OTR Backup 07/17/2025

• Jack Ciattarelli (Trump’s guy) has a hard sell | Sheneman cartoon - nj.com

  As we lurch toward the general election Ciattarelli’s political calculus has to change if he’s going to pull off the upset.

• Data Centers Are 'AI Factories.' Google and Meta Are Spending Big Bucks to Build Them - CNET

• Pluralistic: When Google’s slop meets webslop, search stops (15 Jul 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

• Your Google Discover feed is about to get AI-ified | ZDNET

• Should You Start a Blog? Here Are 25 Reasons to Say Yes

  Have you ever considered blogging? Maybe for self-expression, accountability, or building a business? Let’s get into your reasons after affirming your answer to the question, “Should I start blogging?”

• I finally found a portable Windows laptop that could replace my MacBook Air | ZDNET

• The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food

• Ernest Hemingway’s Writing Wisdom in 13 Rules | No Film School

  What the Nobel Laureate taught us about clarity, courage, and cutting what doesn’t matter.

• Hubble Tension Solved? Earth’s Position in a Massive Void May Explain It - discoverwildscience

  Cosmologists have been trying to figure out the different measurements of the universe's expansion speed for almost ten years

• Car Keys are coming to the Wallet app for 13 new vehicle brands soon - 9to5Mac

  Apple recently announced 13 new vehicle brands that will soon support Car Key in the Wallet app for iPhone and Apple Watch. Here’s the list.

• 5 reasons why I still prefer Perplexity over every other AI chatbot | ZDNET

• Windows 95 look and feel more impressive than ever

• What does it mean to be American? – Persistence and Pedagogy

  It’s been twenty years since I taught American Lit to 11th graders in a high school in Washington, DC. After I’d taught the course a few times, I used to start the class with the questi…

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