Tootfinder

Miami-based Canals, which uses AI to help distributors automate workflows across sales, customer service, and more, raised a $35M Series A led by Base10 (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2…

Exclusive: Canals raises $35M to help wholesale distribution
The wholesale distribution industry is bogged down by tedious workflows.

Now the shitty 'AI' companies are buying actual books, ingesting them, and destroying them. Great.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-destroying-rare-books

AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.

District heating as a booster for the electricity system: a project involving an electric boiler to supplement the existing solar thermal plant for 🇫🇷 Narbonne’s district heating system has been launched. The electric boiler provides system services to the French TSO to help maintain grid stability.

Narboflex, France’s first solution for electrical flexibility in district heating networks • Newheat
Supplier of renewable and sustainable heat for industry and district heating networks

Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/27/misleading-ai-generated-doctors-public-safety-danger-tiktok

Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’
Research shows AI-generated physicians are gaining millions of views on TikTok by spreading dubious health advice

Dungeons & Doctorates
A D&D podcast following the adventures of three postgraduates in a fantasy university dealing with supervisors, monsters, and peer-reviewers...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/dungeons-doctorates/

GOP Rep Tom Kean Jr.’s whereabouts and condition have been a mystery in his New Jersey congressional district.
Now they are becoming a source of growing alarm for his party in Washington,
where Republicans fear his prolonged absence could cost them his swing seat
— and possibly their House majority.

Kean has not voted in the House since March 5.
His district, one of the most affluent in the nation, is also one of the country’s most competitive,
a seat Re…

He hasn’t been seen in Congress for months. Now Republicans are worried.
Rep. Tom Kean Jr.’s New Jersey district is among the country’s most competitive, and his absence from the House since March has sparked increasing alarm in his party.

Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority-Black District (Emily Cochrane/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/politics/louisiana-redistricting-map-majority-black-district.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260529/p80#a260529p80

Jerry Jones and Dallas Cowboys arrive at training camp without off-field distractions https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/jerry-jones-and-dallas-cowboys-arrive-at-training-camp-without-offfield-distractions…

D.C. Police Agree To Compensate District Resident Handcuffed for Playing Star Wars “Imperial March” Theme Near National Guard Troops
https://www.popville.com/2026/06/dc-police-compensate-district-resident-handcuffed-playing-…

“D.C. Police Agree To Compensate District Resident Handcuffed for Playing Star Wars “Imperial March” Theme Near National Guard Troops” - PoPville
photo by Diane Krauthamer From the DC ACLU: "The District of Columbia has agreed to pay to settle a First Amendment lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia (ACLU-D.C.), on behalf of Sam O’Hara, a D.C. resident who was handcuffed for playing the "Imperial March" from Star Wars while

Filing: a Kentucky school district secured ~$27M in settlements from Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube in a social media harms lawsuit; Meta paid the most, at $9M (Diana Novak Jones/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-paid