Mayra Flores gets boost in training, resources as Republicans seek to flip South Texas district. (www.texastribune.org)
YSK the Internet Archive has a giant depository of scanned-in manuals for virtually anything you can think of that needs one, going back decades. (archive.org)
Almost 3.5 million manuals scanned in.
A record 191 openly LGBTQ+ athletes are competing in the 2024 Olympics (apnews.com)
A record number of athletes openly identifying as LGBTQ+ are competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, a massive leap during a competition that organizers have pushed to center around inclusion and diversity....
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ smashes R-rated record with $205 million debut, 8th biggest opening ever (apnews.com)
Marvel is back on top with “Deadpool & Wolverine.” The comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first “Deadpool” ($132 million) and notched a spot in the...
'Cruel and Dangerous': Netanyahu Delays Evacuation of Sick Children From Gaza. (www.commondreams.org)
Venezuela's Maduro and opposition are locked in standoff as both claim victory in presidential vote (apnews.com)
Venezuela’s opposition and President Nicolas Maduro’s government were locked in a high-stakes standoff after each side claimed victory in a presidential vote that millions in the long-suffering nation saw as their best shot to end 25 years of single-party rule....
Venezuela election: Maduro declared winner in disputed vote (www.bbc.co.uk)
The Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE’s announcement as fraudulent and promised to challenge the result....
NVIDIA’s Open-Source Linux Drivers Rival Proprietary Versions: Unmatched GPU Performance Revealed - EconoTimes (www.econotimes.com)
Intel Finally Responds to Ongoing CPU Issues - Promises to Release a Patch by Mid-August (techreport.com)
AMD’s Ryzen 9000 CPU delay is due to… typos on the chips? It seems unbelievable, but here we are (www.techradar.com)
Mortal Kombat 1 is getting animalities, the T-1000, Conan, and Ghostface from Scream (www.pcgamer.com)
Biden calls for supreme court reforms including 18-year justice term limits (www.theguardian.com)
President also says presidential immunity for crimes should be removed and ethics rules for justices should be stricter...
4 hottest days ever observed raise fears of a planet nearing ‘tipping points’ (www.washingtonpost.com)
Since last July, Earth’s average temperature has been at least 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels....
Blinken says US has 'serious concerns' about announced result of Venezuelan election (abcnews.go.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela’s hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro....
Deputy who killed Sonya Massey was removed from the Army, had DUIs and needed ‘high stress decision’ classes, records show (www.cnn.com)
Years before sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson gunned down Sonya Massey in her own home, he had been discharged from the Army for serious misconduct and had a history of driving under the influence, records show....
Donald Trump accused of falsely vilifying migrants for surge in US fentanyl deaths (www.theguardian.com)
Former head of US border security says claim ‘terribly misleading’ and statistics show nine of 10 convicted traffickers are US citizens...
Texas Water Board details how it will spend $1 billion for water infrastructure projects. (www.texastribune.org)
President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law. (www.whitehouse.gov)
VOA: Biden unveils plan for Supreme Court changes, says US stands at ‘breach’ as public confidence sinks.
ElevenLabs’ first Indian partnership banks on AI voice clones to make audio stories faster and cheaper. (restofworld.org)
Mum jailed for forcing daughter into fatal marriage in Australia (www.bbc.com)
A mother has become the first person to be jailed under Australia’s forced marriage laws, for ordering her daughter to wed a man who would later murder the 21-year-old....
Discover Mario’s Epic Multiverse Encounter with Pokémon, Splatoon, Doom, and Resident Evil (www.retronews.com)
A group of ROM hackers and modders is developing an ambitious unofficial Super Mario game titled “Mario and the Multiverse,” drawing inspiration from Super Mario 64. This game will feature Mario alongside characters from various franchises, including Pokémon, Splatoon, and Doom....
French police arrest far-left suspect after rail sabotage (www.dw.com)
France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said far-left extremists may have been behind an attack on the long-distance train network ahead of the opening of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. An arrest has now been made....
France: Telecom fiber optic networks sabotaged (www.dw.com)
The acts of sabotage affected several telecommunications operators in six areas of France, police said. Paris is not affected....
Kai McKenzie: Australian loses leg but promises surfing return (www.bbc.com)
Kai McKenzie, was surfing near Port Macquarie in New South Wales (NSW) last Tuesday, when what he describes as “the biggest shark I’ve ever seen” attacked him....
