X Kills Its Mac App, Accidentally Bans You for Switching to the iPad Version (lifehacker.com)
A Fraught Election Just Reshaped the Next Steps for Deep Sea Mining (www.bloomberg.com)
Kim Jong Un wants Trump back, former North Korean diplomat says (www.bbc.com)
Donald Trump returning to the White House would be “a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity” for North Korea, according to Ri Il Kyu, the highest-ranking defector to escape North Korea since 2016 and has been face to face with Kim Jong Un on seven separate occasions....
US recognizes Maduro's opponent as winner in Venezuela election (www.reuters.com)
IDF says slain Al Jazeera reporter was a Hamas commando, took part in Oct. 7 massacre (www.timesofisrael.com)
I chose the worst four years to take a hiatus from gaming hardware because now I feel like I'm being handed alien tech when confronted with a Steam Deck (www.pcgamer.com)
With AI sexual abuse on the rise, the White House is tapping Big Tech for support. (19thnews.org)
Venezuelan opposition says headquarters invaded as government alleges coup attempt (www.reuters.com)
opposition movement on Friday said its headquarters had been vandalized amid ongoing tensions over a disputed presidential election, as the country’s foreign minister said the U.S. was at the forefront of what the government calls a coup attempt....
Self-hosting workshop in Portland tomorrow (2024.fossy.us)
I’ll be doing a self-hosting workshop at FOSSY 2024 tomorrow....
'Unacceptable': Court Blocks Net Neutrality Rules During Legal Battle. (www.commondreams.org)
The TERF propaganda machine has already superspreaded the boxer's Imane Khelif's Olympics row is about trans identification. In fact she appears to be born woman with DSDs (thepinknews.com)
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s participation at the Paris 2024 Olympics is “not a transgender issue”, a spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said. Khelif beat Italy’s Angela Carini on Thursday (1 August), in a fight that has reignited an online storm about her participation in the Games, despite...
Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave (www.theguardian.com)
Ground temperatures across great swathes of the ice sheets of Antarctica have soared an average of 10C above normal over the past month, in what has been described as a near record heatwave....
SciTechDaily - Anti-Aging Treatment Breakthrough: Japanese Scientists’ Regenerative Gene Transfer Success (scitechdaily.com)
In a groundbreaking experiment, Japanese researchers transferred regenerative genes to fruit flies, leading to improved intestinal health and enhanced stem cell activity. This discovery opens new possibilities for anti-aging strategies in higher organisms, including humans, through targeted gene therapy.
Chuck Schumer’s ambitious plan to take the Supreme Court down a peg (www.vox.com)
Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, officials tell AP (apnews.com)
Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press....
US judge throws out $4.7 bln verdict against NFL in 'Sunday Ticket' lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
Aug 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in California on Thursday threw out a $4.7 billion verdict against the National Football League in a lawsuit claiming it overcharged subscribers to its Sunday Ticket game telecasts for more than a decade....
Despite Missouri AG’s Best Efforts, Man Condemned to Die Will Get Hearing On His Innocence Claim (theintercept.com)
DURING HIS SHORT tenure as Missouri’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey has spent a considerable amount of time fighting to cement dubious convictions — and, so far, he has been losing the battle....
Vance calls reaction to Trump’s attacks on Harris’s heritage ‘hysterical’ (thehill.com)
That word was not an accident. Because he used it more than once to hammer it in:...
Panel recommends Trump ally Jeffrey Clark’s law license be suspended over his role in efforts to overturn 2020 election (www.cnn.com)
Jeffrey Clark, the Trump-era Justice Department official who advocated for the department to contact Georgia and cast doubt on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, should face a two-year suspension from practicing law, a disciplinary committee in Washington, DC, said Thursday....
Philippines, Japan militaries hold first joint exercises in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’ (www.theverge.com)
So they got all that money from Uncle Sam’s CHIPS Act only to lay off 10,000 employees and make themselves “lean”. Govt funded unemployment.
Venezuela says US 'at the forefront of coup attempt' (www.reuters.com)
CARACAS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said on Friday that the United States is “at the forefront of a coup attempt” against the South American country amid a dispute over presidential election results that sparked protests.
14 arrested in human trafficking sting at comic convention in US. (www.voanews.com)
Schumer Introduces 'No Kings Act' to Undo Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling. (www.commondreams.org)
Vance’s links to the Project 2025 leader complicate Trump’s attempts at distance (www.nytimes.com)
Donald Trump disavowed the set of conservative plans after it became a popular target for Democrats, but his running mate, JD Vance, wrote a foreword for a forthcoming book by its principal architect....
