Trump keeps calling Harris ‘Kamabla’ but nobody seems to know the meaning behind it (www.independent.co.uk)
TIL the Allies fielded thousands of tanks by the end of World War I, a major technological breakthrough. The Germans deployed just 18. (en.wikipedia.org)
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.
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....
Ukraine’s Push Into Russia Is a Surprising Turn in the War (www.nytimes.com)
The price of European natural gas is at its highest this year. (energywatch.com)
How a mylar balloon left New Orleans without clean water for days (www.salon.com)
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....
strive for greatness (cannibal.cafe)
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)
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)
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)
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.
From Tennessee to Oregon: How lawyers turned the ADA into a ‘shakedown business model’ (www.kgw.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18438141...
Man vs. machine: DeepMind’s new robot serves up a table tennis triumph (arstechnica.com)
The "#Art Block" Tag on Tumblr (www.tumblr.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14670395...
[2015] The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site' (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18437234...
Smooth sailing for eggplant: Breakthrough in understanding prickle formation (phys.org)
CRISPR editing to remove Eggplant prickles.
Would-be owners of Woodbury office building seek 20 years of tax breaks for $32 million project (www.newsday.com)
The prospective owners of a Woodbury office building that’s nearly 40% vacant due to the popularity of remote work are seeking 20 years of tax breaks to turn around the property, officials said....
TIL the Japanese words 青 (ao) and 青い (aoi) can refer to either blue or green depending on the situation. (en.wikipedia.org)
July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief (www.newsday.com)
Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Thursday....
