it’s important to have “someone such as an attorney” around to ask direct questions about stuff like this

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · yesterday

is this good:

A civilian was deliberately hunted down and murdered by Russian terrorists in Kherson today. At a food market in the city’s Tavriiskyi district, a Russian FPV drone operator targeted a civilian vendor standing beside his car, loaded with the vegetables he sold to make a living.

Today, in my 40s, I decided to learn to skateboard. I managed to not get hurt and skate the length of my driveway. At my current rate of improvement I should be in the X-Games by next year.

Tony Hawk: Stay The Course

ALT: Tony Hawk: Stay The Course

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FIFA PRESIDENT GIANNI INFANTINO WANTS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO HELP KEEP HIM IN OFFICE & SCHEDULED PRIVATE TALKS WITH SECRETARY OF STATE RUBIO - REPORTS

After years of no luck growing potatoes I finally had success!

A Tesla was left with its rear third severed in a collision with an Escalade after the Tesla swerved into oncoming traffic while in full self-driving Mode. Police reminded drivers that they remain responsible for safely operating their vehicles, even when using full or partial self-driving systems.

💥 A fully masked ICE agent pepper sprayed a woman in New York yesterday merely for videotaping. He approached her. She was standing still. Assault, abuse of power @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

Why did Amazon force searches through Alexa. The experience is laggy and awful. How do I turn it off?

Reddit seems to do everything they can to make the user experience worse and worse, but nah. Its mostly a lack of AI deals.

Reddit stock tumbles the most on record as lack of new AI deals, US daily users metric disappoints

Reddit shares plunged the most on record on Friday after US daily users, lack of new AI deal announcements dissapointed investors.

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇯🇵 US Treasury informs banks it may intervene in the Japanese yen market.

Executive Branch LLC! WTF?!

Loeffler disclosure reveals husband’s ties to exclusive Trump Jr.-backed club — CNBC

The Executive Branch club, where members include Trump administration officials, investors and business leaders, charges a $500,000 entry fee.

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Bruh... there's a "master key" that grants access to every Cosmos DB on Azure? Wut? www.wiz.io/blog/cosmose...

do people understand what a monumentally xenophobic, protectionist shitshow this is all going to be

The US government just banned Roombas

It’s not just bots with legs.

theverge.com

Man

Spoke with @theatlantic.com about the oil market's ongoing transfixed fascination with what's happening in China. What we know, what we still don't—and may never—know about China's crude import collapse, and what it all means for the future of the oil market. www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...

The Great Chinese Oil Mystery

America’s greatest rival is single-handedly averting a global energy crisis. No one knows how the country is doing it—or why.

theatlantic.com

A must read this morning

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · last wk.

"If there is a question to ask, then, it is this: Why does Musk get a pass? Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

OK! I have read the complaint in the "Grok (OK, fine, xAI) (OK, fine, SpaceX) sues Minnesota over obscene deepfake law" lawsuit, and I'm here to break it down. Link to the complaint below, so you can follow along. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We're burning the library of Alexandria.

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

IRAN IS SET TO RECEIVE A 'A FIRST SHIPMENT OUT OF UP TO 400 CHINESE-MADE SHOULDER-FIRED AIR-DEFENCE MISSILE LAUNCHERS' WITHIN WEEKS

I'm sure the free speech bros will be all over this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

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Make that 30+ now: mn.gov/mnit/media/b...

Catalin Cimpanu@campuscodi.risky.biz · last wk.

The number of Minnesota towns that reported hacks of their water systems is up to four -Braham: dysruptionhub.com/braham-minne... -Maple Plain: dysruptionhub.com/maple-plain-... -Plymouth: dysruptionhub.com/plymouth-min... -St. Paul: dysruptionhub.com/south-st-pau...

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High School Teacher Arrested for Clapping in Support of Anti-Data Center Activists

A local high school physics teacher was hauled out by four police officers for clapping six times during a city commission meeting.

futurism.com

Everybody! Pay attention! I have only one underscore in my e-mail address. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.

arstechnica.com

What was serving US judge Susan Brnovich, widow of the late Arizona attorney-general and Trump crony Mark Brnovich, doing on the balcony of convicted fraudster and Farage aide and benefactor, George Cottrell, in Tivat (Тиват), Montenegro??

LOCAL KOREAN MEDIA: SAMSUNG IS CONSIDERING USING CHINESE-MADE DRAM

404 Media has mapped out this supply of data by reviewing U.S. government procurement records and internal documents. It highlights the sometimes unexpected ways ICE is gaining access to peoples’ personal information. www.404media.co/you-opened-a...

You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live

Here's how your personal address travels from your credit card provider, through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE.

404media.co

That’s the thing about surveillance—we all commit minor statuatory infractions every single day. More surveillance equals more enforcement and that enforcement is almost always done in ways the penalize already marginalized neighborhoods.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · last wk.

Garbage trucks could soon be spying on you. Officials in Cape Coral, Florida, recently considered equipping sanitation trucks with AI-powered cameras that would photograph properties as crews complete their normal collection routes.

Cannot wait for the new Neuromancer TV series. Will need to listen to the BBC radio play again to hold me over. If you have never listened to it, or haven't read the book it's a great introduction.

Neuromancer (BBC radio play)

YouTube video by Michael McGrath

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