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Ever feel like you're being watched? You might be right.
But Flock Safety cameras aren't interested in you—unless you're a kidnapper, a thief, or up to no good.
@SulkinMaya dives into why people need to stop destroying tech that's actually stopping crime.
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From her hotel in Ukraine, a pre-eminent MAGA influencer warns of Russian disinformation, writes Eli Lake.
Preeminent MAGA influencer @LauraLoomer, who previously wrote for Russian state media, recently spoke with @EliLake—from her hotel in Ukraine.
“I take responsibility for the content I consumed,” she said. “Looking back,” she adds, “I consumed a lot of content that was clearly propaganda.”
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National security, finance, and every aspect of life will soon be disrupted by self-taught masters of the leading AI models. Every country and individual should be prepared, writes Tyler Cowen.
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Mayor Mamdani released his map of New York City’s “immigrant enclaves.” Except, he forgot a few spots.
Little Italy—one of the oldest immigrant communities in New York City—didn’t make the cut.
Here’s what the Italian-Americans whose families have been a part of Little Italy’s history told @IsabellaRedjai.
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Jonni Skinner spent almost a decade on puberty blockers and hormones. Today, he’s still grappling with the medical advice he received when he was 13 years old. Skinner has since detransitioned, but as he’ll tell you, his life—and his body—have been forever changed.
Skinner spoke to @SulkinMaya on the latest episode of Confessions, because he wants to make sure the next vulnerable child who walks into a gender clinic looking for answers doesn’t have to live through what he did.
Watch the full interview here:
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New York City’s rent freeze sounds compassionate—until you meet the landlords barely hanging on.
@LLBiggers interviews a landlord whose grandfather fled Castro’s Cuba and spent a lifetime building a future in New York.
Now, government housing policies threaten to destroy everything he built.
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There’s a fertility crisis happening right now in America—and a furious debate about who is to blame.
"Like it or not, dating apps are the dominant way young people express interest in each other. So rather than trying to turn back the clock, I’ve been examining how they can use the apps better."
Tobacco companies maximized their products’ addictiveness. Now a jury has agreed that social media companies do the same, write Maya Sulkin and Frannie Block.
