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404 Media1 Aaron Parnas1 The Intercept1 Zeteo2 Less Wrong2 Slashdot2 Kottke2 Ars Technica2
TruthOut 4d ago

New York’s Iconic Queer Beach Faces Looming Privatization Scheme

by Timothy French

Queer New Yorkers are fighting for Riis Beach as a developer with Israeli government ties plans a private beach club.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Trump Plan Would Give Political Appointees More Control Over Federal Grant Money

by Jake Johnson

The rule would also prohibit distribution of federal grants to organizations that “promote anti-American values.”

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404 Media 6d ago

Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat

by Emanuel Maiberg

A new software update is turning off the AC in Amazon delivery vans after 10 minutes or 30 seconds under certain conditions.

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Aaron Parnas 5d ago

NEWS: Congress Demands JD Vance's Testimony, Epstein Criminal Investigation Heats Up, Trump Fears Impeachment, Iran 'Deal' Unraveling Again

by Aaron Parnas

Good morning, everyone.

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The Intercept 3d ago

Civil Records for Hundreds of Thousands of Lebanese Could Be Wiped Out By Israel’s Total War

by Alaa Serhal

With whole towns leveled by Israel, a quarter million Lebanese people may have lost the proof of who they are and what they own. The post Civil Records for Hundreds of Thousands…

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Zeteo 2d ago

9 Meltdowns From Top Israeli Figures Over Trump’s Iran Deal

by Prem Thakker

Top Israeli figures are raging about the deal, calling Donald Trump a 'loser' and the U.S. 'treacherous,' and calling Benjamin Netanyahu 'weak'

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Less Wrong 2d ago

Can the Safety Tax Be Highly Concentrated?

by ozziegooen

TLDR: We may capture much or most of the available AI safety benefit by reserving expensive, specialized agents for the <1% of tasks that carry catastrophic risk. This would mean…

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Slashdot 4d ago

Four LTS Java Versions Get End-of-Support in a Three-Year Window (2029-2032)

by EditorDavid

Simon Ritter joined Sun Microsystems in 1996 and spent time working in both Java development and consultancy. He's now written an opinion piece for InfoWorld warning that "Between…

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Kottke 5d ago

Two competing (?) thoughts kept going through my head...

by Jason Kottke

Two competing (?) thoughts kept going through my head while reading this : “Not even a celeb like Emily Ratajkowski can find a decent man to date” and “A celeb like Emily…

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TruthOut 4d ago

Over 160 Years After Abolition, Anti-Black Racism Still Structures US Economy

by C.J. Polychroniou

Scholars Michelle Holder and Jeannette Wicks-Lim share their analysis of the formation of US anti-Black racism.

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Ars Technica 2d ago

Heart protection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study finds

by Beth Mole

Despite continued benefits, anti-vaccine rhetoric has driven down vaccination.

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Zeteo 6d ago

The Belfast Riots Are an Anti-Migrant Pogrom - and the British Media Has Serious Questions to Answer

by Owen Jones

In his first column for Zeteo UK, acclaimed journalist and author Owen Jones looks at how the lie about immigrants pushed by British media and political elites is fueling the…

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Less Wrong 2d ago

Links #3: 2026/06 Part 1

by papetoast

Preface I show my discovery graph in (via …) blocks, those without (via …) usually come from my RSS reader, or the algorithm in the corresponding website This is approximately a 1…

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Slashdot 3d ago

As 'Disclosure Day' Premieres, Steven Spielberg Says He Believes Aliens Really Have Visited Earth

by EditorDavid

Steven Spielberg grants that his 1977 UFO film Close Encounters was "speculative," writes the Associated Press, but "Disclosure Day, he insists, is the real deal." "It's my first…

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Ars Technica 2d ago

A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation

by Stephen Clark

The rocket's breakup likely generated 100 to 150 new pieces of space junk.

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Kottke 5d ago

Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood...

by Jason Kottke

Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fixture, has died at age 99 . “He really was like the friendly fellow you might find walking around a neighborhood. He was just…

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