New: TikTok tells @ejdickson.bsky.social the Perez Hilton livestream, which appeared to show him covered in blood and wielding a knife, was flagged soon after it started but a "moderator error" prevented it from being taken down: www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Says ‘Moderator Error’ Kept Perez Hilton Livestream Up
The gossip blogger was on TikTok covered in what appeared to be blood and wielding a knifelike object before the platform cut his stream. He’s since been hospitalized.
wired.com
The bald eagle population has recovered.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 8h agoAir quality. I grew up in the Los Angeles basin in the 70s and 80s and remember having to stay inside because the smog was so bad - Stage 2 smog alerts, they were called. Apparently they haven't had one of those since 1988. Haven't had a stage one smog alert since 2003.
Kevin is not exaggerating, VDARE was not white nationalist in the sense of "well if you get right down to it the modern GOP has always been white nationalist" VDARE was white nationalist in the sense of "yeah those Nazis sure are white nationalist"
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h agoGonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.
The destruction of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park has begun. #bigbend #nationalparks #publiclands #protectpubliclands #bigbendnationalpark
The Bulldozers Have Arrived in Big Bend National Park
Contractors are grading roads and surveying the Rio Grande corridor even as lawmakers, outfitters, and residents plead for basic answers about a $1.7 billion border barrier project
ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com
SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
DHS is hiring bounty hunters to find people in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras who have been removed from the country but still owe civil penalties. w/ @dell.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/dhs-is...
DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
wired.com
I wrote about the triumph of Doing Your Own Research and the stupid, nasty thing that is replacing some very recent history in real time. defector.com/were-just-go...
We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector
In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...
defector.com
Days after letting a contract expire with a network of 100 legal groups for child immigrant law services, the Trump Admin is awarding a $150 million contract to a Houston law firm that was co-founded by two Trump appointees.
Houston firm gets $150M contract for child migrant legal services
A Burke Law Group founder was a former Trump appointee to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior.
texastribune.org
NEW: Meta reviewed, approved, and ran more than 50 ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads. They ran for nine months. Some were live this week. After WIRED asked about them, researchers found ~30 more
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
wired.com
This image has been widely shared on social media as a document of the human tragedy that has unfolded in Ceuta and an indictment of the EU's murderous border regime in the Mediterranean. The problem is: It's AI-generated. It has a SynthID watermark, as can be checked with OpenAI's Verify tool 1/
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/mili...
AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
apnews.com
Bay Area Children Set Up Adrenochrome Stand On Side Of Road https://theonion.com/bay-area-children-set-up-adrenochrome-stand-on-side-of-road/
“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”
BrooklynVegan, Alt Press Hit With Mass Layoffs
Music publications Revolver and Goldmine have also been gutted by owners Veeps and Live Nation
pitchfork.com
I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
Miami authorities on Tuesday night responded to a residence after a disturbing video was posted on social media that appeared to involve celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.
Amid concerns about Perez Hilton, police surround a Miami home, say man is 'safely recovered'
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office told The Times in an emailed statement that it received an influx of calls Tuesday reporting that an individual was livestreaming acts of self-harm on social media.
latimes.com
Max Miller is part of the Ratner family, and went to this school (as did my son), which just announced its closing. No connection I’m sure but weird to have so much east side CLE news at once
Ratner Montessori School closing after 63 years
The Lillian and Betty Ratner Montessori School in Pepper Pike is permanently shutting down after 63 years of operation due to financial troubles, effective Aug. 15.
clevelandjewishnews.com
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
Something about the Margo Tenenbaum getting off the bus in slo-motion to Nico’s “These Days” is still moving for whatever reason.
Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 23h agoName your fav use of licensed music in a soundtrack.
Top commander of elite L.A. County sheriff's unit leaves job amid dishonesty probe
Top commander of elite L.A. County sheriff's unit leaves job amid dishonesty probe
An internal memo reviewed by The Times said Cmdr. Oscar Barragan, who oversaw the special enforcement bureau at the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, was recommended for discharge after violating policies on dishonesty and obstructing an investigation.
latimes.com
I've not seen this mentioned elsewhere and wanted to surface it — Cornyn and Tillis both signed off on a letter dated July 15 that urged Blanche to use the DOJ’s might to “stop the abortion industry’s unlawful and unsafe mail-order abortion drug practice.” talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Federal judge holds government in civil contempt for not imaging immigration agents' personal phones
Federal judge holds government in civil contempt for not imaging immigration agents' personal phones
In a newly unsealed order, a California federal judge held the government in civil contempt for violating a court order requiring them to forensically image any cell phone used by agents present more than a dozen identified immigration operations
latimes.com
Armed suspect arrested at Trump's Rancho Palos Verdes golf course in advance of president's visit
Armed suspect arrested at Trump's Rancho Palos Verdes golf course in advance of president's visit
Hours before President Trump is scheduled to headline a Tuesday evening fundraiser at his Palos Verdes golf course, authorities announced that they had arrested a heavily armed individual seen wandering the grounds Sunday.
latimes.com
