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In Doonbeg, Trump’s Irish Open Visit Prompts Protests and Praise (Gift Article)

As the U.S. president heads to his Doonbeg hotel for the Irish Open, locals expressed both appreciation for the resort’s economic benefits and opposition to his politics.

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Medium businesshealth
Protect Your Financial Foundation

Stop fraud before it starts

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New York Times science
Why Finding Jimothy Is Really About Finding Ourselves (Gift Article)

A hunchbacked raccoon captivated the internet, and sent this Seattle resident out looking.

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New York Times politics
‘The Oldest Person in the World’ and the Lessons of Mortality (Gift Article)

The director Sam Green interviewed a succession of (mostly) women who held that title. The results make us contemplate our own time on Earth.

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A Nearly 200-Year-Old Museum Known for Its T. Rex Faces Extinction (Gift Article)

The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, which is affiliated with Drexel University, cited attendance struggles and higher costs in its decision to close.

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The Atlantic politicsbusiness
Trump Will Never Mail the $5,000 Checks

Deconstructing a policy proposal that makes no sense on any level

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Opinion | Our Increasingly Insecure President (Gift Article)

The $5,000 election promise shows how afraid Trump really is.

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Opinion | Trump Is Worried About Jon Ossoff’s Rise. He Has Only Himself to Blame. (Gift Article)

The president incubated the career of one of his greatest critics.

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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table (Gift Article)

In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.

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Opinion | Biden and Trump Called It a Genocide and Then Turned Away (Gift Article)

We know how to stop the atrocities in Sudan. There’s just too little interest in doing so.

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Opinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse (Gift Article)

Silicon Valley’s strange new theology.

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Medium technologyscience
Europe doesn’t hate Big Tech, it just has a long memory

On September 9, the prestigious Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists published “Three reasons Europe learned to distrust Big Tech before…

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New York Times politics
Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists (Gift Article)

Communism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.

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New York Times culture
The Secrets of the World’s Most Elusive Cat (Gift Article)

In “The Ghost of the Mountains,” Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi proves there is no substitute for old-fashioned field study.

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NRC scienceworldculture
Aantal studenten dat ict en computerscience kiest keldert sinds ChatGPT

Het aantal eerstejaarsstudenten dat kiest voor ‘computer science’ – waar vele studies zoals kunstmatige intelligentie en informatica onder vallen – is sinds 2023 fors gedaald bij de Nederlandse univer...

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New York Times culturepolitics
Wendell Berry’s Message to Readers: All We Need Is Here (Gift Article)

Barbara Kingsolver remembers the man she counted among her most important literary mentors.

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New York Times culture
Jonathan Cooper, Who Made Violins the Old-Fashioned Way, Dies at 76 (Gift Article)

Renowned for their supple tone and range, his instruments were admired by world-class musicians like Mark O’Connor and Alison Krauss.

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New York Times businesspolitics
Inflation Complicates Trump’s Midterms Pitch to Voters (Gift Article)

Gas prices are high, mortgage rates are climbing and inflation remains well above target, complicating the president’s midterm appeal.

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New York Times sports
At This French Marathon, Runners Make Pit Stops for Wine and Oysters (Gift Article)

The Marathon du Médoc in Bordeaux is technically a race, but it’s meant to be savored.

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New York Times businesstechnology
Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday (Gift Article)

Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.

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The Times (UK) politicsworld
Donald Trump calls for a united Ireland as he arrives in Dublin

The US president also brought up the Falkland Islands, calling Britain’s dispute with Argentina a potential disaster

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New York Times sports
Tottenham’s Richarlison says he was ‘very close’ to Vasco da Gama transfer: ‘It’s my dream’ (Gift Article)

The Brazil international striker, who scored 11 league goals last season, has not been included in Roberto De Zerbi's Premier League squad.

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Beck to Basics: A Guy, a Guitar and a Broken Heart (Gift Article)

On his pristine new album, “Ride Lonesome,” rock’s chameleon revisits his most pensive, stately sound.

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How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)

President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

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Washington Post mediapolitics
Oil routes in peril as attacks shut Saudi pipeline and Houthis threaten key waterway

“This is the first day that Iran really started winning the war,” a Yemeni official said of Houthi territorial gains that give Tehran leverage over a second major waterway.

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The Times (UK) culturepoliticsopinion
Count Binface: my countess, our binling and a new by-election

Oh no, not another contest — and I haven’t washed my armour since Clacton, says everyone’s favourite intergalactic space warrior (aka Jon Harvey)

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Trump Heads to Ireland for the Irish Open at His Golf Course (Gift Article)

President Trump’s trip comes after a two-day Republican rally in Dallas, where he tried to energize voters amid fears that the party could face losses in the midterms.

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New York Times sportsworld
West Ham 6 Wrexham 0 – Nuno’s men fill their boots, new club record scant for outclassed visitors (Gift Article)

Roshane Thomas and Richard Sutcliffe break down the main talking points from Friday's thumping at the London Stadium

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Wrexham were embarrassed at West Ham. It was chastening but they have had setbacks before (Gift Article)

A 6-0 loss left Phil Parkinson saying 'I've got to analyse myself', a sad end to a night when Wrexham were watched by more than 50,000 fans

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Medium sportsentertainment
Blooming Where I Truly Belong

When the Soul Discovers Its Place…

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New York Times culture
The Architect Laura González Fierro Built Her Hudson Valley Home (Gift Article)

Like the monarch butterflies she supports, Laura González Fierro has roots in Mexico and made an arduous journey to fulfill her mission.

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Book Review: ‘Dressing the Queen,’ by Kate Strasdin (Gift Article)

In a new book, the fashion historian Kate Strasdin looks at the makers who designed the monarch’s sartorial persona.

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New York Times culturesports
Lose Yourself in Yayoi Kusama’s Last Show (Gift Article)

A landmark retrospective by the late Japanese artist invites visitors to surrender individual identity and step into an infinite cosmos.

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NRC cultureopinionworld
Column | Gewichtigheid

Eindelijk, er is weer polemiek! Voor wie het gemist heeft: volgens Connie Palmen moeten vrouwen voor radicaal schrijverschap altijd het moederschap opgeven. Dat zei ze in de Volkskrant, naar aanleidin...

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Medium legalpolitics
The great cheese robbery in Wisconsin

This can only happen in Wisconsin, the cheese capital of the United States

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Medium entertainmentmediafood
Ranked: Gene Wilder Films — a decade on from pure imagination

From neurotic accountants to eccentric confectioners, five performances from cinema’s master of offbeat comedy.

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New York Times politics
As Oil Prices Rise, BRICS Leaders Have What U.S. Doesn’t: Iran at the Table (Gift Article)

Even so, finding unity among the loose grouping of emerging economies will be difficult as the war in the Middle East strains their own interests.

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The Times (UK) politicstransportationtravel
Air traffic meltdown ‘caused by military jet’s flight plan’

Sources said the data entry led to a shutdown of the National Air Traffic Services system, grounding 2,000 flights, in an echo of similar chaos in 2023

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The Times (UK) businessworld
Saudis shut key pipeline as Houthis seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast

President Trump rebuffed the kingdom’s plea to help protect the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea, as oil prices climbed

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The Times (UK) businessculture
Lucy Powell: Middle-class children should take vocational subjects

The education secretary says that curriculums tailored to the needs of the local economy should not be rejected because of snobbery

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NRC politicsworld
IND moet sneller werken: binnen één dag beslissen over asielverzoek en anders naar het Knopen Doorhak Team

Bij de IND: Het Europese migratiepact, van kracht sinds juni, dwingt landen asielprocedures te versnellen. De nieuwe werkwijze van de IND geeft interne onrust, blijkt uit gesprekken van NRC met tien m...

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The Times (UK) politicsworld
Crypto billionaire donates record £36m to Reform UK

Ben Delo is giving Nigel Farage’s party the largest donation in the history of British politics, saying he wants to ensure a ‘fair fight’ at the polls

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The Times (UK) politics
‘Tough love’ needed for young people on benefits, says Alan Milburn

The government adviser says the current system is ‘morally indefensible’ and the state must offer more routes into work but impose obligations on those able to take them up

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New York Times sportsworldhealth
The successes and sacrifices of balancing equestrian sport and motherhood (Gift Article)

Riders have had to negotiate systemic roadblocks to return to the sport after giving birth.

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NRC cultureopinionworld
‘Dat je op dezelfde lijst staat als de misdadigers tegen wie je optreedt, is psychologisch gezien moeilijk te verwerken’

Kimberly Prost | Rechter Internationaal Strafhof: Strafhofrechter Kimberly Prost uit Canada staat op de Amerikaanse sanctielijst, en is afgesloten van alle Amerikaanse diensten. „Ook mijn Nederlandse ...

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Column | ‘Al onze medewerkers’ zijn al een paar uur in gesprek

Afgelopen zondagmiddag ging mijn vlucht van het Siciliaanse Catania naar Amsterdam niet door. Kan gebeuren. Ik liep naar de incheckbalie voor inlichtingen, maar die aardige Italiaanse dames wisten ook...

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NRC healthpoliticsworld
Veel meer geld naar Defensie, weinig klimaatmaatregelen en afstel en uitstel op sociale zekerheid: dit zijn de plannen van kabinet-Jetten

Miljoennota: Van asiel tot zorg: NRC bespreekt de opvallendste plannen uit de uitgelekte Miljoenennota.

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Medium culturesports
5 Vegan Recipes from History for a Cozy Autumn Dinner

In the northern hemisphere, as Autumn approaches, the cooling weather and changes in seasonal produce call for a change in dinner menus…

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NRC worldopinionculture
Mogen de oogkleppen af bij de discussie over belasting op inkomsten uit vermogen?

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NRC scienceworldhealth
Welke politicus is nog helemaal zichzelf in een tijd van AI?

AI-gebruik: Premier Jetten en andere politici leunen op generatieve kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) bij het formuleren van hun politieke boodschappen. Wie dat weet, heeft minder vertrouwen in politici,...

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