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3rd hiker dies in Grand Canyon in last 3 weeks (abcnews.go.com)

A man hiking in the Grand Canyon has died after being found unresponsive over the weekend, marking the third death in the national park within the last three weeks....

Inside Goldman Sachs' expanding but risky financing engine (www.reuters.com)

A Goldman Sachs bet put in place in 2021 on lending to private funds has helped drive record revenues in fixed-income financing. Now, the Wall Street bank is pushing even deeper into the growing but risky market....

Neuralink Implant First Human Trial Progresses, Musk's Company Now Ready For 6-9 More (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

Neuralink’s first brain implant seems stable and safe. The company is seeking more volunteers and developing a new, improved design.

OpenAI board shakeup: Microsoft out, Apple backs away amid AI partnership scrutiny (arstechnica.com)

Brazil’s spy agency accused of illegally targeting Bolsonaro’s foes (www.theguardian.com)

How Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Helped Young Kenyans Lead a Successful Protest in Their Country (www.rollingstone.com)

LIKE MANY AFRICAN countries colonized in the 20th century, Kenya has struggled to find its diplomatic footing in the decades since gaining independence. The East African nation successfully broke away from British rule in 1962, and a small circle of affluent and influential Kenyans quickly took over. They banked on their...

Milwaukee radio station says it edited Biden interview at campaign's request (www.axios.com)

Van Buren Recreated: Canceled Fallout Game Revived by Modders (www.retronews.com)

A dedicated group of modders has successfully recreated Van Buren, the canceled Fallout game originally developed by Black Isle Studios in 2003. The project, now known as Fallout Yesterday, is a Fallout 2 mod that has been in development since 2020. The mod has recently been released for free, allowing players to fully...

Benji Gregory, Child Star of ‘Alf,’ Dies at 46 (variety.com)

Dead of heatstroke at 46. The poor guy also got a medical discharge from the Navy in 2005 and had a service dog, so that may have been a contributing factor, whatever the issue was.

Study: Acupuncture can ease methadone treatment (www.axios.com)

cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/14342031...

Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved (www.cnn.com)

Donald Trump has lately made clear he wants little to do with Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for the next Republican president that has attracted considerable blowback in his race for the White House....

OnePlus Rumored To Be Developing A 7,000mAh Battery For Its Future Smartphones, Will Likely Be Possible Thanks To Its Glacier Technology (wccftech.com)

police condemn ITV for naming new comedy show Piglets (www.theguardian.com)

Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/14383028

Kenyan president sacks cabinet after weeks of deadly protests (www.theguardian.com)

TIL "How do you dress?" means "Which pants leg do you put your penis down?" (www.realmenrealstyle.com)

So the tailor doesn’t touch your penis when they’re measuring you

Release v1.108.0 · immich-app/immich (github.com)

TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it (en.wikipedia.org)

Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to...

TIL about the TRAPPIST-1 Star System (en.wikipedia.org)

(it’s not a solar system because Sol is our star, specifically; we’re the only Solar system)...

Joe Biden calls Zelensky "Putin" right before huge press conference (www.newsweek.com)

Joe Biden’s gaffe comes as Democrats abandon his campaign.

Federal appeals court rules cops who handcuffed 10-year-old girl for drawing offensive picture must face excessive force lawsuit (lawandcrime.com)

We need to settle this debate once and for all. (sh.itjust.works)

U.S. to again ship 500-pound bombs to Israel, reversing suspension (www.washingtonpost.com)

The United States is resuming a shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel that had been held up since May, when the Biden administration suspended delivery of two types of large, airdropped weapons amid concerns about the ballooning scale of civilian casualties in Gaza, said U.S. officials familiar with the matter....