The Indomitable IRGC (www.foreignaffairs.com)
Neighbors in Arvada [CO] put up dueling political signs for their dogs (www.9news.com)
Walter Frosch - Sunken Truth [2024, Switzerland, Post-Punk, New Wave, Minimal] (www.youtube.com)
Discogs: www.discogs.com/de/artist/8244567-Walter-Frosch
Columbia president resigns amid criticism over her response to anti-Israel protests (www.timesofisrael.com)
Winner of the most uncomfortable 6 hour ride in history (sh.itjust.works)
As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say the U.S. Forest Service Has Left Them With Critical Shortages (www.propublica.org)
On July 18, federal wildfire managers placed the nation under a designation known as Preparedness Level 5 — bureaucratic code for all hands on deck or, as one veteran wildland firefighter called it, “fire DEFCON.” In layman’s terms, Preparedness Level 5 means that the country’s wildland firefighting resources are...
At least it wasn't a wet bathroom dream (sh.itjust.works)
Indian Disinformation Aims to Sow Division in Bangladesh Following Ousting of Prime Minister (blackbird.ai)
Archived link...
China’s railway diplomacy on high speed in Vietnam (vietnam-aujourdhui.info)
crosspostato da: beehaw.org/post/15534199...
Disney+ terms prevent allergy death lawsuit, Disney says (www.bbc.com)
Disney World is arguing a man cannot sue it over the death of his wife because of terms he signed up to in a free trial of Disney+....
2024 Plymouth Grand Voyager fucking shit up (lemmy.world)
Amazon Is Investing in AI-Assisted Apartheid in Palestine (jacobin.com)
Dessert? Pizza
Saw a recipe for Grilled Peach pizza and made my own rendition with the White Nectarines I already had. So here is my- Nectarine prosciutto pizza with Swiss, Gruyère and Brie cheese and a balsamic/honey drizzle.
US soldier pleads guilty to selling secrets to China (www.bbc.com)
A Russian lawmaker says the military knew Ukraine was planning to hit Kursk, but everyone was told 'not to panic' because 'those above know better' (www.businessinsider.com)
A Russian lawmaker said Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region didn’t come as a complete surprise....
What a "no taxes on tips" policy could mean for U.S. tipping culture (www.axios.com)
Why it matters: Typically, ideas like these are tough to turn into reality, but next year when the Trump tax cuts expire, Congress will likely pass some kind of new tax bill....
STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems (en.wikipedia.org)
A paper[1] presented in June at the NAACL 2024 conference describes "how to apply large language models to write grounded and organized long-form articles from scratch, with comparable breadth and depth to Wikipedia pages." A "research prototype" version of the resulting "STORM" system is available online and has already...
A true beauty! (lemmy.world)
Keep your leg on the gas to keep The Foot off your ass (lemmy.world)
American military recruitment tactics (lemmy.world)
Argentina inflation slows to 4% in July after spiking month earlier (www.reuters.com)
Science Breakthrough (lemmy.world)
Amazon reportedly working on animated anthology TV series featuring Spelunky and other video game worlds (www.eurogamer.net)
Irish Journalist Excellence (lemmy.world)
I know Mormons can't have alcohol, but couldn't they just dip their tongue in a glass of beer and not move it?
No licking!