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Procurement records: the FBI seeks a vendor that can provide access to automated license plate readers nationwide; Flock and Motorola are among the few options (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-wants-to-buy-nationwide-access-to-li…

The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers
Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.

from my link log —
JavaScript got better while I wasn't looking.
https://eev.ee/blog/2017/10/07/javascript-got-better-while-i-wasnt-looking/
saved 2020-02-02

JavaScript got better while I wasn’t looking
IndustrialRobot has generously donated in order to inquire: In the last few years there seems to have been a lot of activity with adding emojis to Unicode. Has there been an equal effort to add ‘real’ languages/glyph systems/etc? And as always, if you don’t have anything to say on that topic, feel free to choose your own. :p Yes. I mean, each release of Unicode lists major new a

A look at local news outlet Lexington Observer, whose primary revenue comes from acting as an intermediary between foundations and other local outlets (Aidan Ryan/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/15/business/lexington-observer-local-new…

Lexington news startup debates its unique business model
While the “Local News Hub” program has helped the Observer pay for its own local reporting, some of its leaders are questioning whether it should continue.

Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/small-scale-farming-logging-eclipse-megaprojects-as-top-threats-to-tapanuli-orangutan-ha…

Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat
JAKARTA — Large infrastructure projects have long dominated debate over the future of Indonesia’s Batang Toru ecosystem, the main stronghold of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan. But a new study suggests that while those projects have accelerated forest loss, the greatest direct threat to the ape’s habitat now comes from a much less visible source: […]

A.Word.A.Day --laconism
"The Laconians, especially the Spartans, were famous for verbal thrift. When Philip II of Macedon warned that if he invaded Laconia he would destroy Sparta, the Spartans reportedly replied: 'If.'"
https://wordsmith.org/words/laconism.html

I’m scared. I wonder very much what the next few days will bring because this is looking like basically a president who is losing it and unfortunately losing it in a way that can really make the world a much worse place very fast.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/don

Wut? A campaign aimed at UK Boots shoppers involved infrastructure in Romania with phishing content hosted on a compromised Bolivian gov't site, with emails sent using a legit bulk mailing app that attackers installed on a compromised UK business terminal server.

Got a Boots email offering 'free gift beauty sample pack'? Well, 8.8 million of us got the same thing from Romanian hackers looking to steal our credit cards (and more)
A fake Boots giveaway reached nearly 9 million inboxes as hackers turned compromised systems into phishing machines

CNN: DACA Recipients Are Losing Protections and Work Permits as Renewal Delays Surge – ITEP
https://itep.org/cnn-daca-recipients-are-losing-protections-and-work-permits-as-renewal-delays-surge/

Deforestation lessens Amazon rainfall—and climate change hastens that process, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-05-deforestation-lessens-amazon-rainfall-climate.html

Deforestation lessens Amazon rainfall—and climate change hastens that process, study finds
Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large areas of forest can trigger severe and lasting reductions in rainfall regardless of climate, but as the Amazon warms and dries, that "tipping point" arrives at ever lower levels of deforestation.

President Trump says ABC and NBC should have their licenses revoked for not carrying his speech, alleging they are part of a "plot" to continue election "fraud" (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/trump-threatens-a…

Donald Trump Says ABC And NBC Should Lose Broadcast Licenses Because They Didn’t Carry His Primetime Address On Election Claims
The president gave a speech on election integrity, but networks cast a lot of skepticism over his claims