I keep reading this report about China creating fake US drivers license from data harvested from TikTok (but which TikTok doesn't collect) and remember these are the same people who insist getting intel from Christopher Steele was inexcusable.

Last year, more people died from heat than from road crashes in Europe, says data scientist Ruth Engel.

How to spot AI images: A fact-checker's guide

I touched on this at the end of my piece, but one thing I find shocking about May Pollard's death, speaking as a reporter, is that it took two months after knowing a major trans lawsuit had been dropped due to the suicide of one of the teen plaintiffs and knowing May Pollard's name.

ICE shared Medicaid data, which it wasn't even supposed to have in the first place, with Palantir. Anyone else worried about this? Here's what you should know about Palantir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88

One cop allegedly misused GPS information...while investigating another officer for the same misconduct.

Armed Israeli settlers attempt to storm a Palestinian family's home in Al-Tuwani, south of Hebron, under the protection of Israeli soldiers.

Police already face few consequences for using force in person. “That would become so much easier and so much less emotionally and physically burdensome if they can deploy force by pressing a button,” EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told @404media.co.

“‘If you want to enter this arena, here’s a bunch of language that’s incomprehensible to a reasonable person.’ And so you click a box or do whatever, and they’re like, ‘Aha! You have consented,’” EFF’s @adamdschwartz.bsky.social told @foreignpolicy.com.

How a notorious billionaire is behind Trump’s Rose Garden statue spree We were just joking around when we speculated that Trump’s tacky Rose Garden statues of Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton that appeared in the dead of night were inspired by billionaire…

There’s something profoundly human about watching the Ferreira Pinto brothers — Miguel and Pedro — finish the Ironman competition. It’s a reminder that inclusion isn’t about lowering expectations; it’s about removing the barriers that keep people from chasing them.

Migrant boat sinks off Libya coast; at least 50 dead or missing https://www.europesays.com/africa/339773/ Cairo, Jul 15 (AP) A boat carrying about 60 migrants, including women and children, bound for European shores…

The USDA just released its July crop production numbers. The wheat figure is the one I've been watching all season — and it came in worse than most people expected. #PrepareProtectDon'tPanic #HopeCorps #Revolt 💚✊️💚

Israeli drone strike targets Al-Yaman Al-Sa'id Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians and injuring several others.

“.. Hizbollah was not party to the agreement and has rejected it wholesale.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/1309...

“.. Tropical storm poised to hit basically every major US LNG export plant this week.” @bloomberg.com #TropicalDepression2

BREAKING: A judge just granted a temporary restraining order against the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. This means that the merger is officially PAUSED. That's a WIN thanks to the state attorneys general who stood up and pushed back. Let's keep up the fight.

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What a mess. Acton could have handled the question differently and avoided all of this, but she very clearly wanted to send out a signal to voters that she doesn't see trans people as who we say we are.

Israel knows it has too much power in Australian politics and it’s cashing in on it #auspol apple.news/AUIJKj4XJT9C...

“Assasinating American citizens in the streets is not a mistake.” You heard him. He’s the guy in charge now. So what’s happening on his watch as ICE continues to murder people is intentional and Homan is telling you that loudly and clearly.

"My husband’s suicide shows there’s something very wrong with the U.S. insurance industry. I’m a physician. We had good insurance. He died anyway." www.statnews.com/2026/07/20/p...

Arson, too.

I am still not done reading #Enshittification by @doctorow.pluralistic.net - it is a fine book but I can only read a few pages at the time because I get so furious. How can our entire world be held hostage by such few pathetic, greedy, needy, disingenuous, stupid and frankly perverted men?

Under Todd Blanche, the DOJ is prosecuting Trump's political foes and refusing to charge companies accused of actual criminal wrongdoing, like Chinese retailer Alibaba and Pharma giant Abbott. He stands for the rule of Trump, not the rule of law. The Senate must REJECT him.

Airbus is migrating 70 critical applications from AWS to Scaleway, a French cloud provider, to increase digital sovereignty and ensure data remains under European control.

A federal judge held that Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was manufactured simply to justify its settlement, including a multibillion-dollar “anti-weaponization” fund for political allies and a shield from IRS scrutiny.

Trump Insists Frequent Naps Necessary To Protect U.S. Interests In Dreamland https://theonion.com/trump-insists-frequent-naps-necessary-to-protect-u-s-interests-in-dreamland/

Argentinian artist Claudia Fontes, Foreigners, 2016, porcelain #WomensArt

In this appallingly stupid time we are living in, with America's current aversion to facts and science, it is fascinating how the Ancient Greeks calculated the circumference of the Earth so accurately. May we return to a time when curiosity overcame ignorance and science overcame superstition.

WE ALL KNOW SOMETHING ISN’T RIGHT HERE Over a month. Zero public appearances. One questionable photo. During an interview w/Katie Couric, Gov Beshear said he received calls from 2 agencies reporting that McConnell died before leaving the hospital. #KYSpecialElection @govandybeshear.bsky.social

Flirting with $120 for the first time since July 2025.

There's a renewed push to ban facial recognition at Madison Square Garden, Politico reports: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

The $1,000 Trump Account grabbed headlines. The more important part got less attention. In this week’s Professor Is In, I answer your questions and explain why these accounts may do more to help affluent families build wealth than reduce inequality. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/justin-ans...

I'm in Paris, and the entire time I've been here I've seen advertisements for Le Monde's special issue TOUT LE MONDE DETESTE L'IA (All the World Hates AI). I've seen graffiti on metro ads marking them as AI SLOP, and a big scrawl at one stop that read F*CK IA.

remember this?

Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) long maintained he wasn't impaired during a 2011 crash. But newly obtained toxicology reports reveal he had MDMA and Klonopin in his system. It's part of a 2,000-page trove of records we obtained about Miller, who is currently running for a third term.

FDA: We found Cyclospora in this company's lettuce. [company visits White House and donates millions of dollars to the grift funds] FDA: No we didn't.

Mapping how influenza virus rewires human host cells

And, one of the deliberate outcomes of flooding all self publishing spaces with genAI slop is to completely devalue them as a source of income for the people who rely on them.

Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹

These terrifying photos of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. Posted 8 hours ago by Tara Aucoin on Instagram.

king of the north

Remember a year ago when we all joined Internet NZ to keep the FSU from succeeding in its takeover attempt? Well, they're trying again this year, and another TERF who runs a separate anti-trans hate group is also trying to get on the board. Let's keep them out again 💪

Oh FFS @albomp.bsky.social Do not do this to us!

Finally — woke is over. A man can become the leader of a Women's publication purely on merit.

Four years in power and Labor are still approving gas and coal. On the latest episode of “What’s the Point?”, Co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks the tactics the government uses to excuse their inaction. Listen to the latest episode here! ⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/whats-the-point-of-offsets/

More of our tax dollars are going to be spent on Qatari Force One that Trump takes with him when his term is over. This is insanity.