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Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and the Misreading of Science Fiction
Why does anyone care what Elon Musk thinks of Homer’s Odyssey, or Christopher Nolan’s? Musk is promising to use AI to generate a “historically accurate” version of the The Odyssey—turning epic poetry into atrocious slop—even as AI companies are literally destroying books to ingest them as data more cheaply. Meanwhile, Musk and other Silicon Valley…
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How Democrats can repair the broken Supreme Court
It’s no secret that the Supreme Court has become an extension of our partisan politics over the past decade. The decisions handed down in the 2026 session prove just how broken the court has become and how unrepresentative it is of the views of the American people. Reactions show how little confidence the public has…
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Vague Trump promises throw a wrench into massive hometown project
New York Democrats say they want to believe President Donald Trump will pay for a signature infrastructure project – they just don’t believe him. At the center of the standoff over Penn Station’s $8 billion redevelopment is a promise – which may or may not exist – that the federal government will cover the full…
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NYC subtenant’s viral videos on alleged roommate from hell show padlocked doors, surveillance cameras and jars of urine
A Brooklyn subtenant’svideos documenting his roommate from hell have gone viral on social media, depicting a hellish living situation that includes security cameras, padlocked doors — and roomies forced to go to the bathroom in jars. Kyle “Bobby” Harvey, 30, said he started filming his nightmare antics of roomie Stephen Pulido in what he concluded…
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Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ comes to streaming — Here’s how to watch at home
You’re cordially invited. After hitting theaters in late June, “The Invite” is heading to streaming on-demand platforms like Prime Video. “The Invite,” directed by star Olivia Wilde, is an English-language remake of the 2020 Spanish film “The People Upstairs” with a screenplay from “Parks and Rec” star Rashida Jones and her writing partner Will McCormack.…
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More Than One Third of U.S. Counties Are Maternity Care Deserts
Employees outside Nashoba Valley Medical Center shuttered all of its units in 2024, including labor and delivery. —David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe—Getty Images In the last eight years, women living in counties in one-third of the country have faced an abysmal reality: they live in a maternity care desert, which means a place where there…
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Trump menaces in overnight finger-pointing frenzy: ‘Liars must be held accountable’
President Donald Trump went on a rage benderlate Monday over a report that accused him of wasting almost $1.7 billion and now plans to sue the donors of the think tank that produced it. According to a report from the Daily Beast, the central focus of Trump’s ire is Chandler Hall, the associate director for…
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The Simple Trick That Can Help You Understand Your Emotions
—Illustration by TIME Here’s the scene: You’re catching up with a friend over coffee when your elbow clips your cup, sending espresso all over her brand-new phone. You feel awful. You mop up the spill, apologize five times, and bolt—then avoid her for days, turning a ruined phone into a damaged friendship. The problem isn’t…
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AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive
I’m going to let you in on a secret. Every cell in your body has the potential to get smarter. I don’t mean this metaphorically, or in a “body keeps the score” kind of way. I mean that if lab-coated biologists took a sample of your skin and very carefully manipulated the cells inside it,…
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Taiwan’s Opposition Leader Says Talking to China Is the Island’s Best Defense
Cheng Li-wun once called for the destruction of the party she now leads. Back in 1988, when she was still a teenager, Cheng took the dais at a farmers’ rally to condemn Taiwan’s Nationalist Party, or KMT, as “the most detestable ruling force,” urging her compatriots to “overthrow KMT tyranny and establish our own country.”…