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An Alabama jury finds the NYT defamed a college basketball player in a 2023 article that wrongly placed him at a deadly shooting and awards $9.25M in damages (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/bu…

The New York Times Loses Defamation Lawsuit in Alabama
A 2023 article incorrectly reported that a University of Alabama basketball player was at the scene of a deadly shooting. A jury awarded $9.25 million in damages.

from my link log —
Weighted round robin / weighted random integers with the golden ratio low discrepancy sequence.
https://blog.demofox.org/2020/06/23/weighted-round-robin-using-the-golden-ratio-low-discrepancy-sequence/

Weighted Round Robin (Weighted Random Integers) Using The Golden Ratio Low Discrepancy Sequence
UPDATE 6/25/2020: The bottom of the post now has a section about using 2D low discrepancy sequences with an alias table and compares results vs the 1D methods. The code has been updated as well to …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Paul Simon:
🎵 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
#PaulSimon
https://djrockcor.bandcamp.com/track/paul-simon-me-and-julio-down-by-the-schoolyard-ext-intro-outro-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/6vxHp3CDNo0afgKGp2yi1E

POL-DH: Pressemitteilung der Polizeiinspektion Diepholz vom 20.06.2026 Diepholz (ots) - Goldenstedt - Verkehrsunfall mit schwerverletzter Person Am 20.06.2026 um 14:20 Uhr befuhr die 16-jährige Fahrzeugführerin aus Twistringen mit einem E-Scooter die L344 aus Rödenbeck in Fahrtrichtung Goldenstedt. Hierbei kam sie ... https://www.

Vance calls his 'chidless cat ladies' comment 'one of the dumbest things I ever said' (Henry J. Gomez/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-cat-ladies-comment-dumbest-things-book-rcna349325
http://www.memeorandum.com/260615/p55#a260615p55

Impressive real-world numbers of EDF 🇫🇷 (with its smart charging subsidiary DREEV) for charging a fleet of electric waste collection trucks:
10 MWh of charging for 10 trucks, at a cost of minus €129, by collecting otherwise wasted energy and providing grid support
#EV #Flexibility

Ukraine update from Giorgio Proviniciali: technology race of war determined by iteration and economy.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and help the world be better informed: https://…

Marsupial Drones Over the Donbas, Among Civilians Killed in Cold Blood by the russians
Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

Good: They finally stenciled bike icons and arrows onto the new separated bike path on Lisbon Avenue.
Bad: Some dumbass was walking his two dogs on the bike path (a few feet parallel to the sidewalk) today.

Yeah, nobody has money for your dumbass glasses. Why are companies so fucking out of touch?
https://www.theverge.com/tech/950492/snap-specs-ar-glasses-launch-date-preorder

Snap’s first consumer AR glasses are coming this fall for $2,195
Specs, Snap’s first consumer augmented reality glasses, will cost $2,195 and are set to launch this fall. They are available for preorder now.

Nation's Dumbest premiers tonight on Fox