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Reuters Institute: “From metadata to AI detectors, several organisations are aiming to provide evidence of whether a piece of content was AI-generated. It’s not an easy task. Accusations of AI use in writing can grow beyond mere social media grumbling and have real impacts for the humans whose work is brought into question. This is …
CRS Report, The U.S. Court of Appeals: Background and Circuit Splits from 2025, R49042. 07/23/2026: “The U.S. Courts of Appeals frequently act as the final arbiters of questions of law within their respective jurisdictions. Although the Supreme Court of the United States sits at the pinnacle of the American judicial system and acts as the …
The Atlantic – Gift Article: “For nearly five months, Donald Trump and his Cabinet have been misleading the American people about the war in Iran. When the president makes statements about the war, they are full of wishful thinking, hyperbole, and outright lies. He has devoted a full address to the topic only once—a rambling …
The New Yorker: One Man’s Quest to Fix Every Deadly Guardrail – no paywall. “In 2016, Steve Eimers’s daughter died when she hit a defective guardrail. Then he learned that the country was full of them….Based on his research, Eimers believes that there are about a thousand guardrail-related deaths each year in the U.S.—virtually all …
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The Atlantic (Gift Article): The New Chilling Effect. “If you’re looking for a reason to despair over the state of American education, there are many places you could start. You could, for example, worry about the all-consuming phones—or the gambling and TikTok addictions that come with them. You could worry about the free fall in …
The74: “Even before massive staff cuts at the Department of Education, it could take years for officials to process a request under the Freedom of Information Act. But now, some offices that handled the hundreds of inquiries that pour in each month — from parents, reporters and watchdog groups — have either been eliminated or …
Reuters: “Trump says noncitizen voting is a widespread Democratic plot to influence elections. A Reuters data analysis reveals a far different picture: a small number of often inadvertent violations. The finding comes amid an expanding federal crackdown that has ensnared hundreds of people, many of whom never cast a ballot…According to U.S. President Donald Trump, …
Just Security: “Two hundred and fifty years since the nation’s founding, and almost as many since the adoption of the Bill of Rights, the role of the grand jury in the American criminal justice system continues to spark debate. Recently, scrutiny of the grand jury and renewed calls to strengthen it as a bulwark against …
The New York Times, Gift Article – “Over the past several months as we’ve explored different measures of how the U.S. is faring, a pattern has emerged: In multiple areas, statistics and reports long compiled by the federal government were delayed, missing or suspended. Ordinarily, much federal data is the domain of a niche network …
Bloomberg – no paywall – Trump Extends Pardons to Companies, Echoing a 17th Century King “…Unlike in previous administrations, commutations as well as pardons have cleared unpaid penalties tied to the convictions…Since taking office for the second time, Trump has become the first modern US president to issue pardons for companies, from a Middle America …
ZDNET – What they track and how to check your city: “Flock Falcon cameras don’t detect speed. Instead, the cameras take roughly six to 12 still images each time a vehicle passes. Flock then uses automated license plate recognition software and machine learning to analyze those images. The cameras can capture a vehicle’s plate, make, …