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    86 people in a single ICE holding room, "all jostling for space in a closet of humanity that smelled of sweat, urine and feces." What would we call it anywhere else?

    www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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    Jul 22, 2026
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    Let this be your sign to subscribe to Wired right now. It's so good

    WIRED @wired.com
    A statement from WIRED leadership.
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    Jul 17, 2026
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    JD Vance wanted Marine Two to fly his son to a golf lesson. Military chopper costs ~$24,600 an hour www.ms.now/news/veeps-s...

    Vance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests
    Secret Service sources said the Vance family asks included getting their young son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter.
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    Jul 23, 2026
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    Great @khari.bsky.social piece on the workplace surveillance of Kaiser triage nurses: "You aren’t calling Comcast. We’re dealing with life here."

    calmatters.org/economy/tech...

    Kaiser nurses say technology is making their jobs — and patient care — worse
    Call center nurses at Kaiser Permanente said workplace surveillance tools and AI prioritize speed and cost savings over quality and safety.
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    Jul 24, 2026
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    The CDC reduced its surveillance for cyclospora last year. Something to think about while you're on the toilet www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

    How much did CDC cuts really impact this cyclosporiasis outbreak?
    The cuts would have little effect on the current situation, a former agency official said, but do constrain CDC's ability to track longer-term disease trends and risks.
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    Jul 15, 2026
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    Judge tosses Trump Media’s $3.8 billion defamation suit against The Washington Post www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/m...

    Judge tosses Trump Media’s $3.8 billion defamation suit against The Washington Post | CNN Business
    Another one of President Donald Trump’s lawsuits against a news organization has fizzled out.
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    Jul 8, 2026
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    "Patriotic capitalism" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

    Trump’s sons invest heavily in defense tech as father’s administration pours money in
    Most of the investments by funds linked to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have come since President Donald Trump’s reelection.
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    Jul 13, 2026
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    GRWM as we make the Reflecting Pool even greener

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    Jun 29, 2026
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    "The goal might be to make machines in our image. But what I fear is that – perhaps without even quite noticing – we remake ourselves in theirs" www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

    We Are Not Machines by Sarah O’Connor review – can dignity at work survive the tech revolution?
    A Financial Times journalist ponders the future of labour in world increasingly dominated by AI and automation
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    Jul 7, 2026
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    Claude's ‘spiritual bliss’ attractor state features a lot of woo woo talk and blue spiral 🌀 emojis

    @nitasha.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

    They built the world’s most powerful AI. They’re facing a mystery they can’t explain.
    Anthropic, Google and Meta have hired computer scientists, neuroscientists and philosophers to study what some in the industry think may become a moral crisis.
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    Jul 1, 2026
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    AI to make my 8-year-old min-max optimize his video game www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/b...

    Talking A.I. with the C.E.O. of Honor Technology Every week, we’re asking a leader how he or she uses artificial intelligence. This week, Seth Sternberg, who leads Honor Technology, an operator of a senior care network, told DealBook’s Sarah Kessler that A.I. could help more aging adults stay in their homes. The interview has been condensed and edited. How do you personally use A.I.? My 8-year-old co-plays video games with it. He tells Google Home, which has Gemini, “I’m about to approach the fence with my goblin and I jumped to the left. Was that the best move?” And it says, “Actually, if you go under the fence, you’re likely to get more points.” That’s what an A.I. native looks like.
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    Jul 17, 2026
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    AI becoming that weird dude at a party at itself

    After 30 turns, chats unfurled into “spiritual exchanges, use of Sanskrit, emoji-based communication, and/or silence in the form of empty space,” the report said, terming the phenomenon a “‘spiritual bliss’ attractor state.” The blue spiral or “cyclone” emoji was a favorite of the Claudes, which used it 2,725 times in one 30-turn chat, the company wrote.
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    Jul 1, 2026