The Doctor Behind the ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist at the End of Life

The death of an American woman inside Philip Nitschke’s latest invention reveals the next frontier in the right-to-die debate. #press

Lillian Schwartz, Pioneer in Computer-Generated Art, Dies at 97

Early in the digital era, she worked at Bell Labs on the intersection of art and technology, making films and at one point arriving at a novel theory about the “Mona Lisa.” #press

Trump's plan would add $4 trillion more to U.S. debt compared to Harris', analysis says

Neither former President Donald Trump nor Vice President Harris have plans to fix the national debt, risking "an eventual fiscal crisis," a budget nonprofit group found in its analysis. #press

'A damning non answer': Vance refuses to say whether Trump lost in 2020 at debate

Democratic VP hopeful Tim Walz called his response a "damning non answer." #press

He's in a New York prison. Yet a judge let him stay on a U.S. House ballot — in Alaska

A fringe candidate who's never been to Alaska and is currently in federal prison in New York is set to appear on the general election ballot for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, after a judge’s ruling. #press

How Russian operatives covertly hired U.S. influencers to create viral videos

Details in the indictment match Nashville-based Tenet Media, which offered lucrative paychecks to prominent right-wing influencers. The influencers say they were deceived. #press

Suspected burglar caught after sitting down with book

The would-be thief became distracted after picking up a book about Greek mythology on a bedside table. #press

Never underestimate Simone Biles. What a champion!🏅🌟

“Simone will formally announce her donation of $4M to the #HarrisWalz campaign! According to a source at Sports Illustrated, the sum of $4M represents $1M for each of the four medals she won at the Olympics in Paris.”— r/t Andy Behrman

Joe Biden’s Extraordinary Example of Dropping Out

It’s hard to grasp the historical rarity, emotional agony and fundamental humility of what the president just did. #press

@SteveThompson @JamesGleick

"how much the reporting of #Trump necessarily edits & parses his words, to force it into sequential paragraphs or impose meaning where it is difficult to detect... presenting information in as intelligible a form as possible is what we are trained for. But the shock I felt hearing half an hour of unfiltered meanderings from [Trump] made me wonder whether the editing does our readers a disservice”
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/trump_ohio_speech_bloodbath_media_broadcast_live.php

Nation’s last Morse code station comes back to life on annual ‘Night of Nights’ in Point Reyes

KPH, established in Point Reyes and Bolinas in 1913, will exchange messages with Morse code enthusiasts around the world. #press

New York bridge gets stuck open after getting too hot

Officials fired water at the Third Avenue Bridge, which connects the Bronx and Manhattan, to cool it down. #press