in any kind of rush, just steadily making your way somewhere.…

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Techdirt 4d ago

Trump Rushes To Stock FCC With Personal Lackeys, Refuses To Seat Dem Commissioners

by Karl Bode

When Trump FCC Boss Brendan Carr isn’t trampling free speech or harassing major networks for platforming comedians, he’s been illegally taking a hatchet to whatever’s left of…

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Pluralistic 6d ago

Pluralistic: The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction (10 Aug 2026)

by Cory Doctorow

Today's links The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction: The only way to win is not to play. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence:…

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