
2025-07-24 10:11:48
INSIDIOUS attack after negotiations: Russia strikes Ukraine with DRONES and MISSILES #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/insidious-attack-after-negotiations-russia.htm…
INSIDIOUS attack after negotiations: Russia strikes Ukraine with DRONES and MISSILES #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/insidious-attack-after-negotiations-russia.htm…
License plate reader company Flock has stopped US agencies from accessing cameras in CA, IL, and VA after reports of lookups related to ICE and an abortion case (404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-state…
Sri Lanka hit by plastic pollution after cargo ship sinks off Indian coast https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/sri-lanka-hit-by-plastic-pollution-after-cargo-ship-sinks-off-indian-coast/
Eagles TE Dallas Goedert aims to 'win another' Super Bowl after reworking contract to stay in Philadelphia https://www.nfl.com/news/eagles-te-dallas-goedert-aims-to-win-another-super-bowl-after-rew…
Cowboys’ Dak Prescott Turns Heads at Camp After Injury https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/dak-prescott-turns-heads-camp-after-injury/?adt_ei=[email]
Raiders' next move after releasing Christian Wilkins is painfully obvious https://fansided.com/nfl/raiders-next-move-after-releasing-christian-wilkins-is-painfully-obvious
Trump rages: Iran and Israel
‘don’t know what the f**k they’re doing’
after ceasefire halting 12-day war appears to immediately break down, with each side accusing the other of violating its terms
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl…
Yet another bad decision from the Planning Inspectorate.
Huge development to go ahead after £5m demand thrown out - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/huge-development…
Candace Owens doubles down after she's sued for claiming French first lady is trans: "You're sick" - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/candace-owens-doubles-down-after-shes-sued-for-claiming-french-first-lady-is-trans-youre-sick/
Habba set to remain as top prosecutor in New Jersey after White House maneuver (Reuters)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/habba-set-remain-top-prosecutor-new-jersey-after/story?id=124069738
http://www.memeorandum.com/250725/p69#a250725p69
Approaching Deadline: CFP: Conference: American Jewish Landscapes after October 7th https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20121140/approaching-deadline-cfp-conference-american-jewish-landscapes-after…
STOCK ANALYSTS: Ignore Musk’s behavior, geniuses are just eccentric sometimes, it’s OK, his repeated failures will soon give way to 10000x growth
MUSK: After listening to Ace of Base on repeat for 72 hours straight while huffing jet fuel, I now understand that I am destined to merge with the AI resurrection of Hitler to become Machine Jesus who saves the white race after 1000 years of continuous stock market crashes, which are of course necessary and a good idea. Libturds have hidden this truth from your mind
One day after signing a $1.5B deal with Paramount, South Park satirizes Paramount's settlement with Trump, pro-Trump PSAs, and the cancellation of The Late Show (Jenna Amatulli/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/24/south-park-t…
Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/
After 70 years, twisted gothic thriller The Night of the Hunter remains as disturbing and beguiling as ever https://theconversation.com/after-70-years-twisted-gothic-thriller-the-night-of-the-h…
Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--US House of Representatives bans WhatsApp on security grounds
--US Cybercom played a role in Iran attack,
--Crypto scam services return after Telegram beheading,
--NoName DDoS'ed Dutch cities ahead of NATO summit,
--REvil members released in Russia,
--Coinbase poseur stole millions from crypto holders,
--Critical infrastructure defense project …
How Robust is Model Editing after Fine-Tuning? An Empirical Study on Text-to-Image Diffusion Models
Feng He, Zhenyang Liu, Marco Valentino, Zhixue Zhao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18428
Incarcerated individual who traveled from #Seattle supplying hundreds of pounds of ammonum nitrate to help build bomb used to destroy #PalmSprings #abortion clinic found dead in federal custody in
Microsoft finally ships controversial Windows 11 'Recall' feature after year-long delay — now rolling out to all Copilot PCs
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/windows-recall-general-availabilit…
I'm a bit sad to miss tomorrow's Dyke March in Nuremberg which I much prefer to the commercial CSD the week after buuuut I'll be djing at a friend's lesbian wedding instead so can't really complain. :) Except that I will be so dead after this weekend. I'm too old to learn how to self-optimise and host or dj events without partying and drinking with the community. :)
"What is different, is that before what were largely fringe anti-Semitic and white supremacist theories floating around the far corners of the Alt-Right, have now become the backbone of the Republican party. 'The Great Replacement,' once a conspiracy pushed by only hardline neo-Nazis and white supremacists, is now being touted by everyone from pharma billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, Swason frozen foods heir and Twitter troll Tucker Carlson, to the billionaire backed Turning Point US…
Punk’s not dead. It’s just fascist now 🤦♂️
https://www.stereogum.com/2316732/punk-in-the-park-owner-explains-trump-support-after-bands-protest/news/
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Arrests in France after scores report being attacked with syringes at street music festival | France | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/23/france-syringe-attacks-street-music-festival-fet…
Cowboys' defensive line has work cut out after latest rankings https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-defensive-line-has-work-cut-out-after-latest-rankings
this is probably the one and only time you’ll ever hear me say how much I appreciate AI
#MLB
Deaf President Now! review – passion and energy in stirring record of student protest;
Documentary follows the 1988 anti-audism revolt in the US after the world’s first deaf university appointed a hearing person to head it
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/…
The creators of “South Park” aren’t holding back.
Nor are Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart.
Just a few weeks after Paramount settled a lawsuit with Donald Trump,
and less than a week after the company made the abrupt decision to cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,”
some of the company’s marquee names have been using their Paramount platforms to attack their corporate bosses
— as well as the president.
In the season premiere of the animated Comedy Ce…
"Writing is one of the most disruptive technologies ever invented after agriculture. Before writing, people could pass information in the current moment, to those who were close enough to hear noises made by other people. Writing allows people to communicate across space, passing written information to readers without the physical presence of the author. And it allows them to communicate across time, leaving evidence of thoughts long after the thinker had died."
Raiders coach speaks with media after training camp practice — WATCH LIVE https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-coach-speaks-with-media-after-training-camp-practice-watch-live-3403340/
Just to disclose that I sold off my last few scraps of Bitcoin, after having mostly exited in 2017.
Also wanted to report that I used Newton - https://www.newton.co/ - and was quite impressed with them, on the KYC and due-diligence and security fronts, plus they *gasp* made it easy to turn Btc into ca…
Skydance promises to eliminate DEI, review CBS after merger
https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/5417901-skydance-promises-to-eliminate-dei-review-cbs-after-merger/
Two Southwest flight attendants injured after jet moved to avoid another aircraft (David Shepardson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/two-southwest-flight-attendants-injured-after-jet-moved-avoid-another-aircraft-2025-07-25/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250725/p115#a250725p115
I used the acronym "LLMs" after the word "AI" in a school parents' meeting today and only one other parent ( my husband) knew what it was.
Is it just a bit of jargon? Completely unknown? Or am I out of touch?
✊ Bangladesh struggles to balance reform efforts and calls for elections after the revolution
https://globalvoices.org/2025/06/29/bangladesh-struggles-to-balance-reform-efforts-and-calls-for-elections-after-the-…
Waymo launches robotaxis in Atlanta via Uber's app, covering a 65-square-mile area, after launching in Austin on March 4; its vehicles don't drive on highways (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/691101/waymo-uber-robotaxi-atl…
Jaguars' Louis Rees-Zammit likely headed back to rugby after 'one to two more years' trying to make it in NFL https://www.nfl.com/news/jaguars-louis-rees-zammit-likely-headed-back-to-rugby-af…
A United States Army veteran who was forced to self-deport to South Korea has told Newsweek he will only return once President Donald Trump leaves office.
Purple Heart veteran Sae Joon Park, who has lived in the U.S. for 48 years, was told by immigration authorities that he had three weeks to leave the country.
"President Trump sucks. I will try to come back after Trump leaves," Park told Newsweek in a statement.
Could Cowboys land Christian Wilkins after stunning release? https://insidethestar.com/could-cowboys-land-christian-wilkins-after-stunning-release
50 days to CEASEFIRE: 1 week after TRUMP’s ultimatum to PUTIN – what’s changed? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/days-to-ceasefire-week-after.html
An Australian court finds ABC unlawfully terminated journalist Antoinette Lattouf in December 2023 for her social media posts opposing Israel's campaign in Gaza (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun
Dolphins breathing huge sigh of relief after Raiders move on https://fansided.com/nfl/dolphins-breathing-huge-sigh-of-relief-after-shocking-christian-wilkins-news
Trump Official Holds Up Trump's Picture After Being Questioned Over Hundreds of Job Cuts to Her Agency
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-official-holds-trumps-picture-after-being-questioned-over-hundreds-job-cuts-her-agency-585629
Andrew Cuomo to drop NYC mayoral bid after blistering primary defeat to Zohran Mamdani: sources (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/06/25/us-news/andrew-cuomo-to-drop-nyc-mayoral-bid-after-blistering-primary-defeat-to-zohran-mamdani-cant-run-a-loser/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p143#a250625p143
Broncos LT Garett Bolles gushes over 'freak of nature' Bo Nix after impressive rookie season https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-lt-garett-bolles-gushes-over-freak-of-nature-bo-nix-after-impressive-rookie-season
Russia releases four REvil members who were convicted for payment card fraud; the Kremlin's 2022 crackdown on REvil followed a call between Biden and Putin (Daryna Antoniuk/The Record)
https://therecord.media/revil-cybercrime-gang-members-released-russia
Donald is unhappy.
Now he knows how the rest of the world feels.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/202
Newest Cowboys DE makes huge impression as 'last man on field' after practice https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/newest-dallas-cowboys-de-makes-huge-impression-last-man-on-field-after-practice
It's only Tuesday so stay ahead of the curve by checking out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Three Chinese threat groups exploited SharePoint flaws, Microsoft,
--Businesses will have to report ransom payments in UK,
--AZ election officials blast CISA after Iran site defacement,
--Dutch public prosecutors disconnected after suspected hack,
--SoCal engineer pleads guilty to missile-related blueprint…
Justin Fields injury update: New York Jets announce prognosis for QB after he suffered dislocated toe
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/justin-
Russia releases REvil members after convictions for payment card fraud https://therecord.media/revil-cybercrime-gang-members-released-russia
Russia tests new UMPB-5 guided bomb on Kharkiv civilians day after Ukraine's ceasefire proposal - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/24/russia-tests-new-umpb-5-guided-bomb-on-kharkiv-civilians-day-after-ukraines-ceasefire-proposal/
4 teams that should take a chance on Christian Wilkins after Raiders move on https://fansided.com/nfl/4-teams-that-should-take-a-chance-on-christian-wilkins-after-raiders-move-on
UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief: 'Night and Day' Difference Between Iran's Nuclear Capabilities Before and After US Strikes (Adam Kredo/The Washington Free Beacon)
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/un-nuclear-watchdog-chief-night-and-day-difference-between-irans-nuclear-capabilities-before-and-after-us-strikes/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p177#a250624p177
French payments group Worldline's stock drops 20% after European journalism network EIC reports alleging that the company covered up customer fraud (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Memo: Matt Murray says WaPo will test a new feature called "From the Source", inviting sources named in articles to comment on those articles after publication (Max Tani/@maxwelltani)
https://x.com/maxwelltani/status/1937874420434981298
Browns WR Diontae Johnson believes Kenny Pickett will emerge as starting QB after camp competition https://www.nfl.com/news/browns-wr-diontae-johnson-believes-kenny-pickett-will-emerge-as-starting-qb-after-competitio…
As he departed Washington for the NATO summit in The Hague on Tuesday, Trump said both Israel and Iran had violated the cease-fire.
This was just hours after Trump had announced that the cease-fire had gone into effect.
Trump was enraged that the truce was seemingly crumbling so quickly.
“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.
Do you understand that?” Trump told reporters.
…
Raiders claim veteran defensive tackle off waivers after cutting ties with Christian Wilkins https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/raiders-claim-veteran-defe…
Figma makes its prompt-to-app coding tool Figma Make available to all users, after initially launching it in beta for Full Seat users earlier in 2025 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/712995/figma-make-ai-general-availability-annou…
A Qantas Airlines flight that left from Perth, Australia, on Monday night
returned to the same city the next morning after more than 15 consecutive hours in the air
— thanks to turmoil in the Middle East.
The flight, QF33, which was supposed to land in Paris,
was among a number of airplane journeys that were disrupted
after attacks in the region involving the United States, Israel and Iran prompted officials to temporarily close air space in the region.
Details on Justin Fields' injury after QB gets carted off, plus training camp takeaways from around the league
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/de…
Sources: Ramp is in talks to raise $350M led by Iconiq at a ~$21B valuation, after raising $200M at a $16B valuation in June (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ramp-talks-raise-21-billion-valuation-30-june-financing
South Park dedicated the kickoff to its new season entirely to ridiculing Donald Trump, two days after securing a $1.5 billion deal with Paramount. This comes after Paramount cancelled Stephen Colbert's show, seemingly over fears of legal punishment by Trump. : r/usa
https://www.reddit.com/r/usa/comments/1m86fo8/south_park_dedicated_the_kickoff_to_its_new/
Aaron Rodgers alludes to retirement after 2025: Travis Kelce among 10 stars who could also be in final season
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/n…
Mamdani's Shock Win Has Wall Street Fretting Over 'Hot Commie Summer' (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/wall-street-decries-hot-commie-summer-after-mamdani-surprise
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p110#a250625p110
Predicting Eagles 53-man roster, depth chart after first two days of training camp
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/predicting-eagles-53-man-roste…
Cowboys Star Left With ‘Hurt Feelings’ After Jerry Jones Move https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-star-left-with-hurt-feelings-after-jerry-jones-move/?adt_ei=[email]
Tyrann Mathieu addresses possibility of NFL comeback after retirement
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tyrann-mathieu-addresses-possibility-of-nfl-comeback-af…
Breaking: The Raiders have released DT Christian Wilkins year after huge free agent deal https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/07/24/breaking-raiders-release-dt-christian-wilkins/85366500007/…
Steelers LB Patrick Queen striving to get back to 'old self' after disappointing first season in Pittsburgh https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-lb-patrick-queen-striving-to-get-back-to-old-self-afte…
Six people have died and two others were missing
after a boat capsized Saturday on California’s Lake Tahoe.
A 27ft-long boat overturned in the afternoon after apparently being hit by a large swell near DL Bliss State Park, according to the Coast Guard.
Lake Tahoe and its surrounding wilderness region is a hugely popular spot with tourists.
Emergency services responded to the incident and reported six people dead, two more missing, and took two survivors to a local hospi…
Justin Fields injury: Jets QB carted off field after suffering lower leg injury in training camp, per report
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/justin-
Community rallies in protest after local church calls for killing LGBTQ people - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/community-rallies-in-after-local-church-calls-for-lgbtq-people/
Vance Hints Uranium Was Moved After Trump Tipped Off Tehran (David Gardner/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/vance-hints-uranium-was-moved-after-trump-tipped-off-tehran/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p107#a250623p107
Raiders players to speak with media after 1st day of training camp https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-players-to-speak-with-media-after-1st-day-of-training-camp-3399663/
How Marvin Harrison Jr. can explode in Year 2 for the Cardinals after failing to meet expectations as a rookie
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/how-m…
Phil Simms Stadium: Morehead State to rename football venue after New York Giants' two-time Super Bowl champ
https://www.cbssp…
Raiders claim former Titans DT to fill roster spot after release of Christian Wilkins https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/07/25/raiders-claim-former-titans-dt-followin…
Sen. Padilla claps back after JD Vance calls him ‘Jose’:
‘ He knows my name'
Sen. Alex Padilla blasted the Trump administration Saturday,
-- calling it “petty and unserious”
after Vice President JD Vance referred to him as “Jose” during a news conference in Los Angeles the previous day.
“He knows my name,” Padilla said in an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday morning.
Vance visited Los Angeles on Friday for less than five hours
after several weeks o…
Ranking top 25 players in NFL history: Tom Brady takes top spot, Patrick Mahomes slips after Super Bowl loss
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news…
Apple sparks a backlash from iPhone owners after pushing a notification from the Apple Wallet app that promoted a Fandango deal for Apple's F1 movie (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/iphone-customers-upset-…
Palantir becomes the 20th most valuable US company, after its stock more than doubled in 2025, giving it a market cap of $375B (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/25/palantir-jumps-to-all-time-high-becomes-20th-most-valu…
Morehead St. naming stadium after NYG's Simms https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45582284/morehead-state-renaming-stadium-giants-great-phil-simms
'Championships, fan experience, community': After 20 years as Vikings owners, Wilfs have one last goal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45550899/nfl-minnesota-vikings-zygi-mark-wilf-owners-jj-mccarthy
Bengals QB Joe Burrow looks to improve after stellar season https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45575896/nfl-bengals-joe-burrow-quarterback
Jerry Jeudy eyeing more after breakout 2024 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45508573/browns-wr-jerry-jeudy-aiming-more-breakout-season
Raiders release defensive tackle Christian Wilkins after short stint with team https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6514570/2025/07/24/raiders-release-christian-wilkins-foot-injury-nfl-news/
Ravens' Mark Andrews says returning to Buffalo after infamous playoff drop will be 'great story'
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ravens-
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts explains refusal to wear Super Bowl ring after MVP performance
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/eagles-qb-jalen-hurts-exp…
Dolphins' Bayron Matos transported by helicopter to hospital after suffering injury in training camp
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dolphin
Cards' Russell taken to hospital following collision https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45818158/cardinals-lb-jj-russell-carted-practice-field-collision
Bengals training camp surprise: Defense outshines Joe Burrow on Day 1 after getting valuable feedback from QB
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bengals…
Anthony Richardson injury update: Colts QB optimistic about training camp return after missing minicamp
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/anthony