Trump Allies Try to Bully Dems, Media to Shut Up About His Fascist Plans (www.rollingstone.com)
World passes 30% renewables milestone for the first time, decline of fossil inevitable (www.euronews.com)
A decline in fossil fuel power is now ‘inevitable’, the report's authors say.
Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Country (www.propublica.org)
A network of ultrawealthy Christian donors is spending nearly $12 million to mobilize Republican-leaning voters and purge more than a million people from the rolls in key swing states, aiming to tilt the 2024 election in favor of former President Donald Trump....
Pew survey on global attitudes on China (www.pewresearch.org)
US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island (apnews.com)
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said....
"Their goal Is total ethnic cleansing of the Gaza people": Physician Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s expulsion order for Gaza City (www.democracynow.org)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/685691...
Hands-on: The Galaxy Z Flip 6 is as iterative as it gets, and now $100 more expensive (9to5google.com)
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 6 has arrived, and despite costing $100 more, it feels like an incredibly iterative update.
Statue of Hermes found in a Roman sewer during excavation (wildhunt.org)
Marine Le Pen hit by shock probe into 2022 presidential campaign funding (www.politico.eu)
France’s far-right chief faces corruption investigation....
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales warns of addictive nature of social media [Interview with Nikkei] (asia.nikkei.com)
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MSI warranty claim database was publicly accessible via Google (stackdiary.com)
According to the YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, over 600,000 customer warranty claims for MSI products were publicly accessible via Google search. MSI, a leading computer hardware and peripherals manufacturer, had exposed data that included sensitive information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and specific order details.
GNOME Foundation Announces Transition of Executive Director | Holly Million stepping down after 10 months (foundation.gnome.org)
GNOME announced an interim director of Richard Littauer, who joined last week....
The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found. (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143130
Palestinians living abroad have accused Microsoft of closing their email accounts without warning - cutting them off from crucial online services (www.bbc.com)
They say it has left them unable to access bank accounts and job offers - and stopped them using Skype, which Microsoft owns, to contact relatives in war-torn Gaza....
TIL in 1985 French government agents bombed and sank a Greenpeace ship docked in Auckland, New Zealand, killing a freelance photographer (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Colorado public health officials confirm new case of human plague (www.independent.co.uk)
Public health officials in Colorado have confirmed that a human has tested positive for the plague, a rare but potentially deadly infectious disease that’s typically spread through flea bites....
South Korean politician links rising male suicides to women (www.bbc.com)
A politician in South Korea is being criticised for making dangerous and unsubstantiated comments after linking a rise in male suicides to the increasingly “dominant” role of women in society....
Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths (apnews.com)
Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s death over the weekend....
Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town (time.com)
Giant phallus-shaped iceberg floating in Conception Bay surprises residents of Dildo, Canada (www.livescience.com)
It’s a bit old but the shape and the city name were so funny that I couldn’t not post it XD
‘It is not sustainable for a democracy’: Tighter security likely at political events after shooting at Trump rally (www.bostonglobe.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/tighter-security-after-trump-ra…
Queer Amsterdam wants to ban Israeli flags at Pride Walk, Halsema prohibits ban (nltimes.nl)
Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema reports that there is no ban on carrying the Israeli flag during the Pride Walk organized by Queer Amsterdam on July 20. “The Pride Walk is a manifestation that falls under the right to demonstrate. However, freedom to demonstrate does not give the right to impose censorship on demonstrators. An...
From basement to battlefield: Ukrainian startups create low-cost robots to fight Russia (apnews.com)
Struggling with manpower shortages, overwhelming odds and uneven international assistance, Ukraine hopes to find a strategic edge against Russia in an abandoned warehouse or a factory basement....
US Government Launches New Attempt to Gather Data on Electricity Usage of Bitcoin Mining (insideclimatenews.org)
German city bans ‘silent fox’ gesture in schools over similarity to far-right sign (www.theguardian.com)
A city in northern Germany has become the first to issue an all-out ban on the use of a hand gesture used to encourage silence in the classroom because of its close resemblance to a far-right Turkish gesture....
