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Sen. Ruben Gallego stands out as a key Democrat in reaching out to Latino voters

Sen. Ruben Gallego stands out as a key Democrat in reaching out to Latino voters

๐Ÿ’ฅ Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: arizona,Democrats,politics,Ruben Gallego ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: MIAMI (AP) โ€” On a warm Sunday morning in Miami, Sen. Ruben Gallego got out of the car and approached parishioners who were emerging from church under palm trees, handing out flyers in this Dominican neighborhood. Gallego left some of his staff behind while rallying support for a fellow Democrat who is running to be the next mayor of the majority-Hispanic city. โ€œLots of enthusiasm,โ€ he told churchgoers, which is Spanish for โ€œnice to meet you.โ€ He said: โ€œRuben Gallego de Arizona,โ€…
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‘Lunch can last all day and all night’: inside Coco Chanel’s sunny sanctuary of art stars | Build

‘Lunch can last all day and all night’: inside Coco Chanel’s sunny sanctuary of art stars | Build

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Architecture,Art and design,Culture,Chanel,Fashion,Life and style,Books โœ… Key idea: IThis is where Salvador Dali painted The Enigma of Hitler, a haunting landscape featuring a giant telephone receiver that appears to be weeping tears over a cut-out image of the Fรผhrer. Conceived in 1939, the work seems to anticipate war. It is also where Winston Churchill wrote parts of his multi-volume History of the English-Speaking Peoples, and painted his view in dim light. Somerset Maugham was also visiting, as well as novelist Colette, composer Igor Stravinsky and playwright Jean…
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Google’s Dark Web Report feature will no longer be available starting in February

Google’s Dark Web Report feature will no longer be available starting in February

๐Ÿ”ฅ Check out this insightful post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Apps,dark web,DEADPOOL,Google โœ… Key idea: Google has revealed that the Dark Web Report feature will be discontinued starting February 16, 2026. The beginning has begunAbout a year and a half ago, this tool was intended to help users monitor their personal information on the dark web For some users, the Dark Web Report seemed like a valuable tool, scanning numerous data breaches and alerting them if their personal information โ€” such as email addresses, names, phone numbers and Social Security numbers โ€” was found in compromised databases. However, as…
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$50 PlanetScale Metal is GA for Postgres โ€” PlanetScale

$50 PlanetScale Metal is GA for Postgres โ€” PlanetScale

๐Ÿ’ฅ Read this trending post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: โœ… Main takeaway: By Richard Crowley | December 15, 2025Today weโ€™re making PlanetScale Metal for Postgres available in smaller sizes and at much lower price points, all the way down to the new M-10 for as little as $50 per month. Weโ€™ve lowered the floor from 16GiB of RAM with four sizes all the way to 1GiB and paired these with eight storage capacities ranging from 10GB to 1.2TB.These new sizes are powered by the same blazingly fast, locally attached NVMe drives that customers like Cash App, Cursor, and…
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Former Trump aides appear in Wisconsin court on fake 2020 election scheme charges

Former Trump aides appear in Wisconsin court on fake 2020 election scheme charges

โœจ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,fake elector scheme,wisconsin โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: MADISON, Wis. (AP) โ€” Two lawyers and an aide who all worked on President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign appeared in court Monday for a preliminary hearing in Wisconsin on felony fraud charges related to a bogus election scheme. The Wisconsin case is moving forward even as other cases falter in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia. A special prosecutor last year dropped a federal case alleging that Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 election. Another case…
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He’s written the most successful video games in the world – now what? Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on life after Grand Theft Auto | Dan Houser

He’s written the most successful video games in the world – now what? Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on life after Grand Theft Auto | Dan Houser

๐Ÿ’ฅ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Dan Houser,Grand Theft Auto,Games,Culture ๐Ÿ’ก Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: TThere are only a few video game creators who have had as profound an impact on the industry as Dan Hauser. The co-founder and head writer of Rockstar Games has worked on all GTA titles since the groundbreaking third installment, as well as the Red Dead Redemption adventures. But then, in 2019, he took a long break from the company that officially ended with his departure. Now he's back with a new studio and a host of…
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Topics add new communities, and test badges for highly engaged members

Topics add new communities, and test badges for highly engaged members

โœจ Read this awesome post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Apps,Social,social network,Meta,Threads,social ๐Ÿ’ก Main takeaway: Meta social network Threads is expanding the number of threads available through its newest Communities feature, the company announced Monday. This expansion may lead people to use communities on Reddit and X less. The platform initially launched more than 100 communities in October, including those dedicated to basketball, TV, K-pop, books and more, to better compete with other social networks. With the current expansion, Threads now has over 200 communities, with additions including team-specific spaces such as Lakers Threads, Knicks Threads, and Spurs Threads. The…
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Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Daily links from Cory Doctorow

๐Ÿ”ฅ Check out this awesome post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: ๐Ÿ’ก Main takeaway: Unions are not perfect. Indeed, it is possible to belong to a union that is bad for workers: either because it is weak, or corrupt, or captured (or some combination of the three). Take the "two-tier contract." As unions lost ground โ€“ thanks to changes in labor law enforcement under a succession of both Republican and Democratic administrations โ€“ labor bosses hit on a suicidal strategy for contract negotiations. Rather than bargaining for a single contract that covered all the union's dues-paying members, these bosses…
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‘The Antithesis of Nazi Ideology’: How Pippi Longstocking was Born to Stand Up to Hitler | film

‘The Antithesis of Nazi Ideology’: How Pippi Longstocking was Born to Stand Up to Hitler | film

๐Ÿ”ฅ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Film,Books,Culture,Drama films,Documentary films โœ… Key idea: SIt's the mischievous little Swedish girl with red hair and pigtails. Since 1945, this motherless vagabond has rarely been on bestseller lists, and continues to inspire musicals and films. Heyday Films, the company behind Paddington and James Bond, is developing an English-language adaptation of its stories.What is not generally known outside her native Sweden are the circumstances under which writer Astrid Lindgren created the character Bibi during the darkest period of World War II, under Hitler and Stalin.โ€œHaving worked for…
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Zoom is bringing its AI assistant to the web with free access to users

Zoom is bringing its AI assistant to the web with free access to users

๐Ÿš€ Read this trending post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Apps,AI assistant,meetings,productivity,zoom โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: Zoom today released its AI Assistant for the web as part of the AI โ€‹โ€‹Companion 3.0 release. The company also allows free users to access Assistant features, such as summarizing meetings, listing action items, or getting insights from meetings with boundaries. The company said Basic plan users can use the AI โ€‹โ€‹companion during three meetings each month, each of which will include a meeting summary, in-meeting questions, and AI note-taking capabilities. In addition, they can ask 20 questions through the side panel and…
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