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Before he ran Trump’s FCC, Brendan Carr railed against perceived censorship—now he’s taking a victory lap: “PBS has been defunded. Colbert is retiring. Joy Reid is out at MSNBC.” / The Washington Post [$]
See also: If Carr is to be believed, the FCC’s next target could be The View. / The New Republic
“No matter what you’re fleeing, a right wing heel turn will welcome you in and give you access to a lot of money and the most powerful people in the world.” On the state cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel. / Literary Hub
Corporate media’s biggest capitulation to Trump this week wasn’t Jimmy Kimmel, it was Mahmoud Khalil, who was ordered deported to Algeria or Syria. / The Intercept
As genocide rages in Gaza, a New Yorker fact-checker quits: “I would no longer feel like I had to reflexively couch my beliefs in qualifiers, or listen quietly to repugnant things, pleasantly said.” / Ismail Ibrahim
See also: More than 400 artists have geo-blocked their music from streaming platforms in Israel—here’s the full list of musicians. / The Quietus, No Music for Genocide
The Pentagon is considering a recruiting campaign based around Charlie Kirk—one potential slogan is, “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors.” / NBC News
“I say he's not a Groyper, he's just an annoying fucking Reddit person.” Interpreting the clues to figure out what type of internet guy the Charlie Kirk shooter is. / Read Max
Joined by seven states, the FTC is suing Ticketmaster and Live Nation, claiming they “tacitly worked” with scalpers to benefit their own reseller market. / CNBC
“In June, 29% of Republicans said the country was heading in the wrong direction. That number is now 51%.” / AP-NORC
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As climate change drives tick-borne illnesses into new areas of the US, state health departments lack the funds needed to monitor tick activity. / KFF Health News
An interactive map rates the climate safety of every county in the US. / ClimateReady
Meta’s demos of its new AI glasses flopped spectacularly, even when they worked, but the devices may still prove life-changing for people with vision loss. / Aftermath, CBC
“In the era of Zuck’s gold chain and Elon’s chainsaw, it’s clearer than ever that the new ruling class desperately yearns to be perceived as cool.” AI can’t fake creating. / Regular Mag
An analysis of Sora’s output suggests OpenAI may have trained its video generator on copyrighted video games, characters, and Netflix shows. / The Washington Post [$]
Calculating the grandeur of a mountain requires more than elevation; according to one doctoral student, it’s also about the surrounding landscape. / National Geographic
IKEA orders roughly 5.2 million of its free pencils for its 11 Canadian stores annually—if that math holds elsewhere, it could be the world’s most pilfered object. / This & That
“Ctrl Alt Deleaf” is the winner of a naming contest for a train that removes damp foliage from British railways—notably, “Leafy McLeafFace” was disqualified. / BBC
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