Member of Elon Musk's DOGE takes up senior post at USAID, email says (Reuters)
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Member of Elon Musk's DOGE takes up senior post at USAID, email says
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Don't abandon jailed journalists who worked for shuttered U.S. outlets (Jason Rezaian/Washington Post)
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Don't abandon jailed journalists who worked for shuttered U.S. outlets
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Scientists in Antarctica: why they’re there and what they’ve found
The main focus of research in the Antarctic revolves around climate change.The Conversation
New Pirate IPTV Law: How Subscribers Will Inform Authorities Who to Fine €750
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A criminal case believed to be the largest of its type ever launched in Greece went to trial last week. A total of 17 defendants stand accused of participating in a criminal organization that sold pirate IPTV subscriptions and benefited to the tune of 25…
New Pirate IPTV Law: How Subscribers Will Inform Authorities Who to Fine €750 * TorrentFreak
People who buy illegal IPTV packages in Greece face 700 euro fines. Here's how those people will get caught and what happens when they do.Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
Chartbook 363 Stockholm syndrome in Mar-a-Lago: The belief that "something must be done" and the sanewashing of economic policy in the age of Trump (Adam Tooze/Chartbook)
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Politicizing Science: The National Institutes for Health (Pamela Herd/Can We Still Govern?)
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Politicizing Science: The National Institutes for Health
A merit-based and competitive process will be politicized - or eliminatedPamela Herd (Can We Still Govern?)
Half-Life 2 RTX mod is out
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Half-Life 2 RTX on Steam
Re-live the groundbreaking, critically acclaimed Half-Life 2 like never before, reimagined with RTX Remix. Featuring full ray tracing, remastered assets, and DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, this DLC is free for Half-Life 2 owners.store.steampowered.com
The right game in the wrong place...
Verge emigrant Cameron Faulkner has a fitting paean to Half-Life: Alyx, on its fifth anniversary still one of VR’s best games:
“It was a huge gamble to release the long-awaited prequel to one of the most influential games in virtual reality, requiring hardware that very few had then, and still very few have today. To that end, every developer making VR games is knowingly making a huge gamble that may not pan out in their favor.”
Half-Life: Alyx, VR’s first — and hopefully not last — killer app, turns 5
Half-Life: Alyx, VR’s first — and hopefully not last — killer app, turns 5
Valve’s VR-only masterpiece can’t carry a platform on its back. Five years on, here’s hoping it’s not VR’s last killer app.Cameron Faulkner (Polygon)
Trump moves to destroy Columbia University (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)
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Trump moves to destroy Columbia University
It's his latest corrupt quid pro quo.Lisa Needham (Public Notice)
AI Wrote a Story; People Had Feelings! Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
AI has been writing things for a long time now. Whatever that means. For several years, large numbers of online articles have been produced by machines. And dabblings in poetry and fictional prose are hardly unheard of. But this week, OpenAI’s Sam...
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AI Wrote a Story; People Had Feelings!
AI wrote a story, and authors had strong reactions. Some praised its creativity, while others questioned its impact on originality.Dan Holloway (Alliance of Independent Authors)
Xgimi has squeezed a battery into its bottle-sized projector.
When we reviewed the Xgimi MoGo 3 Pro, it relied on a tripod stand with a battery inside for portability. But the company has announced a redesigned version, called the Xgimi Play 6 in China, that incorporates a 20,000mAh battery plus a more flexible gimbal, improved sound, and a bump to 500 lumens of brightness.
The Play 6 is available for preorder for 2,099 yuan (around $290) while the battery-less 6e version is 1,799 yuan (around $250). Expect international pricing to be much higher.
Xgimi MoGo 3 Pro review.
[Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25656263/DSC_9456.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.Thomas Ricker (The Verge)
Democrats in Congress Drive Luxury Cars on Taxpayer Dime (Andrew Kerr/The Washington Free Beacon)
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Democrats in Congress Drive Luxury Cars on Taxpayer Dime
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas) declared in February that the government is "not in the business of giving out money" to taxpayers.Andrew Kerr (Washington Free Beacon)
Back on the road, Tim Walz tries to find his voice and fill 'the void' (Edward-Isaac Dovere/CNN)
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Back on the road, Tim Walz tries to find his voice and fill ‘the void’
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From Project Gutenberg:
The Poem-Book of the GaelTranslations from Irish Gaelic Poetry into English Prose and Verse
by Eleanor Hull
Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/46917
The Poem-Book of the Gael by Eleanor Hull
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
No, World Economic Forum didn't demand global ban on homegrown food
A publication called Slay News promoted this rumor in three similar articles in 2024 and 2025, all without providing sufficient supporting evidence.
Democrats are desperately searching for new leaders. AOC is stepping into the void. (NBC News)
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Democrats are desperately searching for new leaders. AOC is stepping into the void.
Ocasio-Cortez is hitting the road with Bernie Sanders this week as even once-skeptical Democrats seek to elevate the progressive star in their fight against Trump.Ryan Nobles (NBC News)
Democrats Show Up In Republicans' Backyards To Troll Them (Lydia O'Connor/HuffPost)
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Democrats Show Up In Republicans' Backyards To Troll Them
Republicans are ghosting their constituents. Democrats are meeting with them instead.Lydia O'Connor (HuffPost)
Trump Lawyer Livid as JFK Files Leak His Social Security Number: 'Absolutely Outrageous' (Tom Sanders/The Daily Beast)
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Trump Lawyer Livid as JFK Files Leak His Social Security Number: ‘Absolutely Outrageous’
Joseph diGenova slammed the “sloppy and unprofessional” rollout of unredacted Kennedy files.Tom Sanders (The Daily Beast)
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