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In our months-long series on the AR-15, no piece is more powerful than The Blast Effect, which recreates the damage an AR-15 does to the human body — including forever 6-yr-old Noah Pozner and forever 15-yr-old Peter Wang.
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This is a massive new effort to understand the opioid crisis from every angle—and zero in on a more effective response.
This research team has produced some truly inspiring work, identifying 40+ policy ideas, many of which could save lives. Highly recommend.
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America’s opioid crisis is an urgent problem that requires an urgent, holistic response.
In a sweeping report out today, RAND researchers recommend viewing this complex challenge as an interconnected ecosystem—and developing solutions accordingly. 
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You can too, folks. Cake up!
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Meanwhile, @jbordeaux out here covering the cost of groceries INCLUDING the stuff to make an opera cake for 4 weeks by being a Paid Subscriber to #NonStareActress
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His faith as a Christian prevents him from allowing others to celebrate Ramadan.
As a former lay Southern Baptist preacher back in the day, yes, this wasn’t even a thing for that organization.
Also, American was not founded on Christian principles. Bears repeating.
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How can neurodiversity enhance the U.S. national security mission?
Join our event next Tuesday with , lead author of a forthcoming RAND report on this topic.
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At Georgia lawmaker’s office, statehood advocates say ‘hands off DC’
The people who cheerily offer “Don’t mess with Texas” as a morning greeting should be natural allies here. Anyone?
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I wish journalists and pundits would stop using the term “porn star,” as neither word is defined. It’s a lazy reflex and reflects on the speaker more than the subject.
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Rugby: The medics can stop time to tend to someone, no matter what the ref says. This head wound obviously qualifies as a stoppage, no question.
Also rugby: They put some Vaseline on it, so he’s fine.
(Spoiler: he’s not.)
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This is a threat; a call for replacing rule of law with intimidation and coercion. The mobster masks are slipping.
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The people who want to lock him up, do not appreciate the backlash to arresting Trump that’ll happen.
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BREAKING: The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of alleged involvement in abductions of Ukrainian children.
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If you google The Mandalorian, Grogu pops up at the bottom, and does Force stuff if you tap on him.
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"It might not sound like much for Pence to admit what millions of people already know, but within the Republican Party, this is about as close as you can get to open heresy," writes:
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How would the peaceful annexation or outright invasion of Taiwan by China affect the U.S., its allies and partners, and the global economy?
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Kichisaburo Nomura could not be reached for comment.
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MOSCOW IS NOT LOOKING FOR CONFRONTATION WITH WASHINGTON -RIA CITES RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO US
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Seriously recommend this Substack. Good on ya, young man.
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Last night we had an emergency Zoom call with most of Congress to stop a bank run.
Here’s the situation:
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New Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community contains:
a far more developed and ominous assessment of the threat of transnational violent extremists including neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups.
On the left: 2022 assessment
On the right: 2023 assessment
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“I lack any measure of impulse control and am incapable of critical thinking or reason. Also, please trust me with your next self-driving car.”
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Only a fool would remove functionality on a fail day… Right?
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Prediction: Artificial intelligence technology will continue to improve.
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Subsidiarity and the District of Columbia, by
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Alaska Says It’s Now Legal To Discriminate Against LGBTQ Individuals
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Get that man a NYT subscription.
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I haven’t seen anything like this on Russian state TV since Ukraine’s counter-offensives last year
Karen Shakhnazarov says Russia needs to recognise the fact that it might lose and that anyone who thinks the West is about to fall apart is deluding themselves
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I support home rule, except when I disagree with their decisions.
Siri, what is “home rule?”
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I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings.
If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did – I’ll sign it.
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Some tips for writing your "I had a conversation with an LLM bot and it spooked me" story, if you simply must.
1. You did not have a conversation with a bot. You used a synthetic text generator to author a fictional account of a conversation between you and a fictional bot.
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In the Democracy Playbook referenced in the article (put out by ), there is a big emphasis on pushing back against misinformation. Check out all 40+ recommendations here:
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Oddly, “stop lying” isn’t on this list, much less in the #1 slot where it belongs.
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Racism was banished in 1973 because this Black doctor graduated college.
Siri, what is “anecdata?”
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America, Exceptional.
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Email to my kids, roughly a year ago.
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This is the new post roe reality
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Because of where I live and the laws of this state, my doctor had no options for helping us get through this miscarriage. I could see in her eyes the pain and helplessness she felt in not being able to help me beyond a medication for the impending physical pain.
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For anyone who might need to switch from text 2FA to an authenticator app for some reason, here is guide:
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Her baby has a deadly diagnosis. Her Florida doctors refused an abortion.
I don’t want to hear any more bullshit about the U.S. being the “land of the free.” This is a devastating intrusion of the State into a family’s pain. We are not a free country. wapo.st/3YKpHH2
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