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“[USA-Saudi war on Iran] has helped Saudi Aramco to a 44% rise in net profits to $32.69bn in the three months ending on 30 June, despite disruption in the strait of Hormuz, owing to higher sales revenue for refined and chemical products and crude oil.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP boss urges Burnham to prioritise UK oil and gas even as firm exits North Sea
Meg O’Neill says ‘where we generate jobs, we generate tax revenue’, as company’s profits more than double
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Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
The extraordinary wildfire outbreak across Oregon, eastern Washington, and southern British Columbia has become even more alarming amid critical fire weather conditions. Over 500,000 acres have already burned in OR & WA alone, and that number could be >1 million acres by Mon.
UPDATE Brazil has denied visas to the two State Department officials Trump planned to send to undermine confidence in the country’s electoral system
Brazil denies visas to U.S. delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say
The U.S. delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital and cast doubt on the integrity of the voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.
washingtonpost.com
🇮🇳 #India: education minister resigns in victory for #CJP youth movement protests #DharmendraPradhan steps down after demonstrations over exam leak scandal, prompting celebrations among thousands of #CockroachJanta protesters. #SonamWangchuk #AbhijeetDipke #Modi www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
India’s education minister resigns in victory for Cockroach youth movement protests
Dharmendra Pradhan steps down after demonstrations over exam leak scandal, prompting celebrations among thousands of protesters
theguardian.com
🔗 Linked earlier in the article “Hugging Face disclosed a new kind of security incident” 8/ huggingface.co/blog/securit...
Security incident disclosure — July 2026
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
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> We are actively working with them to continue to investigate the incident. We are grateful for Hugging Face’s rapid and close collaboration on investigation and remediation. 7/ openai.com/index/huggin...
OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.
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… > Hugging Face’s security team and agents detected and stopped the activity on their infrastructure and had already begun containment and forensic reconstruction with their own open-source models when our teams connected. 6/
… > In one example, the model chained together multiple attack vectors, including using stolen credentials and zero-day vulnerabilities to find a remote code execution path on the Hugging Face servers. OpenAI’s security team discovered this anomalous activity internally. 5/
… > After gaining Internet access, the models inferred that Hugging Face potentially hosted models, datasets and solutions for ExploitGym. Knowing this, the model searched for and successfully found ways to gain access to secret information that it could use to cheat the evaluation. 4/
… > With this access, our models performed a series of privilege escalation and lateral movement actions in our research testing environment until the models reached a node with Internet access. 3/
… > To gain access, the models identified and exploited a zero-day vulnerability (which we’ve now responsibly disclosed to the vendor) in the package registry cache proxy. 2/
So very yikes… > While operating in our sandboxed testing environment, our models spent a substantial amount of inference compute finding a way to obtain open Internet access, in pursuit of solving the evaluation problem. 1/ openai.com/index/huggin...
OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.
openai.com
Iran said technical-level talks between the two sides would go ahead at the luxurious **Qatari-owned** Bürgenstock mountain resort by Lake Lucerne. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Iran announces plans to bring in maritime fees for strait of Hormuz
As US lifts its blockade, Tehran says fees to cover cost of managing waterway will come into effect at end of 60-day negotiation period
theguardian.com
The fact that Trump thinks the US can negotiate for everyone else coming back to haunt him.
Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 2mo agoBREAKING: Iran Suspends Entire 60-Day Negotiation Process With the U.S.
If you’re mad about Google’s chatbot-style changes, you can come sit next to me. 😉 For real, though, who among you have made the switch to DuckDuckGo?
Your Go-To Marketing Nerds 🤓@upsweptcreative.bsky.social · 2mo agoConcerns about AI and privacy have users shifting to DuckDuckGo. How is SEO different outside of Google? More here: https://www.theradicalmarketer.com/how-to-optimize-for-duckduckgo/
😱😱😱 And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Lets make this viral again 👇
I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what insurrectionist Donald Trump did on J6 Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power THIS is what an insurrection looks like
Inflation is now back to the highest levels in years. What has the White House been focused on all this time if not bringing down costs? Oh, right.
Things Trump definitely promised: no new wars Things Trump definitely didn’t promise: that he won’t bring his corrupt slush fund back as soon as Congress passes ICE funding.
Will just leave this clip here of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings talking about what’s wrong with America from a 1991 interview and it’s still all very true today
Excellent news! The entire judicial branch isn't compromised, but the villains at the top get the final say. Reforming SCOTUS must be a priority, and it is an area where Congress has a lot of power. SCOTUS reform + other anticorruption policies are on my website. Suozzi has no policy on his.
Danielle Welch for Congress
It isn't enough for Democrats to flip the House in 2026. We need leaders who will fight for us.
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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2mo agoA federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits and signs relating to slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide
Tom Suozzi (D-NY), the incumbent on the ballot against @votewelch.bsky.social in this month's Democratic primary, has helped The Fellowship / The Family expand its political influence.
Anodyne@anodynesix.bsky.social · 2mo ago"[F]or most of his congressional career, [Rep. Tom] Suozzi's involvement has helped The Fellowship build right-wing political networks working around the world against LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights and, in some places, democracy. Fellowship leaders and donors have promoted election denial[.]"
Tom Suozzi (D-NY), the incumbent on the ballot against @votewelch.bsky.social in this month's Democratic primary, has reportedly received over $900,000 from the crypto industry in the last few years.
Revolving Door Project@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEW: The House Committee on Ways and Means is one of the most powerful committees in all of Congress. This week, our analysis breaks down the crypto industry’s multi-million dollar power play to fill its seats with cronies. therevolvingdoorproject.org/crypto-corner/
Crypto and AI political action committees have over $300 million on hand — more money than the party committees — and they're using it to buy favorable regulation. From my interview with @tiffanymuller.bsky.social of @endcitizensunited.bsky.social
Thanks for having me on, @molly.wiki! We talked about how the disastrous Citizens United decision led us to this new wave of spending by the tech industry and how to go about getting big money out of politics and fixing our campaign finance system. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZAh...
The Fight to Get Money Out of Politics | Tiffany Muller, End Citizens United
YouTube video by Molly White
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Molly White@molly.wiki · 2mo agoMy work tracking cryptocurrency and AI industry political spending has only underscored the importance of getting big money out of politics. I recently talked to @tiffanymuller.bsky.social from @endcitizensunited.bsky.social about how we can do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZAh...
people who work and invest in AI frequently ask me why their work polls so badly
Tell Mark He’s a Piece of 💩 Meta’s New #AI Unit Is a Total Mess Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta’s chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by @wired.com #zucker #zuckerberg www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
#AI #SEO requires one to be boring, repetitive, and predictable.
Your Go-To Marketing Nerds 🤓@upsweptcreative.bsky.social · 2mo agoHowever, if your website, social media, and third-party mentions all describe you differently, then AI search can easily overlook you, because it can’t find consistent information.
