Texas man ticketed for feeding the homeless outside Houston library is found not guilty (apnews.com)
A man has been found not guilty of breaking a law against feeding homeless people outside a public library in Houston, Texas.
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador has condemned Texas’s anti-migrant buoys, calling the border enforcement tactic on the Rio Grande river “inhumane” after bodies were found in the waters (www.cnn.com)
he floating barrier, which is intended to block migrants crossing from Mexico, was installed last month without federal authorization, according to the US Justice Department, which is suing the state of Texas over its use of the buoys....
A woman escaped a makeshift cinder block 'dungeon' in Oregon, police say. The FBI believes there are more victims in other states | CNN (www.cnn.com)
After a woman escaped from a makeshift “dungeon” made of cinder blocks in a man’s Oregon home, the FBI says it is looking for additional victims in other states....
Cult of the Dead Cow Launches Encryption Protocol + ChatApp to preserve privacy. (gizmodo.com)
The protocol is built from the same digital DNA as the Tor browser and the chat app Signal and will be used to create new ways for folks to communicate, share files, and generally surf the web while simultaneously protecting their privacy.
Australians are so mad about the return to office, they’re taking companies to court to stop it (apple.news)
It does not surprise me companies are making people go back to the office. Not just in Australia but around the world. There are a lot of people abusing the situation. It sucks but I saw this was going to happen when work from home first started getting rolled out back at the beginning of Covid....
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ makes its debut on Disney+ (techcrunch.com)
“Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3” is now available on Disney+ starting today.
mRNA vaccine stops pancreatic cancer, study finds (www.thebrighterside.news)
Macron walks tightrope as French police protest challenges rule of law (www.france24.com)
National police chief: “a police officer should not be in prison, even if he may have committed serious faults or errors in the course of his work.” Left-wing opposition blasted government for failing to rein in “a police hierarchy that places itself above the law”.
Interesting article about life for Uyghurs in Xinjiang and how one poet and filmmaker escaped persecution (www.theguardian.com)
Japanese Barbie Film Account Apologizes For "Barbenheimer" Meme (unseen-japan.com)
Around the world, the Barbenheimer meme has helped launch two Hollywood films into the stratosphere. In Japan, the meme isn't going over as well.
Opinion: Long COVID is debilitating to me and 65 million other people. Where is the urgency to treat it? (www.latimes.com)
The mobilization against COVID-19 was impressive. A similar investment is needed to understand and treat the chronic resulting illness.
Why are people lining up for Worldcoin eyeball scans? “Easy $50” (restofworld.org)
People are lured by easy money, without understanding the privacy implications of signing up for the block chain.
As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth (abcnews.go.com)
The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border — a process that won’t conclude until the end of next year with the help of heavy machinery and explosives.
Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states (www.businessinsider.com)
Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states::One Maryland officer told a local news station that they have searched for other manufacturers of drones and none live up to the quality of DJI.
TIL that the worst stadium disaster in history was the collapse of a wooden amphitheater in 27 AD that killed 20,000 people. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Just came across a mention of this in the toldinstone video How Dangerous Was the Front Row of the Colosseum?.
This Machine Could Keep Moore’s Law on Track (spectrum.ieee.org)
Why is DNS still hard to learn? (jvns.ca)
Motorola Razr 40 review - GSMArena (gsmarena.com)
Bolivia challenges global dollar dominance with Chinese yuan, Russian rouble (www.reuters.com)
LA PAZ, July 28 (Reuters) - Bolivia’s government is determined to curb dependence on the U.S. dollar for foreign trade, instead turning to the Chinese yuan, officials said, as Latin American support for alternative currencies grows....
Bolivia Now Trades in China's Yuan Instead of USD (time.com)
I’ve watched DS9 a lot and just noticed these two guys (lemmy.zip)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/831143...
NBC Responds to Report Tina Fey Will Take Over 'SNL' From Lorne Michaels (popculture.com)
US price and wage increases slow further in the latest signs of cooling inflation (apnews.com)
Signs that inflation pressures in the United States are steadily easing emerged Friday in reports that consumer prices rose in June at their slowest pace in more than two years and that wage growth cooled last quarter.
Tesla’s Dieselgate (pluralistic.net)
Tesla is a giant shell-game masquerading as a car company. The important thing about Tesla isn’t its cars, it’s Tesla’s business arrangement, the Tesla-Financial Complex: