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Journalists Strike over AI

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If there's one place I DO NOT WANT TO SEE AI, it's ProPublica, that gem of investigative journalism. Alas, they are run by bad people too it turns out. And their reporters are fighting back: After more than two years of stalled contract negotiations, ProPublica journalists...

The Champions

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I am remiss in failing to announce our Tournament Challenge Champions... On the Women's side: RANKCHAMPGroup BracketsPTSPCTNCGF4E8S161Camasonian's PicksKent Lind169099.53203203202002TexWest66's Picks 1Willie Cager154096.23201603202403funnelfiasco's Picks 1Ben Cotton148094.13201602402404dwcrowley's Picks 1Don Crowley147093.83201603202005Hoops13John Farren146093.53203202402006Areyougonnaeat's Picks.

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Law, politics, and culture

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Scott makes an important point about the ultimate futility of formal legal rules, when discussing Trump's completely open willingness to use the pardon power to enable his essentially bottomless personal corruption, and that of his administration more generally. He sums this up by noting that the...
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Election of the weekend III: Peru

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Sunday is also election day in Peru, where a new president will be elected, along with all 190 seats in Congress of Peru (60 senators, 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies). The president and vice president are elected as a ticket in s standard two...
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