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  "description": "With little warning, Kansas has voided trans residents’ drivers licenses, and yes, “the persecution is the point.” / Erin in the Morning, the Kansas City Star\n\nAmid the Epstein fallout—Bill Gates apologizing, Larry Summers and Richard Axel resigning—memos connected to Trump’s accuser are missing. / The Wall Street Journal [$], AP, The New York Times [$]\n\nRelated: The World Economic Forum chief has also stepped down after an internal investigation into his Epstein connections. / The Wall Stree...",
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  "textContent": "**With little warning,** Kansas has voided trans residents’ drivers licenses, and yes, “the persecution is the point.” / Erin in the Morning, the Kansas City Star\n\n**Amid the Epstein fallout** —Bill Gates apologizing, Larry Summers and Richard Axel resigning—memos connected to Trump’s accuser are missing. / The Wall Street Journal [$], AP, The New York Times [$]\n\n**Related:** The World Economic Forum chief has also stepped down after an internal investigation into his Epstein connections. / The Wall Street Journal [$]\n\n**According to data** extracted from DHS contracts, ICE and CBP are stockpiling a massive cache of military-grade equipment. / The New Republic\n\n**In nuclear crisis** simulations using ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, all three models chose the nuclear option. / King’s College London\n\n**Unrelated:** Tech CEOs can’t seem to grasp why people hate AI so much. / The New York Times [$]\n\n**In his new book,** Michael Pollan argues that the root of consciousness is feelings, an attribute that will always set humans apart from AI. / The Atlantic [$]\n\n**Answers to the question** of when, exactly, we feel we’ve entered adulthood reveal the murkiness of aging, which may be better thought of as chapters than phases. / The New Yorker\n\nIf you enjoy these headlines, please join us as a Sustaining Member to support what we do and unlock access to paywalled links.\n\nSubscribe\n\n**“My fellow Americans,** I stand before you tonight to make one thing very clear: we are richer than ever before. You aren’t, of course. But we are.” / McSweeney’s\n\n**See also:** “Trump] is telling people to ignore their lived experience and that economic indicators and what the elites are saying should overpower what [they feel or see.” / The New York Times [$]\n\n**By requiring sellers** to set fixed pricing wherever their products are sold, Amazon can raise seller fees as much as it likes, as the whole economy pays the Amazon tax. / Pluralistic\n\n**A couple that runs** an e-commerce newsletter has settled with the eBay executives who allegedly tried to intimidate them by mailing cockroaches and blood-smeared masks. / Reuters\n\n**“So you wanted to verify** you’re old enough to use voice chat, and now there’s a permanent risk score somewhere documenting whether you might be involved in illegal wildlife trafficking.” / Techdirt\n\n**Climate science has** long led a double life—the government and academia versus the fossil fuel companies—and that’s now colliding in a battle over who’s allowed to access whose data. / Reckoning Science\n\n**“I realize that the** Rose Garden is actually represented by a few vinyl window decals of rose bushes.” A visit to an interactive exhibit about the White House. / The Baffler\n\nIn the members area, unlocked links from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Atlantic ↓\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Being and something else",
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