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- Im a Grinch and my husband is like Buddy the Elf here is how we found a Christmas compromise | Polly Hudson <p>Over our marriage, seasonal rows have focussed on cheese, tinsel, turkey, Aled Jones and even pyjamas. Still, Im convinced that I am the true spirit of the festive season</p><p>Most families have t...
- Am I Next? protest art in downtown LA boldly asks whos safe from ICE <p>Public exhibition, featuring billboard-sized portraits projected onto buildings, calls attention to Trump administrations attacks on civil liberties</p><p>Each evening, drivers on the busy 101 free...
- Synthetic soul: AI-generated gospel "Mississippi" singer Solomon Ray tops Christian chart <p>An <a href="https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai" target="_self">artificial intelligence</a>-generated soul singer named <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4QQMithHxRhyk69LgkMKE...
- This Magical Christmas Store Is Open Year Round In The Hudson Valley Canva, Canal Towne Emporium via Facebook...
- Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle <img src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/st-meta-facebook.png" /><br />During the two-year 2024 election cycle, the Koch familys network raised about $578 million and sp...
- A Woman Froze to Death on an Alpine Trek. Is Her Boyfriend to Blame? <img src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/st-meta-facebook.png" /><br />Around midnight, the man said, his girlfriend was struck by sudden exhaustion and could not contin...
- From a possum eating spaghetti to a zombie uterus, Wicker Park tattoo artist crowdsources ideas for designs <img alt="Peter Maltsev, who has been a tattoo artist for six years and often creates flash designs from his Instagram followers' suggestions, tattoos a client's arm." src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.c...
- How we documented Bovino's return to Chicago <img alt="Federal immigration enforcement agents perform a checkpoint and detain individuals in a rideshare lot near Balmoral Avenue and Mannheim Road in Rosemont near OHare International Airport, Wed...
- Making Christmas cookies for Santa with the French Whisk Kitchen Families across Chicagoland are gearing up to welcome Santa this week, but a visit by the big man wouldn't be right without cookies. Marge Pierre from the French Whisk Kitchen joined WGN News on Satur...
- Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle <img src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/st-meta-facebook.png" /><br />During the two-year 2024 election cycle, the Koch familys network raised about $578 million and sp...
- A Woman Froze to Death on an Alpine Trek. Is Her Boyfriend to Blame? <img src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/st-meta-facebook.png" /><br />Around midnight, the man said, his girlfriend was struck by sudden exhaustion and could not contin...
- The Best Shooter Games Of 2025 According To Metacritic <p><img src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/1601/16018044/4623852-mc-shooter-games-main.jpg" /><br /><p dir="ltr">Times and trends may change, but if there's one constant in the gaming...
- The 15 best under-the radar indie games of 2025 From Metal Eden to Time Flies, these lesser-known games are some of 2025's most underappreciated gems....
- Bell Labs 'Unix' Tape from 1974 Successfully Dumped to a Tarball Archive.org now has a page with "the raw analog waveform and the reconstructed digital tape image (analog.tap), read at the Computer History Museum's Shustek Research Archives on 19 December 2025 by A...
- Does AI Really Make Coders Faster? One developer tells MIT Technology Review that AI tools weaken the coding instincts he used to have. And beyond that, "It's just not fun sitting there with my work being done for me." But is AI making...
- Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop "Yet another distro is making the move to the KDE Plasma desktop," writes Linux magazine. "Parrot OS, a security-focused Linux distribution, is migrating from MATE to KDE Plasma, starting with version...
- Flock Executive Says Their Camera Helped Find Shooting Suspect, Addresses Privacy Concerns During a search for the Brown shoogin suspect, a law enforcement press conference included a request for "Ring camera footage from residents and businesses near Brown University," according to local n...
- Military Satellites Now Maneuver, Watch Each Other, and Monitor Signals and Data An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post. (Alternate URL here): The American patrol satellite had the targets in its sights: two recently launched Chinese spacecraft flying thro...
- 'Subscription Captivity': When Things You Buy Own You A reporter at Mother Jones writes about a $169 alarm clock with special lighting and audio effects. But to use the features, "you need to pay an additional $4.99 per month, in perpetuity." "Welcome to...
- EV Battery-Swapping Startup That Raised $330 Million Files for Bankruptcy In 2023 Slashdot covered a battery-swapping startup that promised to give EVs a full charge in about the same time it takes to fill a tank of gas. They just filed for bankruptcy, reports Inc: Ample wa...