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• Post #4482754

  Wester Ross, Scotland Crowned as the “stillest” destination in Inghams’ survey, this remote region in the northwest highlands of Scotland boasts dramatic mountain peaks, deep sea lochs, and pristine coastline. The region is so remote that Inghams found just 1.6 inhabitants per square kilometre and also found it to have very low light pollution on the Bortle Scale. It is the perfect dwelling for a diverse range of local flora, fauna and wildlife, including otters and black-throated loon birds...

• Post #4472775

  “The CDC collects data on abortions that are committed in the United States of America through a system called the Abortion Reporting System,” Senator Josh Hawley said when asking Erica Schwartz whether she would commit to collecting detailed data on abortions. “This system is voluntary, and so a number of states, not coincidentally large blue states, do not turn over any data, so that it’s difficult to get a picture of just how many abortions and under what circumstances are committed in th...

• Post #4466080

  People throughout Europe and parts of the U.S. will be treated to a chance to see a solar eclipse on Wednesday. People in Iceland, Greenland, northern Russia, Spain, and a part of Portugal will see a total eclipse, according to astronomers. That's when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, fully blocking the Sun's face. NASA says northern parts of the United States, including from Alaska to North Carolina, will see a partial solar eclipse https://www.npr.org/2026/08/08/nx-s1-...

• Post #4463869

  The eighth generation of Wi-Fi represents a change in focus. While previous incarnations of the Wi-Fi standard have promised higher connection speeds, Wi-Fi 8 seems to be more about improving the basics: reliability, stability, and lower latency. Wi-Fi 8 also promises seamless roaming, keeping devices connected as you move and cutting down on dropped connections and dead zones. For those keeping score, Wi-Fi 8 is IEEE 802.11bn using the old naming convention, where Wi-Fi 7 was IEEE 802.11b...

• Post #4463866

  Voyager 2 and its twin launched in 1977, Voyager 1, rely on a form of nuclear battery known as a radioisotope thermoelectric generator that uses the heat produced by the decay of plutonium. But the supply of plutonium on each probe drops at about four watts a year on each spacecraft. To keep the probe running on this dwindling power supply, engineers recently reduced Voyager 2's power requirements by turning off a few non-science devices and using "lower-power alternatives" that...

• Post #4462412

  Billionaire and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was hit with “unanimous booing” this week for reportedly ignoring a request from the U.S. Coast Guard to rescue a stranded sea vessel from his $300 million yacht, the Alaska Beacon reported Saturday. “I’m on a small-ship Alaska cruise with my son,” reads a social media post from Michael Love, a New York software developer. “Our boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht –...

• Post #4457434

  Albanian Villagers say they warned Trump’s son-in-law their beachfront land was stolen by Artur Shehu, who now faces drug-related charges, which he denies. https://on.wsj.com/4qbgc2k

• Post #4456113

  Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines #Trackflation https://www.wired.com/story/teenagers-running-trackflation/

• Post #4455528

  MS NOW journalist Jacob Soboroff issued a stark warning Saturday about the number of election deniers running for offices that would give them direct control over how future elections are run and certified. https://bsky.app/profile/rawstory.com/post/3msmf3cv4k72w

• Post #4455015

  Walnut Fire Area of E Harvard Rd & Wildwood Canyon Rd, Burbank https://share.watchduty.org/i/113714?ts=1786239887000

• Post #4453226

  People say “quit” but not quite yet Just a few more things to do. . . We’ve got to saw it off and ship it In a box Saw it off and ship it And send it on out, now. -- Joe Sparks

• Post #4450923

  Andy Burnham promises crackdown on costly subscription traps and 'rip-off discounts' The Prime Minister will bring forward 'easy to exit' rules, making it less painful for consumers to cancel subscriptions and avoid automatic renewal at a higher cost https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/burnham-subscription-trap-discounts-crackdown-37528633#Echobox=1786225220

• Post #4450785

  MAGA ‘Prophet’ Kent Christmas Keeps Saying God is Gonna Start Killing a Bunch of People https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/maga-prophet-kent-christmas-keeps-saying-god-gonna-start-killing-bunch-people

• Post #4450126

  Voter turnout surges in Tennessee after Black-majority district is erased Democratic turnout for House primaries in a majority-Black Tennessee county surged to the highest level in a decade Thursday, -- the latest sign that redistricting may be energizing Black voters across the South. 
A fifth of active registered voters cast a ballot in three Democratic U.S. House primaries held Thursday in Shelby County, which includes Memphis. That’s more than double the turnout percentage for similar co...

• Post #4441608

  I’m sat on a bench in Lincoln Square, Manchester, surrounded by a buzz of expectation. The Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, is in town for his first day at Number 10 North -- the government’s new northern base inside Heron House, immediately in front of me. Police officers are stationed around the square, keeping watch on all the entrances. In the middle of it all, Abraham Lincoln stands looking out across the square with the weary air of somebody who has seen it all I’m here to sketch the Lin...

• Post #4408698

  While President Trump is focused on Iran, a propitious moment to be the peacemaker in the Russia-Ukraine war could be slipping away. President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine have been clear in recent months that they want the United States to re-engage and start intensive negotiations to bring the fighting to an end. They will not wait forever. Putin continues to speak approvingly of Trump, but some senior officials, as well as high-profile commentator...

• Post #4403746

  Donald Trump’s legal team is making an 11th-hour attempt to block a court order that would grant the BBC access to the president’s financial records, as part of his multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the British broadcaster. Trump claims that the BBC’s 2024 documentary on the January 6 attacks have damaged the president’s business interests. In July, a Miami-based judge ruled that the president would have to start handing over detailed financial records to the BBC by 6 August. The record...

• Post #4403359

  Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns Donald Trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options with Iran, two people familiar with the exchange told The Washington Post. 
The encounter took place on the sidelines of his Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Frid...

• Post #4402578

  🔥The Trump administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty US troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families in the pursuit of its mass deportation agenda. ⚠️More than 50 parents and spouses of active-duty service members have been detained since Donald Trump returned to office, 🆘and at least six have been deported, an Associated Press investigation found. It is the first accounting of such detentions, which the government does not track. ❌At...

• Post #4401540

  Threats to prosecute sheriffs in Minneapolis and Chicago, cities that have experienced some of the most intense immigration enforcement of the Trump era, are a new salvo in the president’s campaign against state and local officials who refuse to embrace his administration’s crackdown. The warnings have been conveyed in a series of letters that federal agents began hand-delivering in early July -- to Sheriff Dawanna Witt of Hennepin County, Minn., which includes Minneapolis, -- and Sheriff...

• Post #4400775

  The process to engage in force-feeding is quick and secretive. After a detainee has spent a certain amount of time on a hunger strike, which varies, ICE will request emergency court orders from federal judges allowing them to force-feed them. In six of the cases reviewed by the Guardian, detained immigrants did not have any legal representation during the court proceedings. Most records are sealed, giving the public only a glimpse at the process. ICE detention center guards will then res...

• Post #4399332

  Democrats are seeing positive signs in a South Texas congressional seat that looked, on paper, like one of the harder places for the party to win back in 2026. Democrat Bobby Pulido leads Republican Representative Monica De La Cruz in Texas’ 15th Congressional District, according to a new House Majority PAC-sponsored poll, conducted by Normington Petts and Associates, and shared with Newsweek on August 4. Donald Trump carried the redrawn district by nearly 18 points in 2024, making any Democr...

• Post #4397273

  Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-election-law

• Post #4389892

  David Hearn, 67, was arrested on 19 June and faced one felony count of property destruction – a charge that could have resulted in a 10-year prison sentence and a $1,000 fine – which he denied. The charge came after Donald Trump’s administration spent $14 million to change the reflecting pool’s color. A new pool liner almost immediately began to peel off, and the president blamed vandals. Four people were arrested, but only Hearn was charged with a felony. On Friday, Trump’s justice depa...

• Post #4389794

  RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/117039236669893044 Perhaps Congress will pass an anti-weaponization fund for David Hearn

• Post #4389577

  As the UK government presses again for unwarranted access to private user data, Apple has issued another complaint asking the country's independent judicial body to intervene. In 2024, the UK reworked its laws to give it the authority to not only legally, but also secretly, demand Apple help it spy on iPhone users around the world. Following US complaints, the UK backed down, only to try again in October 2025. Now according to the Financial Times, Apple has filed a new complaint with t...

• Post #4389193

  From January 2026: “Trump called me down to the Oval Office,” John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian. “He said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy Greenland.” It was an extraordinary proposal. And it originated from a longtime friend of the president who would go on to acquire business interests in the Danish territory. The businessman, Bolton learned, was Ronald Lauder. Heir to a makeup fortune – the global cosmetics brand Estée Lauder – he had...

• Post #4389067

  A Ukrainian greengrocer narrowly escaped death when he was hunted by a Russian drone on the streets of Kherson. Footage shows the market vendor, named as Yuri, trying to evade the remotely controlled aircraft as it stalks him in the city, which is on the front line of the war in Ukraine. The incident is being seen as an example of a Russian "human safari" targeting civilians. In the video, the first-person view (FPV) drone can be seen making several lunges at Yuri before nosediving a...

• Post #4388764

  One month before her position was due to become permanent, Lisa was made redundant. In the months before, Lisa says a public relations agency had been tasked with producing AI-generated material that she and her colleagues were asked to edit. She says her skills were used to train the AI on the company writing style. "I feel like I dug my own grave," she says. "We were the ones who trained the artificial intelligence that replaced us." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles...

• Post #4387887

  In a win for voters, a federal judge blocked Trump’s recent ban on nonpartisan groups helping newly naturalized citizens register to vote. The court found the ban was likely driven by intentional discrimination against new citizens https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/court-blocks-trump-ban-on-voter-registration-help-for-new-citizens-finding-likely-intentional-discrimination/