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Gavin Newsom’s return to office mandate mystery as multiple remote and hybrid roles emerge
Gavin Newsom’s order requiring most California state employees to report to the office four days a week is officially in effect — but a growing number of state agencies are still advertising hybrid and remote jobs. The mandate, which took effect July 1, marked the end of the flexible telework arrangements many state workers adopted…
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Taylor Strecker was auditioning for major ‘Housewives’ franchise at start of ‘House of Stassi’ gig
Taylor Strecker was in the middle of auditioning for “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” when she landed her spot on Stassi Schroeder’s new Hulu show, “House of Stassi.“ “I got asked to interview for ‘Housewives of Jersey’ whilst we were in the very beginning stages of ‘House of Stassi,’” the “Taste of Taylor” podcast…
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We Need Planetary Intelligence in the Age of AI
—fotograzia—Getty Images The large language models (LLMs) that have captivated the world are among the most powerful tools ever built. Many can give PhD-level answers to virtually every discipline under the Sun. They are revolutionary. But for all this brilliance, they are, in a fundamental sense, blind. They know the world the way a scholar…
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A Test Case for AI Creep in Hollywood
Years ago, when the Simpsons animator Chuck Sheetz was a lecturer at UCLA, he invited a producer colleague of his from the series to attend a screening of his students’ work. That was a Saturday night; when Sheetz entered the Simpsons offices the following Monday morning, he found a handful of his pupils in the…
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Democratic socialists have big plans for 2028
The Democratic Socialists of America have notched some impressive primary wins over the past couple of weeks. In New York, two DSA members beat Democratic establishment candidates — including the sitting chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — in House primaries. In Colorado, Melat Kiros beat out a 30-year incumbent in another House primary. All…
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Graham Platner’s rape allegation: Letters to the Editor — July 8, 2026
The Issue: Democrats calling for Graham Platner to drop out of the Senate race following rape allegations. The progressive wing of the Democratic Party spent months making one excuse after the other for disgraced US Senate candidate Graham Platner, and it worked (“Platner ‘Rape,’ ”July 7). He became Maine’s Democratic nominee. But now they are calling…
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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce wedding guests lift lid on couple’s intimate moments, decor and menu
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding guests are pulling back the curtain on how the couple shared private moments of whispers and laughs during the unforgettable celebration. “Taylor and Travis looked completely relaxed, even with everything going on,” one attendee exclusively told Page Six of the wedding, which had a massive guest list of 1,000…
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Paris Hilton Celebrates Shutdown of Teen Behavioral Center She Once Attended and Criticized
Paris Hilton is celebrating the shutdown of Provo Canyon School’s Springville Campus, which she attended as a teen and spent years criticizing thereafter. The reality star took to social media late Monday night saying the shutdown was a “dream” after the Utah Department of Health and Human Services reportedly revoked the controversial behavioral center’s operating…
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Freak Tornado Sucks Man Out of 12-Floor Apartment
When most of us hear about freak tornadoes, we assume they’re ripping through trailer parks in Oklahoma — not high-rises in central China. Yet that’s exactly what happened late Monday night in China’s Hubei province, when extremely powerful storms tore through Huanggang city, sucking a man straight out of his 12th-story apartment. Miraculously, the 30-year-old…
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Nigel Farage Wants a Mandate For Corruption
Nigel Farage is a great survivor. A decade ago, the British populist provocateur achieved his lifelong ambition—getting his country to vote itself out of the European Union. Since then, he has founded Reform UK—now Britain’s most popular party—and won a seat in Parliament after seven failed attempts. But one question won’t go away: where does…