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In Michoacšn, Mexico, drying soil threatens water supplies and avocados, says study https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/in-michoacan-mexico-drying-soil-threatens-water-supplies-and-avocados-says-study/

In Michoacán, Mexico, drying soil threatens water supplies and avocados, says study
MEXICO CITY — In the heart of Mexico’s southwestern state of Michoacán, Juan Madrigal spends his free time organizing to protect the city of Uruapan’s urban ecological park, a 50-hectare (124-acre) plot of land at the edge of the Río Santa Bárbara. A state-protected area since 1995, the park’s marshlands help to purify the surrounding […]

Former Mexican governor charged in case of 43 students who vanished in 2014 | Mexico | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/former-mexican-governor-charged-in-case-of-43-students-who-vanished-in-20…

Former Mexican governor charged in case of 43 students who vanished in 2014
Ángel Aguirre indicted in case that rocked Mexico and became symbol of its brutal cartel violence

British Birds - “Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas“ (2026)
Latest from this new-to-me band. Out of Chorley, Lancashire (UK). I like the guy’s voice. Cool guitar centric sound. Not sure I agree with the label, but they’re considered “psych rock”. I just like that it’s generally upbeat and the guitar parts noisy and crunchy.
#music

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) appeared to
ignore a Friday deadline set by Raúl Torrez, the attorney general of New Mexico,
to share information about the abuse of girls at a remote ranch formerly owned by the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Torrez’s office asked the DoJ in February for unredacted files
after he reopened a dormant criminal investigation into activities at Zorro ranch,
a remote 10,000-acre property in desert scrub outsid…

DoJ appears to ignore New Mexico deadline for key Epstein ranch files
State attorney general set 31 July deadline for documents relating to abuse of girls at Epstein-owned Zorro ranch

Never a weekend slowdown in cybersecurity news, so check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed since Friday, including
--Alibaba’s Qwen races past Meta, Google with 3 billion AI model downloads,
--AI agent exploits Snowflake flaw introduced by Copilot,
--US tells allies to pick sides in AI race with China,
--China pushes to reshape the world’s AI training data,
--China’s Zhipu claims AI edge over Anthropic in cyber test,
--Pentagon scrambles to keep pace with AI’s military risks,
--France holds crisis meeting over massive tax agency hack,
--Iran targets Israeli journalists with phishing attacks,
--Election officials blast CISA over lack of cyber support,
--AI deepfake scams surge in Australia,
--SafePal breach exposes data of nearly 40k customers,
--Bits of Gold breach exposes customer data,
--Hackers exploit Mac flaw to mine cryptocurrency,
--Seven arrested over $35m German bank hack,
--Hong Kong university probes ransomware breach claims,
--Fake GitHub site spreads Mac infostealer,
--US courts to disclose government spyware use,
--Sogang University breach exposes 180k people,
--DDoS attacks hammer secure messaging service Threema,
--Hackers hawk millions of records stolen from Azure tenants,
--London police expose emails of Al Fayed accusers,
--Microsoft kills Windows tool long abused by malware,
--French court blocks social media ban for children,
--AI can’t seem to produce any tech heroes,
--AI makes data breaches even more expensive,
--Amazon used to sell books, not destroy them
https://www.metacurity.com/alibabas-qwen-races-past-meta-google-with-3-billion-ai-model-downloads/

Patriots, Christian Gonzalez agree to four-year, $135 million extension to reset the cornerback market

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/patriots-christian-gonzalez-extension-corne…

Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Airtable in an all-cash deal valuing the US software company at $1.285B, set to close by 2026-end, its first post-IPO deal (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactiona

🎧 Multimodal ingest covers speech, speaker identity, sound events, multi-speaker conversations and music, bundling ASR, voiceprint, scene and emotion detection
🤖 Model family with #Qwen25Omni, #Qwen3Omni and

Texas, which didn't join a multi-state case against Meta, negotiated a $1.05B side deal that could reach $1.335B if TikTok and YouTube adopt teen safety changes (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/tex…

Texas’ Billion-Dollar Side Deal Ranks High in Meta Settlement
Texas worked up a $1.05 billion side deal with Meta that maxes out at $1.335 billion if Alphabet‘s YouTube and TikTok agree to the same terms and safety changes the Facebook and Instagram parent accepted in the multistate settlement Wednesday.

A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections,
part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper in Boston effectively converts a preliminary injunction she issued a year ago,
in which she temporarily blocked many of Trump’s efforts to overhaul elections, into a permanent ban…

Federal judge bars Trump from proof of citizenship requirement to vote
A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections. His order included provisions that would have required people to show documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and prevented mail ballots from counting if they are received after Election Day. The ruling on Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper effectively makes permanent a preliminary order she issued a year ago. Casper ag…