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Reporter of the Day: Rachel Flynn Covers Proposed Panama City Beach Entertainment Complex

In Reporter of the Day, viewers get a chance to go behind the headlines with NewsChannel 7’s Rachel Flynn.

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Jun 10 • 10:24 PM EDT • Entertainment • wjhg.com
ENTERTAINMENT: Flag Day concert, ‘Anastasia’ musical on weekend ‘set list’

The Little Rock Winds’ 29th annual Flag Day concert, 7 p.m. Sunday on the old parade ground behind the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in MacArthur Park continues the band’s America250 celebration with a program of marches, patriotic songs, and pop tunes.

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Jun 10 • 5:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • arkansasonline.com
ENTERTAINMENT: Flag Day concert, ‘Anastasia’ musical on weekend ‘set list’

The Little Rock Winds’ 29th annual Flag Day concert, 7 p.m. Sunday on the old parade ground behind the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in MacArthur Park continues the band’s America250 celebration with a program of marches, patriotic songs, and pop tunes.

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Jun 10 • 5:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • nwaonline.com
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'Can’t Believe I’m Actually Doing This': Klatt Becomes Voice Of College Football 27

Our team at FOX Sports caught up with Joel Klatt to get a behind-the-scenes look at how he became the new voice of EA Sports College Football 27.

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Jun 10 • 2:29 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Photos: St. Louis Business 500 Live

On June 9, St. Louis Magazine hosted its inaugural St. Louis Business 500 Live event, presented by WashU Olin Business School. The first session, The Decisions Behind Growth, explored how leaders navigate the realities of growth, from capital decisions and team building to the unexpected challenges and opportunities that arise along the way. Guests kicked […]

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Jun 10 • 1:39 PM EDT • Business • stlmag.com
Reflecting On Business Services & Supplies Stocks’ Q1 Earnings: HNI (NYSE:HNI)

Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q1 behind us, let’s have a look at HNI (NYSE:HNI) and its peers.

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Jun 10 • 12:09 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Gears of War: E-Day – Everything We Learned Behind Closed Doors at Xbox

IGN interviews The Coalition to find out more on Xbox console exclusive Gears of War: E-Day.

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Jun 10 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Lord help me, Fable's behind-closed-doors demo has got me very excited

It may be early days, but Fable is already looking like a real success

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Jun 10 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Swine industry unites behind national plan to improve herd health

The director of swine health for the National Pork Board says there is a lot of disease pressure pork producers are struggling with right now. Speaking to Brownfield during the World Pork Expo in Des Moines last week, Dr. Marisa Rotolo said NPB has developed the National Swine Health Strategy, which is focused on advancing […]

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Jun 10 • 10:33 AM EDT • Health • brownfieldagnews.com
The surprising science behind the 2026 World Cup grass

How scientists are engineering the perfect World Cup pitch—one so flawless that players never notice it

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Jun 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com
Bill Gates to face congressional investigators about ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Bill Gates will testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Wednesday after the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files earlier this year raised questions about the billionaire’s ties to the late convicted sex offender – marking one of the most high-profile appearances before congressional investigators to date.

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Jun 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
The Democratic establishment begrudgingly moves to embrace Graham Platner

Democrats largely lined up behind their new Maine Senate nominee on Tuesday, while Republicans were quick to launch their attacks.

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Jun 10 • 12:53 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com
Japan's Asics to spin off Onitsuka Tiger business

Japan's Asics Corp on Wednesday said it will spin off ​its high-end Onitsuka Tiger business, a key driver behind ‌four straight years of record profit, in a bid to speed up decision-making and boost competitiveness.

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Jun 9 • 8:32 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Politics Chat, June 9, 2026

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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Jun 9 • 8:11 PM EDT • Politics • heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
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Developer behind Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2 has been revealed, and it's surprising

The developer behind Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2 has now been revealed, and it’s probably what most hadn’t been expected. This is not an internal Nintendo team or even another studio that was previously thrown around. Instead, it’s being handled by Velan. Who is Velan, you ask? Well, the company actually teamed up previously with Nintendo on Mario Kart...

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Jun 9 • 11:34 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Reward or threat? Omnisend offers quarterly raises for employees who use AI to drive business impact—and says those who don’t will get left behind

For Q1, the first quarter with the initiative in place, just over half of the company’s 246 employees qualified and received raises between 2% and 4% so far.

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Jun 9 • 9:45 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
From Classroom to Racetrack: How Charlie Baur is Building a Motorsports Career in a Business Discipline

Charlie Baur can trace his racing story back to a Christmas morning in Michigan — the kind that starts with snow on the ground and ends with a throttle in a kid’s hands. “I remember being 3 years old and then for Christmas that year, my parents had gotten me a 120 cc snowmobile,” Baur said. Long before sprint cars, he was a Michigan kid on snowmobiles, dirt bikes, four-wheelers and jet skis — and a regular at car shows and races with his family. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur That early exposure became a calling. At 12, he sat in a sprint car for the first time and knew he’d found the next chapter. He started in quarter midgets, moved to go-karts, and the day before he turned 16 — one day shy of the minimum age required by track insurance — he made his first sprint car start after convincing officials to let him race. Five years later, Baur is still pushing forward, now racing sprint cars on both pavement and dirt while pursuing an automotive business education at Northwood University — with a clear-eyed understanding that motorsports encompasses more than what happens under the lights on Saturday night. “It’s a business,” said Charlie, a 20-year-old who calls Fenton, Michigan, home when he’s not at a racetrack or at Northwood’s residential campus in Midland, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Racing is the product — but preparation is the job To the average fan, race day begins around dinner time. For a team, race day can be a 12-hour shift — plus the work that came before it. And Baur’s racing operation is a family affair. “The team is my parents and myself,” he said, explaining they own the cars, maintain equipment and manage the business side — from sponsor relations to budgeting. On race weekends, the core group includes Baur and his parents (Eric and Stefanie), plus a couple of additional hands (Alex Photiou and Robert Flannigan) who help with the intensity and pace of trackside work. That structure has shaped how he thinks about efficiency and professionalism. “We’ve always kind of had the mentality of we’re never working on the car for maintenance at the track,” he said. “Our goal is to do as little work as possible to the car because it should be ready when that car rolls out of the trailer to go racing.” That mindset shows up in routines: bolt checks, tire procedures, safety equipment and a repeatable process designed to limit errors. “Once I fire the car up and put my helmet on, that’s when it’s go time,” he said. “You can plan as much as possible for how the race is going to play out, but until you take the green flag … you don’t know how it’s going to go.” Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur First-generation driver, student of the game In racing, “first-generation” matters — and Baur wears that label with pride. “A lot of the drivers are third or fourth generation,” he said. “My family has never been in motorsports. So for me, we’ve always looked at it as we’re new to it and we want to be as different as possible. From a marketing standpoint, it helps us stand out.” It also pushes him to seek out mentors — especially veteran drivers who have seen every scenario, solved every problem and won in multiple eras. Baur credits accomplished driver Jason Blonde, a 10-time champion, for becoming his driver coach and helping him develop as a competitor. “To me, learning from Jason helps me because he has had lots of success and knows what to do,” Baur said. “You have to humble yourself and say, ‘I don’t know what to do; can you help me out?’” That willingness to learn extends off the track, too. Baur says one of his biggest challenges is not a mechanical limitation, but credibility. “It’s my age,” he said. “Some people won’t take me seriously because I’m so young. Even though … I do know what we’re talking about and have a general idea.” His answer has been to out-prepare, out-communicate and treat the operation like a real enterprise — because it is. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Northwood’s role: Turning passion into a plan Baur is majoring in automotive aftermarket management and pursuing an accelerated path that pairs undergraduate study with graduate work. He’s also exploring how to align his studies with motorsports-focused coursework as Northwood advances related programs and pathways. He sees the value clearly: motorsports needs business-literate professionals who understand budgets, sponsorship, marketing, operations and long-term strategy — and who can translate between the language of the shop and the language of the boardroom. That’s why his Northwood experience isn’t limited to the classroom. He has been involved with the Northwood University International Auto Show and serves as motorsports chair — a leadership role that demands outreach, contracts, coordination and a steady professional demeanor. “There’s so much outside work that makes the auto show successful that people don’t realize,” he said. “And it is truly student led.” He’s also participated in industry experiences through Northwood at major events such as AAPEX, SEMA and PRI, along with other automotive networking events — opportunities he describes as a fast track to understanding how business really gets done. “You learn a lot in the classroom,” he said. “But if you learn it and you can’t apply it to the real world, it loses its value. Or if you learn it and can apply it, but you don’t know anyone, it is still of no value.” In his words, Northwood helps him win because it “gives me the tools to succeed” — including flexibility and faculty support as he balances travel and racing commitments with academics. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Racing as an ecosystem — and a talent gap waiting to be filled Baur is blunt about what he sees across the motorsports world: a deep bench of experienced professionals, and not enough young talent entering the pipeline. “I go to car shows, I go to these different events, and typically … the average age is between 45 to 55,” he said. “There’s not a lot of young people going into the motorsports world.” That reality reinforces Northwood’s communications focus: positioning motorsports not as a narrow lane, but as a wide ecosystem of business careers — sponsorship, logistics, data, media, leadership, hospitality and innovation — with real demand for prepared graduates. It also shapes how Baur talks to younger students who love racing but aren’t sure what their future looks like. “If you have a passion for motorsports, there’s gonna be a spot for you somewhere,” he said, emphasizing that driving is only one of many career paths — and that local tracks and hands-on experience are often the best first step. But if someone is interested in driving as a career path, it will take a team to make that happen. Baur’s team includes Stahl’s Motors and Music Experience, Rhino Racing, Randy Wise Buick GMC Chevrolet, Western Michigan Fleet Parts, Mother’s Polish, Schaeffer’s Oil, Hepfner Racing Products, Ameriguard Storage Centers, Justice Brothers, Race 1 Wraps, TBM Brakes, Behind Your Design, CharlieBaur.com and Northwood University. “There are so many people who invest not only in myself but in my race team and who believe in us to succeed,” he added. Pictured: Charlie Bauer’s sprint race car. Looking ahead: A headline worth chasing Ask Baur to imagine 2035, and he’ll give you two answers — one dream, one blueprint. “In a perfect world,” he said, “winning the Indy 500.” Realistically, he wants to build a life where business ownership and racing reinforce each other and where he can pay forward the help he has received by mentoring younger drivers, especially those trying to break into motorsports without a family legacy. “When I retire from full-time racing, I want to be able to provide the same opportunities that were presented to myself to the next generation of drivers,” Baur said. “I know how difficult it is to get your foot in the door.” For now, the focus is simple: keep building the operation, keep learning the business, and keep showing up prepared — because in sprint car racing, as in life, process matters. And once the helmet goes on? “It’s go time,” Baur said. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Learn more Students interested in motorsports careers — whether in competition, team operations, marketing, finance, sponsorship, data, or management — can explore opportunities through Northwood University’s Center for Automotive and Mobility Studies. For Charlie Baur’s latest motorsports adventures, follow Charlie_Baur and Charlie Baur Racing on social media. To learn more about Northwood’s Bachelor of Business Administration in Automotive and Mobility Studies and motorsports management concentration, visit www.northwood.edu/programs/automotive-mobility-studies/. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Pictured: Charlie Baur at Butler Motor Speedway on May 31, 2026. Share this page

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Jun 9 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • northwood.edu
Cat ladies aren’t that ‘crazy’ after all - the social science behind the stereotype

Felines have long been associated with feminine power – and these women are embracing a cliché used to bring them down

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Jun 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
FIFA World Cup 2026: The science behind perfect football pitches

From sand‑based soils to underground heating, explore the mechanics of playing surfaces for the FIFA World Cup.

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Jun 9 • 4:00 AM EDT • Science • reuters.com
This Minnesota woman is behind several major sports events
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Jun 8 • 6:25 PM EDT • Sports • cbsnews.com
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Jeff Foxworthy talks family, Blue Collar Comedy Troupe ahead of Riverside show

At 67, Jeff Foxworthy balances a legendary comedy career and his joy as a grandparent, revealing that while he once vowed to stop making specials, his passion for stand-up persists. His new special, “The Joke's On Me,” weaves personal stories with rare behind-the-scenes footage highlighting the comic process.

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Jun 8 • 11:27 AM EDT • Entertainment • thegazette.com
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Nithya Raman, Spencer Pratt locked in tight race for LA mayor runoff

The race was still too early to call on Sunday as the vote tally showed Raman moving into second place behind the incumbent Bass

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Jun 8 • 9:33 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Blue Jays’ Ernie Clement Sends Message After Series Win

Blue Jays beat Orioles behind Ernie Clement.

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Jun 8 • 9:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists Reveal the Terrifying Truth Behind Earth’s Most Powerful Eruption - Futura-Sciences

Scientists Raise the Alarm This time, the University of Oxford has taken on the task, announcing that super volcanic eruptions—far more frequent than previously believed—could threaten our entire civilisation. Let’s not beat around the bush, because this is just about the worst natural disaster imaginable. An explosive display of such...

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Jun 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • futura-sciences.com
Months after the Minnesota ICE surge, the backlash is driving a Senate primary

Progressive activists have rallied behind Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, while Rep. Angie Craig has warned that Democrats could lose the seat if they nominate a candidate too far left.

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Jun 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Florida Home Builders rally behind Ashley Moody

The professional organization also supported her campaigns for Attorney General.

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Jun 8 • 4:30 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Rosie O'Donnell opens up about decision to go public with facelift: 'Authenticity is the goal'

Rosie O'Donnell explained the motivation behind her openness about getting a facelift, vowing to continue being honest about the 'complicated emotions' that surround the procedure.

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Jun 7 • 10:38 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
The Science Behind Why Your Pet Is Starting to Look… Human

From pugs to Persian cats, human aesthetic preferences are driving a new wave of convergent evolution.

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Jun 7 • 8:06 PM EDT • Science • inc.com
Stage Tour ‘Developer Spotlight’ trailer, latest details

RedOctane Games has released new information, screenshots, and footage for its five-fret rhythm game Stage Tour, including the closed alpha setlist, a behind the curtain hands-on for fans, Gibson p…

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Jun 7 • 5:26 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Golden Knights director of entertainment experience cherishing role in Final

Ferraro grew up Hurricanes fan, brains behind elaborate pregame show since Vegas joined NHL

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Jun 7 • 1:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • nhl.com
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Kaouther Ben Hania on How Every Movie Is Political: SXSW London 2026

The Oscar-nominated Tunisian director behind 'The Voice of Hind Rajab,' during a SXSW London appearance, also discussed the Western thirst for Global South trauma.

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Jun 7 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • hollywoodreporter.com
Dodgers Crush Angels Behind Yamamoto, Offensive Outburst

The Los Angeles Dodgers destroyed the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, June 6, with nine runs being scored in the first inning for an easy win.

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Jun 7 • 12:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Guardians Dominate Rangers Behind Bibee’s Gem

The offense came alive tonight but the story of the game was Tanner Bibee’s phenomenal outing. He tossed 8 scoreless innings and had only 87 pitches, I really wish they would’ve game him a chance to complete the Maddux. He lowered his ERA all the way down to 4.09 from this outing. If Bibee can […]

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Jun 6 • 11:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alan Clendenin wants Rays CRA vote delayed amid unresolved stadium talks

'Nothing has been agreed to by any party. There’s still negotiations happening behind the scenes,' Clendenin said.

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Jun 6 • 7:27 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Health experts reveal risks behind alkaline water craze as popularity surges
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Jun 6 • 2:34 PM EDT • Health • nypost.com
Colostrum Has Been Taking Over Social Media—But What Does The Science Say?

A public health expert examines the science behind colostrum and breaks down the social media hype on that wellness product.

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Jun 6 • 2:16 PM EDT • Science • forbes.com
Hagerty softball wins first state title behind freshman ace

Freshman Bella Ortiz led Hagerty High School to its first softball state title with two complete games in the 7A state tournament.

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Jun 6 • 10:50 AM EDT • Sports • mynews13.com
Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs linked to 30% lower breast cancer risk

A large study found that women taking GLP-1 drugs, the medication class behind Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound, were about 30% less likely to develop breast cancer. Researchers say the findings are promising but not yet proof, and clinical trials are now being planned to test whether these drugs could help prevent breast cancer.

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Jun 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
California falls behind Texas in Fortune 500 ranking

This year, 57 of the top companies are headquartered in Texas, compared with California’s 56. It’s a reversal from two years ago when the Golden State had the pole position.

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Jun 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • latimes.com
Yooka-Laylee is back in a SNES-style kart racer from some of the team behind Diddy Kong Racing

Playtonic's acclaimed platform series is swapping feet for wheels, with multiplayer beta tests promised ahead of launch.

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Jun 6 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Mets shutout Padres behind solid outing from Christian Scott

Jared Young and Luis Torrens homer as Mets add to Padres’ rough stretch.

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Jun 6 • 12:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Surprise! The Developers Behind Cuphead Just Announced A New 8-Bit Spin-Off For The Sega Master System

As well as "modern consoles and PC"

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Jun 5 • 6:45 PM EDT • Technology • timeextension.com
Fumito Ueda, legendary developer behind Shadow of the Colossus and Ico, announces single-player epic Gen Atlas for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC

"We hope to share an experience that inspires moments of quiet wonder and discovery.”

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Jun 5 • 5:18 PM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Wie West's journey back ends with missed cut at Riviera

2014 U.S. Women's Open winner Michelle Wie West carded a 75-74 in her two rounds at Riviera putting her behind the projected cut. Here are some other notable names not making it to the weekend.

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Jun 5 • 5:11 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Caniacs amplified: The science behind what makes Lenovo Center so loud
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Jun 5 • 4:38 PM EDT • Science • wral.com
James Handy's most memorable film and TV roles: A look back at the late actor's prolific career

The veteran character actor, who died on June 3, leaves behind a legacy that includes roles in "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Jumanji."

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Jun 5 • 4:36 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Melinda French Gates is done waiting for health care to take menopause seriously

Celebrities like Halle Berry and Naomi Watts have jumped on menopause startups. Now Melinda French Gates is throwing her weight behind the category—with philanthropic dollars.

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Jun 5 • 11:12 AM EDT • Health • fortune.com
LGBTQ+ business climate declines for fourth straight year

A new business climate index found lower-ranked states falling further behind while top-performing states continue strengthening LGBTQ+ protections.

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Jun 5 • 10:57 AM EDT • Business • advocate.com
Octopuses use mirrors to find food they cannot see

Octopuses may be even smarter than we thought. Researchers at Dartmouth found that octopuses can learn to use mirrors to locate food hidden behind them—a skill previously seen only in vertebrates like mammals and birds. After training, the animals correctly identified the food’s location about 73% of the time, showing they could use a mirror as a tool rather than simply reacting to a reflection.

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Jun 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Platner denies an ex-girlfriend's report of alleged abuse

An ex-girlfriend alleges U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner repeatedly grabbed her hard enough to leave marks, pulled her from a cab by the wrist, and, in one incident, twisted her arm behind her back and held her in a room when they dated more than a decade ago.

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Jun 5 • 6:43 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Rumour: Persona 6 Images Supposedly Leak Online

"Sega believed to be behind the takedowns"

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Jun 5 • 1:30 AM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com
Building a One Health workforce to protect people from zoonotic disease and foodborne illness

From zoonotic pathogens that move between animals, humans and their shared environment to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), driven by antimicrobial use across sectors, to chemical contaminants, food safety is at the centre of the One Health approach. On World Food Safety Day, we highlight those using the approach to address risks to human, animal and environmental health. WHO, together with partners, is committed to strengthening the One Health workforce, including professions such as veterinarians, epidemiologists and food safety officers. However, the approach is only as strong as the systems behind it and the people who implement it – across sectors, services and borders.

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Jun 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
Politics Chat, June 4, 2026

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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Jun 4 • 7:40 PM EDT • Politics • heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
God of War Laufey Voted Best PS5 Game at State of Play

Wolverine not far behind

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Jun 4 • 7:00 PM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com
The Family Business Behind the UWS New York Knicks Bear

Constantine and Nick Bazas, who own Q Florist on the Upper West Side. Photo by Gus Saltonstall. By Gus Saltonstall

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Jun 4 • 6:10 PM EDT • Business • westsiderag.com
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales ‘Making of’ video

Publisher and developer Square Enix, and developer Claytechworks have a 13-minute behind the scenes “making of” video for HD-2D action RPG The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales…

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Jun 4 • 5:34 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
The Science Behind Serena Williams’ Return to Tennis

With Serena Williams set to return to the court at 44, Falk College of Sport exercise scientist Matthew Armstrong explains what the science says about comebacks at any age.

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Jun 4 • 2:18 PM EDT • Science • news.syr.edu
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Decoding the Complex Science of Obesity

GLP-1. GIP. Amylin. Incretins. Peptides. NuSH. It’s not hard to see why the language surrounding modern obesity research sometimes feels like an alphabet soup of scientific terms. But behind each is a growing understanding of how the body regulates hunger, metabolism, energy use, and weight. It’s shaping what we know about how those systems might contribute to obesity.

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Jun 4 • 1:07 PM EDT • Science • pfizer.com
Inside the science behind America’s red light therapy boom

Start your morning with The National News Desk as Jan Jeffcoat sits down with the head of Medical Scientific Affairs at IMA Health, Dr. Ryan Cole.

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Jun 4 • 11:30 AM EDT • Science • katu.com
Website reviews Barba's spell at Galo so far

Argentine coach Eduardo Domínguez has completed 100 days in charge of Atlético-MG. The assessment of this start to his tenure is considered positive behind the scenes. The coach secured the team a p...

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Jun 4 • 11:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Check out Grêmio players with contracts nearing expiry

The break in the sports calendar for the World Cup will give Grêmio’s board valuable time to get things in order.The main focus behind the scenes is defining the future of key players in Luís Cast...

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Jun 4 • 10:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lehigh Valley Political Pulse: Gridlock, budgets and midterm politics shape summer outlook

With Memorial Day behind them, lawmakers are heading toward summer recess amid questions about what, if anything, they will be able to accomplish before voters return their attention to the fall elections.

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Jun 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • lehighvalleynews.com
Why Asking for ‘Smooth’ Whisky Is Valid (And the Science Behind the Burn)

Why do whisky snobs cringe when you ask for something “smooth”? Turns out the science is entirely on your side — here’s what’s really behind that silky sip.

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Jun 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • thewhiskeywash.com
Eli Manning’s Private Equity Firm Buys Youth Sports Company Behind NFL Flag

Brand Velocity Group, a private equity firm whose partners include Eli Manning, has acquired RCX Sports, the youth sports operating partner for the NFL and other leagues.

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Jun 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • forbes.com
Why Does Roast Chicken Taste So Good? Inside the Science Behind the Flavors We Love

When we cook our favorite meals, what happens to the carbo-hydrates, proteins and fats? I confess I am a less-than-average cook, but God loves a trier. I remember being about 23 years old and tryin…

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Jun 4 • 4:58 AM EDT • Science • lithub.com
Dallas Stars Select Plano Site for New $1B Arena and Entertainment District

The NHL team, which brought home the Stanley Cup to Dallas in its 1999 championship season, aims to leave American Airlines Arena behind for a new arena and entertainment district at Plano's Shops of Willow Bend site. A key Plano City Council vote on the arena project is slated for June 8.

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Jun 3 • 4:51 PM EDT • Entertainment • dallasinnovates.com
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Short-sighted: John Ternus behind Apple Vision project refocuses

Apple's head-mounted hardware plans are slowly being cut, reportedly by new CEO John Ternus himself, with Vision Air said to be killed off alongside Display glasses.

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Jun 3 • 2:05 PM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
9 actors who were written off TV shows amid behind-the-scenes controversy
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Judge with intimate ties to Dem Party's key Russia Hoax players behind latest anti-Trump decision

Trump accuses Obama-appointed Judge Cooper of conflict of interest over Kennedy Center ruling, citing wife Amy Jeffress' work for Biden and Democrats.

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Jun 3 • 11:37 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
The Texas Business Court - A New Forum for Complex Disputes

By Byron F. Egan A key driver behind the DExit movement is Texas’s investment in a specialized forum for complex business disputes. The Texas Business Court represents a significant shift in how commercial litigation is handled in the state.

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Jun 3 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • jw.com
Be There for Every Customer With Meta Business Agent

Meta Business Agent is AI that lets every business show up for every customer, as if they had an infinite team behind them.

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Explore the science behind optical illusions at Orlando Science Center

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The cult of objectivity has broken consciousness science

With 22 competing theories and no consensus in sight, the science of consciousness is lost. In this exclusive IAI interview, Berkeley psychedelics researcher and bestselling author of a new book on consciousness Michael Pollan insists that even though consciousness lies beyond traditional forms of scientific investigation, we should resist becoming dualists who see it as something radically different from ordinary stuff in the world. Instead, he makes the case for reimagining science itself: it must stop reaching for objective descriptions of physical reality, and instead embrace subjectivity as the indispensable core of all inquiry. Alasdair Craig: How did your experiences with psychedelics get you interested in consciousness?Michael Pollan: One of the things that happens on psychedelics is that they foreground consciousness. What formerly seemed perfectly transparent and ever present—and yet, non-existent, as water is to fish—suddenly you see it. The metaphor I use in the book is that psychedelics sponge the windscreen. Suddenly you realize: wow, there’s a windscreen, there is this phenomenon that’s mediating my relationship to reality. This is not an unusual realization on psychedelics. I think a lot of people are called to think about consciousness after psychedelic experiences. So that was the proximate inspiration for A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness (2026).And then there was a more specific way in which psychedelics influence the book. That was a particular experience I had on psilocybin. I had the sensation that the plants in my garden were conscious and returning my gaze, with their own point of view and agency, and I got curious as to how to evaluate an insight like that. I mean, what’s the truth quotient of insights you have on psychedelics? And I was reading William James—who, of course, wrote beautifully about mystical experience—and he said, we can’t judge the metaphysics here, but we should pay attention to two criteria: (1) How useful is it to think this is true? He was a pragmatist, of course. And (2) can we subject it to other ways of knowing to validate it? Because maybe we should treat these insights as hypotheses. And that’s kind of how I approach psychedelics, as a great generator of hypotheses, but they need to be tested against other ways of knowing. And so that led me down this long path exploring the science of plant intelligence and plant sentience.AC: I love your phrase, “smudging the windowpane of conscious experience.” So do you now start to think, actually, even when I’m not on psychedelics, I’m just seeing a screen all the time, which is not reality, but rather is my conscious experience, behind which reality is hidden?MP: Well, you know, not when I’m brushing my teeth and making breakfast! But yes, in meditation, certainly. I mean, one of the things you realize is that my experience happens to be this way now, but it could be another way. And many things can affect it. My morning coffee changes the screen in various ways, sharpens certain things.___The only tool we have to understand consciousness is consciousness.___There’s this wonderful metaphor in Aldous Huxley’s book, The Doors of Perception, where he thinks we channel consciousness, and that what the brain does is edit it, and there’s a reducing valve. And psychedelics open the reducing valve wider. I don’t know that I’m ready to buy into the idea that consciousness exists outside brains, but I do love that metaphor because there are times when you are more conscious than others. I know I’ve switched from window pane to valve, but you know, a camera aperture can open wider or narrower. And I do have a sense of that. I have a sense of when I’m being less conscious, and when I’m being more conscious, by which I mean, you know, more present, taking in more sensory information. So when you start thinking about consciousness as a matter of degree, that changes things also.I think when we scroll on social media, obviously, we’re conscious. But minimally so, because we don’t have to generate our own thoughts. We’re basically taking these little hits from other people and thinking their thoughts.The process of writing this book made me kind of relativize everyday consciousness as just one type, which is exactly what William James said. Normal consciousness is one type, separated by the flimsiest of screens from the other types.AC: If we stick with the metaphor of the smudge on the window that you get when you take psychedelics, it seems like we’re saying that consciousness has become like an object that you’re looking at, right? You’re looking at the smudge and that just is consciousness. But sometimes we’ll talk about consciousness as a state that you’re in, rather than an object you can perceive. You’re either conscious or you’re not conscious. So it’s difficult to really know what sort of thing we’re talking about when we talk about consciousness, right?MP: Yeah. When you say that consciousness is an object, what’s the subject? Consciousness also? The only tool we have to understand consciousness is consciousness. So we’re in a closed loop and when we get a perspective on consciousness, we’re not achieving any distance from it. That’s one of the problems with studying consciousness. Science is predicated on an objective, God’s eye view of things, and you never get that. There’s no such thing. SUGGESTED VIEWING The brain filters consciousness With Àlex Gómez-Marín But, yeah, there is this sense, I think, that consciousness is something you can approach. Certainly, when you’re writing and trying to recreate a conscious experience, it’s a fiction, but you’re standing back from it, and looking at it. But there’s no real subject-object distinction.AC: That’s so interesting, because when philosophers start talking about consciousness, they often talk about what they call “qualia”, which is their word for the felt experience of, say, the color red. And I think that way of speaking often makes us think of the qualia as an object, which you can see out there: the redness of red. But, as you say, we also want to collapse the subject-object distinction when we talk about consciousness. So there’s something strange going on here…MP: Oh, yeah, there are many strange things going on! *AC: Let’s talk about the varieties of consciousness. Apart from perceptions, there are, pains, emotions, thoughts, and so on. What is it that holds all this diversity together so that they all count as instances of consciousness? What is it that they all have in common?MP: Yeah, that’s a really good question. I mean, there is sensory information, right? Which we perceive coming from the world outside ourselves. And then there’s internal information, which is what’s called interoception. And this is very important too. This is where feelings come from—what are sometimes called homeostatic feelings—that are intended to get the brain to keep us in these narrow ranges of temperature and glucose and so on. That’s a very important part of consciousness. And according to some researchers, who I think are probably right, this is where consciousness begins, with these very primal feelings, like hunger and thirst and warmth and itch, and things like that. And then there’s this third thing, which is our thinking about thinking.And what holds all this together is, I think, the sense of self. Consciousness generates a self: it is probably an organizing principle. All this stuff is happening to the self. It’s a construct, I think, but it is very useful. It can connect all these different streams of consciousness to a single being or a place, metaphorically speaking.* AC: The first half of your book is about the science of consciousness. Is consciousness just another thing, like black holes or the origin of life, which we don’t yet understand, but which we should have every hope that science will one day get to the bottom of, or is there something special about consciousness that makes this unlikely?MP: It depends how you define science. As we define science now, it’s going be very difficult. Science since Galileo has had a set of rules or assumptions, which is that the proper remit of science is to deal with the objective, quantifiable, third-person world. And the physical sciences have done amazing work under that set of limitations. Galileo—for tactical reasons, not for philosophical reasons—said science should not deal with the soul, which at the time was what consciousness was considered to be. So what is subjective, what is qualitative, what is first person, we’re going to leave to the church, he said. And this was a good agreement, and it probably kept many scientists from getting burned at the stake. But it leaves science in an awkward spot, now that it wants to venture into that territory of qualities, of first-person experience. And I don’t think it has the proper tools. I think it will have to add to its toolkit in some way, and find a way to bring in phenomenology, or lived experience and introspection, which science is usually dismissive of.The challenge—we alluded to it earlier—is that the only tool you have to study consciousness with is consciousness. And what I mean by that is, the whole scientific enterprise is a manifestation of consciousness. As much as scientists like to flatter themselves with this idea that they attain a godlike perspective on what they study, when it comes to consciousness, there’s no such thing. And it’s fine for all the things you can step outside of and study from that perspective. But two areas it won’t work are consciousness and cosmology.___It could be that we live in this anomaly of not believing nature is conscious. And maybe psychedelics are teaching us something we’ve forgotten.___With cosmology, too, you have to study the universe from inside the universe. It’s not that cosmologists haven’t made progress. We know a lot about the age of the universe and expansion and things like that. But we can’t penetrate what happened before the Big Bang. We just don’t have the tools because we can’t stand outside.The fact that there are 22 full-scale theories of consciousness tells you all you need to know: we’re kind of lost. And I was surprised to find that we are more lost than I thought we were when I started this. I thought that there’d be leading theories, or that we had experiments that we could conduct that would nail some of this down. And the fact is, we don’t.So, I don’t know if science can solve it. But, of course, we can change the rules of science. A really influential book for me was a book called The Blind Spot, by two physicists, Marcello Gleiser and Adam Frank, and a philosopher, Evan Thompson. It’s a reminder that science is a social practice. It’s organized in a certain way and it can be organized in a different way. But it has this huge blind spot at the center of it, which is its failure to recognize that it is a form of consciousness itself, and it doesn’t have a good way of taking account of lived experience.AC: On the one hand, I think you want to resist traditional dualism, which would say that consciousness is something magical, something supernatural, right? But on the other hand, you’re accepting that there is this division in reality between the stuff that you can investigate objectively and measure, and so on—the stuff that science has been good at finding out about—and consciousness, which, for some reason, you can’t objectively measure. Some would take this to suggest that the dualism is actually right. Is there a way of reconciling these two strands of your thinking?MP: To call it magical is full of value judgement. I mean, you could just say immaterial. The interesting thing is, I think, that intuitively we’re all dualists. And I don’t know whether that’s because we’re children of Descartes and other cultures are less dualist than we are. Or it may be because that’s how consciousness feels. It feels different than the body. It feels separate from the body. But I don’t think we should trust that intuition.AC: So let’s think about ways that science might be changed to get at consciousness. I suppose the starting point would be the way that you begin the second half of your book. You have this nice line from William James, where he says, “We now begin our study of the mind from within.” Could you give us some sense of the ways of studying the mind from within? What does this involve?MP: I don’t know what that science looks like. But one of the points I’m making is that it depends on the humanities. I found that I learned as much, if not more, about consciousness, from reading novels and poetry. There is a sense of the fullness and complexity of consciousness that you don’t get in any scientific account. I interviewed this stream-of-consciousness writer and I approached her as an expert on consciousness, and she is. So I think that dialogue is really important.I’m reading Ben Lerner’s new novel, Transcription. Just read the first page of this novel: it’s a man falling asleep on a train, going to conduct an interview, and there is the experience of being in the train, facing backwards, there’s the view outside, but there’s a reflection of himself through which he’s seeing outside. There’s the memory of dropping his kids off at school. All this is going on in one moment of consciousness. Scientists aren’t going anywhere near that. But I think it’s useful for them to think about. That’s where we’re trying to go: like, how does such a layered experience happen? You know, it also makes you wonder, could a computer ever do this? And it gives you some doubt.*AC: Before we get to computers, perhaps we could talk briefly about plants. How did you come to feel that they are sentient?MP: Well, it was a psychedelic experience, and it’s not unusual on psychedelics. In fact, there’ve been studies about how people become animists during psychedelic experience. Their belief in animism arises after a single psychedelic experience.You know, most scientists would say this is all a myth. But we have only 400 years of the age of enlightenment and science. Before that, we were animists, and if you go around the world, most indigenous cultures are still animists, and children are animists, by and large, until they go to school. So it could be that we live in this anomaly of not believing nature is conscious. And maybe psychedelics are teaching us something we’ve forgotten.As I said, I wanted to test this idea, and see whether there was conventional scientific evidence for it. And there’s fascinating work going on in a field that calls itself—in a rather cheeky way—plant neurobiology. These are people who fully realize there are no neurons in plants, but they’re trolling conventional botanists! And they’re doing experiments that are demonstrating that plants can learn and remember, which is kind of amazing: how do you store a memory without neurons? They’re finding plants that can solve problems, that can hear and see. In fact, they have 20 senses to our five or six. For example, a bean plant looking for something to twine, and given a pole within eight inches or so of it, knows where that pole is and will aim its spiraling reach at that pole. What is that about? Is it bouncing signals off of it?One of the spookiest things is the fact that the same anesthetics that put us out put plants out. You might think that plants are already out, but they’re not. They’re just slow. If you take a plant with a fast behavior, like a Venus flytrap, and give it an anesthetic, it will stop reacting. So you have to ask yourself, what is lost when the plant is anaesthetized? Some state of alertness, of awareness, of its environment, of reactivity. I’m not prepared to call that consciousness, but maybe it’s sentience—which is a simpler form of consciousness, and involves the ability to sense what’s going on in your environment and assess what’s good and bad for you and act appropriately. That may be a universal quality of life.AC: Let’s turn from plants to AI. You point out that LLMs are trained on the internet rather than direct interactions with reality. You put this really nicely when you say the internet is not the world so much as a shadow cast by the world. So LLMs are living in this kind of shadow world, or in Plato’s cave, as you put it. What’s the significance of this for AI consciousness and moral consideration? And, to recall the beginning of our conversation, if we’re stuck behind a veil or screen of consciousness, are we also stuck in a kind of shadow world?MP: I don’t think they’re the same shadow worlds because our world includes nature and other people. And even if it’s mediated in some ways... There is a reality out there, and we are in relation to it, through consciousness. There’s friction with it. What’s missing from the LLMs is that friction with the real world. There’s more to the world than human representation, which is what they’re dealing with. And that means that so far, AI is a cultural technology for combining thoughts we’ve already had. SUGGESTED VIEWING Cracking the code for thought With Roger Penrose, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Max Tegmark, Güneş Taylor Genuine creativity is more than collage. A lot of what AI does now is tantamount to collage, putting this with that and you know, that’s part of art, certainly. But there are also genuinely new ideas that come into the world that don’t come in through manipulating the representations we already have. So it remains to be seen whether AIs can be truly creative in that more radical sense.But my arguments against AI becoming conscious have to do with the fact that the idea of AI consciousness is based on this faulty metaphor that the brain is a computer. There are dimensions in which the brain is like a computer—it certainly does its share of computation. But computers have this sharp distinction between hardware and software, and brains don’t. In a brain, hardware and software are identical. Every memory is a physical change to the brain. Brains are not interchangeable in the way computers are. So this idea that you could take the consciousness out and somehow run it on another substrate, a silicon substrate, seems foolhardy.Anyway, it’s a more extended argument, and I may be wrong. And when we move to computers that aren’t based on silicon—neuromorphic computers and things like that—all bets may be off.AC: Regarding your point about LLMs being stuck in the world of our representations—the internet or whatever—and not being able to interact with reality, are these representations, the world of the internet, themselves part of reality? We’ve created the internet, but it’s still a real thing that exists. And so while the LLMs may be trapped within that part of reality, they’re nevertheless within reality and interacting with it and so on. So it’s not obvious that there’s a barrier there to them becoming conscious and being creative.MP: Yeah, I mean, if our consciousness is built out of human culture, which is what we’re talking about with all those representations. But I tend to think consciousness comes a bit more out of nature and friction with the natural world, but...AC: So there’s a fundamental divide between the natural world and human artefacts?MP: And we lose track of that, and especially people in this computer world. You know, the people who are creating these AI systems, my guess is they’ve been into video games since the age of three, and they didn’t go outside a lot. And their own contact with nature is somewhat limited. I could be wrong, it’d be a very interesting thing to ask, all the wizards of AI, whether they like to go fishing and hiking and do things like that. Or were they on computers from a very early age? I interviewed Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who came to believe that LaMDA, the Google LLM out at the time, was conscious and deserved personhood. It was very clear that he didn’t see a distinction between this bubble in which he lived and the real world. And I think we’ve all been distanced from the natural world, and this is taking us even further away. But it’s still there, you know, and we still have bodies, and we’re still mortal, and we don’t live in a simulation.AC: I think that’s a great place to finish. Michael Pollan, thank you very much!

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Ten week natural health pilot project boosted peoples' wellbeing

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The work you can't always see: Beer is political, part 2

Recently I published a piece about beer, politics, and the question of who speaks up and who doesn’t. I meant every word of it. I still do. And then my inbox opened up. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe I’ve been writing about beer since 2014. For most of that time, I kept things deliberately light — taproom profiles, new releases, the people behind the pints. Gradually, over years of building this thing, you gave me something I didn’t expect: permission. Permission to go deeper. To say what I actually saw in this industry and what I actually believed about it. That trust isn’t something I take lightly. It’s why that piece existed at all, and it’s why this one does too. I’m not walking anything back. But I want to go further. In that piece, I wrote that beer has never existed outside the system. That immigration policy affects who staffs breweries and harvests ingredients. That labor policy affects taproom workers. That civil rights policy affects who feels safe walking into a taproom. That “beer does not exist in a vacuum. The idea that it does is comforting. It is also false.” I believe that as much now as I did when I wrote it. But one idea came back at me, in different forms, over and over (from reader emails, comments, and conversations): that beer itself isn’t political — that it only becomes political when someone decides to make it that way. That what we’re really seeing is a choice by individuals to inject division into something that doesn’t inherently require it. It’s a comforting idea. It’s also wrong — and I think it’s worth being precise about why. That framing assumes that breweries operate outside the conditions shaping everything else. That politics is something you choose to bring into a room that was, until then, clean and neutral. That if you stay quiet, you stay clear of it. But the room was never neutral. It was never clean. Politics is already in the room. It’s in who walks through the door comfortably and who hesitates. It’s in whether a space can be used for organizing without fear. It’s in whether helping someone quietly might carry consequences you have to think carefully about in advance. It’s in who staffed the brewery, who harvested the grain, who can afford to be a regular. The idea that you opt out of all that by staying quiet is an illusion. You only change how visible your response to it is. This is, I realize, a hard thing to hear if you came to a beer newsletter for something lighter. I wrote recently that “beer, for me, has always felt like a refuge — a third place in an increasingly fractured world.” I meant that. I still do. But a refuge is not an escape from reality. It’s a place to gather strength to face it. Here’s what I actually missed — and what I want to correct. Multiple people in the industry reached out to me. I’m not naming them and I’m not identifying their businesses, because that’s not my call. If and when they want to be loud about what they’re doing, that agency belongs to them. What I can share is the substance of what they said, because it complicated something I presented too cleanly. The overall message: *You don’t know what we all are doing.* And they’re right. I don’t. One example involved a collaboration brewed quietly to support another business facing serious challenges in a whole different region, with proceeds directed toward solidarity, community, and keeping operations afloat. No announcement. It could have been broadcast widely. The point was never publicity. Another example involved logistical support for community efforts: organizing safe transportation, providing space for meetings on otherwise closed days, facilitating gatherings under difficult conditions. All of it happening while balancing real financial pressure and genuine concern for personal safety. None of what they described is a brewer “deciding to make beer political.” It’s people responding to the conditions around them — conditions that are already shaping who feels safe, who has access, who can gather, who needs help, and who has the capacity to offer it. Politics, again, already in the room. Already shaping choices. Whether anyone announced it or not. I’ve spent decades in taprooms, at barrel releases, at festivals, in back offices and brewing floors, talking to the people who built this industry from nothing. I know how much happens that never makes it onto social media. I know the owner who quietly comp’d a tab for someone having a crisis. The brewer who drove an hour to pick up a stranger who needed a safe ride. The taproom that stayed dark on a Tuesday so a community group could use the space without it becoming A Whole Thing. None of that gets a post. Most of it never will. So when I wrote recently about silence — when I said that “silence right now doesn’t feel neutral, it feels like complicity” — I was writing about what I could see. And I was right about what I saw. The public silence of breweries that have the platform, the stability, and frankly the safety to say something and choose not to? That still troubles me. I’m not softening that. But some of what I read as silence is actually something else entirely. It’s people doing the work with their hands instead of their phones. It’s people who are genuinely afraid — not of being canceled, but of real consequences for their families, their employees, their ability to keep the doors open at all. That deserves more than a footnote. It deserves to be named clearly. Here’s the tension I want to sit with honestly: public statements matter. They matter because people can’t rally around something they can’t see. Visibility creates awareness and solidarity. It helps people find each other. It tells someone standing outside your taproom door, uncertain whether they’ll be welcomed inside, something they need to know — or whether it’s even safe for them to be in public at all. That’s not performative. I wrote recently that the craft beer movement “was built on collective defiance. It was built on rejecting consolidation. On pushing back against homogeneity.” I believe that too. And I’ll extend it: breweries should be at least as loud about their values as they are when they drop a new seasonal. Your hazy IPA gets a full rollout — the label art, the tap handle photo, the countdown post. Human dignity deserves the same energy. Be as loud about human rights as you are about your beer. There is no reason those two things should require different levels of courage from you. But visibility isn’t the only form of courage. And not everyone can be visible right now without real consequences — financial, personal, sometimes physical. There are people in this industry doing hard, unglamorous, sometimes risky work in the background, and announcing it would compromise it or paint a target on someone who’s already stretched thin. That’s not silence as complicity. That’s operational discipline under pressure. What I want to push back on — clearly, not gently — is the idea that behind-the-scenes action and public visibility are in competition with each other. The person organizing quietly in the back room and the person posting a statement of solidarity on a Tuesday morning are both doing something real. We need both. We need the quiet infrastructure and we need the visible signal. We need people to know that this industry — at its best, at its most independent, and human — gives a fuck. I closed that piece with a question: “Reactive and fearful? Or clear and values-driven?” That question still stands. But having heard from you, I’d add a corollary: the values-driven path isn’t always the loudest one. Sometimes it’s a phone call and a recipe. Sometimes it’s a room made available on a closed Tuesday. Sometimes it’s a drive across town for someone who needed a safe ride home. All of it is political. All of it was always political. You don’t get to opt out of that — you only get to decide what you do with it. I’ve spent more than a decade writing about this industry because I believe it can be exactly that. I’ve been lucky enough to build an audience that lets me say so plainly. That’s a privilege I intend to use. The work is happening. Some of it you’ll see. Some of it you won’t. Support it either way. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication covering beer and brewing across New York state. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Why are scientists planting tiny forests in big cities?

Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health. But it’s hard to imagine an entire forest in the middle of a big city. That’s where micro-forests come into play — public forests on a smaller scale, filled with native plants. They exist around the world, and producer Rachel Carlson went to visit the largest micro-forest in California in this encore episode. She joins host Emily Kwong to chat about what she saw. Interested in more of the science behind urban nature? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.

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Jun 2 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • npr.org
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A stellar “Rosetta stone” reveals the source of mysterious cosmic signals

Astronomers have finally cracked the mystery behind a strange class of repeating cosmic signals that has baffled scientists for years. Using Australia’s ASKAP radio telescope, researchers traced the bursts to a rare stellar duo in which a dense white dwarf is relentlessly siphoning material from a nearby red dwarf companion. As the stolen matter spirals inward, the system unleashes powerful radio waves and X-rays every 1.4 hours.

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Jun 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Why Are Politicians Swearing More?

In American In American politics, cursing and “four-letter words” are no longer confined to hot mics or hidden behind closed doors. Politicians and pundits are increasingly using so-called “bad words.

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Jun 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • today.ucsd.edu
FICO Names Eric Lapin VP, Head Of Strategy And Market Intelligence For Scores Business

FICO has appointed Eric Lapin as vice president and head of strategy and market intelligence for its Scores business, adding a longtime mortgage and fintech executive to a leadership role at the company behind the credit scores used throughout the mortgage industry.Lapin announced the move in a LinkedIn post, describing it as "a new and inspiring chapter" in his career.

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Jun 1 • 10:25 AM EDT • Business • nationalmortgageprofessional.com
‘The Cardinal Countdown: 97 Days Until Kickoff’

MAURICE DAVIS #97 Height: 6’4” Weight: 250lb Position: DL Class: Sophomore Hometown: Albany, GA Summary: The Cards grabbed Davis over a few SEC squads back in 2024 and are looking for his on field development to mirror that of his improved speed and quickness. Sitting behind some high caliber weapons on the depth chart when […]

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Jun 1 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What’s Behind Tilman Fertitta’s $18 Billion Bet On Caesars Entertainment

Despite challenges from prediction markets, Ozempic and rising costs, the restaurateur owner of the Houston Rockets seeks to add 50 locations, and a mountain of debt, to his existing empire.

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Jun 1 • 6:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • forbes.com
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Xbox fan backlash to "PlayStation logos in the Showcase" isn't about gatekeeping

Everybody with a brain knows it takes five seconds to go online and find out whether a game is multiplatform. Microsoft's logo "transparency" simply has users doubting whether it's truly behind Xbox's long-term success.

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Jun 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
LSU's near-record, 'unbelievable' day keeps Tigers' season alive

LSU rallied from 17 shots back of the top 15 to not only make the 54-hole cut Sunday at the NCAA Championship, but the Tigers are just three behind eighth after an 18-under day.

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Jun 1 • 1:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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AAPI Heritage Month: Science behind Thai gelato | FOX 11 Los Angeles

FOX 11's Susan Hirasuna was joined by Moom Maam's Darwin Wai as he breaks down the delicious science behind the Thai gelato.

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Jun 1 • 12:34 AM EDT • Science • foxla.com
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Glyco Harmony Drops [URGENT REPORT 2026] GlycoHarmony Shocking Complete Scientific Breakdown of Benefits Everyone Is Talking

Explore the science behind Glyco Harmony. Get a detailed explanation of its ingredients, benefits, potential effects, and how the formula may support healthy glucose metabolism. Glyco Harmony Glyco Harmony New York City, NY, May 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As awareness of metabolic health continues to rise worldwide, consumers are increasingly searching for products that can help support healthy blood sugar levels, improve overall wellness, and complement healthy lifestyle choices. Learn what’s

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May 31 • 2:38 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com