Federal appeals court rules cops who handcuffed 10-year-old girl for drawing offensive picture must face excessive force lawsuit (lawandcrime.com)
Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize (apnews.com)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In parts of Afghanistan where there are no street names or house numbers, utility companies and their customers have adopted a creative approach for connecting. They use mosques as drop points for bills and cash, a “pay and pray” system....
NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table (apnews.com)
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away....
Millions of OnlyFans paywalls make it hard to detect child sex abuse, cops say (arstechnica.com)
French elections: Far-right candidate to withdraw after Nazi cap picture emerges (www.lemonde.fr)
Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers (arstechnica.com)
In an open letter to publishers, more than 30,000 readers, researchers, and authors begged for access to the books to be restored in the open library, claiming the takedowns dealt “a serious blow to lower-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and LGBTQ+ people, among many others,” who may not have...
Supreme Court overturns Chevron decision, curtailing federal agencies' power in major shift (www.cbsnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power, upending their authority to issue regulations unless Congress has spoken clearly.
Progressives on AIPAC’s Defeat of Bowman: “Now We Know How Much It Costs to Buy an Election” (theintercept.com)
REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN’S Tuesday upset defeat by Westchester County Executive George Latimer generated many perspectives on what exactly precipitated his downfall....
Even wealthy Americans are struggling to make ends meet (www.cnn.com)
Deadrop developer Midnight Society cuts ties with Dr Disrespect following new Twitch ban allegations (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Celebrity streamer insists that “I didn’t do anything wrong”...
The international diplomatic war over Taiwan’s status just escalated sharply (www.taipeitimes.com)
Biden stung by student loan legal loss days before taking effect (www.newsweek.com)
A Republican-led effort to block one of President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief programs in court has succeeded just days before it was set to go into effect....
Not everything can be done in constant time, that's O(k) (sh.itjust.works)
Putin warns South Korea: Sending killer weapons to Ukraine would be a ‘big mistake’ (www.politico.eu)
Russian president delivered the warning after Seoul announced it would consider arming Kyiv....
N.Y. couple finds safe filled with over $130K while magnet fishing in lake. (globalnews.ca)
Justin Timberlake arrested for DWI in the Hamptons (abcnews.go.com)
Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general who asks Congress to act (apnews.com)
Let's discuss: Stardew Valley (beehaw.org)
The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...
TIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animals (www.peepultree.world)
Elon Musk wins back his $44.9 billion Tesla pay package in shareholder vote (apnews.com)
Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric vehicle maker....
Israel says Hamas rejects key elements of US ceasefire plan for Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Controversial Chick-fil-A Summer Camp Charges Kids $35 To Work At The Restaurant (www.delish.com)
Anyone notice the PS1 and Dreamcast are designed similarly in a way? (lemmus.org)
Nvidia is now worth $102M per employee (sherwood.news)
“…For Nvidia, after this latest run-up took it north of the $3T milestone, the company is being valued at more than $100M for each of its 29,600 employees (per its filing that counted up to the end of Jan 2024)....
UN adds Israel to blacklist for harming children in conflict zones (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has notified Israel’s Defence Attache in the United States, Major General Hidai Zilberman, of his decision to add Israel to the blacklist of countries and organisations harming children in conflict zones....
