Joe Manchin weighs run against Kamala Harris (www.semafor.com)
The 5 most terrifying films to see at this year’s FrightFest (www.timeout.com)
You’d have to travel many miles for a more concentrated array of frights than the one assembled each year by FrightFest, the UK’s biggest horror film festival. Even in a year already replete with classy horror flicks, the line-up for August’s five-day fest looks like a seriously unsettling one. Gorehounds, midnight movie...
Amazon Buys ‘The Rings of Power’ Studio Bray Near London as U.K. “Creative Home” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Amazon Prime Video is acquiring Bray Film Studios, the U.K. studio complex where The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power shot its second season....
Supreme Court Dodges Key Question in Murthy v. Missouri and Dismisses Case for Failing to Connect The Government’s Communication to Specific Platform Moderation. (www.eff.org)
In the Renaissance, special knives were engraved with musical scores based on vocal range along the blade and were used during banquets and parties for guests to sing a song together. (www.thisiscolossal.com)
Russian court jails journalist for six-and-a-half years after secret trial (www.theguardian.com)
A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, to six-and-a-half years in prison after a rushed, secret trial....
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the auto industry needs to move beyond Tesla (www.theverge.com)
Am I the only one that thinks Scaringe looks like Steve-O?
Maybe Game Demos Aren't Always A Good Thing - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Intel's new desktop CPU and chipset names spotted in leaked photo — Core Ultra Arrow Lake chips will land on Z890 chipset (www.tomshardware.com)
[50% off on] Amnesia: The Bunker on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison freed after murder conviction overturned (www.nbcnews.com)
A judge ruled last month Sandra Hemme must be freed or retried for the 1980 murder within 30 days, but the Missouri Attorney General fought to keep her imprisoned....
Cataclismo - Cataclismo is OUT NOW in Early Access! - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
Veritus released on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
Baby Blues Nightmares - Chapter 1 Official Announce Trailer Release Date [free On August 1st 2024] (yt.artemislena.eu)
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Afghanistan - wish you were here? The Taliban do (www.bbc.com)
We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny (www.theguardian.com)
“How do the algorithms of Facebook and Instagram affect what you see in your news feed? To find out, Guardian Australia unleashed them on a completely blank smartphone linked to a new, unused email address....
Ice cream trucks are music to our ears. But are they melting away? (www.usatoday.com)
Next-generation US jet fighter program may get hit by budget woes. (www.voanews.com)
Smell of human stress can affect dogs' emotions, leading them to make more pessimistic choices (phys.org)
‘The Squad’ Is Coming Around to Kamala Harris for President (www.thedailybeast.com)
Non-paywall link: 12ft.io/thedailybeast.com/cori-bush-ayanna-pressley-ilhan…
Historically Black frat Alpha Phi Alpha moves to ban trans members (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Ukrainian civilians wounded in Russian attacks as Russia claims gains in the east (abcnews.go.com)
Sea Shepherd founder and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrested in Greenland (www.theguardian.com)
Heat-related deaths in Texas climb after hurricane left millions without power. (www.voanews.com)
