@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAfter major cuts, McClatchy announces new hires, including several execs, two reporters, and three editors for the company's AI-powered Content Innovation Lab (Mark Keierleber/Straight Arrow)
https://san.com/cc/inside-a-newspaper-chain…
@seav@en.osm.town
@cdarwin@c.imIt was a plan House G.O.P. leaders hoped would satisfy everyone in their party:
With a special budget bill, they would bypass Democratic opposition and provide tens of billions for the Iran war while imposing new election restrictions Trump has demanded.
Instead, a day after the leaders released the plan, which hews closely to a spending request the White House sent to Capitol Hill last month,
it became clear it is a product that no one really likes.
The measure, whic…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Valar Atomics, which makes small nuclear reactors intended to power data centers, is in talks to raise $1B at a ~$5B pre-money valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nuclear-startup-valar-at…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al“The IDF listens to all Gazan phones, so they know where people are and whether children are home. They know who’s in an apartment just before the missiles hit, and they hear the screams after the explosions. They even coined a phrase – ‘Where’s Daddy?’ – to describe listening in on a child’s phone, determining when their father will be home, and then sending a missile to kill them all. As one solider matter-of-factly says about a 12-year-old, ‘You hack her phone, and then you kill her.’”
@primonatura@mstdn.social"North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #FossilFuels
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGrubhub parent Wonder raised a $650M Series D at a $9B valuation, bringing its total raised to $3B since its founding in 2018, and plans to go public in 2027 (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/07/1…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialDangerous heat days are expanding beyond summer, with regional spring-fall shifts #environment
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialLindsey Graham, key ally of Donald Trump, has died after sudden illness, his office says;
Republican served in Senate since 2003 and was sharp Trump critic before becoming one of his most loyal backers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-…
@cdarwin@c.imUkraine will only halt attacks on Russian energy targets if the enemy does likewise and the US guarantees it,
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The announcement came after Donald Trump’s uncorroborated claim that both sides have agreed to such a ceasefire.
Neither Ukraine nor Russia had said so at time of writing.
The US president regularly claims to have brokered what turn out to be nonexistent or extremely shortlived deals between foreign adversaries or with his o…
@hynek@mastodon.socialFish shell adding support for Darcs is something I truly didn't have on my 2026 bingo card! It was the first DVCS that clicked with me after I bounced of Arch and before hg/git came on the stage. I could even host source trees on my homepage!
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/…
@davej@dice.campA new study by #FlindersUniversity estimates a #population of ~2.2 million #IndigenousAustralians prior to 1788. Some 93% of the pre-
@newstik@social.heise.deThe unique selling point of the #blockchain in public lore is, that you can not change anything once it is written to the blockchain. But of course you can.
https://www.
@lpryszcz@genomic.social"Conversations became focused on how to integrate AI into the software that the customers used. I was watching it spread like a virus throughout that organization, while I continued programming away as I had for the decades before, writing tests and building features, and largely enjoying the work.
...
I didn't, and I still don't, see the need for working faster. I really like what Cal Newport encourages in his book Slow Productivity: work at a natural pace."
@cdarwin@c.imVideos show ICE’s pursuit of immigrant’s van before Houston shooting
Videos that capture the minutes leading up to and immediately after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot an undocumented Mexican immigrant in Houston early Tuesday morning
show agents aggressively following a white work van and then approaching the vehicle on foot.
Security camera footage from nearby businesses and residences, obtained and analyzed by The Washington Post, provides a n…
@Schrank@phpc.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialDemis Hassabis proposes a US-based Standards Body for "Frontier-class" AI, modeled after the FINRA; labs would voluntarily share models 30 days before release (Demis Hassabis/@demishassabis)
https://x.com/demishassabis/status/2076957440109625718
@jacobgudiol@mastodonsweden.seWhat Tour de France Riders Eat During the Race https://www.bicycling.com/tour-de-france/a71806549/tour-de-france-nutrition-rider-food/
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeBefore you head out to enjoy your weekend after this epic cybersecurity week, don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Russian hackers exploit Zimbra flaw to steal emails and bypass MFA,
--OpenAI probes AI-powered hack of Hugging Face,
--Bill would mandate AI kill switches,
--US to restrict visas for cybercriminals and families,
--Scam compounds expand despite Myanmar crackdown,
--Clop exp…
@cdarwin@c.imLuigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday in a federal case in relation to the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in 2024.
Mangione confessed that he shot and killed Thompson outside a New York City hotel on 4 December 2024.
In his federal case, he faced stalking charges, after other charges, including murder, were dropped.
“I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” Mangione said towards the end of a hastily scheduled, 45-minute hearing.
He added: …
@markhburton@mstdn.socialFull text of Burnham's speech.
A lot to like, after the 2 lost years under Starmer and all those before, but all predicated on economic growth which a) would be very hard to achieve given eco-geo-political constraints and the structural long crisis of capitalism, and b) is inherently damaging, in the aggregate, for the ecosystem on which we all depend.
Every word Andy Burnham said in first speech since becoming Makerfield MP - Liverpool Echo
@drgeraint@glasgow.socialYou can have a ridiculously shaped helmet in a Tour de France time trial, but it seems a padded bra is a push too far.
https://road.cc/news/fake-bra-size-aero-gains-row-prompts-uci-to-carry-out-extra-clo…
@cdarwin@c.imSuper Typhoon Bavi is expected to pound Taiwan's north and east,
as well as Japan's remote southwestern islands, on Friday and Saturday
before smashing into China, which has been hit by deadly storms this week, News.Az reports, citing France24
Fifteen people were killed by landslides in the Philippines,
while thousands in Taiwan were evacuated as the region faced the approach of its strongest typhoon in decades on Friday.
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeBefore you leave for the weekend, check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--US tightens oversight as AI moves deeper into cyber, warfare, and media,
--Russia kept using Cellebrite after sales ban,
--$3m stolen in Polymarket phishing attack,
--Poland busts SIM-swapping gang behind crypto thefts,
--Suspected Iranian hacker arrested in Montenegro,
--AYA Bank confirms limited data leak,
--Cyb…
@cdarwin@c.imDays before mail-in ballots arrive statewide,
Democrat Xavier Becerra and
Republican Steve Hilton
will face off Sept. 30 in California’s high-stakes governor’s race.
Voters will see sharply contrasting views on taxes, spending and California’s clashes with the Trump administration
as the state prepares to choose a successor to termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom.
After weeks of Hilton accusing Becerra of ducking debates,
the nationally televised, hour-long …
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone hole, scientists find"
#OzoneLayer #Emissions
https://
@Dragofix@veganism.socialTrump EPA Approves Two More ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticides for Use on Most Widely Grown U.S. Crops https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-epa-approves-two-more-foreve…
@bobmueller@mastodon.worldWe Almost Lost $400 Because Of A Hacked Website
Our pool pump quit working after a storm, and when we tried to claim the warranty, things got very weird very quickly.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/we-almost-lost-400-because-of-a-hacked-website/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDisney strikes a content deal with France's Groupe M6 to stream four shows; the deal includes a seven-day preview window for some shows before they air on TV (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/09/disney-groupe-m6-content-deal-1237066894/
@cdarwin@c.imFor days, a 15-year-old boy clung to an overturned skiff as it bobbed in a remote patch of the vast Bering Sea off Alaska after it had capsized, killing his older brother and a cousin.
When the three failed to return as expected on Sunday to Savoonga, a small village on the northern tip of St. Lawrence Island,
the U.S. Coast Guard set a search effort in motion that ended Monday when the teenager was pulled to safety by the crew of a fishing vessel.
The ordeal began Friday mo…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialShein ends flat at ~$6.20 per share on its first day of trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, giving it a $26B market cap after raising $1.7B in its IPO (Jing Yang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/shein-ends-flat-de…
@cdarwin@c.imConservative economist Andy Hall offers a damning condemnation of conventional politicians (although he is apparently oblivious of the import of his argument) 👇
Hall writes:
"Politicians do not respond mechanically to shifts in public sentiment
—they answer to donors, activists, and primary challengers,
not just median voters…
and sometimes they stake out new positions well before the public asks for them,
or refuse to move long after it has"
@cdarwin@c.imWithin a few days of the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001,
FBI agents identified an important possible suspect: a middle-aged Saudi graduate student
who provided crucial help to two of the al-Qaida hijackers as they settled in San Diego early the year before.
The Saudi, Omar al-Bayoumi,
had since moved to England,
and he was arrested there at the FBI’s request.
A police search of his home and office yielded a trove of evide…
@cdarwin@c.imThousands of people remain missing or unaccounted for following the Rapid Support Forces' capture of El Fasher, according to new findings published by the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan.
Following the takeover in late October 2025,
the International Organization for Migration estimated that more than 127,000 people were displaced from the city and surrounding villages.
The mission noted that humanitarian organizations later described El Fasher as a "ghost town,&…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSource: the US DOJ sought to force WaPo and WSJ reporters to testify before a grand jury but withdrew the subpoenas this month after the outlets challenged them (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-se
@Dragofix@veganism.socialCommon plastic chemical linked to lifelong anxiety in new study #environment
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: Intel has promised to deliver SpaceX and Apple a toolkit this fall to test its 14A node before they make final commitments to produce chips with Intel (Tripp Mickle/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/technol…
@cdarwin@c.imCalifornia’s rugged Big Sur coastline is often called a slice of heaven,
120 miles of unspoiled rocky promontories, sandy beaches and redwood forests
at the foot of the Santa Lucia mountains.
This year, it has endured a long summer of hell.
Wildfires, road closures and repeated disruptions to the local hotel, restaurant and campsite businesses
all have posed significant challenges in an era of climate change and unpredictable weather patterns.
One large …
@cdarwin@c.imUS military services, including the air force, army and navy,
reinstituted flu vaccine requirements for new recruits earlier this week
after defense secretary Pete Hegseth removed the mandate at the end of April.
Military leaders have reportedly been working for weeks to reestablish the vaccine mandate,
even before the Lackland outbreak sickened at least 275 people and hospitalized four.
One recruit, Keon McDaniel, died earlier this month after experiencing a m…
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsMe: waiting a few days in case I had more ideas before copying CONTRIBUTING into another project.
Also me: realizing I didn't add bug search link just after I copied it to another project and pushed.
@cdarwin@c.imPlanned Parenthood and other reproductive health clinics
regained access to Medicaid funding on Saturday
after a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act defunding the organizations expired.
The provision depriving Planned Parenthood was touted as a major victory for the anti-abortion movement when the bill was signed on July 4, 2025,
but, due to Senate rules, the defunding only lasted for one year,
and Congress failed to renew it before their summer recess.
@cdarwin@c.imA federal judge on Friday again blocked Donald Trump’s executive order
to impose sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting,
the latest in a legal back-and-forth playing out less than two months before election day.
US district court judge Indira Talwani initially placed a temporary order blocking the president’s mandate
and has now extended that prohibition with a stronger preliminary injunction.
The ruling comes hours after North Carolina became the first state …
@cdarwin@c.imCoho salmon spend their first summer in freshwater before heading out to sea
and later returning to the streams to breed.
Two years after the first artificial beaver dams were built,
more salmon were returning to the Scott River than to any of the other rivers monitored in the study.
And while salmon numbers elsewhere remained low, returns to the Scott River stayed healthy,
even during severe drought.
Small, low-cost interventions yielded big, impressive …
@cdarwin@c.imAfter stripping their Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, last month, the Trump administration is making Haitians in the U.S. report to immigration offices to
either get ankle monitors or immediately be deported
In Springfield, Ohio, dozens of Haitians with TPS were called to ICE offices,
fitted with the ankle monitors,
and given instructions not to travel more than 75 miles from their homes.
The Haitian community in the city is about 15,000 strong,
and …
@cdarwin@c.imThe Senate Judiciary Committee confirmed Todd Blanche to run the Justice Department Tuesday,
advancing Blanche’s nomination for attorney general to the Senate floor.
Democrats on the committee dissented,
arguing that Donald Trump’s blindly loyal former personal attorney should not have the keys to America’s top law enforcement agency.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse remarked that it was a “sad and embarrassing day for this committee,”
right before Blanche’s nominatio…
@cdarwin@c.imDemocratic leaders and a “pro-voter” coalition on Tuesday announced
separate actions to combat Donald Trump’s attack on voting by mail
after the US Supreme Court’s right-wing majority delivered a
“painful setback” for critics who argue the Republican’s executive order is unconstitutional.
The president’s March order directed the US Department of Homeland Security
to compile lists of citizens eligible to vote,
states to provide voter information to the fede…
@cdarwin@c.imCalifornia voters will get to decide in November whether billionaires should pay a one-time 5% tax,
after a deadline passed on Thursday for its backers to withdraw the measure.
“Enthusiasm for the billionaire tax is unlike anything we have seen before,”
Debru Carthan, vice-president of the union sponsoring the measure, said during a Thursday-evening press conference.
“The billionaire tax will be on the November ballot and we intend to win.”
The so-called billio…
@cdarwin@c.imIn December 1783, after bidding an emotional farewell to his troops at dinner in the Long Room at Fraunces Tavern,
George Washington walked across the street and set sail to Virginia.
The modest brick building in Manhattan’s financial district was constructed in 1719 as a family home
before Samuel Fraunces converted it to a tavern in 1762.
The Long Room, on the second floor, is part of the extensive Revolution-era Fraunces Tavern Museum today.
The building ha…
@cdarwin@c.imPublished earlier this week,
“Regime Change”
was written by Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan,
and had already rattled the White House before its release,
with officials fearful that the book’s authors had acquired audio recordings from within the White House Situation Room,
arguably the most secure area of the complex where top officials discuss matters of crises and national security.
“There’s something in the book that hasn’t gotten near…
@cdarwin@c.imOfficially an engraver and accorded the lowly status thereof,
William Blake devoted his labors to realizing his elaborately idiosyncratic visions using images and words together in ways that no artist had done before.
Blake swam against the current “of modern human understanding, whose bedrock is the principle of specialization.”
Today, nearly two centuries after his death, that principle still obtains -- and in some ways more rigidly than ever.
But his work remains,
@cdarwin@c.imLAPD releases video of officers beating handcuffed jail inmate who later died
Los Angeles Police Department officials on Friday released security camera footage showing a group of officers piling on top of a man and beating him
before he died in a San Fernando Valley jail cell,
one of two recent incidents that prompted Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to call for an independent review of police killings of people in mental distress.
A police spokesperson said officers at…
@cdarwin@c.imGreen gentian,
formally Frasera speciosa
(it also goes by the common name monument plant),
is known for the notable habit of growing for many years as a large basal rosette
and only once producing a tall stalk of flowers.
The plants die immediately after setting seed.
Another plant known for a similar life history is the century plant,
Agave americana, which typically lives one to three decades before producing a flowering stalk 25 to 30 feet tall a…
@cdarwin@c.im“It’s war.”
That’s how one Canadian journalist described overnight developments between the governments of the US and Canada
after trade talks between the two were suspended on Friday night
without a deal in place to avoid the imposition of 50% tariffs threatened by Trump on a wide swath of Canadian goods.
Both nations accused the other of scuttling the deal,
with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney citing “last-minute changes” by the Trump administration
an…
