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Mexico says Texan buoys in Rio Grande breach water treaty (www.reuters.com)

A floating barrier of orange buoys put in the Rio Grande by the Texan government to hinder migrants crossing into the U.S. violates a water treaty and may encroach on Mexican territory, incoming Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Friday.

Mexican crime journalist shot dead in Acapulo – DW – 07/16/2023 (www.dw.com)

Data from Reporters Without Borders shows that 150 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000. In 2022 alone, 13 members of the press were killed there.

Israel sets record for illegal settlement approvals: Rights group (www.aljazeera.com)

Peace Now said that Israel has approved the construction of almost 13,000 housing units in illegal settlements, the most since the group began tracking....

Easy HTTPS for your private networks (www.getlocalcert.net)

This webpage provides instructions for using the acme-dns DNS challenge method with various ACME clients to obtain HTTPS certificates for private networks. Caddy, Traefik, cert-manager, acme.sh, LEGO and Certify The Web are listed as ACME clients that support acme-dns. For each client, configuration examples are provided that...

Antarctic ice levels undergo 'massive decrease', data shows (www.reuters.com)

UK ‘wastes billions’ on defence firms that give investors rich returns (www.theguardian.com)

Poll about Fedora OPT-OUT telemetry metrics proposal (discussion.fedoraproject.org)

Supercomputer Will Help Decide whether to Block the Sun (www.scientificamerican.com)

Desk buddy kneading some biscuits (i.imgur.com)

Why are Americans so obsessed with dentistry? (kbin.social)

The dental industry in America is massive. Why is it such an important part of the American lifestyle?

Russia illegally used facial recognition to arrest protestor, human rights court rules (www.politico.eu)

China generates 99.9% pure 'green hydrogen' as world's largest H2 producer (news.cgtn.com)

YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

YouTube is currently running what it describes as a "small experiment globally," warning users to toggle off their ad blockers and avoid being limited to only three video views.

Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals (www.theguardian.com)

So... it's been a while now since the great exodus. How are you all doing my fellow refugees? (kbin.social)

I made my home here permanently now. It seems like such a friendlier place but how are you all doing?

More Americans are getting news on TikTok, bucking the trend seen on most other social media sites (www.pewresearch.org)

More Americans are getting news on TikTok, bucking the trend seen on most other social media sites::In just three years, the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.

Proton Experimental fixes controls in Starfield and supports Assassin's Creed Mirage (www.gamingonlinux.com)

U.N. Security Council schedules a vote on a resolution urging humanitarian pauses, corridors in Gaza (apnews.com)

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Bonds go bonkers as the US government now pays more than Vietnam or Morocco to borrow (markets.businessinsider.com)

Game of the Year | Nominees (thegameawards.com)

Ripple CEO says SEC has lost sight of mission to protect investors (www.cnbc.com)

Ripple CEO says SEC has lost sight of mission to protect investors::Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he hopes the U.S. will move beyond crypto regulation by litigation to a point where federal laws are introduced by Congress.