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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13h
AI is enabling more sophisticated cyberattacks—but the technology might also be the only way to fight against hacks, @matteowong.bsky.social reports.
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The Race to Secure the Internet Is On
Is it only a matter of time until AI hacks everything?
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 13h
Legislation an effort by ruling Liberals to address growing clash over who has access to doctor-assisted death
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Canada to extend assisted dying exclusion for people whose sole condition is mental illness
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 13h
Jamaal Howard’s lawyers urge halt, citing risk of another failed execution after Pike’s ordeal in Tennessee
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Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13h
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is telling one story about the economy; the bond market is telling another, @willgottsegen.com writes in The Atlantic Daily:
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Bessent vs. the Bond Market
The Treasury secretary is telling one story about the economy; the bond market is telling another.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 14h
Kimberly Guilfoyle exchanging favors and promises of influence for money. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 12h
Higher mortgage rates inflict ‘pain’ on UK housing market, ft.trib.al/WzZMJOB
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Higher mortgage rates inflict ‘pain’ on UK housing market,
Slowdown comes as higher borrowing costs and economic uncertainty are damping buyer demand, survey finds
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 12h
Sir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, adds to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s
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British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)
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How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h
One of the biggest political battles of the midterms is happening in California. The result will shape the Democratic Party and how we shift the balance of power from the billionaire class back into the hands of the people. ⬇️ robertreich.substack.com/p/why-cali…
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King Brooks @kingbrooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today you’re going to be the best you can be, God will pour out His favor in your life.
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King Brooks @kingbrooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s been very uncomfortable heat. It’s been messing with my sleep.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/10/2026
When Durkee Famous Sauce disappeared from grocery-store shelves, Wright Thompson found himself mourning a piece of his childhood—and of southern culture:
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Durkee’s Is Dead
On the disappearance of a beloved condiment
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/10/2026
Euro hits 17-month low against dollar ft.trib.al/8gGOk4T
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Euro hits 17-month low against dollar
High energy prices and concerns over French indebtedness add to pressure on bloc’s currency
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/10/2026
The jobs market is still fine ft.trib.al/8fYg7vf | opinion
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The jobs market is still fine
But the stock market is losing a lot of weight
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/10/2026
Adults have stopped visiting one another, and it's threatening the state of American social life, @dkthomp.bsky.social writes. He examines four explanations for what he calls "the great disinvitation":
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Death of the Dinner Party
The share of adults who say they regularly have friends over has declined dramatically since 1975.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/10/2026
BT buys struggling rival TalkTalk out of administration ft.trib.al/4L9eppc
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BT buys struggling rival TalkTalk out of administration
Deal will result in estimated £400mn cash hit for UK’s broadband leader and wipe out TalkTalk’s debts
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/10/2026
In Ohio, a trucker tries to make sense of the moment when Pierre Damas Bel, a Haitian immigrant, stepped in front of his path, Stephanie McCrummen reports. “I keep on thinking about it,” Jack Buhring told her:
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/10/2026
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls snap election ft.trib.al/mTphZpj
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Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls snap election
Move to hold vote on November 29 comes after government defeat on legislation aimed at ending housing crisis
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 04/10/2026
The UK prime minister has earned his party a rehearing but the battle of public opinion is not yet won
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‘He feels more relatable’: Burnham’s conference speech wins praise from drifting Labour voters
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/10/2026
The comedian Nathan Fielder got an up-close look at Elizabeth Holmes in his new documentary—but is still unsure whom he really met, @jeremygordon.bsky.social writes.
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Can You Bear to Empathize With Elizabeth Holmes?
Nathan Fielder got an up-close look at Elizabeth Holmes and is still unsure whom he really met.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 04/10/2026
Temperatures expected to hover around 100F in downtown LA and even hotter inland, raising concerns about wildfires
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Southern California swelters as late-season heatwave smothers region
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
A child in an Idaho faith-healing family died of a treatable condition. Then another died — and another, and another. Idaho’s child abuse laws contain such broad religious exemptions that authorities didn’t intervene — before or after the deaths.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Politico @politico.com · 04/10/2026
Bernie Sanders makes a late push for California billionaire tax politi.co/4y00WYc
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Bernie Sanders makes a late push for California billionaire tax politi.co/4y00WYc
Bernie Sanders makes a late push for California billionaire tax politi.co/4y00WYc
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
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Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang died after apparently ingesting kratom product last month
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Shop clerk and son charged with selling illegal kratom after two Ole Miss students die from suspected overdoses
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Kassie Navarro @kassien.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that @propublica.org’s reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. 📽️ Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyi...
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
Formula One chief Stefano Domenicali said the final races of the season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will go ahead as planned despite conflict in the Middle East
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Qatar and Abu Dhabi grands prix to go ahead despite Middle East conflict, says F1 chief
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Politico @politico.com · 03/10/2026
Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work. politi.co/4zieyPL
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Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work. politi.co/4zieyPL
Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work. politi.co/4zieyPL
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/10/2026
MAGA activists are criticizing Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s inclusion of a white man in her Arkansas political ad—a lurid reminder of how influential identitarianism has become in segments of the American right, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
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MAGA Thinks Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is Too Woke
The right’s turn toward identity politics has led activists into bizarre, self-defeating directions.
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King Brooks @kingbrooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He likes what he sees. He wants to know if you will meet him in the Sweat Room. 🤭
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Politico @politico.com · 02/10/2026
Massachusetts man accused of cyberstalking campaign against Katie Miller politi.co/3Vp0Yvd
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Massachusetts man accused of cyberstalking campaign against Katie Miller politi.co/3Vp0Yvd
Massachusetts man accused of cyberstalking campaign against Katie Miller politi.co/3Vp0Yvd
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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King Brooks @kingbrooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy 32nd Birthday!
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Frederick Smith, Ed.D. @fsmith827.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
LA friends & family! I’ll be at the Burbank Book Festival on Saturday, 10/3/26. Event takes place at the Buena Vista Branch Library in Burbank, CA. I’m signing books 1-2pm. Books for sale by onsite bookstore. www.burbankbookfestival.com #Burbank #BurbankBookFestival #BookSky #MMRomance
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026
An AI sovereign wealth fund isn’t progressive — it’s techno-imperialism ft.trib.al/7xf1b1F
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An AI sovereign wealth fund isn’t progressive — it’s techno-imperialism
Accruing income at home from land and power abroad has an old name: empire
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026
Burnham’s wake-up call to the right ft.trib.al/VmhZLs4
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Burnham’s wake-up call to the right
Those who oppose big-state socialism have never been more in need of a strong Conservative Party and rarely further from having one
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026
Accenture shares surge as consultancy boosts sales ft.trib.al/elWFVC5
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Accenture shares surge as consultancy boosts sales
Firm reports full-year revenues of $74.2bn despite fears of hit to sector from AI
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026
Starbucks opens first cafés in China’s troubled Xinjiang ft.trib.al/zrFNzhR
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Starbucks opens first cafés in China’s troubled Xinjiang
US coffee giant enters region where Beijing is accused of widespread abuses
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/10/2026
The Baltic states have spent years preparing for the possibility of a Russian invasion. Their citizens are ready to fight—with the help of the United States, or without it, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports:
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The Next Front
The Baltics are getting ready for a Russian attack.
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US News Now - World’s leading Liberal Voice @democracyblue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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US News Now - World’s leading Liberal Voice @democracyblue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026
UBS should make the positive case for staying Swiss ft.trib.al/JkE9wwq | opinion
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UBS should make the positive case for staying Swiss
Too much doom-mongering may be bad for the bank’s business
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Black Page Turners @blackpageturners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Re-center queer Black feminism in hip-hop culture! 🎤✊🏾 Hip Hop Studies and Queer Black Feminism brings together scholars to analyze Black gendering, sexuality, and liberation movements in music and activism today. A vital, timely anthology! #HipHopStudies #BlackFeminism #LGBTQBooks #BookTok #New
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{2026 New Release} Hip Hop Studies and Queer Black Feminism by: Elaine B. Richardson, Gwendolyn D. Pough, Treva B. Lindsey
Hip Hop Studies and Queer Black Feminism presents a dynamic and much-needed fresh analysis of Black gendering and racialized sexualities in the sphere of Hip Hop. Editors Elaine B. Richardson, Gwendolyn D. Pough, and Treva B. Lindsey bring together established and rising scholars to examine the work of Hip Hop creators and practitioners, using the genre as a lens to address the crises of this historical moment, marked by attacks on bodily autonomy, LGBTQ+ rights, education, and Black studies.
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Black Page Turners @blackpageturners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Harlem, 1927: speakeasies, jazz, and vampires. 🎷🍷 Blood and Bourbon is a gritty supernatural noir following Solomon Graves, a Black vampire king fighting to protect his empire and love from an ancient queen seeking revenge. A thrilling, dark read! #SupernaturalNoir #UrbanFantasy #vampire #New
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{2026 New Release} Solomon Dark (Blood & Bourbon) by: Erick S. Gray
Blood and Bourbon is a gritty supernatural noir set during the Harlem Renaissance—a tale of vengeance, forbidden love, and the fight to protect a city caught between jazz and justice, bullets and blood. Harlem, 1927. The jazz is hot, the liquor is illegal, and the shadows are deeper than they seem. Solomon Graves is a Black vampire and former slave turned underground king, running a speakeasy empire in the heart of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026
Big Tech out-lobbies European companies in Brussels ft.trib.al/X3oqTgo
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Big Tech out-lobbies European companies in Brussels
US corporations including Google, Apple and Amazon use their influence to push back against EU digital bloc rules
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026
Global bond sell-off deepens as Japanese yields jump ft.trib.al/g4A1whc
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Global bond sell-off deepens as Japanese yields jump
‘Relentless’ pressure on sovereign debt comes amid uncertainty about interest rate rises
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Black Page Turners @blackpageturners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Discover rare, never-before-seen 1960s photos of jazz legends! 🎷📸 In Jazz, photographer Steve Schapiro captures Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, & Bill Evans in the golden age of NY & Chicago jazz. An essential, breathtaking visual archive! #JazzHistory #JazzPhotography #Music #SteveSchapiro #JazzTok
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{2026 New Release} Jazz : Best of the Apollo, Village Vanguard, and Riverside Sessions by: Steve Schapiro, Richard Scheinin, Sonny Rollins, Kurt Elling
Jazz is an essential volume of rare and previously unseen photos by Steve Schapiro, featuring the biggest 1960s jazz legends. One of the leading social documentary photographers of the 1960s, Steve Schapiro’s images stand among the most important of the 20th century, covering Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Baldwin and many others. These largely unknown jazz photos – shot just before his career breakthrough – showcase his early mastery and his empathy for his subjects, making Jazz: Best of the Apollo, Village Vanguard, and Riverside Sessions an essential archive.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Settler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud
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Israeli forces overwhelmed by violent settlers in ‘terrorist attack’ on Palestinian family
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 30/09/2026
NEW — In Black families, caregiving is often a love letter — but is it also a burden that’s too heavy for one person to carry? Former caregivers Attorney Tanya D. Woods and Real Estate developer Lauren Lowery write about the complicated realities of being a caregiver. thetriibe.com/2026/09/pers...
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PERSPECTIVE: Caregiving is Black America’s new health crisis • The TRiiBE
In Black families, caregiving is often a love letter — but is it also a burden that’s too heavy for one person to carry?
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