PG Holmlov
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… the TFF suspended 1,024 players as part of an investigation into betting in professional football leagues… included 27 players in Turkey’s top division… revelations follow the news that hundreds of match officials had been accused of betting on the sport since 2020 www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
1,024 players, 149 referees and 'draining the swamp': Explaining Turkey's betting scandal
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
… the TFF suspended 1,024 players as part of an investigation into betting in professional football leagues… included 27 players in Turkey’s top division… revelations follow the news that hundreds of match officials had been accused of betting on the sport since 2020 www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
The summer we placed my mother in the psychiatric hospital,
the July sunlight spray-painted itself as glare along the building’s walls
as we drove away. I peered out the back window while our father
told us that our mother’s thoughts had strayed deep into the woods rattle.com/lanterns-by-...
the July sunlight spray-painted itself as glare along the building’s walls
as we drove away. I peered out the back window while our father
told us that our mother’s thoughts had strayed deep into the woods rattle.com/lanterns-by-...
Lanterns by Doug Ramspeck - Rattle: Poetry
The summer we placed my mother in the psychiatric hospital,
the July sunlight spray-painted itself as glare along the building’s walls
as we drove away.
rattle.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The summer we placed my mother in the psychiatric hospital,
the July sunlight spray-painted itself as glare along the building’s walls
as we drove away. I peered out the back window while our father
told us that our mother’s thoughts had strayed deep into the woods rattle.com/lanterns-by-...
the July sunlight spray-painted itself as glare along the building’s walls
as we drove away. I peered out the back window while our father
told us that our mother’s thoughts had strayed deep into the woods rattle.com/lanterns-by-...
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Prostrate, scrolling
through other people’s
clothes, I’m wearing
the tearable pink dress
I met you in…
These truncated mannequins
I imagine angels appear as—
headless torsos, voices
emanating from necks—
scare me like you did poets.org/poem/poshmark
through other people’s
clothes, I’m wearing
the tearable pink dress
I met you in…
These truncated mannequins
I imagine angels appear as—
headless torsos, voices
emanating from necks—
scare me like you did poets.org/poem/poshmark
Poshmark
How nearly can I / inhabit someone
poets.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Prostrate, scrolling
through other people’s
clothes, I’m wearing
the tearable pink dress
I met you in…
These truncated mannequins
I imagine angels appear as—
headless torsos, voices
emanating from necks—
scare me like you did poets.org/poem/poshmark
through other people’s
clothes, I’m wearing
the tearable pink dress
I met you in…
These truncated mannequins
I imagine angels appear as—
headless torsos, voices
emanating from necks—
scare me like you did poets.org/poem/poshmark
Reposted by PG Holmlov
One thing that the Epstein emails have taught me is that lots of supposedly superior intellects don't understand basic grammar.
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
One thing that the Epstein emails have taught me is that lots of supposedly superior intellects don't understand basic grammar.
ChatGPT agrees too readily… it began responses with variations on “yes” 10 times more often than with versions of “no”… most queries sent to ChatGPT are for personal use, not work… users often shared highly personal details about their lives www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
We analyzed 47,000 ChatGPT conversations. Here’s what people really use it for.
What do people ask the popular chatbot? We analyzed thousands of chats to identify common topics discussed by users and patterns in ChatGPT’s responses.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
ChatGPT agrees too readily… it began responses with variations on “yes” 10 times more often than with versions of “no”… most queries sent to ChatGPT are for personal use, not work… users often shared highly personal details about their lives www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
These accounts remind us that vinyl is more than nostalgia. Its material qualities shape how memory works; it is the weight of the record, the sleeve art, the beer stain on the inner sleeve, the crackles and jumps in familiar places theconversation.com/john-lewis-c...
John Lewis Christmas advert reveals music as a time machine that creates connection
Music is deeply woven into our sense of self and place, becoming, in effect, an emotional map of a person’s life.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
These accounts remind us that vinyl is more than nostalgia. Its material qualities shape how memory works; it is the weight of the record, the sleeve art, the beer stain on the inner sleeve, the crackles and jumps in familiar places theconversation.com/john-lewis-c...
She wore prison-issue glasses and carried boxes full of jailhouse research notes… ”People don’t survive 20 years of incarceration with any kind of grace unless they have the discipline to do their reading and writing in the chaos of that place” www.themarshallproject.org/2017/09/13/f...
The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones
In prison for 20 years, Michelle was chosen for Harvard's elite graduate history program. Then she was unchosen.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
She wore prison-issue glasses and carried boxes full of jailhouse research notes… ”People don’t survive 20 years of incarceration with any kind of grace unless they have the discipline to do their reading and writing in the chaos of that place” www.themarshallproject.org/2017/09/13/f...
…a fundamental problem with most generative AI tools: extremely difficult to completely stop users from recreating any kind of content that’s in the training data, and OpenAI can’t remove the copyrighted content from training data because it couldn’t exist without it www.404media.co/openai-cant-...
OpenAI Can’t Fix Sora’s Copyright Infringement Problem Because It Was Built With Stolen Content
OpenAI’s guardrails against copyright infringement are falling for the oldest trick in the book.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
…a fundamental problem with most generative AI tools: extremely difficult to completely stop users from recreating any kind of content that’s in the training data, and OpenAI can’t remove the copyrighted content from training data because it couldn’t exist without it www.404media.co/openai-cant-...
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This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Go sit outside, get the attention of some guy that works there, and then wait until he’s finished his cigarette. Get what you want, and then just watch as you sip. Cairo is one of the biggest cities in the world… there will be something interesting to look at 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
Coffee In Cairo - 3 Quarks Daily
by Eric Schenck
3quarksdaily.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Go sit outside, get the attention of some guy that works there, and then wait until he’s finished his cigarette. Get what you want, and then just watch as you sip. Cairo is one of the biggest cities in the world… there will be something interesting to look at 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
Once, I noticed a painting of a boy in a conical Vietnamese hat reading a book by an ox… “I like it,” I said. “I like it too. The painting is me”, he replied. I did not know whether he was the boy or the ox. The next time I visited, the painting had disappeared longreads.com/2025/11/06/i...
Tom Cat - Longreads
On duality, detachment, and life and death decisions.
longreads.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Once, I noticed a painting of a boy in a conical Vietnamese hat reading a book by an ox… “I like it,” I said. “I like it too. The painting is me”, he replied. I did not know whether he was the boy or the ox. The next time I visited, the painting had disappeared longreads.com/2025/11/06/i...
Autumn is a rich time of year for writers, novelists as well as poets… there is Dickens and his “implacable November weather” at the start of Bleak House… in Brideshead, a description of Autumn captures the chill damp spirit of Oxford www.commonreader.co.uk/p/autumn-by-...
Autumn by V.S. Naipaul
An extract from The Enigma of Arrival
www.commonreader.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Autumn is a rich time of year for writers, novelists as well as poets… there is Dickens and his “implacable November weather” at the start of Bleak House… in Brideshead, a description of Autumn captures the chill damp spirit of Oxford www.commonreader.co.uk/p/autumn-by-...
It was the poorer readers, not the more skilled, who were more reliant on context to facilitate word recognition… explicitly teaching children about the relationships between sounds and letters is essential to ensure all kids get off to a good start in reading www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It was the poorer readers, not the more skilled, who were more reliant on context to facilitate word recognition… explicitly teaching children about the relationships between sounds and letters is essential to ensure all kids get off to a good start in reading www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
Social media posts now seem more fake, more negative, and more algorithmic — and, notably, less social.… Recommendation algorithms can help an isolated, disaffected person find a group that echoes his grievance and legitimizes violent behavior www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
You should quit social media for good
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Social media posts now seem more fake, more negative, and more algorithmic — and, notably, less social.… Recommendation algorithms can help an isolated, disaffected person find a group that echoes his grievance and legitimizes violent behavior www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
Mr. Epstein told Ms. Maxwell… “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump.” He added that an unnamed victim “spent hours at my house with him… he has never once been mentioned”… Mr. Epstein wrote of Mr. Trump: “Of course he knew about the girls…” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Mr. Epstein told Ms. Maxwell… “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump.” He added that an unnamed victim “spent hours at my house with him… he has never once been mentioned”… Mr. Epstein wrote of Mr. Trump: “Of course he knew about the girls…” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
If you’re connecting airside at Heathrow, you should follow the signs for flight connections. The purple signs are all over the arrivals area of the terminal… Instead, it sounds like this guy totally exited the secure area, took the landside train onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
If you’re connecting airside at Heathrow, you should follow the signs for flight connections. The purple signs are all over the arrivals area of the terminal… Instead, it sounds like this guy totally exited the secure area, took the landside train onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Myndigheter, sjukvård, militär och polis använder privata plattformar, byggda på kod som de själva inte äger och inte förstår… Techbolagen vet mer om oss än regeringen men är inte bundna av offentlighetsprinciper, dataskydd eller hot om politiskt ansvarsutkrävande ui.ungpd.com/Issues/74e75...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Myndigheter, sjukvård, militär och polis använder privata plattformar, byggda på kod som de själva inte äger och inte förstår… Techbolagen vet mer om oss än regeringen men är inte bundna av offentlighetsprinciper, dataskydd eller hot om politiskt ansvarsutkrävande ui.ungpd.com/Issues/74e75...
When he joined Crick at England’s Cavendish laboratory, Watson knew virtually nothing about molecular structures or “the basic fundamentals of the field”… He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
When he joined Crick at England’s Cavendish laboratory, Watson knew virtually nothing about molecular structures or “the basic fundamentals of the field”… He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
The scam ended only because Elizabeth’s adult sons confronted her… Next came crashing waves of shock, along with shame, anger, fear… grief. “I was mourning a person that didn’t exist”… Over 12 months, romance scams reported by customers over 55 rose by 52% www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam
Last year, romance fraud rose 52% for over-55s in the UK. Victims often feel they’ve made a terrible mistake and are at fault – but really, they’ve been expertly groomed by criminals
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The scam ended only because Elizabeth’s adult sons confronted her… Next came crashing waves of shock, along with shame, anger, fear… grief. “I was mourning a person that didn’t exist”… Over 12 months, romance scams reported by customers over 55 rose by 52% www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Democrats are brandishing thermometers, Republicans power up flamethrowers. MAGA’s stories are potent and memorable… In contrast, Pollingism relies on survey results… “the economy” reliably features as top issue… this does not get more people to vote for you contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight, Part II
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Last Tuesday Showed the Power of Magnetism.
contrarian.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Democrats are brandishing thermometers, Republicans power up flamethrowers. MAGA’s stories are potent and memorable… In contrast, Pollingism relies on survey results… “the economy” reliably features as top issue… this does not get more people to vote for you contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
In terms of raw totals, Mamdani may have won more votes than any candidate since 1969, but he also had more votes against him (aggregating the totals of his opponents) than any candidate since 1969 musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/a-graveyar...
A Graveyard of Bad NYC Mayoral Election Narratives
The electoral outcome and its drivers were far more banal than most seem willing to recognize.
musaalgharbi.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In terms of raw totals, Mamdani may have won more votes than any candidate since 1969, but he also had more votes against him (aggregating the totals of his opponents) than any candidate since 1969 musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/a-graveyar...
After a week or so of not hearing from him, the usual worry began… The call never came… A passerby found him slumped on some steps outside a house, the police told me. He was only a mile from the alleyway where he had slept rough as a 13-year-old www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
The long read: I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
After a week or so of not hearing from him, the usual worry began… The call never came… A passerby found him slumped on some steps outside a house, the police told me. He was only a mile from the alleyway where he had slept rough as a 13-year-old www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
The understatedness of the dialogue in Flesh is the endpoint of a bold quest for realism – “the way”, as Szalay has pointed out in an interview, “that people actually speak”… Szalay has always been interested in how much the writer can leave out www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays off | Justine Jordan
The protagonist’s inner life is hidden from the reader in this highly original novel
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The understatedness of the dialogue in Flesh is the endpoint of a bold quest for realism – “the way”, as Szalay has pointed out in an interview, “that people actually speak”… Szalay has always been interested in how much the writer can leave out www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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New Yorker cartoons don’t miss.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New Yorker cartoons don’t miss.