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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

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…

Sen. Padilla claps back after JD Vance calls him 'Jose': 'He knows my name'
Sen. Alex Padilla insisted the vice president knows his name, calling the misnaming a reflection of a "petty and unserious" administration. The dustup arrives as federal immigration raids continue to roil Los Angeles and surrounding communities.

After months of coding with an #LLM I'm going back to using my brain
https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/20/after-months-of-coding-with-llms/#ato…

Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu retiring after 12 seasons https://www.nfl.com/news/saints-safety-tyrann-mathieu-retiring-after-12-seasons

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…

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 blueprints theft, Aussie body sues Fortnum for client data theft, much more

"After 500 Years, the Beaver Is Back in Portugal and Ready to Give a Dam"
#Portugal #Beaver #Animals

After 500 Years, the Beaver Is Back in Portugal and Ready to Give a Dam
Gradually, signs began to appear that the Spanish beaver (Castor fibre) was progressively inching closer to Portugal.

✊ 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-…

Bangladesh struggles to balance reform efforts and calls for elections after the revolution
The narratives describe a tense and uncertain political transition, with the interim government aiming for reforms before elections in April 2026, while key political parties push for earlier polls by December 2025.

A London judge rules that HPE lost ~£730M after acquiring Mike Lynch's Autonomy, after a 2022 fraud finding against Lynch, who died in 2024; HPE was seeking $4B (Jonathan Browning/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/sound-cards/legendary-sound-blaster-isa-sound-card-gets-a-driver-update-30-years-later-patch-squashes-first-bug-report-after-2…

Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later — patch squashes first bug report after 25 years
Pesky DMA issues have been causing unexpected noise and freezes.

UK legislation to allow foreign states to own up to 15% in British newspapers passes, clearing the way for the Telegraph's sale to a RedBird Capital-led group (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jul

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]

'God help us all': Alarm raised after Pentagon deploys B-2 bombers to Guam - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/this-is-frightening-alarm-raised-after-pentagon-deploys-b-2-bombers-to-guam/

Louisville mayor shifts city's immigration policy after legal threat from DOJ (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/louisville-mayor-shifts-citys-immigration-policy-after-legal-threat-from-doj
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p79#a250722p79

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…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Black Sabbath:
🎵 After Forever
#BlackSabbath
https://goodknightproductions1.bandcamp.com/track/after-forever
https://open.spotify.com/track/079j6LwNuB2sn81TkVl8js

‘A good day’: Detained U.S. citizen said agents bragged after arresting dozens at Home Depot.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-20/border-patrol-agents-brag-in-front-of-detained

Detained citizen says agents bragged after arresting dozens at Home Depot
A U.S. citizen who was tackled and arrested by border agents after filming and yelling at them said his 'blood was boiling' when agents high-fived each other after grabbing dozens at Home Depot on Thursday.

This feels like it supports my “government should mandate open and standardised APIs, not develop mono-apps” instinct, especially considering “agentic” AI use.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/may/21/uk-wide-parki…

Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn #environment

Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged seafloor ecosystems—or how long it would take.

Holy... what a collage of MAGA regret.
Example after example of "anti-war MAGA voters" that f--ked around & found out.
▶️ Trump Voters INSTANTLY PISSED after WAR Triggered - Adam Mockler
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AlAQePygf6c&si=Lo918ImO-hmZ7QBM…

Always have lawn ornaments and decor out for one of the two seasons: Halloween (after Xmas) and Xmas (after Halloween)
#HowToMessWithNeighbors
#HashTagGames

After injuries, playoff woes and a disappointing 2024, has Cowboys QB Dak Prescott actually become underrated?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/after-i…

And in a strange parallel with what we’re doing to the _living_ world…
Maybe AI Slop Is Killing the Internet, After All - Bloomberg Businessweek https://apple.news/AntpOpqOKQMeKlRgY0qfq1A

At least 3 dead in #NorthDakota after severe weather swept across region - ABC News #tornado #direcho

At least 3 dead in North Dakota after severe weather swept across region
Storm chasers located two of the deceased people, officials said.

After some refactoring, learning about `hatch`, moving more files around, and generally abusing `test.pypi.org`: I've uploaded `diceparse` to PyPI. Still need to update the web documentation, but it now feels like a proper project at this point.
I still need to add a CLI part so you can just roll dice after installing the package, but I'll handle that later. Also need to tweak the README.md a bit as well...

BookletCreator is a simple tool that allows you to create a booklet from a PDF document. It reorders pages so that after printing and folding the pages, a small book is created.
#GeekOfTheWeek

Creatively Disrupting Capitalism
Richard Muscat* In the series Prospects for Degrowth I am a degrowth activist. It’s not a career path I ever envisaged for myself. I arrived here after a couple of decades working, for want of better phrasing, on “capitalism’s side”. First for a range of high-growth Silicon Valley software companies and their ilk; latterly directly in venture capital focused on climate change technology startups, aka “Climate Tech” or “Impact Investing.”

Creatively Disrupting Capitalism
Richard Muscat* In the series Prospects for Degrowth I am a degrowth activist. It’s not a career path I ever envisaged for myself. I arrived here after a couple of decades working, for want of bett…

I'm getting a bit tired of government censorship of the Arts community
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/21/state-library-of-queensland-karen-wyld-first-nations-writer-…

Take another bow, capitalism.
#technoCapitalistFascism https://mstdn.social/@990000/114726965089648050

From Press Progress
Ottawa Police Deny Inviting Convoy Figure to Help Them With Anti-LGBTQ Protest at Elementary School
Police face calls for investigation after ‘convoy church’ pastor tells city councillors he was ‘invited’ to help manage aggressive protests
by Luke LeBrun, Editor
May 16, 2025

Ottawa Police Deny Inviting Convoy Figure to Help Them With Anti-LGBTQ+ Protest at Elementary School
Police face calls for investigation after ‘convoy church’ pastor tells city councillors he was ‘invited’ to help manage aggressive protests

Micah Parsons shares message ripping Jerry Jones after owner's diss https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/micah-parsons-shares-message-ripping-jerry-jones-after-dallas-cowboys-owner-diss

Retention analysis of edited knowledge after fine-tuning
Fufang Wen, Shichang Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14198 https://arxiv.or…

Retention analysis of edited knowledge after fine-tuning
Large language models (LLMs) store vast amounts of knowledge, which often requires updates to correct factual errors, incorporate newly acquired information, or adapt model behavior. Model editing methods have emerged as efficient solutions for such updates, offering localized and precise knowledge modification at significantly lower computational cost than continual training. In parallel, LLMs are frequently fine-tuned for a wide range of downstream tasks. However, the effect of fine-tuning on…

On his 2025 inaugural date #DJT signed an executive order titled "Ending The Weaponization Of Government.”
...and every #MAGA accusation is instead a confession, as the troops from federal agencies under his aegis go after any perceived political enemy he sees.
This week alone: * DJT

Trump's DOJ Brings Baseless Charges Against Lamonica McIver
What's really behind the Justice Department's baseless charges against Rep. McIver?

Mahmoud Khalil Lashes Out After CNN Asks If He Condemns Hamas: 'Disingenuous and Absurd To Ask Such Questions' (Meghan Blonder/The Washington Free Beacon)
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/mahmoud-khalil-lashes-out-after-cnn-asks-if-he-condemns-hamas-disingenuous-and-absurd-to-ask-such-questions/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p144#a250722p144

Heroes.
Government to ban Palestine Action after group vandalises RAF planes | ITV News
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-06-20/government-to-ban-palestine-action-after-group-vandalises-raf-planes

Some mining today on Albion Asia when Albion EU was offline for maintenance.
As of this moment the guild "Mastodon Fediverse 100 Tax" got 8 members and 3 are online including me.
#AlbionOnline #MastodonFediAsia

After the Trump regime jumped back into the Middle East wars by bombing Iran, the New York Times 'analyses' that the US is 'pulled back' into those.

Advanced Purrsistent Threat (APT)

iOS 26 beta 4 adds more "liquid" back to Liquid Glass design, after dialing it back in beta 3 (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/22/ios-26-beta-4-adds-more-liquid-back-to-liquid-glass-design/

iOS 26 beta 4 adds more ‘liquid’ back to Liquid Glass design - 9to5Mac
After trading some of the ‘liquid’ in iOS 26 beta 3 for a more ‘frosted’ look, Liquid Glass appears back in full force in beta 4.

Accelerating Universe without dark energy: matter creation after DESI DR2
Sauvik Bhattacharjee, Sudip Halder, Jaume de Haro, Supriya Pan, Emmanuel N. Saridakis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15575

Accelerating Universe without dark energy: matter creation after DESI DR2
We investigate the cosmological matter creation scenario, an alternative approach to both dark energy and modified gravity theories, after the recent DESI DR2-BAO release. We consider that the total matter sector consists of three independently evolving components, namely, radiation, baryons, and dark matter, with the latter being governed by an adiabatic matter creation process that leads to a modified continuity equation. Due to the violation of the standard conservation law, a creation press…

Akiko’s Piano: The Memories of a Piano – 80 Years After the Atomic Bomb https://www.pianostreet.com/blog/piano-news/ak…

Akiko’s Piano: The Memories of a Piano – 80 Years After the Atomic Bomb
PIANO NEWS: An article about Akiko’s Piano: The Memories of a Piano – 80 Years After the Atomic Bomb from the Piano Street Magazine.

People make fun of English majors but after only a few years you can be promoted to an English colonel.

Russian Supreme Court chair dies at 71 after illness: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/russian-supreme-court-chair-dies.html

karate: Zachary Karate Club
Network of friendships among members of a university karate club. Includes metadata for faction membership after a social partition. Note: there are two versions of this network, one with 77 edges and one with 78, due to an ambiguous typo in the original study. (The most commonly used is the one with 78 edges.).
This network has 34 nodes and 77 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted

Seahawks QB Sam Darnold aims to prove himself again after laying an 'egg' in final game with Vikings https://www.nfl.com/news/seahawks-qb-sam-darnold-aims-to-prove-himself-again-after-laying-an-egg-in-fi…

When humans feel powerless, especially after traumatic events or retraumatization or ~ gestures generally at C-PTSD ~ what often helps is having an area of control over choices, decisions, and outcomes (especially outcomes that have positive side effects like humans liking the action/work/result)
And thus I flew to LA for a weekend and got a tattoo.
#BloomScrolling

1/ Something a bit unusual and fun: I read a travel book *after* returning from #Italy25. This is a book first written in 1913; I had the 1923 edition. It was tough going to read before I left, because (as the title suggests), it's really a tour guide of a book. #BookReview ↵

Closed-Loop Control of Electrical Stimulation through Spared Motor Unit Ensembles Restores Foot Movements after Spinal Cord Injury
Vlad Cnejevici, Matthias Ponfick, Raul C. S\^impetru, Alessandro Del Vecchio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16468

Closed-Loop Control of Electrical Stimulation through Spared Motor Unit Ensembles Restores Foot Movements after Spinal Cord Injury
Restoring movement of a paralyzed foot is a key challenge in helping individuals with neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury (SCI) to improve their quality of life. Neuroprostheses based on functional electrical stimulation (FES) can restore the physiological range of motion by stimulating the affected muscles using surface electrodes. We have previously shown that, despite chronic motor-complete SCI, it is possible to capture paralyzed hand movements in individuals with tetraplegia…

Sad to see Ozzy's breathed his last. Strangely, yesterday while changing at the town pool after swimming laps, I remarked to the few random folk in the room how odd it was for the pool to be playing Black Sabbath (Crazy Train) over the sound system following the Beatles and Harry Styles. How times have changed, eh. It's like hearing a song that was mega edgy when released when you're at the supermarket...

EDIT: See my follow-up reply framing why this may be a bad resource after all.
List of EAA penalties, authorities, and lawsuit risk by country is the useful (to me) section here:
https://equalizedigital.com/european-accessibility-ac…

The Ultimate Guide to the European Accessibility Act for WordPress - Equalize Digital
See what the European Accessibility Act means for your WordPress website and business. Laws and penalties for all 27 countries summarized.

The great Dr. Demento is retiring.
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/dr-demento-retiring/

"Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn"
#Sea #Oceans #Mining

Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged seafloor ecosystems—or how long it would take.

F1 owner Liberty Media completes its €4.3B acquisition of MotoGP owner Dorna after EU approval, and says growing in the US is its main goal for MotoGP (Samuel Agini/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/12f49b54-b269-4e99-a301-9eaf3a11bef2

F1 owner Liberty Media targets US growth with MotoGP
The group controls two of the biggest brands in motorsport after winning approval for €4.3bn takeover of MotoGP owner

Hegseth says congressional leaders told of US attack on Iran after planes 'were safely out' (Annabella Rosciglione/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3450202/hegseth-congress-leadership-informed-us-attack-iran-after-planes-safely-out/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p43#a250622p43

Filing: the FBI drops its probe of Kraken founder Jesse Powell and returns dozens of devices, after raiding his home in 2023 over seemingly banal allegations (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/07/22/kraken-jesse-powell-fbi/

FBI drops probe of Kraken founder, returns dozens of seized devices
The FBI raided Jesse Powell's home after an arts non-profit falsely accused him of hacking.

Quarterback Philip Rivers officially retires as a member of the Chargers, five years after his final NFL game

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/quarter…

Two supertankers both capable of hauling about 2 million barrels of crude U-turned in the Strait of Hormuz after US airstrikes on Iran raised the risk of a response that will ensnare commercial shipping in the region.
https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3lsacf4sj…

Fuck Israel.
Fuck Zionism.
Fuck anyone who in any way supports these genocidal sociopaths.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/22/israel-bombs-who-facilities-in-gaza-as-global-outcry-grows

Will Payne, The Sun's director of digital (editorial), is leaving after almost 11 years to become deputy editor-in-chief of News Corp's New York Post Group (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/me

Sun digital director Will Payne moving to New York Post
Will Payne, The Sun's director of digital (editorial), is leaving after almost 11 years to join fellow News Corp title the New York Post.

Empire Records (1995) is back on Netflix after 10 years. I can't remember if it was on my list, do things just reappear on Netflix lists after a decade if they get the rights again?

"Two days ago the White House posted a deceptively edited video of Gabbard’s Senate confirmation hearing which removed her testimony that Iran is not known to be assembling a nuclear weapon.
Gabbard Caves After Trump Calls Her "Wrong" On Iran - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/06/gabbard-caves-after-trump-calls-her-wrong-on-iran/

After Marks and Spencer refused to say whether it paid a ransom, the UK's Home Office proposes that businesses will have to notify the government if they plan on paying a ransom to cyber criminals under new proposals.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-to-l

UK to lead crackdown on cyber criminals with ransomware measures
Measures to tackle the threat of ransomware and protect businesses and critical services will be taken forward with industry following public consultation.

A year ago, a district of the Dutch city Enschede was flooded after heavy rainfall. Now 60 homes have been declared uninhabitable.
Reporter: due to climate change, this will happen more often.
City official: Indeed, maybe nobody will live here anymore. https://nos.nl/l/2575909

Huizen in Enschede nog steeds dichtgetimmerd, jaar na overstromingen
Een jaar geleden stond de wijk Pathmos in Enschede blank. Meer dan zestig huishoudens konden daarna nooit meer terug.

Cowboys Predicted To Release All-Pro Corner After 2025 Season https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/trevon-diggs-predicted-release-after-2025/?adt_ei=[email]

Cowboys' Trevon Diggs has 'hurt' feelings after Dallas uses contract clause to dock its Pro Bowl CB $500,000

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/c…

The Iranian Parliament has voted in support of closing the Strait of Hormuz,
one of the world's most critical oil transit chokepoints
Any final decision on retaliation will rest with the country's Supreme National Security Council and leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The parliament vote merely advises him of the option to pursue.

Iran's Parliament Votes To Close Straits of Hormuz After US Attacks
The vote took place Sunday after the U.S. on Saturday evening hit three Iranian nuclear sites and significantly damaged the country's capabilities.

Calls for criminal probe into New Jersey slaughterhouse after repeated welfare violations https://www.speciesunite.com/news-stories/calls-for-criminal-probe-into-new-jersey-slaughterhouse-after-…

Calls for criminal probe into New Jersey slaughterhouse after repeated welfare violations — Species Unite
Animal activists are calling on the Salem County Prosecutor to investigate a meat facility where a bull was left conscious for over six minutes during a botched slaughter.

SEC filing: Alden-owned MediaNews makes a ~$88M bid for DallasNews Corporation, after the Dallas Morning News parent signed a $75M merger agreement with Hearst (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/d…

Alden Global Capital Makes a Play for The Dallas Morning News
The investment firm’s MediaNews Group, the country’s second-largest newspaper publisher, put in a bid for the publication nearly two weeks after Hearst agreed to buy it.

Nyheim Hines reportedly signs with Chargers after missing two seasons due to jet ski accident

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nyheim-…

Experts: Felony rioting charges for journalists covering protests are rare, troubling (Quinlan Bentley/Cincinnati.com)
https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/07/22/reporters-face-felonies-after-roebling-bridge-protest/85322385007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p124#a250722p124

Trump's political operation has reportedly launched a new political action committee (PAC) to oust Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican.
On Sunday, Axios reported that Trump's team had created the Kentucky MAGA super PAC after Massie slammed Saturday's strike on Iran.
Senior Trump advisers Tony Fabrizio and Chris LaCivita were expected to run the organization.
According to the report, the PAC was in the works before Massie's criticism. LaCivita said the g…

Scoop: Trump launches MAGA PAC in effort to oust Rep. Massie from Congress
By going after Massie, Trump's team is looking to put wayward Republicans on notice that they're ready to play hardball.

Saints sign former Colts safety Julian Blackmon after Tyrann Mathieu announces retirement, per report

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/saints-

An interview with Mexican reporter Jorge Ramos, who returns with a new independent daily news program on social media six months after leaving TelevisaUnivision (Andrea Flores/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2025-0

Jorge Ramos on his new digital show, 'Así Veo las Cosas': 'I have a few pending battles left'
Six months after leaving TelevisaUnivision, the renowned Mexican journalist turns to social media programming with 'Así Veo las Cosas

EU president throws her full weight behind the Netanyahu & Trump attacks on Iran, while negotiations were ongoing.
Reminders:
1) Iran restarted uranium enrichment after Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018.
2) US intelligence recently stated that Iran did not pursue nuclear weapon development.

Weekends are never slow for cyber news, particularly this past weekend. Check out today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you might have missed, including
--DHS warns of likely Iranian cyberattacks after Trump's missile strikes
--Authorities warn of Salt Typhoon threats in Canada,
--Aflac struck by likely Scattered Spider attack,
--DPRK likely behind BitoPro $11m theft,
--CoinMarketCap hit by wallet-draining attack,
--Hacker stole $250K …

DHS warns of likely Iranian cyberattacks following Trump's missile strikes
Authorities warn of Salt Typhoon threats in Canada, Aflac struck by likely Scattered Spider attack, DPRK likely behind BitoPro $11m theft, CoinMarketCap hit by wallet-draining attack, Hacker stole $250K from Hacken using leaked key, Garden Finance accused of laundering stolen crypto, much more

Third round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks set for July 23, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/third-round-of-ukrainerussia-peace.html

Sources: after raising $10B, xAI is now working with a trusted financier to secure up to $12B to buy Nvidia chips, led by Elon Musk-linked Valor Equity Partners (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/elon-musk-x-ai-funding-feecede1

Cowboys Cut Ties With 6-Foot-4 Vet Just 1 Day After Start of Training Camp https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/nfl-news-roster-cuts-luiji-vilain/?adt_ei=[email]

Dutch caretaker-minister of defense joins in with German chancellor Merz, saying "Israel is doing our dirty work". That'd be by attacking Iran while negotiations were ongoing, and after US intelligence concluded that Iran was not actively pursuing nuclear weapons development.
ht…

Kabinet met spoed bijeen vanwege situatie in Iran
In die raad bespreken ministers internationale ontwikkelingen die de Nederlandse veiligheid raken. Nu zal het gaan over hoe om te gaan met de Amerikaanse bombardementen op Iran.

Every major US city has a private foundation supporting police,
with more than 250 nationwide, according to a 2021 report by research and activist groups Little Sis and Color of Change.
The foundations have been used to pay for surveillance technologies in cities like Baltimore and Los Angeles -- without being subject to public scrutiny, according to the report.
More than a year after a digital news outlet and a research group sued the Atlanta Police Foundation for alleged…

Stefon Diggs cleared to fully participate in Patriots training camp after ACL tear: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6508317/2025/07/22/stefon-diggs-cleared-patriots-acl-injury/

The UK CMA proposes giving Apple and Google "strategic market status" in mobile platforms after an investigation and finds "opportunities for more innovation" (Muvija M/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/a

WaPo opinion columnist Jonathan Capehart takes a buyout, weeks after Will Lewis called on writers who do not "feel aligned" with WaPo's "reinvention" to resign (Sean Burch/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/jonathan-capehart-leaves-washington-p…

Jonathan Capehart Becomes Latest Washington Post Writer to Exit After Bezos Revamp
Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart is the latest prominent writer to leave the paper after owner Jeff Bezos revamped the opinion section

Dez Bryant has succinct response after efforts to crown son prematurely https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/23/dez-bryant-social-media-son-video-training/84317727007/

Sonos names interim CEO Tom Conrad as CEO, effective immediately, as it works to restore confidence after its app disaster; Conrad took the job in January 2025 (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Kobie Turner: Rams have Week 3 rematch with Eagles circled after playoff defeat https://www.nfl.com/news/kobie-turner-rams-have-week-3-rematch-with-eagles-circled-after-playoff-defeat

George Pickens bashes Steelers on first day of Cowboys training camp after trade https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/news/george-pickens-bashes-steelers-first-day-cowboys-…

Seoul-based chip designer FuriosaAI signs a deal with LG to use its AI chip RNGD, its first major contract, after rejecting Meta's $800M buyout offer in March (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

REALLY???? 😂🤣
https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3ls7bmorvth2e

VenHub, which uses robotics and AI to run fully automated retail stores, confidentially files for a US direct listing, after a $715M SPAC merger failed in May (Anthony Hughes/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Source: Hines to Bolts after 2 years out injured https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45790305/source-nyheim-hines-chargers-two-years-injured

Fate of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile Unclear
After U.S. Strikes
Senior U.S. officials said the attack had severely damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities -- but conceded they did not know the whereabouts of its supply of near-bomb-grade uranium!
Trump suggested that a new government could take over in Tehran:
“If the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???”
Trump wrote in a post on his social media site.

Iran Live Updates: Israel and Iran Report New Strikes as Trump Raises Prospect of Regime Change
Residents in central Tehran said they could see and hear heavy strikes, while Israel said it was defending itself from an attack. Earlier, President Trump suggested that a new government could take over in Tehran.

Compliance tech startup Vanta raised a $150M Series D led by Wellington Management at a $4.15B valuation, up from $2.45B after raising $150M in July 2024 (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-2…

Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu retires after 12 seasons https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6509451/2025/07/22/tyrann-mathieu-retirement-cardinals-saints/

Leaked memo: CEO Dario Amodei told staff Anthropic plans to seek UAE and Qatar funding, likely enriching "dictators", says a "no bad person" rule is impractical (Kylie Robison/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-dario-amodei-gulf-state-…

Leaked Memo: Anthropic CEO Says the Company Will Pursue Gulf State Investments After All
“Unfortunately, I think ‘No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on,” wrote Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a note to staff obtained by WIRED.

The Trump administration is targeting "sanctuary cities" in the next phase of its deportation drive
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s hardline border czar, vowed to “flood the zone” with Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (Ice) agents in an all-out bid to overcome the lack of cooperation he said the government faced from Democrat-run municipalities in its quest to arrest and detain undocumented people.
New York is one of several self-designated “sanctuary cities” across the …

NYC announces new minimum-pay rules for rideshare drivers, settling on a 5% increase after Uber and Lyft strongly opposed a proposed 6.1% pay hike (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Two videos have surfaced shedding light on what is happening behind closed doors at a New York federal building -- where people are being confined after being seized by officers on their way out of immigration court on the 12th floor, with the footage offering a rare look inside a controversial and closely guarded space that is part of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown.
The filming, shared by the New York Immigration Coalition(NYIC), captures one of several rooms at 26 Federal …

Uber expands its data-labeling platform Uber AI Solutions to 30 countries, and adds new offerings like tools for developing AI agents and ready-to-use datasets (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/06/20/uber-scale-data-…

Uber Is Making A Push In Data Labeling After Scale AI’s Deal With Meta
The ride-haling giant, which unveiled a data-labeling platform late last year, thinks it can out-muscle the smaller rivals jockeying for position after Scale’s tie-up with Meta.

Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson ready to bounce back after 'fluke' season https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-te-jake-ferguson-ready-to-bounce-back-after-fluke-season

Ashby, which offers an AI-powered talent platform combining applications, CRM, search, and more, raised a $50M Series D, following a $30M Series C in 2024 (Judy Rider/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ai-powered-hr-platform-ashby-raise/

Exclusive: With OpenAI and Shopify As Customers, Ashby Raises $50M Series D For AI-Powered Talent Platform
In a Crunchbase News exclusive, San Francisco-based Ashby, provider of an “all-in-one” AI-powered HR platform, says it has raised $50 million in a Series D round of funding, just over a year after raising its $30 million Series C.