China’s Great Wall of Villages: China has moved thousands of people to new settlements on its frontiers. It calls them “border guardians.” (www.nytimes.com)
Google just lost a big antitrust trial. Now it has to face another. (finance.yahoo.com)
Israel strike on Gaza school kills more than 100, Palestinian news agency says (www.reuters.com)
The funni continues (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Fallout London's volunteer modding team to launch as a new indie studio [Eurogamer] (www.eurogamer.net)
A US citizen he was shot by Israeli forces and wounded in the leg during a protest Friday against settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, as the Israeli military confirmed it fired live rounds (www.rfi.fr)
HIMARS wants to know your location (i.imgur.com)
Yes please keep uploading videos of your convoys to TikTok.
UK immigration: why public opinion is at odds with reality (www.ft.com)
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MyPillow Man Mike Lindell Ordered to Pay Legal Fees for Guy Who Proved Him Wrong at ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ Event (gizmodo.com)
The number of migrants in border towns and some big U.S. cities has plunged, shelter operators say (www.nbcnews.com)
Shelter operators attribute the steep drop to President Joe Biden’s June executive action limiting asylum claims and stronger efforts by Mexico to intercept U.S.-bound migrants....
TIL that in 1972 a 33-year-old Hungarian geologist attacked Michelangelo's Pietà statue in St. Peter's Basilica wielding a geologist's hammer and shouting, "I am Jesus Christ—risen from the dead". Pri (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that in 1972 a 33-year-old Hungarian geologist attacked Michelangelo’s Pietà statue in St. Peter’s Basilica wielding a geologist’s hammer and shouting, “I am Jesus Christ—risen from the dead”. Prior to this, he had moved to Rome intending to be recognised as Christ by the Pope.
Intel is bringing GPUs to cars (www.engadget.com)
Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos (www.propublica.org)
US declares controversial Israeli battalion eligible for assistance (www.aljazeera.com)
The United States has announced that Netzah Yehuda, a controversial Israeli battalion notorious among Palestinians for repressive activities in the occupied West Bank, is eligible for US military assistance....
‘It’s just a rich man’s playground now’: how St Ives became patient zero of British overtourism | Cornwall (www.theguardian.com)
Court says cis students can sue to avoid sharing a restroom with trans classmates (www.lgbtqnation.com)
‘Traders in our blood’: Gazan pleads to be saved from Hamas ‘before the Jews’ (m.jpost.com)
There is also this shitterlink video related to this (sourced the news from worldnews), but I don’t speak Arabic and can’t say if this is a deepfake or not x.com/AlArabiya/status/1821912782033309739
Russia fighting intense battles against major Ukrainian incursion (www.reuters.com)
Russia imposes security regime on border regions...
Brazil plane crash: 21 bodies recovered after disaster (www.bbc.com)
At least 21 bodies have been recovered from the site of a plane crash in the Brazilian state of São Paulo which killed everyone on board....
Foxconn Hires 50,000 More Workers as Apple Boosts iPhone 16 Production. So much for Apple's shift to India. (www.macrumors.com)
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 - Early Reviews Are In And It's Looking Good (www.belloflostsouls.net)
Palantir partners with Microsoft to sell AI to the government (www.theverge.com)
Palantir, the company named for the dangerous seeing-stones that tended to mislead their users, has announced a partnership with Microsoft to deliver services for classified networks in US defense and intelligence agencies....
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell tears into his own network for airing Trump press conference without fact-check (www.mediaite.com)
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell tore into the major cable news networks, including MSNBC, on Thursday after they aired former President Donald Trump’s press conference live and didn’t “fact-check every lie” he told....
Peru enacts law restricting prosecution of crimes against humanity, favoring former leader Fujimori (apnews.com)
US announces $125 million military aid package for Ukraine (apnews.com)
The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia, including much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons, the White House announced Friday....
