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Forbes yanks article speculating Trump could gain Black voters by being shot (www.rawstory.com)

Giving Up on Consciousness as the Ghost in the Machine (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

Specific Gut Bacteria That Triggers Compulsive Eating Identified by Scientists Who Also Found Bacteria to Prevent it (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)

UK economy continues recovery with 0.6% growth (www.bbc.com)

The UK’s economy grew by 0.6% between April and June as it continued its recovery from the recession at the end of last year....

Instagram Isn’t Protecting Women Politicians From Hate Speech (www.wired.com)

Argentina inflation slows to 4% in July after spiking month earlier (www.reuters.com)

Germany Issues Arrest Warrant for Ukrainian Over Nord Stream Explosion (www.nytimes.com)

A European arrest warrant was issued for a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline nearly two years ago, Polish prosecutors said on Wednesday....

Toyota Mirai Turned Into Hydrogen Bomb By Ukrainian Forces Explodes With The Force Of 400 Pounds Of TNT (autos.yahoo.com)

LILYGO T-Deck Plus is a $70 handheld with GPS, LoRa, and a BlackBerry keyboard - Liliputing (liliputing.com)

AI PCs made up 14% of quarterly personal computer shipments, Canalys says (www.reuters.com)

The share is higher than you would expect because they include all apple devices in them because the apple soc is capable of running ai. Of course who’s buying a MacBook it’s not doing it because “it’s an AI PC”. Should have included all gaming PCs then…...

2 Billion Downloads & Other Milestones from 2024 So Far (docs.flathub.org)

We’re back with some new milestones thanks to the continued growth of Flathub as an app store and the incredible work of both our largely volunteer team and our growing app developer community:...

UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk for Attempting to Intimidate and Threaten Workers (uaw.org)

War is ‘coming home’ to Russia, says Zelenskyy as fighting rages in Kursk (tvpworld.com)

Mom fights back in grizzly bear attack: ‘I’m not ready to leave my daughter’ (www.today.com)

“You feel like a rag doll and there’s nothing you can do,” Vanessa Chaput said, adding, “I remember being thrown around.”...

Putin appoints ex-bodyguard to oversee defend Kursk (www.themoscowtimes.com)

Prenatal exposure to CBD and THC is linked to concerning brain changes (www.psypost.org)

Chat With Your SQL Database Using LLM (adrelien.com)

Unlock the power of LLMs like ChatGPT and Ollama to effortlessly query and analyze your SQL database using natural language. Learn to set up and use LangChain for complex queries, making data-driven decisions easier and accessible to all, even without technical expertise.

New hope of finding life on Mars after indication of water, scientists say (www.theguardian.com)

While it is thought some of the water was lost to space, research has suggested that is not the full story, and that water could have been incorporated into minerals, buried as ice, or even exist in liquid form deep within the planet’s crust....

RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine group can’t sue Meta for agreeing with CDC, judge rules (arstechnica.com)

‘I’m not sure Israel is a democratic state any more’: Yair Golan’s mission to save his country (www.theguardian.com)

Golan, who entered politics five years ago after a career in the army, is one of the most prominent of the many brave Israelis who took matters into their own hands that day to save others. His new image as a hero has given his political career a shot in the arm – and he has decided his new mission is to revive his country’s...

TikTok Stacking Algorithms in Chinese Government’s Favor with Pro-China Content Originating from State-Linked Entities, Study Claims (www.kqed.org)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/1814468...

Israel Kills 100 in Gaza School Hours After Biden Approves $3.5B in Military Aid (truthout.org)

Just hours after the Biden administration Friday announced approval of $3.5 billion in military funds for Israel and shipments for new weaponry, an Israeli bombing of a school-turned-shelter in Gaza has killed 100 people or more, including scores of civilian men, women, and children in what was described as a “bloody...