Loss-of-cooling tests to verify inherent safety feature in the world’s first HTR-PM nuclear power plant (www.cell.com)
Nigeria’s $220 million fine against Meta previews a clash over market power (www.semafor.com)
Texas GOP leaders paint Harris as a disaster on border security. (www.texastribune.org)
Archive....
Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Sonya Massey who called 911 for help (apnews.com)
Headline is ridiculously generous to the cop....
Bethesda Game Studios developers form 'wall to wall' union that includes artists, designers, and programmers (www.pcgamer.com)
Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer. (www.voanews.com)
Google Open-Sources ‘Project Oscar’, An AI Agent that Enriches Issues Reports. (iblnews.org)
Archive.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 7/21/2024 - “Migrant Crime” talking point debunking (edit: link fixed) (m.youtube.com)
Great breaking down of the GOPs “Migrant Crime” talking point, showing that the actual “migrant crime” level is lower than the general population, debunks the “Time Square fight” Fox News talking point, and highlights of the RNC....
At least six killed in Croatia nursing home shooting (www.bbc.com)
Bella Hadid's Adidas advert dropped after Israeli criticism (www.bbc.com)
(Israel’s influence is insane)
UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis over protests against own government (www.bbc.com)
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed 57 Bangladeshis long prison terms for holding protests in the Gulf state against their own country’s government....
New EPA Funding Boosts Clean Energy Projects Across US (www.commondreams.org)
Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, Last Remaining Original Member of the Four Tops, Dies at 88 (www.thedailybeast.com)
Prescription Drug Affordability Board frustrated by slow progress of cost-reduction efforts. (marylandmatters.org)
CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor linked to Linux crashes, too • The Register (www.theregister.com)
Islamic State group claims deadly attack in Oman (www.bbc.com)
Six people, including a policeman, have been killed and 28 others injured in a rare shooting attack near a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman’s capital, Muscat, police say....
I have not forgiven Met officers who photographed dead daughters, mother says (www.theguardian.com)
Mina Smallman, the mother of two women murdered in a London park, has forgiven their killer but not the two Metropolitan police officers who took and shared photos of their bodies, she said....
Democrats hail Biden's decision to not seek reelection as selfless. Republicans urge him to resign (apnews.com)
Democratic lawmakers hailed President Joe Biden’s historic decision on Sunday not to seek reelection, praising him as putting his country and his party before himself. Republicans called on him to resign from office, saying that if he could not run for another term, office, then he’s unable to serve as president....
British woman and husband found dead after failed Atlantic crossing (www.theguardian.com)
User returns after 100k-hours ban to continue conversation that got them banned in the first place. (www.pcgamer.com)
For reference: A 100,000 hour ban is ~11.4 years.
Drones are the new machine guns (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Russian rockets clog Europe’s South American spaceport (www.politico.eu)
Even in the most distant reaches of EU territory, Moscow is still posing problems....
Amazon Workers Strike at Major West Coast Air Hub (teamster.org)
Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting (www.techdirt.com)
Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting::Video game addiction. Sigh. Big sigh, even. Like, the biggest of sighs. We’ve talked about claims that video game addiction is a documentable affliction in the past, as well as the pushback that claim has received from...
