Why It’s Taking LA So Long to Rebuild After the Wildfires
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Why It’s Taking LA So Long to Rebuild After the Wildfires

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the wake of the record-breaking wildfires in Los Angeles in January—some of the most expensive and destructive blazes in history—one of the first things California governor Gavin Newsom did was to sign an executive order suspending environmental rules around rebuilding.

On the deep (uncurable?) vulnerability of MCPs
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On the deep (uncurable?) vulnerability of MCPs

Published on July 19, 2025 2:50 AM GMT My background: researcher in AI security. This recent study demonstrates how a common AI-assisted developer setup can be exploited with prompt injection to leak private info. Practically speaking, AI coding tools are almost certainly going to stay, and the setup described in the study (Cursor + MCP

An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool
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An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool

A document format is a tool for sharing knowledge and, as such, should be as simple and accessible as possible in relation to the complexity of the document content itself. This remains true even when the format is based on an XML schema that is hidden from users when the document is displayed on screen.

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