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I have the desire to potter about with plants and get my new raised fruit/veg bed sorted out but apart from the blistering temperatures I've picked up a completely flattening virus from a colleague so I don't have the energy. I keep falling asleep when I sit down. I've put some nasturtium seedlings into a planter, moved the radish planter to the veg area and helped move a couple of bits into our summer seating area and that's me done.

Le Monde is considering ways to grant access to AI agents of paying readers while maintaining its block on crawler bots and other unlicensed non-human traffic (Jessica Davies/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/le-monde-blo

Le Monde blocked the bots. Now it’s working out what to do about paying readers showing up as agents
Le Monde is "figuring out" how to maintain its subscription partnership with readers who use AI agents rather than its homepage or app.

A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections,
part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper in Boston effectively converts a preliminary injunction she issued a year ago,
in which she temporarily blocked many of Trump’s efforts to overhaul elections, into a permanent ban…

Federal judge bars Trump from proof of citizenship requirement to vote
A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections. His order included provisions that would have required people to show documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and prevented mail ballots from counting if they are received after Election Day. The ruling on Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper effectively makes permanent a preliminary order she issued a year ago. Casper ag…

This story about prediction markets spoiling reality shows is funny because a few years ago a UK bookmaker gave UK newspapers a bullshit story about the friends and family of BBC employees, with inside knowledge, betting on the Bake Off winner. (Which some dutifully ran as a front-page anti-BBC piece.)
The reason you knew it was bullshit is that UK bookmakers don't take bets on events that have already occurred.

Kalshi and Polymarket Are Spoiling Reality Shows. Can Studios Stop It?
Fans were spoiled on the 'Survivor 50' winner because of stacked odds on Kalshi and Polymarket, and studios are struggling to find a solution.

Kalshi asks Netflix to take down a trailer for Instadocs: The Prediction Games, saying it falsely suggests users placed bets in Nevada, where Kalshi is blocked (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Kalshi Accuses Netflix of Defamation Over Trailer for Prediction Markets Documentary
In a cease-and-desist, the company takes issue with the trailer falsely suggesting that Kalshi is violating a court order barring it from operating in Nevada.

'Großstadt in der Nacht' #FotoVorschlag
Dubai Marina

Het zou mij niets verbazen als hier ook een rol speelt dat dit zo'n beetje de enige plek is waar uitsluitend cash betaald kan worden. Wat betekent dat voor de administratie, en daarmee voor de financierbaarheid bij een bank?
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Verkoop van Broodje Mario omgeven door raadsels: wordt de iconische Utrechtse zaak nog wel verkocht?
De verkoop van Broodje Mario leek vorig jaar nog een kwestie van tijd. Acht maanden later is het oorverdovend stil rond de bekende Utrechtse broodjeszaak. Het AD probeert te achterhalen hoe de verkoop ervoor staat, maar dat blijkt knap lastig. Wat speelt er achter de schermen?

Hey, #Utah. How's about a new, government-funded cult, as a treat?
"These group exercises and private corrections resemble tactics used in Synanon, a notorious and controversial drug treatment program seen as one of the first versions of a therapeutic community model. The Other Side Academy leaders don’t claim a tie to that program. But Delancey Street Foundation — where several ear…

Sonnet 119 - CXIX
What potions have I drunk of Siren tears,
Distilled from limbecks foul as hell within,
Applying fears to hopes, and hopes to fears,
Still losing when I saw myself to win!
What wretched errors hath my heart committed,
Whilst it hath thought itself so blessed never!
How have mine eyes out of their spheres been fitted,
In the distraction of this madding fever!
O benefit of ill! now I find true
That better is by evil s…

“Influencers and thought leaders stand to gain from this practice where a self-sustaining industry of humans and bots generates an illusion of engagement,”
https://restofworld.org/2026/virtual-a

The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn’s “thought leadership” content mill
For $7 an hour, virtual assistants use AI tools to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives.