kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Interview: Kate Mulgrew On Chakotay And The ‘Prodigy’ Janeways; Her Conditions For More Live-Action Star Trek (trekmovie.com)

Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign with running mate in Philadelphia next Tuesday to kick off swing state tour (www.inquirer.com)

Starbucks is reeling as customers go elsewhere, sales decline (www.nbcnews.com)

US appeals court lets Texas keep river barrier against border crossings (www.reuters.com)

July 31 (Reuters) - Texas can keep a 1,000-foot (300-meter) long floating barrier in the Rio Grande to deter illegal border crossings by migrants at the river separating the United States and Mexico, a U.S. appeals court has ruled, rejecting a challenge by President Joe Biden’s administration....

Reform Slate Sweeps Amazon Labor Union Elections in Defeat for Celebrated Co-Founder. (www.thecity.nyc)

Iranian American Group Says Biden Must Change Course to Avert 'Bloody Regional War'. (www.commondreams.org)

Hitler takes too much Viagra (youtu.be)

An oldie but a goodie.

Amazon is responsible for hazardous items sold by third-party sellers, US agency says (apnews.com)

Amazon is responsible under federal safety law for hazardous products sold on its platform by third-party sellers and shipped by the company, a U.S. government agency ordered Tuesday....

Toyota acknowledges more certification cheating and apologizes (www.ctvnews.ca)

Toyota reported Wednesday more cases of cheating on certification tests for new models required by the Japanese government, on top of those acknowledged earlier....

Everything Star Trek Revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (www.startrek.com)

Extended Clip: Strange New Worlds Season 2...

Global methane emissions rising at fastest rate in decades, scientists warn (www.theguardian.com)

Researchers call for immediate action to reduce methane emissions and avert dangerous escalation in climate crisis...

Filipinos want the country’s biggest YouTube star to be their next president. (restofworld.org)

Archive.

Disneyland unions agree to ‘historic’ 31% pay raise (www.ocregister.com)

Wind and solar energy overtake fossil fuels to provide 30% of EU electricity (www.theguardian.com)

A Complete History of Birdo’s Gender (www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com)

How to Lie Your Way to $44 Billion. (odysee.com)

Sources of the video.

South Korea arrests official over alleged data leak exposing spies, reports (www.reuters.com)

How Hungary's Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark (apnews.com)

In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be a vote for all-out war....

Europeans can save gaming! (iv.melmac.space)

Montgomery County PA jury to decide if Hatboro barber shop owner killed man in self-defense (www.yahoo.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/montgomery-county-jury-decide-h…

Anniversary Hideo Kojima's Policenauts Turns 30 Today, And It's A Shame More People Haven't Played It | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)

Policenauts: Hideo Kojima’s Sci-Fi Classic...

William Calley, who led the My Lai massacre that shamed US military in Vietnam, has died (abcnews.go.com)

William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, has died. He was 80....

Outsourcing emotion: The horror of Google’s “Dear Sydney” AI ad | The company suggests using AI to write a child’s fan letter and the ad is so bad that Google turned off comments for it on YouTube (arstechnica.com)

If you’ve watched any Olympics coverage this week, you’ve likely been confronted with an ad for Google’s Gemini AI called “Dear Sydney.” In it, a proud father seeks help writing a letter on behalf of his daughter, who is an aspiring runner and superfan of world-record-holding hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone....