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The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June
as rising imports weighed on growth
-- yet consumers continued to spend.
And the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation grew more slowly last month
-- but it remained above the central bank’s 2% target at a time when Americans are frustrated about the high cost of living ahead of the midterm elections, now less than 100 days away.

US economy slows, yet Americans still spending in face of inflation
The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth. But consumer spending rose. And the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation grew more slowly last month, but remained above the central bank’s 2% target. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that growth in U.S. gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — decelerated from 2.1% in the first three months of 2026 and came in below economistsâ€â€¦

inploid: Inploid: an online social Q&A platform
Inploid is a social question & answer website in Turkish. Users can follow others and see their questions and answers on the main page. Each user is associated with a reputability score which is influenced by feedback of others about questions and answers of the user. Each user can also specify interest in topics. The data is crawled in June 2017 and consist of 39,749 nodes and 57,276 directed links between them. In addition, for …

Contrary to Elon Musk's claims about Neuralink Blindsight, ReVision Implant admits about their V1 implant that it will not work for congenitally blind adults, i.e. "blindness contracted from birth as then the visual cortex does not develop normally" https://www.revision-implant.com/faq

Sources: the DOD appointed several conservative influencers to civilian roles without disclosing their assignments as they amplify Pete Hegseth's viewpoints (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-se

Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.

Instagram says it will reduce the reach of accounts featuring AI-generated personas if they don't use a new "AI-generated profile" label (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2246914/instagram-…

Instagram Will Demote AI-Generated Influencers If They Don't Clearly Label Their Account
The app isn't cracking down on other kinds of AI slop, though.

OLG Hamburg stärkt Influencer: Wann Postings ohne Werbe-Label erlaubt sind
Wer eine eigene Marke auf Instagram offensichtlich bewirbt, braucht keinen Werbe-Hashtag. Ein Link in der Bio reicht zudem fürs Impressum, erklären die Richter.

OLG Hamburg stärkt Influencer: Wann Postings ohne Werbe-Label erlaubt sind
Wer eine eigene Marke auf Instagram offensichtlich bewirbt, braucht keinen Werbe-Hashtag. Ein Link in der Bio reicht zudem fürs Impressum, erklären die Richter.

Romo on leave from CBS Sports after arrest on suspicion of operating vehicle under the influence https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/romo-on-leave-from-cbs-sports-after-arrest-on-suspicion-of-operating-vehic…

Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
The Pentagon has secretly installed conservative military veterans with large online followings in government roles,
declining to disclose their assignments as they
amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s viewpoints
and attack those who scrutinize the Trump administration,
according to people familiar with the matter and corroborating material.

At least some of the influencers have been a…

Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.

Instagram says it will reduce the reach of accounts featuring AI-generated personas if they don't use a new "AI-generated profile" label (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2246914/instagram-…

Instagram Will Demote AI-Generated Influencers If They Don't Clearly Label Their Account
The app isn't cracking down on other kinds of AI slop, though.