Trump holds seemingly pointless press conference filled with false claims (www.independent.co.uk)
Former President Donald Trump spent nearly an hour at his Palm Beach, Florida, social club on Thursday ranting to a room full of reporters as he tries to grab the spotlight from a resurgent Democratic ticket fronted by Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
An Initial Benchmark Of Bcachefs vs. Btrfs vs. EXT4 vs. F2FS vs. XFS On Linux 6.11 (www.phoronix.com)
Trump lashes out at Harris and falsely claims no one was killed on January 6 (www.theguardian.com)
Powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleads guilty to traveling to Europe to pay for sex with minor (apnews.com)
A powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor....
Florida student who assaulted school employee over Nintendo Switch gets 5 years in prison (www.nbcnews.com)
A judge said the student, now 18, showed no remorse for the beating. His mother said he has mental health conditions and needs help....
Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard, airline says (apnews.com)
A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all 61 people aboard and leaving a smoldering wreck, officials and the airline said....
Russian chess champion caught poisoning childhood rival with mercury (www.independent.co.uk)
The world of chess has been rocked after a Russian chess champion attempted to poison her childhood rival by covering her pieces in deadly mercury....
Sineng Electric launches world’s largest sodium-ion battery storage project (www.pv-magazine.com)
Noah Lyles Wins Bronze in 200 Meters, Then Reveals He Has Covid (www.nytimes.com)
TIL the mangaka Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon) is married to another famous manga author Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter x Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho) (en.wikipedia.org)
Election disinformation from Elon Musk is drawing billions of views on X (www.motherjones.com)
TIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000 (en.wikipedia.org)
Flooding from the remnants of Debby leads to high water rescues in New York, Pennsylvania (apnews.com)
Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ re-release that’s packed with upgrades (www.theverge.com)
If you own either game already, you’ll get it for free.
STOPKILLINGAMES EU petition: Finland the 1st one to reach it's quota, and growing [meet requirement so far: 1/7 countries, 222k/1mil. signatures] (eci.ec.europa.eu)
Developers Halt Louisiana Grain Elevator Project That Would Disrupt Black Historic Sites (www.propublica.org)
TIL George Clooney was asked to play himself in a sketch for the Movie 43 (the gag was that Clooney is bad at picking up women), and Clooney replied "No fucking way." (en.wikipedia.org)
An ambitious Fallout 4 mod aims to completely rebuild the epochal 1997 RPG, and you can try the unofficial Fallout 1 remake right now. (www.pcgamesn.com)
[FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Internet access across HF radio #podcast (podcasts.itmaze.com.au)
In the mid 1980’s there was this thing called a Bulletin Board System or BBS. You would connect your computer to a gadget called an acoustic coupler that you would sit next to a telephone. You’d pick up the handset, dial a phone number and wait until there was a squeal in your ear. Then you’d push the handset into the...
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Among Several Women Injured In Prison Protest Against Executions, Family Says. (www.rferl.org)
Aleppo | Turkish forces and their proxies attack 15 villages and vicinity of two camps in northern countryside (www.syriahr.com)
U.S. Athletes Are Taking Full Advantage of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village (www.si.com)
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