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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close May 24 – May 31, 2023 182 stories · Vol. 23 · Catalogue 22 · Issue 151 Get it by email ↓
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Man unknowingly buys former plantation house where his ancestors were enslaved

An Air Force veteran wanted a new house for large family gatherings; he ended up getting an incredible link to his family's past.

CBS · 1 sources

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Top Stories 1 stories

  1. Scammers using text messages to drain bank accounts in new ploy

    CBS · 1 outlets

Business 6 stories

  1. Federal judge: Border searches of cell phones require a warrant

    eff.org · 1 outlets

  2. UCLA computer grad constructs “crown jewel of cryptography”

    acm.org · 1 outlets

  3. Private Equity Is Now Dominating the US Hospice System

    jacobin.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Molly White Tracks Crypto Scams. It’s Going Just Great

    wired.co.uk · 1 outlets

  2. HP printers should have EPEAT ecolabels revoked, trade group demands

    arstechnica.com · 1 outlets

  3. Most Bitcoin Inscriptions belong to a single person

    block21m.substack.com · 1 outlets

Sports 5 stories

  1. Don’t open the details in a modal window, have it be a separate page

    youdontneedamodalwindo · 1 outlets

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  1. Show HN: I created a game to memorize the fretboard

    fretboardfly.com · 1 outlets

  2. New work helps to explain how chronic stress can inflame the gut

    nature.com · 1 outlets

  3. Emissions are no longer following the worst case scenario

    theclimatebrink.substa · 1 outlets

Technology 152 stories

  1. A man sued Avianca Airline – his lawyer used ChatGPT

    simonwillison.net · 3 outlets

  2. PyPI Was Subpoenaed

    blog.pypi.org · 1 outlets

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  1. JMAP – a modern email open standard

    jmap.io · 1 outlets

  2. Let us serve you, but don't bring us down

    blog.archive.org · 1 outlets

  3. Everything you always wanted to know about mathematics (2013) [pdf]

    math.cmu.edu · 1 outlets

  4. I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog – their lawyers have subpoenaed me

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  5. Setris – Tetris with Sand Physics

    mslivo.itch.io · 1 outlets

Entertainment 8 stories

  1. India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arrested protesters' faces

    altnews.in · 1 outlets

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  1. Tarkovsky's films online for free

    kottke.org · 1 outlets

  2. Show HN: I open sourced the QR designer from my failed startup

    github.com · 1 outlets

  3. HBO Max new Captcha system

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

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