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• Several Texas education board members condemned PragerU's right-wing curriculum on Tuesday.
• They urged member Julie Pickren, to explain why she falsely said that PragerU was coming to Texas schools.
• They vowed not to allow PragerU's controversial lessons into Texas schools.

Texas State Board of Education

YouTube is updating its enforcement policies to give creators who break its rules a chance to wipe the slate clean. Starting today, those who receive a warning for violating the community guidelines will be able to take a training course designed to help them better understand how to steer clear of uploading videos that run afoul of YouTube's regulations. As long as they complete the course and

• The fate of the Wagner Group is in the hands of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin.
• The New York Times reported the Russian Defense Ministry was considering absorbing the group.
• An ex-GRU officer told Insider the group's current quasi-independent arrangement wouldn't last long.

Kremlin officials are considering the fate of the Wagner Group and

• House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he has multiple myeloma. 
• It's a rare blood cancer that can be treated for years but currently is not curable. 
• Scalise said he got blood work this week after not feeling like himself. 

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said in a statement on Twitter on Tuesday that he has a rare blood

• California's attorney general is suing a school district over its policy that would forcibly out some LGBTQ+ students.
• The new policy requires school staff to tell parents if their kids want to use different pronouns.
• The

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McDonald’s ice cream machines are so notorious for breaking that it’s become a meme. But now we may have some glimmer of Shamrock Shake-flavored hope: not only has iFixit performed a teardown of McDonald’s machines, but it’s also petitioning the government to let it create the parts required for people to fix them.

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Panic is an odd little company. It started out in the late 1990s as an app developer, and in 2016 it pivoted to video game publishing with Firewatch, followed by Untitled Goose Game in 2019. Both of these were breakout indie hits, resulting in significant success for the developers and Panic itself. And then, in 2022, Panic debuted the Playdate, a tiny yellow game console with a crank on the side

If you’re looking for a mysterious, fun, and rewarding sci-fi show to add to your watch list, may we suggest Silo on Apple TV+? Yes, we know it came out a few months ago. But there’s so much TV out there these days that sometimes it takes a while to hear enough good things before you finally devote the time to a new…

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