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In a filing, ABC says the FCC has targeted daytime and late-night TV the administration doesn't like while "leaving untouched the vast landscape of talk radio" (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/the-view-fcc-trump-abc-filing-1236975337/…

ABC Says “Broad And Cross-Ideological Consensus” Backs ‘The View’ Amid FCC Investigation
The network filed a response to the FCC's investigation of the show's featuring of political candidates.

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years following a secret journey from France.
The priceless 70-metre-long medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England
was discreetly delivered to the British Museum in London in a high-security operation overnight on Friday.
Crafted from wool thread stitched onto linen, the tapestry accurately depicts the intertwined – sometimes bloody – histories of Britain and France, and is symboli…

Bayeux Tapestry smuggled into Britain for first visit in 1,000 years
The loan of the artwork is seen as symbolic of French-British relations as London works to mend ties post-Brexit.

Filings: President Trump purchased up to $5M each in Broadcom, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia stocks on July 23, the same day as his AI action plan (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/pol…

Crypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big
President Trump and his family reaped vast financial rewards from a memecoin that generated losses for hundreds of thousands of investors.

Jurisdictions and agencies must do a better job of rooting out misuse of these cameras and being transparent about the policies involved. An officer who misuses an ALPR system should be fired and lose their police certification. The charges for a cop violating the public trust in this way should be felonies.
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How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

I had a friend from high school and college pass.. She had been sick for a while.. Fought and won for a while.. Originally sick during the Covid era... I was going to go visit but I had a covid exposure and was too scared to go.. (right and wrong was so unclear then -- still is)
I never figured out how to go home to a later get-together. She finally passed. Now I punctuate it by filling out a form on a website funeral home's website that lets you donate some trees with a …

On my way to a flying visit to Berlin. Tomorrow, the Python Users Berlin (@…) are meeting for a talk by Sam Bail on PySpark: https://www.meetup.com/python-users-berlin

Python Users Berlin (PUB): An introduction to PySpark, Thu, Jul 2, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup
📆 Agenda * 19:00 Welcome to the PUB (Python Users Berlin) – setting up * 19:15 Main talk * 20:00 Lightning talks * 20:30 Social gathering 🎙 Main talk by [Sam Bail](http

Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer turned doctoral student, is the latest candidate to rise from the party's left flank and boot establishment-backed candidates.
That includes two self-described democratic socialists and a progressive who won their Democratic primaries in New York last week.
Kiros' victory adds to a nascent but clear uprising, stirred by frustration among some voters, that has vexed party leadership.
Colorado's 1st Congressional District covers t…

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats longtime House incumbent in Colorado primary
Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer turned doctoral student, is the latest candidate to rise from the party's left flank and boot establishment-backed candidates.

Weather forecast was about rain and maybe lightning ... so we just biked to your lokal mountain and did a quick loop in high humidity.
#hiking #bayern #mountains

So the Roger Williams Park Zoo (@) is offering free admission today and tomorrow due to the extreme heat
HOWEver, because of the extreme heat, they are noting that many of the animals are likely going to stay inside, so you may not see them 😂
(h/t to my wife)

Black voters in South Carolina and other southern states are turning out
in defiance of what many see as Donald Trump’s efforts to suppress their political power,
fueling Democratic hopes of clinching upset wins in the region in this fall’s midterm elections.

A surge in Black voter engagement is energizing close Senate races in North Carolina and Georgia,
where Democrats go into the summer with leads in many polls.
Some Democrats see a chance of long-shot vict…

Why resisting Trump has galvanized Black Democrats as the midterms approach
High primary turnout among Black voters in the South has given some in the party hope for upset wins in the region.