UK government calls on Elon Musk to act responsibly amid provocative posts as unrest grips the country (apnews.com)
The British government has called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts that officials say risk inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country....
Cori Bush Loses Reelection Bid to Democrat Backed by $8.5 Million From AIPAC (www.commondreams.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/cori-bush-aipac
UAW’s Fain hails ‘badass woman’ Harris, blasts Trump at Detroit rally (thehill.com)
The mother of three who sparked havoc with false claim about Southport suspect (www.thetimes.com)
While foreign agitators and far-right leaders leapt upon false claims the Southport attack suspect was an immigrant who had arrived in a small boat, the allegations can be traced to social media accounts closer to home....
Utility company's proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police raises privacy concerns (apnews.com)
Operators of illegal marijuana grow enterprises hidden inside rural homes in Maine don’t have to worry much about prying neighbors. But their staggering electric bills may give rise to a new snitch....
The Labor Movement Is Giddy About Tim Walz Becoming Harris’ VP Pick (inthesetimes.com)
Tim Walz calls Viktor Orbán a dictator. For JD Vance, he’s a role model. (www.politico.eu)
A robot just performed fully autonomous surgery on a live patient for the first time (bgr.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/15413291...
NTSB chief rips Boeing over lack of 737 Max answers (thehill.com)
Why the Border Patrol went MAGA (www.motherjones.com)
Australia: Great Barrier Reef waters warmest in 400 years (www.dw.com)
Record water temperatures have led to more and more mass bleaching events along the Great Barrier Reef. Experts warn the reef is running out of time....
BREAKING: A woman has reportedly fallen through the boards on Blackpool Central Pier onto the beach below. (x.com)
Biden’s Middle East Moonshot (www.foreignaffairs.com)
Drone pictures show extent of Grantham Aldi supermarket fire (archive.is)
archived 8 Aug 2024 01:21:23 UTC....
Where Tim Walz Stands on the Issues (time.com)
Rofi alternatives for Wayland: app launcher, window switcher & picker (mark.stosberg.com)
Tears Of Joy by Nate Good (song.link)
MakerTube: "MakerTube is open for public registrations! It's …" - Mastodon (mastodon.social)
Full toot...
"Job Creation" (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/25439437
New Georgia rules let local boards withhold election certification (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia’s state board of elections adopted new rules for local election boards that permit them to withhold the certification of a vote in the face of unspecified discrepancies – a Republican-led move that could cause uncertainty and confusion after future election days....
asak - a cross-platform audio recording/playback CLI tool with TUI, written in Rust (github.com)
As the Voting Rights Act nears 60, conservative judges are gutting it from every angle (www.motherjones.com)
Courts ready to sit overnight after violent disorder across UK (news.sky.com)
Pixelfed groups are finally here! (mastodon.social)
And yes, they are compatible with Lemmy.