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Ukraine justifies Kursk attack in first acknowledgment of incursion into Russia (www.theguardian.com)

Zelenskiy aide says ‘root cause of any escalation’, including into Kursk, is Moscow’s ‘unequivocal aggression’...

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....

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....

The PS5 Has Now Sold Over 61 Million Units Outpacing The PS4 (press-start.com.au)

The floor is Java (sh.itjust.works)

FBI: California woman brought sword, whip and other weapons into Capitol during Jan. 6 riot (www.ctvnews.ca)

Kennedy Lindsey had a short sword, a steel tactical whip, a collapsible baton, pepper spray, a butterfly knife and a flashlight taser in her possession when a U.S. Secret Service officer searched her backpack, according to an FBI affidavit....

The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

Trump congratulates Putin on ‘great’ hostage swap (www.politico.eu)

U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump commended Russian President Vladimir Putin over a historic prisoner swap deal struck last week, suggesting the Russian leader got the better end of the agreement....

BREAKING NEWS: NATO has fallen. (i.imgur.com)

Berlin: Thousands march in COVID-19 pandemic skeptic protest (www.dw.com)

Several thousand people on Saturday joined a street demonstration and rally in Berlin organized by Germany’s “Lateral Thinking” protest movement....

not the best attempt at getting the youth to join (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

Kim Jong Un wants Trump back, elite defector tells BBC (www.bbc.com)

Cloudflare once again comes under pressure for enabling abusive sites (arstechnica.com)

Is Palworld a “dead game”? Who cares, says the game’s developer (arstechnica.com)

‘Conditions were perfect’: how the breathtaking image of Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina was taken (www.theguardian.com)

On a distant reef 16,000km from Paris, surfer Gabriel Medina has given Olympic viewers one of the most memorable images of the Games yet, with an airborne celebration so well poised it looked too good to be true....

Men’s Olympic triathlon is postponed due to concerns over water quality in Paris’ Seine River (apnews.com)

The men’s Olympic triathlon planned for Tuesday has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris’ Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place....

Venezuela election: Protesters clash with police after Maduro victory claim (www.bbc.co.uk)

Before you read that, see also: Choreographed celebrations in Venezuela as Maduro claims win...

McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years (www.channelnewsasia.com)

Senators Expose Car Companies’ Terrible Data Privacy Practices. (www.eff.org)

UK drops out of top ten manufacturing nations as Russia and Mexico overtake (bmmagazine.co.uk)

What I'm playing next (7/28/2024) (lemmus.org)

Edit: Just finally defeated Phantom Ganon #1.

US claims TikTok collected user views on issues like abortion, gun control. (www.voanews.com)

SearNGX should be a federated search engine (github.com)

All the posts about Reddit blocking everyone except Google and Brave got me thinking: What if SearNGX was federated? I.E. when data is retrieved via a providers API, that data is then federated to all other instances....