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Eve Upton-Clark

‘No book is written in a vacuum’: Politics has come for BookTok

While some say the TikTok community is simply a space for sharing recommendations and making friends, others say it’s impossible to take the politics out of literature.

BookTok, like the rest of America, is divided. “When did BookTok become political?” one creator asks in a video posted last week. “I am so sick of seeing these reader-unfollow parties. You guys, we are here to share books that we all enjoy… we don’t need politics ruining a good thing we have going.”

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Associated Press

Waymo opens robotaxi service to anyone in Los Angeles

The expansion comes eight months after Waymo began offering rides in Los Angeles to a limited group of passengers chosen from a waiting list that had ballooned to more than 300,000 people.

Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology since the company began as a secret project at Google 15 years ago.

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Associated Press

My Little Pony joins the Toy Hall of Fame after many tries

The toy won along with Transformers action figures and the Phase 10 card game.

My Little Pony finally made it to the winner’s circle.

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Joseph Acosta

Penei Sewell’s dominance is fueling the Detroit Lions’ Super Bowl hype

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Penei Sewell is playing at a superstar level for the Lions.

When teams start losing in games, they tend to lean on their best players to get them out of a rut. These guys are the ones you feed targets to, the ones you get the ball in their hands and you just let them cook.

The Lions did that, too. But their best player is a right tackle who craters everything in his way.

I’m sure you’ve heard by now—the Lions won a football game where Jared...

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Jack Milko

LIV Golf ignores Jon Rahm, Cam Smith’s plea as it relates to Open Championship prep for 2025

Jon Rahm at the 2024 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters. | Photo by Jose Manuel Alvarez Rey/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Both Jon Rahm and Cam Smith offered a suggestion on how LIV Golf could improve in 2025. Their latest schedule release shows they ignored it.

LIV Golf has unveiled more events as part of its 2025 schedule, which features familiar spots and new locales, such as South Korea and Indianapolis, Indiana.

Yet, the Saudi-backed circuit ignored a request from Jon Rahm and...

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Will Knight

The First Entirely AI-Generated Video Game Is Insanely Weird and Fun

Generative AI may transform video game design, but the first playable title is just bizarre and fascinating.

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David Gilbert

Donald Trump's New 'Border Czar' Defended Child Separation at Festival Held by Gun-Worshipping Sect

Tom Homan, who helped usher in the family separation policy during Trump’s first term, is promising to enact the "biggest deportation operation in the history of the United States."

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Ash Parrish

Workers at Bethesda parent company strike over remote work policies

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The members of ZeniMax Workers United-CWA, one of the largest video game unions in the United States, have gone on strike. The action involves workers in ZeniMax offices in Texas and Maryland, who do quality assurance work for games including Fallout and Elder Scrolls. Workers are striking over claims that ZeniMax leadership has failed to address employee issues regarding remote work and outsourcing.

“Today, we are on strike,” ZeniMax Workers United...

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Jess Weatherbed

Amazon’s new $20 and under store is here to challenge Shein and Temu

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Amazon has launched a store where every product costs $20 or less in a bid to take on popular low-cost shopping apps like Temu and Shein. The new “Amazon Haul” service is available in the US via Amazon’s app or mobile website, and offers a wide range of similar fashion, home, lifestyle, and electronics products that you’d expect to find on the rival Chinese platforms.

“Finding great products at very low prices is important to customers, and we continue to...

The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

The Lightfoot electric scooter is wrapped in solar panels to address range anxiety

The Lightfoot scooter’s 120W solar panels can extend its range by up to 20 miles in the Summer, its creators claim. | Image: Otherlab

Otherlab has announced a new electric scooter called the Lightfoot that can extend its range not by fast charging or quick battery swaps, but by soaking up the sun. The scooter is shrouded in two large solar panels that Otherlab says can extend its range by an extra three miles for every hour it’s left in the sun.

The company, which describes...

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One Week After The Election, Black Americans Are Sharing Their Thoughts And Feelings About The Outcome, And They're Not Holding Back

"Sad to say that if slavery were on the ballot today, it would overwhelmingly pass. This is how deeply Trump has stoked the racism in this country, and it came through for him."

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Reuters

How Amazon and IKEA are pushing the ocean shipping industry to meet net-zero emission goals

The world’s ocean fleet moves more than 80% of global trade and contributes about 3% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Amazon.com and IKEA, in alliance with about three dozen other companies that depend on ocean freight, will invite shipping firms for the first time to bid on a contract in January to move their cargo on vessels powered by near-zero emissions e-fuels like e-methanol.

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Chris Kay

Codify the shapers of modern marketing

Community and unpredictability help build these brands’ identities.

To be a catalyst of change as a new generation marketeer shaping modern marketing, it seems you simply need to be fortunate enough to have a brand moniker that starts with the letter L.

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Jesus Diaz

This hyper-smelling AI can sniff out counterfeit sneakers—and that’s only the beginning

Osmo, an AI startup focused on mapping scent, has an ambitious plan to use its sensor tech to find everything from fake shoes to tumors growing inside your body.

“I want a tricorder,” Alex Wiltschko tells me over email. Wiltschko, the founder of the AI company Osmo, is referring to the handheld device used by the Enterprise’s crew in its exploration across the universe. In Stark Trek, the tricorder can tell crew members everything they need to know about an object simply by holding it...

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Joe Berkowitz

Threads vs. Bluesky: Which social media network is right for you?

People are fleeing X in droves. Where they go from there, though, is a deeply personal choice.

The vibes on X, the everything app, are in shambles. Rampant bots. Scant content moderation. Election-gloating and taunting from high-visibility accounts who pay a monthly fee for the privilege. Many users who managed to stick around during previous “X-oduses” throughout Elon Musk’s rocky tenure as owner may have finally had enough of his MAGA house of mirrors. They’re fleeing in droves. 

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Associated Press

Massachusetts firefighters continue to battle blazes, as Northeast fire restrictions go into effect

Massachusetts officials said all of the 200 or so fires they have dealt with this month were caused by human behavior.

The Northeast kept a wary eye on dozens of fires that killed at least one person and continued to burn Tuesday amid bone-dry weather, while much larger and more destructive fires came under relative control in California.

Firefighters in Massachusetts worked to contain several fires as strong winds and drought conditions continued. The National Weather Service issued a red...

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Ricky O'Donnell

The Bears cut their worst free agent signing, and fans celebrated it like a big win

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Nate Davis is gone, and Bears fans are happy.

The Chicago Bears signed offensive guard Nate Davis to a three-year, $30 million deal in free agency in 2023 to finally add some beef to a leaky offensive line. The signing almost immediately proved to be a disaster. Davis was in-and-out of practice with minor injuries from the time he signed the deal, preventing the Bears from forming the type of chemistry on the offensive line they desired. After a terrible...

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Jack Milko

U.S. Ryder Cup team set to break tradition and receive $5 million, per report

Patrick Cantlay acknowledges the crowd during Sunday Singles at the 2023 Ryder Cup. | Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

For the first time in the near 100-year history of the Ryder Cup, members of the U.S. team will be compensated for playing.

Money, money, money.

It has plagued golf for the last few years. But it has also been one of the biggest topics of discussion surrounding next year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. The $750 price of admission for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday...

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James Dator

The Giants’ Daniel Jones era cost them a much brighter future

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The Giants’ disastrous Daniel Jones era is even more painful because of what could have been

Daniel Jones is the problem everyone but the New York Giants saw coming. Now in his sixth season, Jones is a bad quarterback masquerading as an elite one, purely by virtue of the desperate 4-year, $160M contract the Giants gave him in 2023. Now at 2-8, with fans watching this team get beaten by the Carolina Panthers and lapped in the NFC East by the...

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James Dator

Bronny James won’t play in G League road games, and his Lakers experience is already getting weird

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Bronny’s G League assignment comes with the star treatment.

The Lakers drafting Bronny James was always going to become a sideshow for Los Angeles this season when it came to LeBron, but new information about Bronny’s G League assignment is beyond the pale.

ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reports that the Lakers rookie is getting phenomenal star treatment during his time with the South Bay Lakers of the G League.

“From my understanding...

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