
2025-06-22 03:46:09
Mahmoud Khalil Returns to New York After Months in Detention (Jonah E. Bromwich/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-return-to-new-york.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p79#a250621p79
Mahmoud Khalil Returns to New York After Months in Detention (Jonah E. Bromwich/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-return-to-new-york.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p79#a250621p79
How Walmart, seeking to compete with e-commerce rivals like Amazon, built a multibillion-dollar HQ in Bentonville, aiming to attract workers and woo shoppers (Kevin Draper/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/business/walmart-rebrand-hea…
New York Times op-ed coming soon (probably):
Why Ionizing Radiation is Actually Good for You
“Sprinkle fallout on your breakfast cereal and you’ll feel warm all day,” says HHS Secretary rfk jr, “I did that starting this morning, and aside from the hair loss and my stomach lining sloughing off, I feel great!”
#USpol
Opinion | Trump Wants to Make It OK to Disappear People - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/GWnTi
Sources: Edith Chapin, NPR's top editor and acting chief content officer, will leave the organization later this year (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/npr-edith-chapin-steps-down.html
Seems timely…
“Now is not the time for bravery or valor! This is the time for protecting your own hide and lining your pocket,” satirical newspaper writes in letter to Congress members
https://apple.news/ARoqVcjP7RM2wj4Fx936QSQ
Inside the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, whose 3.2-gigapixel camera will produce 60PB of space image data over 10 years, to be analyzed using ML and deep learning (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/science…
Inside Trump's Decision (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/briefing/inside-trumps-decision.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p23#a250623p23
In its December 2023 lawsuit against OpenAI, The New York Times produced dozens of examples where GPT-4 exactly reproduced significant passages from Times stories.
In its response, OpenAI described this as a “fringe behavior” and a “problem that researchers at OpenAI and elsewhere work hard to address.”
But is it actually a fringe behavior?
And have leading AI companies addressed it?
New research—focusing on books rather than newspaper articles and on different compa…
U.S. Olympic Officials Bar Transgender Women From Women’s Competitions - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/us-olympics-trans-women-athletes-ban-trump.html
Media Matters sues the FTC, says its inquiry into advertiser boycotts of X is part of a "campaign of retribution" by the Trump administration and Elon Musk (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/technology/media-matters-ftc-lawsu…
Study: only 32 countries, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, host AI data centers, with the US, China, and the EU controlling 50% of the world's top facilities (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com…
U.S. and Japan Reach Trade Deal (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/trump-japan-trade-deal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p158#a250722p158
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/epa-endangerment-finding-rescind.html
Dave Jorgenson, who leads WaPo's TikTok and YouTube presence, plans to leave next month to start a company based on his YouTube channel Local News International (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/dave-jorgenson-v…
Meta debuts a prototype wristband to read electrical signals from forearm muscles, letting users control devices without touch, trained on 10K peoples' EMG data (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/science/meta-computer-wristband-r…
Trump's Risky Gamble on Attacking Iran (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010243288/trumps-risky-gamble-on-attacking-iran.html?smid=bs-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p2#a250623p2
White House Bans Wall Street Journal From Press Pool on Trump’s Scotland Trip - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/business/media/trump-scotland-wsj-press-pool.html
Q&A with comedian Andrew Schulz about becoming America's "foremost political journalist", interviewing Donald Trump and others, "podcast bros", and more (David Marchese/New York Times)
https://www.
The Waste Musk Created (Nicholas Kristof/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Qk8.MFa8.D83Zs5aWzLWg&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p76#a250621p76
ByteDance's publishing imprint 8th Note Press began informing writers and agents in late May that it was closing and returning publication rights to authors (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
https://www.
I feel safer already.
American Convicted of Murder Among Those Trump Rescued From Venezuela Prison - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/world/americas/venezuela-american-convicted-murder.html
JD Vance Knows Who Belongs (Jamelle Bouie/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/jd-vance-claremont-american-citizen.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p29#a250723p29
Joe Budden Network CEO Ian Schwartzman says the podcast network is on pace to generate $20M in 2025, after Joe Budden accidentally showed his Patreon earnings (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/joe-budden-podca…
Mike Johnson is protecting a pedo.
Trump Live Updates: Johnson Blocks Epstein Vote as Justice Dept. Seeks Interview with Maxwell - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/22/us/trump-news
The 'Boy Crisis' Is Overblown (Jessica Grose/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/girls-boys-school-performance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.6mKP.TZqSP1WGOvK-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p83#a250723p83
SEC filing: Alden-owned MediaNews makes a ~$88M bid for DallasNews Corporation, after the Dallas Morning News parent signed a $75M merger agreement with Hearst (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/d…
Trump can do whatever he wants if he can fire people he has no authority over...
Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/supreme-court-consumer-product-commission.html
A look at the video podcasting surge; study: ~75% of podcast consumers play video episodes and ~30% play video episodes minimized or in background mode (Joseph Bernstein/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/style/p
Trump Says Key Nuclear Sites Were 'Obliterated' (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/22/world/israel-iran-us-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p13#a250622p13
Sources: ESPN and the NFL are nearing a landmark deal to add Red Zone, NFL Network, and more to the ESPN's streamer, launching in the fall for $29.99 per month (Andrew Marchand/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6509767/202…
Holy fuck.
"**President Trump announced the United States had struck Fordo, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facilities, as well as two other sites.**"
Live Updates: U.S. Enters War With Iran, Bombing Key Nuclear Sites - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/21/world/iran-israel-trump
U.S. Military Is Pulled Back Into Middle East Wars (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/us/politics/military-middle-east-wars.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p75#a250621p75
Josh Kesselman, founder of rolling paper brand Raw, acquires High Times magazine for $3.5M, after its private equity owner failed to make loan payments in 2024 (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/business/high-times-mag…
The Perverse Economics of Assisted Suicide (Louise Perry/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opinion/assisted-suicide-economics.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p5#a250722p5
G.M. Profit Shrinks on Billion-Dollar Tariff Hit (Jack Ewing/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/gm-profit-tariffs-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p67#a250722p67
As the Dollar Slides, the Euro Is Picking Up Speed (Eshe Nelson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/euro-dollar-currency-tariffs.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p152#a250722p152
Trump Administration Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free Hand (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technology/trump-ai-executive-orders.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p87#a250723p87
People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/health/diabetes-cure-insulin-stem-cell.html
A new study of 14 open-source LLMs: larger models use exponentially more energy and produce more greenhouse gas emissions, but do not always give better answers (Sachi Kitajima Mulkey/New York Times)
https://www.nytim…
Iran's Fordo Site Said to Look Severely Damaged, Not Destroyed (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/world/middleeast/iran-fordo-nuclear-damaged-not-destroyed.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p69#a250622p69
With RSNs weakened due to cord-cutting, a look at how the NBA and teams are handling local broadcasts, as some turn to streaming and others buy their local RSNs (Mike Vorkunov/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6299679/2
What to Know About Iran's Notorious Evin Prison (Matthew Mpoke Bigg/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/world/middleeast/evin-prison-iran.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p113#a250623p113
6 Trump Voters React to the U.S.' Bombing of Nuclear Sites in Iran (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/us/trump-voters-iran-reaction.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p21#a250623p21
A look at the Dor Brothers, a video production studio that has gained over 100M views across platforms by creating viral subversive videos using only AI tools (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/techn…
American Convicted of Murder Is Freed by Trump From Venezuela Prison (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/world/americas/venezuela-american-convicted-murder.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p97#a250723p97
Trump Sharpens Attacks on a Favorite Foe: The News Media (Jess Bidgood/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/trump-news-media.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p135#a250721p135
Study: US kids who said their social media, phone, or video game use was "addictive" were 2x-3x more likely to have thoughts of suicide or self-harm by age 14 (Ellen Barry/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/…
Trump Wants to Put America First. He Has No Idea How. (Stephen Wertheim/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opinion/trump-america-foreign-policy.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p82#a250722p82
Israel Refuses to Renew Visa of Top UN Humanitarian Official for Gaza - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/middleeast/israel-visa-un-gaza.html
U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers as Trump Plans to Meet National Security Team (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/21/world/iran-israel-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p62#a250621p62
In an internal memo, NYT's culture editor says four critics, including long-time music critic Jon Pareles, will be reassigned as the section seeks new voices (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/new-y
I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It's Happening Here. (David Pressman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/hungary-viktor-orban.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p33#a250723p33
Dodgers Pledge Aid to L.A. Families Affected by Trump Crackdown - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/us/politics/la-dodgers-ice-raids.html
American Steel Just Got More Expensive. Buyers Blame Tariffs. (Peter Eavis/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/steel-prices-tariffs.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p73#a250722p73
Missteps, Confusion and 'Viral Waste': The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/politics/usaid-cuts-doge.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p11#a250622p11
The New York Times' games team is testing a Scrabble-like game called Crossplay in a separate app from the main NYT Games, soft launching in New Zealand on iOS (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/682063/the-new-york-…
Hunter Biden Trashes Democrats He Saw as Betraying His Father (Reid J. Epstein/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/hunter-biden-podcast.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p136#a250721p136
Senate Official Rejects Food Aid Cuts Proposed by Republicans in Megabill - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/us/politics/senate-snap-food-stamps.html
Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent (Alexa Robles-Gil/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/science/trump-science-foundation-letter.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p142#a250722p142
A look at the video podcasting surge; study: ~75% of podcast consumers play video episodes and ~30% play video episodes minimized or in background mode (Joseph Bernstein/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/style/p
G.O.P. Can't Include Limits on Trump Lawsuits in Megabill, Senate Official Rules (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/politics/republicans-trump-lawsuits-senate-parliamentarian.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p3#a250623p3
Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/politics/under-trump-a-new-focus-for-a-birth-control-program-helping-women-get-pregnant.html
White House Leads Push to Block Watchdog's Inquiries Into Spending Cuts (Tony Romm/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/trump-spending-government-accountability-office.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p64#a250722p64
A profile of Brett Cooper, a conservative YouTuber who uses celebrity news to argue against feminism and abortion rights, as she becomes a Fox News contributor (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.c…
U.S. Olympic Officials Bar Transgender Women From Women's Competitions (Juliet Macur/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/us-olympics-trans-women-athletes-ban-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p127#a250722p127
Targeting Obama, Trump's Retribution Campaign Takes Another Turn (Michael S. Schmidt/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-obama-retribution.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p91#a250723p91
U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS (Stephanie Nolen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/health/pepfar-shutdown.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p85#a250723p85
Republicans Rely on Trump's Promises to Grease the Path for His Agenda (Catie Edmondson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/republicans-trump-agenda.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p34#a250723p34
Judge Denies Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts in Florida (Zach Montague/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/florida-epstein-transcripts-unsealed-denied.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.Il_R.ZiBOWbFkq-sD&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p98#a250723p98
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change (Lisa Friedman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/epa-endangerment-finding-rescind.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p161#a250722p161
With Military Strike His Predecessors Avoided, Trump Takes a Huge Gamble (David E. Sanger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/us/politics/trump-iran-risks.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p4#a250622p4
Judge Sentences Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Raid to Nearly 3 Years in Prison (Glenn Thrush/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/breonna-taylor-brett-hankison-prison.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p132#a250721p132
U.S.-Based Orange Juice Importer Sues Over Trump's 50% Tariff on Brazilian Goods (Alicia Chen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/orange-juice-trump-brazil-tariffs.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p138#a250721p138
Roll Back Legal Same-Sex Marriage? Republicans Are Getting It Wrong. (Kristen Soltis Anderson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/opinion/gay-marriage-republicans-obergefell-hodges.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p17#a250622p17
U.S. Officials Concede They Don't Know Whereabouts of Iran's Uranium Stockpile (David E. Sanger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/politics/iran-uranium-stockpile-whereabouts.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p76#a250622p76
Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That 'Disparage' Americans. Here's What They Flagged. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/trump-national-park-service-history-changes.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p130#a250722p130
Johnson Says He Won't Hold Vote Calling on Trump to Release Epstein Files This Summer (Annie Karni/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/mike-johnson-epstein-files-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p127#a250721p127
She Exposed Epstein, and Shares MAGA's Anger (Ross Douthat/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/opinion/interesting-times-julie-k-brown-epstein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.Zxjr.1O83pXdsS4sy&smid=tw-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p21#a250720p21
After a Chaotic Start, a U.S. Attorney's Time May Be Running Out (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/nyregion/alina-habba-us-attorney-new-jersey.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p15#a250720p15
Marines Will Begin Withdrawing From Los Angeles (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/marines-los-angeles-withdraw-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p99#a250721p99
Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen: The Fed Must Be Independent (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opinion/federal-reserve-independence-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p102#a250721p102
This 'violently racist' hacker claims to be the source of The New York Times' Mamdani scoop (Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/cyber-security/710480/columbia-hacker-nazi-nyt-affirmative-action
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p45#a250721p45
Trump Posts Fake Video Showing Obama Arrest (Matthew Mpoke Bigg/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/trump-fake-video-obama-arrest.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p98#a250721p98
My Fix for the Confused and Leaderless Democrats (James Carville/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opinion/carville-democrats-midterms-mamdani.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p48#a250721p48
Trump Sends Envoy to Belarus, Courting Ties With Russia's Close Ally (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/world/europe/trump-belarus-envoy-russia.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p37#a250621p37
U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers as Trump Plans to Meet National Security Team (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/world/middleeast/b2-stealth-bombers-guam.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p40#a250621p40
Israeli Troops Kill Dozens Seeking Food Near Border, Gazan Officials Say (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-evacuation.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p1#a250721p1
An Attack on the Medical Establishment Buried in an 1,800-Page Regulation (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/upshot/primary-care-doctors-salaries.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p97#a250721p97
Trump's 'Beautiful Bill' Actually Pushes Manufacturing Abroad (Brad Setser/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/opinion/budget-policy-bill-trump-manufacturing.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250620/p127#a250620p127
How Trump Deflected MAGA's Wrath Over Epstein, at Least for Now (Erica L. Green/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/trump-epstein-maga-base.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p7#a250721p7
Trump Talks About Anything but Epstein on His Social Media Account (Luke Broadwater/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/trump-epstein-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YE8.ybq2.ZI4Bl7xTjJ4Z&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p105#a250721p105
Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask. (Alyce McFadden/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/politics/ice-agents-masks.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p61#a250720p61
Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Says (Rick Rojas/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/us/politics/louisianas-ten-commandments-law-appeals-court-unconstitutional.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p39#a250621p39
Judge Blocks Trump's Tying of Transportation Funds to Immigration Enforcement (David W. Chen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/us/politics/trump-transportation-funds-immigration-states.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250620/p128#a250620p128
Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/politics/under-trump-a-new-focus-for-a-birth-control-program-helping-women-get-pregnant.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250719/p7#a250719p7
Trump Administration Live Updates: Amid Epstein Furor, Trump Posts Fake Obama Arrest Video (Matthew Mpoke Bigg/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/21/us/trump-news
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p59#a250721p59
Trump's Perversion of Justice Has Reached a New Phase (David French/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/opinion/dillon-taylor-justice-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p44#a250720p44