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Teacher arrested for repeatedly clapping in favor of data center opponents during city commission meeting “It’s not really deterring me from speaking out or I guess, clapping,” www.kcrg.com/2026/07/27/t...
Teacher arrested for repeatedly clapping in favor of data center opponents during city commission meetingA high school physics teacher was arrested for interference with law enforcement after clapping during a city meeting.www.kcrg.com
Sens. Cornyn and Tillis, both heading for retirement courtesy of Trump, are balking at confirming Blanche because the AG nominee won't disavow Trump's IRS immunity scam. These guys could earn modest redemption points by doing what they know is right. Will they? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
Senators Cornyn and Tillis Threaten to Block Blanche Nomination Over Trump’s IRS DealSenators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency...www.nytimes.com
At a time when so many universities - including 2 I’m affiliated with - respond to Trump’s threats w/ cowardice & capitulation, I’m proud to see my undergrad Alma mater, Colgate, make Pres. Obama the center of this year’s Family Weekend. A statement we can hear loud & clear. Go ‘Gate.
✅️ #KidneyTransplant in high-risk cases An international research team led by #MedUniVienna has succeeded in using a drug from the field of #cancermedicine to sustainably reduce antibodies against potential #donororgans, thereby enabling a #transplant. 📰 @nejm.org Details of the case study! ⬇️
Kidney transplant despite poor initial conditions: New drug sustainably reduces immune response against donor organMore about the research!www.meduniwien.ac.at
Epstein survivor on Trump's criminal lawyer Todd Blanche: "Yeah, I mean, he actually said the words 'get to the point' to us. We're survivors who've been waiting to meet with him for 9 months, 8 months. We've been asking for meetings, and he very much said, 'can you get to the point already?'"
Issue 2 of my Vital Signs in Global Health column: What got my pulse racing were first, the shenanigans around trillions$ food industry and billions$ obesity meds business & meanwhile Ebola outruns hollowed-out WHO. Read @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/markets-offe...
Markets Offer Costly Cures While Courts Ensnare Prevention; Meanwhile Ebola Response Stumbles - Health Policy WatchThat also raises a question for those seeking to succeed Dr Tedros next year as Director General. How can that high office allow its holder to shape eventshealthpolicy-watch.news
De Braziliaanse oud-president Jair Bolsonaro, veroordeeld voor het beramen van een staatsgreep, verscheen zaterdag bij de aftrap van de presidentscampagne van zijn zoon Flávio: als AI-video. Het Hooggerechtshof vraagt opheldering. Het is Bolsonaro verboden om politieke boodschappen te verspreiden.
Rechter wil weten: wist veroordeelde Bolsonaro dat hij in AI-vorm campagne voert?www.demorgen.be
Gestern Abend gab es einzelne starke Gewitter, diese hatten es im hinteren Ötztal aber in sich. In Rofen bei Vent und in Kaisers bei Sölden kam es zu mehreren Murenabgängen und Überflutungen. Um 22:19 Uhr wurden deshalb Zivilschutzalarm und AT-Alert ausgelöst. 🎥 Martin Klotz
A quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm that was under consideration to become an official US standard has been taken out of the running after an Anthropic security model helped find a flaw that rendered it broken. arstechnica.com/security/202...
Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commissionHAWK withstood years of testing that had yet to uncover a fatal weakness found through Mythos.arstechnica.com
Q: Hey, look! It’s Ted Cruz talking to people again as if every one of them is a complete imbecile. A: Well, he’s in TX, so— Q: True. They keep re-electing this hypocritical, lying prick. A: Texans only vote for the worst of the worst. Q: And they’re proud of this? A: Very!
For years, Microsoft had failed to fully explain how it protects sensitive information in the cloud as it hops from server to server. Given that and other unknowns, government reviewers couldn’t vouch for the tech’s security. It was approved anyway. (Published March)
Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive dat...www.propublica.org
SIKORSKI: If Putin could escalate in a way that's not risky to him, he would've done it over last 4 years. Nobody knows what political consequences in Russia would be of a draft. Russian Revolution in 1917 started when draftees started shooting their own officers rather than be killed immediately.
Record outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite 20M eggs recalled due to salmonella Worst air quality in world from wildfire smoke UN says world risks HIV resurgence due to funding cuts Most measles cases in 35 years They’re going after Fauci to distract you from current public health failures
Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."
