Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion
Rep. Wesley Bell defeats former Rep. Cori Bush in a Missouri Democratic primary rematch Bell won, NBC News projects, with ad support from a pro-Israel super PAC, while Bush had backing from prominent progressives.
Rep. Wesley Bell defeats former Rep. Cori Bush in a Missouri Democratic primary rematchBell won, NBC News projects, with ad support from a pro-Israel super PAC, while Bush had backing from prominent progressives.www.nbcnews.com
Big Tech hastily distributing the bribes for the astroturf campaigns https://www.techpolicy.press/big-techs-pr-playbook-for-overcoming-data-center-opponents/
Big Tech’s PR Playbook for Overcoming Data Center OpponentsThe tech industry is pulling from tried-and-tested playbooks to bypass and securitize public opposition, write Dean Jackson and Samantha Totoni.www.techpolicy.pressBesides being Trump's Roy Cohn and totally corrupt, Blanche is also determined to end all options for abortion. Next up, contraceptives. And they're voting him in.
Harry Litman@schiff.senate.gov on fire with a litany of reasons not to confirm Blanche. "he will only do what's best for Donald Trump. And you can't leave someone like that as highest federal law enforcement official" Here comes the vote: straight party lines, he's reported out of committee. ugggggghhhhhhhhh
Saw a company say it was trusted by 120K orgs. Somehow saw, 120K dogs. Which would be infinitely more trustworthy if you ask me
Such good products. It would be a shame to lose Duralex. https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/113294744153164334
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)Attached: 1 image You remember these glasses from your last trip to #France, I guess. Here’s the interesting story: Duralex, the manufacturer, was heading for liquidation. Investors that wanted to buy it existed, but they wanted to fire a lot of employees. So the court agreed to a different solution: create a cooperative, make Duralex workers owned. https://duralex.com/ Update 2026-08: The coop is in trouble. See https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/economie-et-social/300526/duralex-une-scop-mal-ficelee #Duralex #cooperative #WorkersUnitedsocial.wildeboer.net
"Reddit users found that by using a specific #Google search query, it was possible to find #Claude conversations that users had shared. "This exposed sensitive material, including crypto wallet keys, names, addresses, work notes, and even erotic or otherwise policy-violating chats. Fortune says […]
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This is the best summary of the facehugger 'hack' incident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpTw9z5RIM8
I repeat: this IS NOT AN AGREEMENT WITH TRUMP so it doesn't even matter that it's not binding. This is the DOJ saying it's withdrawing its own order establishing the fund. But the settlement still exists, and Trump's motion on Friday makes it clear he intends to enforce it, meaning the fund remains
Adam Serwerno agreement with trump is binding, it's impossible that anyone at this point fails to understand that. All that's happening here is spineless toadies folding as anticipated bsky.app/profile/matt...
An important warning from @meiselasb.bsky.social that the “sham document” Blanche’s advancement seems to rely upon showing the insurrectionist slush fund is *dead* is actually “unenforceable” @SenThomTillis @JohnCornyn
"DOJ has charged more than three dozen people in at least 10 cases under a rarely used 19th-Century statute, conspiracy to impede or injure an officer, which carries up to six years in prison."
Raw StoryThe Trump DOJ is using a Civil War-era conspiracy law to charge protesters who blocked ICE operations. Before this year, its last major use was against Jan. 6 defendants — who Trump later pardoned.
Ed Zitron has been on this for a long time, but good to see that the NY Times finally is digging into Silicon Valley OG Larry Ellison's sleazeball ways -- and his prop-up-Oracle-stock-until-it-crashes bets on AI. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/magazine/larry-ellison-ai-oracle.html
Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble?Inside the 81-year-old billionaire’s risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an A.I. juggernaut.www.nytimes.com
Source - It's like he's trying to out Bibi Bibi https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/middleeast/us-iran-bomb-mk84-qeshm-island.html
Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 CiviliansThe weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.www.nytimes.com
Rebecca Heineman's source code disks for Apple II, Apple IIGS, and C64 versions of "Tass Times in Tonetown" were recently imaged at KansasFest 2026 and are now archived. Burger Becky was an incredible and beloved engineer and raconteur whom we sadly […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]