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The Dept. of Justice has started notifying US counties of locations it wants to monitor on Election Day, in a list that appears to be growing in real time. / NPR
Los Angeles election officials say the DoJ’s list of 20,000 suspected noncitizen LA voters contains a “high percentage” of people born in the US. / The Guardian
A federal judge blocks Homeland Security from stops and field interviews that she says exceed the goal of combatting voter fraud and veer into intimidation. / The New York Times [$]
In Canada, the US embassy says tariffs targeting American goods, anti-Trump ads, and Canadian politicians’ meetings with Democrats amount to election interference. / Al Jazeera
This week, a guide for trans teens arrived in Texans’ mailboxes, but the group it implicates wasn’t involved, raising suspicions it’s a political mailer intended to rile up conservatives. / The Texas Tribune
JD Vance is “disgusted” at Republicans who criticize Vivek Ramaswamy for an ad with his opponent Amy Acton’s mother, who lost custody of her children after her husband was indicted for raping Acton. / Associated Press
“Remember me? Of course you do.” Whatever happened to the good old-fashioned racist attack ad? / McSweeney’s
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Practically overnight, artificial intelligence ushered in a “reverse-engineer anything” era—and even if lobotomized smart TVs sound like an improvement, a wave of slop is on its way. / 404 Media
When you die, the URL registration for any websites you run will likely expire. What if it didn’t have to? / GraveSite
Before yesterday’s patch that sealed a PHP vulnerability threatening much of the internet, logs show hackers had already been exploiting the bugs. / WIRED
“Old distinctions—between the state and the market…investment and gambling—have bent under their weight.” Welcome to America’s speedball market. / The Economist
Frank Lloyd Wright designed only one planetarium, and it’s now been stunningly restored to its original details, down to the removal of a computer closet installed in the 1980s. / Dezeen
“I think that becoming a parent is an exercise in giving up control, and that’s easier for some people than others.” The dark side of optimizing fertility, or “the Gattaca stack.” / Vox [$]
At the end of nearly every episode of Welcome Back, Kotter, Gabe Kotter told a story about his family; based on those stories, here’s the Kotter family tree. / Ironic Sans
“They wanted to start a band so they could make enough money to get Primal Scream therapy, in its pure and undiluted form, from Dr. Arthur Janov himself.” On a new memoir from Tears for Fears’ Roland Orzabal. / Saccades and Fixations