Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town (time.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/14304762...
Columbia removes 3 deans for texts that touched on "antisemitic tropes" (www.axios.com)
These are the texts in question
Johns Hopkins med school will be free for most after $1 billion donation (www.axios.com)
Starting this fall, most students at Johns Hopkins’ medical school will attend tuition-free thanks to a $1 billion donation from billionaire Mike Bloomberg....
New York bridge gets stuck open after getting too hot (www.bbc.com)
Third Avenue Bridge, which connects New York’s the Bronx to Manhattan, got stuck in an open position due to the high heat on Monday....
Players Celebrate Mod That Deletes Homeless People in Cities: Skylines II (www.404media.co)
NATO getting tough on China for backing Russia's war effort (www.dw.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/648250...
Ukraine’s path to NATO membership ‘irreversible,’ allies expected to declare (www.politico.com)
Google One 'Dark web reports' coming to all Google Account holders from late July (9to5google.com)
After the Google One VPN shutdown in late June, the “Dark Web reports” function is coming to all Google Account holders from late July 2024.
Performance Testing Metrics (www.testingxperts.com)
Performance testing is a non-functional software testing method used to check the speed, scalability, reliability, responsiveness, and performance of an app/website. Various performance testing methods include a spike, volume, endurance, stress, load, etc.
In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids' hospital (apnews.com)
U.N. Security Council members confronted Russia on Tuesday over a missile strike the previous day that destroyed part of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, pouring out condemnations at an emergency meeting chaired by Moscow’s own ambassador....
TSA sets new single-day record with more than 3 million travelers at airport security (abcnews.go.com)
The previous 2.99M record was set just last month....
Los Angeles-Orange County home prices 10 times greater than incomes, report finds (www.ocregister.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/eyxeJ...
Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe (apnews.com)
Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases....
Oregon county seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for extreme heat (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/14335560...
Giant phallus-shaped iceberg floating in Conception Bay surprises residents of Dildo, Canada (www.livescience.com)
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/18602528...
An Unreleased GBA 'Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi' Game Has Been Found & Preserved | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
Highlights:...
The Internet Archive Rescues MTV News’ Web Site, Making 460,000+ of Its Pages Searchable Again (www.openculture.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/14303847...
One More Round by chaz. (song.link)
SPAIN have beaten France 2-1 to book their spot in Sunday's huge Euro 2024 final (www.thesun.co.uk)
Visualization of a classic Viet Cong "GUA-8 Avenger 30 mm autocannon"-booby trap (i.imgur.com)
More Taiwanese detained or face trials when traveling to China since Beijing implemented 'Anti-Espionage Law' (www.taipeitimes.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/645710...
U.S. Nuke Agency Buys Internet Backbone Data (www.404media.co)
A U.S. government agency tasked with supporting the nation’s nuclear deterrence capability has bought access to a data tool that claims to cover more than 90 percent of the world’s internet traffic, and can in some cases let users trace activity through virtual private networks, according to documents obtained by 404 Media....
The Importance of School Students Volunteering for Fundraising (www.smilefoundationindia.org)
Discover the benefits of student volunteering in fundraising activities. Learn how engaging in such initiatives fosters social responsibility, builds essential skills, and strengthens community ties. Explore practical tips and real-life success stories to inspire young minds. Read more on Smile Foundation’s blog.
Google Maps is not adding pop-up ads during navigation [U] (9to5google.com)
A Google spokesperson explains:...
