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The Art of Finishing | ByteDrum
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quiet Saturday afternoon. I’ve carved out a few precious hours for
coding, armed with a steaming cup of coffee and the familiar urge to
dive into a project. As I settle into my chair and open my terminal,
I’m confronted with a challenge that’s become all too familiar:
deciding which of my many unfinished projects to tackle.

I navigate to my project directory, greeted by a graveyard of
half-implemented ideas and stalled works-in-progress. Each one
represents a different problem I’ve tried to solve, a different
technology I’ve attempted to master. They’re all interesting, each
with its own purpose and potential. But as I scan through them, I can
already feel my enthusiasm waning. I know that whichever one I choose,
I’ll be facing not just the original problem, but a hydra of new
challenges that have sprouted since I last looked at the code.

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The Backlash Over Keeping Olympic Rings on Eiffel Tower
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As much as the French capital reveled in the celebratory air of the
Olympics this summer, many are less than thrilled to discover Paris
Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s plan to keep the iconic Olympic rings on
France’s most iconic monument even after the Games.

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Congo says at least 129 people died during an attempted jailbreak,
most of them in a stampede
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A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were shot dead by
“warning” gunshots as they tried to escape from the overcrowded
Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa early Monday, Congolese Interior
Minister Jacquemin Shabani said on the social platform X.















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The noisome economics of dung beetles - The Economist (No paywall)
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THE ENGLISH colonists who brought cattle to Australia in 1788 soon
faced a malodorous problem. The dung heaps that gradually and
tastefully vanished back home were not going anywhere. Instead, they
were growing ever-larger, and becoming infested with bloodsucking
flies that wounded the livestock.

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AI drug firm Recursion seeks to move from survival to industry
domination - STAT (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=58856&nl=daily]
The company — or, at least, what existed at its founding in 2013 —
hoped to pull data from images of healthy and diseased cells, and use
that data to identify drugs gathering dust on pharmaceutical company
shelves that could be repurposed as rare disease treatments. 














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The HBR Guide to Standing Out in an Interview - Harvard Business
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Job interviews can be daunting. In this video, author Amy Gallo culls
advice from top experts in the field and shares strategic tips on how
best to prepare, what to do, and what to say so that you can make a
great impression in your next interview. She also offers advice on
what to do if you notice your interviewer losing interest or you’ve
stumbled over some answers. Mistakes happen. Just keep going and stay
focused. Answer the current question as if it’s the first one. Even
acknowledging the situation with a corrective statement like, “Am I
giving you what you need? Is there other information I could give
you?” and then following their cues can help dig you out of the
current hole and get the conversation back on track.

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How to avoid being fooled by AI-generated misinformation - New
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Did you notice that the image above was created by artificial
intelligence? It can be difficult to spot AI-generated images, video,
audio and text at a time when technological advances are making them
increasingly indistinguishable from much human-created content,
leaving us open to manipulation by disinformation. But by knowing the
current state of the AI technologies used to create misinformation,
and the range of telltale signs that what you are looking at might be
fake, you can help protect yourself from being taken in.














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Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk and Tesla of Rigging Dogecoin Dismissed -
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Elon Musk and his electric vehicle company Tesla won the dismissal of
a federal lawsuit accusing them of defrauding investors by hyping the
cryptocurrency dogecoin and conducting insider trading, causing
billions of dollars of losses.

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Disturbing New Details Emerge About the State of the Global Climate -
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We've known for awhile that 2023 was by far the warmest year on
record, triggering widespread alarm among climate scientists. Now, a
newly released climate report reveals other disturbing trends.














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What a Zoom cashier 8,000 miles away can tell us about the future of
work
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Independent journalism is more important than ever. Vox is here to
explain this unprecedented election cycle and help you understand the
larger stakes. We will break down where the candidates stand on major
issues, from economic policy to immigration, foreign policy, criminal
justice, and abortion. We’ll answer your biggest questions, and
we’ll explain what matters — and why. This timely and essential
task, however, is expensive to produce.

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Feeling Suddenly Older? Scientists See Aging 'Waves' at 44 and 60 -
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New research suggests age-related changes aren't as gradual and linear
as we thought














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New Zealand nearly triples levy on international tourists
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand will nearly triple entry fees for tourists,
the government said on Tuesday (Sep 3), spurring criticism from the
key tourism sector the higher levy will deter visitors.

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Kimchi no more? Climate change puts South Korea's beloved cabbage dish
at risk
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GANGNEUNG: South Korea's famous kimchi is falling victim to climate
change, with scientists, farmers and manufacturers saying the quality
and quantity of the napa cabbage that is pickled to make the
ubiquitous dish is suffering due to rising temperatures.














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Feds Killed Plan To Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling After Industry
Opposition - KFF Health News
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A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare
Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions
of dollars — only to abruptly back off amid an “uproar” from the
industry, newly released court filings show.

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Long-term unemployment leads to disengagement and apathy, rather than
efforts to regain control
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New research published in the Journal of Personality reveals that
prolonged unemployment is strongly correlated with loss of personal
control and subsequent disengagement both psychologically and
socially.














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What Does It Really Mean to Learn? - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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I read “Middlemarch” for the first time during my sophomore year
of college. I didn’t get it. Why would Dorothea, a young and
intelligent woman, marry that annoying old man? How could she be so
stupid? No one else in the class seemed to get it, either, and this
pushed our professor over the edge. “Of course you don’t
understand,” he roared, swilling a Diet Coke. “Trust me, you’ll
read this book again when you’re forty, after your first divorce,
and you’ll say, ‘Oh, I see!’ ”

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Mother's gut microbiome during pregnancy shapes baby's brain
development, mouse study finds
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process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following
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NIH cancels 'Havana syndrome' research, citing unethical coercion of
participants | CNN
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The National Institutes of Health said Friday that it is stopping its
research of what's commonly known as Havana syndrome, a mysterious
illness experienced by a number of spies, soldiers and diplomats who
have reported sudden debilitating symptoms of unknown origin.

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Earthquakes May Forge Large Gold Nuggets - Scientific American (No
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Solid gold bars stacked in bank vaults, layers of plating on this
summer’s Olympic medals or even your own pieces of golden jewelry
could owe their existence to earthquakes. The stress and strain
produced by moving tectonic plates during these temblors may trigger a
chemical reaction that causes minuscule particles of gold to coalesce
into larger nuggets, a new study proposes.

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Harris Says U.S. Steel Should Remain 'American-Owned'Echoing Biden's
Opposition To Nippon Steel Takeover - Forbes (No paywall)
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Vice President Kamala Harris expressed her opposition to Japanese firm
Nippon Steel's nearly $15 billion bid to take over U.S. Steel at a
campaign event in Pittsburgh on Monday, echoing President Joe Biden's
strong disapproval of the deal.

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Can Gold Star families saddle Harris with Biden's Afghanistan Baggage
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One of the first major pitfalls of Kamala Harris' young campaign
seemed to materialize over the holiday weekend, as her team traded
barbs with the Trump camp over accusations of disrespecting the
military.

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Americans Are Really, Really Bullish on Stocks - WSJ (No paywall)
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Individuals are taking a peek at their 401(k)s and rejoicing

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Vance Championed 2017 Report on Families From Architects of Project
2025
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Although Mr. Vance did not address in detail the specific issues of
fertility treatments, abortion rights or marriage, the broad vision
expressed in the report comports with some of the views he has
expressed about American families.

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Can Democrats Stop the 'Tax Doom Loop'?
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It’s an uphill fight. Cutting taxes remains a popular political
promise. Mr. Trump and Republicans are pushing to extend the law and
further reduce taxes if they come into power. While Vice President
Kamala Harris has pledged to raise taxes on high-income Americans and
corporations, her presidential campaign has also said she would not
raise taxes on any household making less than $400,000. That means
she, too, wants to continue much of Mr. Trump’s tax cut.

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Phone companies to be asked to help tackle rise in snatch thefts
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Stopping this would require some kind of truly permanent lock to make
a device completely unusable for good after it's reported stolen -
presumably involving phone companies making it so a device cannot even
be turned on once it's reported stolen.

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Kamala Harris Says U.S. Steel Should Stay American-Owned
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A powerful interagency panel, the Committee on Foreign Investment in
the United States, has been looking into the national security
implications of Nippon Steel’s proposal. For cases that require a
full investigation, the committee makes a recommendation to the
president, who has the final say.

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How NAFTA Broke American Politics
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Milwaukee was once known as the “machine shop of the world.” In
the 1950s, nearly 60 percent of the city’s adult population worked
in manufacturing, a vast majority of whom held well-paying union jobs.
In 1969, Milwaukee had the second-highest median income in the
country. By 2021, Milwaukee had lost more than 80 percent of its
manufacturing jobs (barely 5 percent of those that remained were
unionized), and it had the second-highest poverty rate of any large
American city, just one example of NAFTA’s profound impact on
American industry and labor.

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Opinion | James Carville: Three Things Kamala Harris Must Do to Win
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If there’s one thing Americans love, it’s a train wreck. That’s
why we’re addicted to “Dance Moms” and the “Real Housewives”
franchise. Just over two months ago, we witnessed one in real time,
and it led to the humane revolt against a sitting president’s
re-election campaign by his own party. I guarantee a lot of voters are
salivating for a second round. Only this time, Mr. Trump must be the
train wreck, and it’s on Ms. Harris to lay the tracks.

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Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv says international law dealt 'heavy
blow' by Mongolia's failure to arrest Putin during visit
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A senior Russian military commander, Maj Gen Valery Mumindzhanov, has
been detained in a fraud case. He is the ninth top military figure to
be arrested on charges of fraud, bribery or abuse of office in recent
months. The Leningrad military district deputy commander was detained
on suspicion of receiving a bribe of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Wells Fargo employee found dead at office desk four days after
clocking in
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Denise Prudhomme, 60, last clocked in at the Wells Fargo in Tempe at 7
a.m. on Aug. 16, the Tempe Police Department confirmed to USA TODAY on
Thursday. She was found at a third-floor desk in the office on Aug.
20, leading on-site security to call police.

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America's Oldest Board Game Teaches 19th-Century Geography
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With more than 150,000 board games in existence and the U.S. being at
the forefront of the industry, one can wonder where it all started.
Some might guess the classics: Monopoly, Scrabble, or maybe even
Jenga. However, the first American board game was invented long before
these.

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Payroll startup Cercli inks $4M to build the 'Rippling for the Middle
East and North Africa' | TechCrunch
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Y Combinator participated in Cercli’s seed round, which included
COTU Ventures and Rebel Fund. Several executives from Ramp, Rappi,
Kitopi, Careem, and Rippling also contributed to the round. The
year-old payroll startup will use the funding to grow its team, build
out adjacent products to serve other customer segments, including SMEs
and enterprises, and expand its presence in core markets. 

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'Hospital at home' startup Doccla raises $46 million for its European
expansion | TechCrunch
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And while Doccla requires an app, it emphasizes accessibility, with
large fonts and a simple interface. It also offers in-app messaging
and video calls with live clinicians — both with those who are
staffing your physical clinic, but also clinicians from Doccla itself.

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I've Been Writing About Social Security for Almost 10 Years. This Is
the Best Advice I Can Give You
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If you're like most Americans, you're a few years (or more) behind on
your retirement savings. But a handful of little-known "Social
Security secrets" could help ensure a boost in your retirement income.
For example: one easy trick could pay you as much as $22,924 more...
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benefits, we think you could retire confidently with the peace of mind
we're all after. Simply click here to discover how to learn more about
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1 Stock That's a Safe Bet to Outperform the Market Long Term,
According to Warren Buffett
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American Express is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley
Fool company. Adam Levy has no position in any of the stocks
mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Berkshire
Hathaway. The Motley Fool recommends Occidental Petroleum. The Motley
Fool has a disclosure policy.

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3 Supercharged Growth Stocks Up 302% to 775% in 2 Years to Buy Now,
According to Wall Street
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JPMorgan Chase is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool
company. Bank of America is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a
Motley Fool company. Trevor Jennewine has positions in Nvidia. The
Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bank of America, JPMorgan
Chase, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Why clinicians are reconsidering race-based algorithms
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Many in the medical community are starting to reconsider the use of
race in the algorithms, and finding that in some cases, race-based
calculators have delayed or prevented people from getting the right
diagnoses and accessing appropriate care.

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The Four Mysterious Guardians of the Artist Lee Bul
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Lee, who has bright white hair, was speaking from her cavernous
studio, wearing an apron lined with pens over a buttoned-up black
shirt. Studio assistants — she had 10 to 15 throughout the Met
project — moved about behind her, making minute tweaks to the
sculptures. Almost 10 feet tall, they have complex skeletons with
dense webs of perforated stainless-steel strips, resembling outré
Erector sets, and they would be finished with angular polycarbonate
and acrylic components or acetate-sheet skins.

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How an Ohio Town Landed in the Middle of the Immigration Debate
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“How do you know we aren’t getting criminals, rapists?” a man in
a blue Harley Davidson T-shirt asked. “Who can stop them from coming
here?” someone else wanted to know. Had they been screened? Were
they going to use their driver’s licenses to vote?

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Activists Charged With Pushing Russian Propaganda Go on Trial in
Florida
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One of the defendants also founded a different group, Black Hammer, a
radical Black separatist organization in Atlanta. The Uhuru Movement
supports self-determination for Black people and has protested issues
from racism and colonialism to local police conduct for decades.

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Here's the Best Unknown High-Yield Dividend Stock to Buy Right Now
With $1,000
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Josh Kohn-Lindquist has positions in Intercontinental Exchange,
Nasdaq, and OTC Markets Group. The Motley Fool has positions in and
recommends OTC Markets Group. The Motley Fool recommends
Intercontinental Exchange and Nasdaq. The Motley Fool has a disclosure
policy.

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'These women were innocent, and he was a monster': How history got
Henry VIII wrong
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"And so to look at those younger images and sense that regret he must
have had, that sense of self-loathing, when he looks back and thinks,
'what I was'. I think I wanted to bring that out in him and make him
therefore three-dimensional.

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South Korea: The deepfake crisis engulfing hundreds of schools
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“I now can’t be certain people won’t commit these crimes behind
my back, without me knowing,” she said. “I’ve become
hyper-vigilant in all my interactions with people, which can’t be
good.”

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Nine offshore wind farm projects awarded in UK auction
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the latest climate and environment news from the BBC's Climate Editor
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Cathay Pacific grounds planes after engine problem
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In a statement the European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it is
“monitoring any information coming out of the technical
investigation and will take decisions on any fleet level action as
required.”

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Cathay Pacific Finds 15 Planes Need Engine Repairs
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The engine component failure on Cathay Pacific’s A350 plane on
Monday was the second engine incident in three days for the carrier.
One of its Airbus A330 planes failed to take off from a runway in the
southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, because of what the company said
was a technical problem.

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When Property Investors Want Out, These Bargain Hunters Rush In
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In the private equity and venture capital industries, secondary
markets are a long-established fixture. They give people with shares
in start-ups or stakes in private funds a way to cash out early by
flipping their holdings to other buyers, who get access to investments
not otherwise available for purchase.

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Creating an Artistic Buzz, One Real Estate Development at a Time
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Artwork has been integrated into urban development for decades to help
stimulate economic recovery, exemplified by the Depression-era pieces
of Works Progress Administration artists that are still visible in
many buildings. But in more recent years, some builders in states like
Florida and California began to pull back when local governments
threatened to require them to put a percentage of their development
budgets toward art projects, a mandate that landlords said would drive
up construction costs.

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OpenAI, Still Haunted by Its Chaotic Past, Is Trying to Grow Up
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But interviews with more than 20 current and former OpenAI employees
and board members show that the transition has been difficult. Early
employees continue to leave, even as new workers and new executives
pour in. And rapid growth hasn’t resolved a fundamental question of
what OpenAI is supposed to be: Is it a cutting-edge A.I. lab created
for the benefit of humanity, or an aspiring industry giant dedicated
to profits?

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Left-Wing Misinformation Is Having a Moment
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“I don’t anticipate that we will collectively become less
conspiratorial,” said Adam Enders, an associate professor of
political science at the University of Louisville. “If anything, the
closer we get to Election Day, the more it’ll increase.”

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In Colombia, You Can Watch Whales, and Serenade Them, Too
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During the whale-watching season, which begins in mid-July, boats with
licensed captains and guides take the visitors — mostly Colombians
but a growing number of foreigners — to see the creatures breach,
blow and slap the water with their fins and tails.

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