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A look at neighborhood newsletters in NY and elsewhere, which tend to be solo operations with small-scale followings, but point to a desire for local media (Kyle Chayka/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/your-friendly-neighbo…

Your Friendly Neighborhood Newsletter
Local newsletters from the “Boerum Bulletin” in Brooklyn to “The Eastside Rag” in L.A. are providing a sense of community that’s missing from our algorithmic feeds, writes Kyle Chayka.

Just finished Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango. Once I picked it up I couldn't put it down till I finished it, in less than a day. A really tender and entrancing novel-in-verse about a kid Puerto Rican kid struggling with some deep stuff. I loved the way that the journal focalization let deep feelings flow while also giving the reader a bit of a puzzle in the beginning to understand what exactly was going on. Deals with friendship, loss, and mental health (including depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and flashbacks).
#AmReading #ReadingNow

Cowboys $96 Million Star Makes Feelings Clear on Position Change https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/tyler-smith-left-tackle-guyton/

Yesterday I explained my mixed feelings regarding LLMs to a friend by comparing them to cars ("I don't like cars, they destroy a lot, but they are also so very convenient"). Today I read the same argument here: https://aphyr.com/posts/420-the-future

Frontier AI Goes Federal: How the Great American AI Act Compares to State Laws
https://fpf.org/blog/frontier-ai-goes-federal-how-the-great-american-ai-act-compares-to-state-laws/
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OHBOY! CHECK OUT THIS JUDGE'S SMACKDOWN OF A HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT!
This is a beautiful, beautiful smackdown of a Department of Homeland Security agent’s request for 5 search warrants in the case in which Don Lemon and colleagues were arrested for going into a church
(you remember that, right? From back in January?)
Keep in mind that the pastor of that church was also an ICE agent.
Following the arrests, Special Agent Timothy Gerber asked the Court to issue fiv…

The Week in Law: Weekly Good News Roundup from the Front - 6/13/26
Here’s a recap of all of the good things that have happened over the past week or so in our battle to defend our country from the ravages of the current administration, and to turn this ship around!

40 years ago this weekend, jerry garcia falls into a diabetic coma & nearly dies. in the hospital, his heart stops following an allergic reaction when doctors give him valium. the dead will cancel 30 dates through fall. he relearns to play guitar & is performing again by october.

As we all know, distance is a bitch, but you know what?
If I think about how my friends are scattered over the country it also gives me a feeling of comfort that no matter where I am, there is some sort of safety net, I can rely on.
Friendship is powerful.
Taking care of each other is powerful.

SEC filing: SpaceX will reserve up to 5% of its Class A shares for select employees and executives' friends and family; 60% of shares have an extended lock-up (Charles Capel/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

SpaceX Reserves Up to 5% of IPO Stock for Employees and Friends
SpaceX will reserve up to 5% of shares in its upcoming initial public offering for certain employees and friends and family of its executive officers, the company disclosed in an amended filing.

Racist violence in Belfast.
It's frightening how effectively the Russia-backed far right, assisted by Trump-linked Musk, can fan the flames in Europe.
Exploiting dark undercurrents and vulnerabilities in our societies, using their 'social' media algorithms to divide and rule.