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He Got Clemency From Trump. Now He’s Facing Charges of Injuring a Child.

Jonathan Braun, who has had a string of legal issues since President Trump commuted his drug sentence four years ago, was arrested after all

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Angles of Approach | Sally Rooney

What makes Ronnie O’Sullivan the greatest player in the history of snooker? It isn’t just statistical dominance—it lies in his style, in the

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He has also promoted the truck as though it belonged in one of those dystopian science fiction underworlds where, as The New York Times put it, “corporations reign over a teeming and violent underclass and cars often function as armored weapons.”

During a private event at the Austin factory in 2023, Musk stood in the bed of a Cybertruck and proclaimed it to be the “finest in apocalypse technology.” He said, “If you’re ever in an argument with another car, you will win.” He showed videos of the truck being shot with a Thompson submachine gun and an armor-piercing arrow.

“What I wonder is, who exactly is shooting at you?” says The Smoking Tire’s Farah. “Why does someone need a truck that is in theory bulletproof? What he has built is a truck for people who are anticipating some kind of class war or race war. What he has built is really a truck that is optimized for running over crowds of people and tearing pedestrians to shreds.”

The Most Polarizing Thing on Wheels

A year after its debut, the Cybertruck has come to embody Tesla’s infamous CEO, with critics suggesting it’s as defective and unreliable as

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The $250m Apple pays annually to show every MLS game is comparable to the sum it lavished on a single miniseries, Masters of the Air. It apparently struggles to outdo pickleball in the TV ratings.

‘Stay the course’: do MLS’s anemic ratings in the Apple TV era matter? | MLS | The Guardian

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"No I'm sorry you can't get a ticket to the hyperloop, not with you being banned from twitter"

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There was resistance, according to officials who worked in the department at the time. Supervisors were reluctant to give officers electronic devices, worried they would spend time online instead of interacting with the public.

But Ms. Tisch insisted that if officers could be trusted with firearms, they could be trusted with smartphones, said John Miller, a former deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/nyregion/jessica-tisch-nypd-commissioner.html

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Coca-Cola

"The unofficial motto of your main competitor is "Is Pepsi ok?"."

Building LLMs is probably not going be a brilliant business

The Netscapes of AI

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$550 Baccart crystal Pokeball at Harrods

Baccarat x Pokémon Poké Ball. Shop with free returns and earn Rewards points for access to exclusive benefits.

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"As tragic as the Boar’s Head listeria outbreak was it could have been worse. Thankfully, not that many people eat liverwurst anymore, probably because it’s gross even when it’s not covered in lethal illness." https://www.grubstreet.com/article/is-deli-meat-bad-for-you-lunch-meats-boars-head-recalls.html

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The Mainstreaming of Loserdom

On staying home v. going out, brat summer, and the ethics of rotting

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Tela Mange, a spokesperson for the Texas commission, told ESPN that officials evaluated Tyson's fitness to compete during a sparring session. She said MVP first proposed the bout as an exhibition, and the commission responded that it would require two-minute rounds and 14-ounce gloves.

"Women fight under two minutes most times," Bidarian said. "So there's no reason that the men can't fight two-minute rounds for a championship fight or a pro fight. There's zero difference. If you actually think about equality, there should be zero difference. ... And so for someone to say, 'This is only two-minute rounds' is like saying, 'Ooh, then women's fights aren't pro fights because they're two-minute rounds.'"

Yes, Texas sanctioned Tyson-Paul, but there are three major caveats

Mike Tyson, 58, is fighting a 27-year-old Jake Paul on Friday. Mike Coppinger reports what this fight actually is and how it was sanctioned

If you think it's kind of fucked up for a 60 year old man with severe brain damage to fight someone half his age, it's because you hate women's equality.

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Governments should urgently take action on AI policy in the next eighteen months. The window for proactive risk prevention is closing fast.

The case for targeted regulation

Increasingly powerful AI systems have the potential to accelerate scientific progress, unlock new medical treatments, and grow the economy.