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Alden Global Capital is still trying to get its hands on The Dallas Morning News
The hedge fund known for gutting newsrooms has bumped up its offer to buy the paper — but Texas law may be what stands in the way of an acquisition.
@niemanlab @dallasnews @jeffjarvis @jbenton
#Journalism #LocalJournalism #Dallas #Texas #Newspaper #Alden #Hearst #Rosebud
💰 The New Yorker puts a number on it—
$3.4 billion
That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick.
(Mentions my reporting too.)
David D. Kirkpatrick estimates the profits from the Trump family’s ventures in private clubs, hotels, golf courses, cryptocurrencies, N.F.T.s, and other businesses, and concludes that the President’s net worth has risen by billions of dollars.
While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.
“There's no way anyone can definitively say they were to have it. And that can actually be very damaging if that's all they focus on, because that's going to, more often than not, prevent them from actually getting the help that they probably need.”
@sjvn Excellent distro suggestions, Steven. Couldn't agree more with your number 1 rating for @linuxmint for beginners. Like you, I'm no beginner to Linux. But I appreciate Linux Mint's ease of use. I never took to Gnome 3 either. Cinnamon is the Goldilocks DE for me.
Now: how to convince my civilian friends not to fear and to give it a try and not sound too eager.
After writing about people going into delusional spirals with ChatGPT and having what look like mental breakdowns, I wanted to understand exactly how it happens.
A corporate recruiter in Toronto who spent 3 weeks convinced by ChatGPT that he was essentially Tony Stark from Iron Man, agreed to share his transcript after breaking free of the delusion.
We analyzed the transcript & shared it with experts. Now you can see the interactions & how delusional spirals happen:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.FEwL.MLb9ajaocyTx&smid=url-share
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Cognitive Shuffling worked for me the other night. I don't have trouble falling asleep. But I do have trouble getting back to sleep at 4AM. And this worked. Reading can work both ways: it can calm me. But reading can also stimulate me.
What Is Cognitive Shuffling? A Simple Technique to Help You Fall Asleep
“Cognitive shuffling” can calm a busy brain.
Minnesota shooting suspect attended Dallas religious school, school confirms
Vance Boelter, the suspected killer of a Minnesota lawmaker, attended Christ For The Nations Institute an inter-denominational Bible college with Pentecostal, charismatic and evangelical roots.
#Dallas #VanceBoelter #ChristForTheNationsInstitute #Minnesota #AdrianJAshford #USPol #Texas
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