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Jul 17, 2026 at 00:02 UTC · 📋 Sources
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TruthOut 2d ago

Bar Association May Soon Upend Diversity Standards for Accredited Law Schools

by Danny Katch

Organizers are fighting another possible surrender to racism in higher education.

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TruthOut 3d ago

McConnell’s Been on Sick Leave for a Month. US Workers Aren’t Guaranteed a Day.

by Sharon Zhang

The US is the only wealthy country in the world that does not guarantee paid sick leave for workers.

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TruthOut 3d ago

After Controversial Egypt Match, Many Global South Fans Are Done With World Cup

by Ashish Malhotra

Feelings of injustice around the international tournament are a symptom of geopolitics in 2026.

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Kottke 3d ago

Digger

by Jason Kottke

I’d seen that there was a new Tom Cruise movie coming out this fall called Digger, but I was not prepared for the trailer, in which we see Cruise playing a dipshit oligarch in…

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Ars Technica 1d ago

In memoriam: 7 of our favorite Sam Neill films

by Jennifer Ouellette

The actor, who starred in 1993's Jurassic Park , died Monday in Sydney, Australia, at the age of 78.

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Kottke 8h ago

Amazing Newspaper Ad Highlighting Period Poverty

by Jason Kottke

To draw attention to the millions of girls who cannot afford period products, the MENstruation Foundation ran a unique advertisement in three major South African newspapers.…

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Slashdot 1d ago

Spotify Is Now an AI Chatbot, Too

by BeauHD

Spotify is testing a new "Talk to Spotify" AI feature for Premium subscribers that will let them chat with an AI assistant to explore music, podcasts, and audiobooks. The feature…

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Kottke 6d ago

VoiceDot : “Every dot on this globe is a real...

by Jason Kottke

VoiceDot : “Every dot on this globe is a real person’s voice — a short story about a place, a memory, a feeling. Tap one and hear someone from the other side of the world.” And…

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Ars Technica 3d ago

Apple and Samsung benefit as memory shortage pushes smartphone shipments to historic lows

by Ryan Whitwam

The biggest smartphone makers keep on trucking in the face of component shortages and economic uncertainty.

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Less Wrong 18h ago

Training On Interpretability Probes Is Bad In Proportion To How Contingent The Features They Rely On Are

by jdp

People spend a lot of words playing tug of war over whether or not it's reasonable to train against interpretability methods . The anti case goes something like "training based on…

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Less Wrong 1d ago

Recap of bike trip/street interviews across America

by cguth7

A ~month ago I left from Chicago to bike (and amtrak) to plzdontkillus in Berkeley. I've been street interviewing/conversing with a wide variety of people I ran into about AI…

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Ars Technica 2d ago

Google revamps image search for its 25th anniversary with more images and more AI

by Ryan Whitwam

The new Google image search will use your "unique interests" to create an always-updated gallery.

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Zeteo 1d ago

Mehdi and the ‘Millennial Jon Stewart’ Talk Genocide, Messi, and ‘Bald Fascist’ Stephen Miller

by Mehdi Hasan

Comedian and podcast sensation Adam Friedland is unlike any guest WNK has had. Buckle your seatbelts for this one.

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Less Wrong 1d ago

Woke nonsense in competitive debate.

by tpotthinker

Crosspost from: https://inputlogic.substack.com/p/woke-nonsense-in… I. Context For the last 2 weeks, I’ve been at a Lincoln-Douglas debate camp—mainly to learn more about…

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Slashdot 2d ago

Scientists Find Sugar Deep In Our Galaxy

by BeauHD

Astronomers have detected erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries and self-tanners, in a gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way. While not essential for life itself, the…

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Tangle 5d ago

GOP nominee for CO Gov. asked how many people he has killed, refuses to answer.

by Isaac Saul

Victor Marx clinched the Colorado Republican gubernatorial nomination last night after over a week of counting votes. Marx gained notoriety for claiming

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