Argentina's use of Chinese yuan is soaring as dollars run short, and a top US manufacturer may join the trend (archive.is)
First Amendment org challenges restrictions on TikTok at Texas universities (techcrunch.com)
⭐️⭐️ Lieutenant General Цоков Олег Юрьевич (Tsokov Oleg Yurievich), Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District, was killed by a Storm Shadow missile (twitter.com)
The highest ranking Russian general to die in Ukraine so far
New House Judiciary report claims FBI worked with Ukrainian agency to remove verified social media accounts | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
How a Notorious Georgia Army School Became America's Training Ground for Global Torture (scheerpost.com)
One Reason the U.S. Can’t Quit China? Chips. (archive.ph)
U.S. military trains in Hawai’i to target China (www.workers.org)
Near the town of Wahiawā on the occupied Hawaiian island of O’ahu, the U.S. army is gearing up for war with China at the Lightning Academy, the 25th Infantry Division’s training camp near Schofield Barracks. Here, the Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC) takes place over the span of a few weeks, where soldiers from all...
Expanding Broadband in Portland, The Time Is Now (www.eff.org)
News: OpenAI Introduces Superalignment
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1102882...
US Spies Are Buying Americans' Private Data. Congress Has a Chance to Stop It (www.wired.com)
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/519935...
Ukraine War - Russian Losses as of July 5th, 2023
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Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Demands “Urgent” Meeting With Blinken Amid Gaza War Lobbying Effort (theintercept.com)
Palestine Action Crashes into Leicester's Israeli Drone Factory (www.palestineaction.org)
Christian Right Cites Violent Biblical Amalek Trope to Justify Israel’s Tactics (truthout.org)
Indonesia to seek China's help to develop renewables at Belt and Road Forum | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
People’s Movements Around the World Will Gather in Johannesburg to Dream Up a Socialist Future (peoplesdispatch.org)
Italy's Birth Rate: Meloni Likely Focus on Tax Cuts over Families (stoppopulationdecline.org)
Standard Power selects NuScale SMR tech to power data centers (www.power-eng.com)
Wonder if they will actually be built? I don’t think anyone has actually done this yet
Five People Arrested on Suspicion of Spitting at Christians in Jerusalem's Old City (www.haaretz.com)
Mexico's president slams U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba (www.pbs.org)
De-dollarisation and Internationalisation of Other Currencies: Geopolitics and Implications for Dollar Diplomacy (developingeconomics.org)
Maldives: Opposition candidate wins presidential election (www.dw.com)
Calls for boycott after alleged assault mars Lebanon film festival (www.aljazeera.com)
LIFF members deny the attack, and lawyer representing festival says a case will be filed against the accuser.