From Tennessee to Oregon: How lawyers turned the ADA into a ‘shakedown business model’ (www.kgw.com)
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The "#Art Block" Tag on Tumblr (www.tumblr.com)
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China will have nearly twice the pets than young children by 2030, Goldman Sachs says (www.nbcnews.com)
China’s pet population will be close to double that of its young children by 2030 as young Chinese remain unwilling to start new families, Goldman Sachs said in a recent note....
Paris mayor drops f-bombs on anti-LGBTQ+ critics of Olympic opening ceremonies (www.lgbtqnation.com)
U.K., U.S. ambassadors to skip Nagasaki peace ceremony (www.asahi.com)
Zelenskiy: Ukrainian army knows how to surprise (www.reuters.com)
Space Marine 2 feels even more explosively, grimly, and hilariously authentic to the Warhammer 40,000 universe than the first game (www.pcgamer.com)
A Warhammer 40,000 space marine is not just your usual sci-fi super soldier. They are hulking behemoths, 10 feet tall (and about 10 feet wide too). They don’t move like people, they move like freight trains. They have the physical bearing of an industrial freezer unit and the emotional intelligence of a crocodile. They do not...
Major natural gas field discovered in South China Sea (www.bangkokpost.com)
China has confirmed the discovery of a major gas field in the South China Sea, state media reported on Wednesday.
'I am speaking now': Harris rally in Michigan interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters (www.nbcnews.com)
strive for greatness (cannibal.cafe)
Introducing Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (www.raspberrypi.com)
We’re happy to announce the launch of Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our second-generation microcontroller board, built on RP2350: a new high-performance, secure microcontroller designed here at Raspberry Pi....
Man vs. machine: DeepMind’s new robot serves up a table tennis triumph (arstechnica.com)
Asked about bear carcass prank, RFK Jr. says he once had a freezer full of roadkill meat (apnews.com)
It wasn’t just the dead bear....
ADT admits security breach after hackers advertise stolen data on the dark web (www.theverge.com)
Security company ADT disclosed in an SEC filing that hackers obtained “some limited customer information, including email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.” TechCrunch reports that ADT’s disclosure follows a seller on a cybercrime forum claiming last week that they had obtained more than 30,000 stolen ADT...
'#BigDadEnergy': Internet claps as Walz pauses event to help rally-goer and pass out water (www.rawstory.com)
sopping wet pussy (media.eepy.express)
Steve Martin turns down Tim Walz impersonation role on 'SNL,' dashing internet's casting hopes (apnews.com)
Steve Martin’s next role will not be the Midwestern politician the internet hoped he’d portray....
DOOM Eternal: PC Mods Preview (slayersclub.bethesda.net)
Barcelona sealed off as police hunt for Carles Puigdemont (www.politico.eu)
Manhunt launched after separatist leader gives speech before disappearing....
Any Foreign Organization Can Be Labeled 'Undesirable' Under New Russian Law. (www.rferl.org)
Smooth sailing for eggplant: Breakthrough in understanding prickle formation (phys.org)
CRISPR editing to remove Eggplant prickles.
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....
Thousands of counter-protesters take to UK streets as far-right unrest fails to materialise (news.sky.com)
Counter-protesters have turned out in UK cities amid warnings of at least 100 far-right marches being planned for Wednesday night....