Venezuela bans X as Maduro expands crackdown (www.semafor.com)
Uvalde shooting: uncle begged police to let him talk to gunman, 911 call shows (www.theguardian.com)
Utah’s famed ‘Double Arch’ geographical feature collapses (www.theguardian.com)
Tech CEOs are backtracking on RTO mandates—now, just 3% want workers in the office full-time (fortune.com)
Leaders are perhaps experiencing more resistance than they had anticipated....
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell tears into his own network for airing Trump press conference without fact-check (www.mediaite.com)
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell tore into the major cable news networks, including MSNBC, on Thursday after they aired former President Donald Trump’s press conference live and didn’t “fact-check every lie” he told....
Elon Musk’s X just sued a nonprofit advertising group out of existence (www.cnn.com)
The group, Global Alliance for Responsible Media, also known as GARM, is a voluntary ad-industry initiative run by the World Federation of Advertisers that aims to help brands avoid having their advertisements appear alongside illegal or harmful content. GARM confirmed it is still planning to defend itself in court....
The number of migrants in border towns and some big U.S. cities has plunged, shelter operators say (www.nbcnews.com)
Shelter operators attribute the steep drop to President Joe Biden’s June executive action limiting asylum claims and stronger efforts by Mexico to intercept U.S.-bound migrants....
Average consumer now carries $6,329 in credit card debt. 'People are stretched,' expert says. (www.nbcnews.com)
Peru enacts law restricting prosecution of crimes against humanity, favoring former leader Fujimori (apnews.com)
Israel strike on Gaza school kills more than 100, Palestinian news agency says (www.reuters.com)
NYC Journalist Faces Hate Crime Charge for Allegedly Filming Gaza Protest Action; Police Raid Home (www.democracynow.org)
Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos (www.propublica.org)
Russia fighting intense battles against major Ukrainian incursion (www.reuters.com)
Russia imposes security regime on border regions...
[2015] The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site' (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18437234...
TIL Guinness World Records and Ripley Entertainment (Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!) are owned by the same conglomerate based in Vancouver, BC. (www.cbc.ca)
Thousands of senior citizens are dying homeless in Los Angeles, records reveal (www.theguardian.com)
MyPillow Man Mike Lindell Ordered to Pay Legal Fees for Guy Who Proved Him Wrong at ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ Event (gizmodo.com)
Wonder what will happen to Gerasimov now? (sh.itjust.works)
Haven’t seen the man for like 30 days or something....
July was 'deadliest month' for Ukrainian civilians since October 2022, UN says (kyivindependent.com)
State of Nova Launcher (novalauncher.com)
The other Black politician who says he was with Trump in that near-fatal chopper crash (www.politico.com)
The man who almost crashed in a helicopter with Donald Trump told POLITICO Trump confused him with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown — despite the former president’s repeated insistence it was Brown....
A Scientist Says Humans Will Reach the Singularity Within 21 Years (www.popularmechanics.com)
Graphics overhaul released for native game Necesse (store.steampowered.com)
This game plays like a top-down Terraria and is a lot of fun to play co-op. Great to see it’s already sold a million copies on steam.
TIL about professional audience plants called Claquers (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that in 1973, New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kelich traded families. (www.espn.com)
