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• Post #4483272

  The US Senate voted to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general in a win for Donald Trump, who will now have his one-time personal attorney sitting atop the nation’s law enforcement apparatus.

• Post #4480256

  The alleged leader of the Kinahan organised crime group was extradited from Dubai on Sunday and met by a huge security operation in Dublin, marking the end of a global game of cat and mouse with European, US and Gulf authorities.

• Post #4468721

  I've discovered Blip. A free app where you can send photos, videos and more from your phone to your computer without annoying size limits. Install Blip on iPhone or Android and your PC, then use the same email address on both. Pick a file, tap Share, select your computer’s Blip icon and hit Send. As a bonus, you can send large files to friends, too.

• Post #4461798

  Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right. Isaac Asimov

• Post #4451209

  Mobile phones don’t need the full 100% charge: Keeping it at 100% on the charger every night adds wear to the battery. Set a cap limit. On iPhone, go to Settings > Battery > Charging > Charge Limit and select 90%. On Android, open Settings > Battery > Battery protection. A little less juice today could mean more battery life next year.

• Post #4439915

  As l watch kids today trying to rewrite history, one thing I'm sure of...it will be mis-spelled and have no punctuation.

• Post #4426216

  Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, which was set up in January to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, has finally issued its first construction contract: a project to build a military outpost.

• Post #4391472

  How many Trump supporters does it take to change a lightbulb? None. Trump said he did it and they all clap in the dark.

• Post #4390648

  “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room.” Dr. Strangelove

• Post #4382672

  Wildfires in the south of France have revealed – and set off – a cache of around 400 World War Two-era shells and munitions in the village of Le Porge. Mayor Martial Zaninetti likened the explosions, initially thought to be gas cylinders, to “the sound of war”.

• Post #4378952

  On his first day in office, NY City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed 3 orders to fulfill his housing agenda, including the development of city-controlled land that is suitable for housing. 8 months later, the city has a large-scale affordable housing project, utilizing more than 100 city-owned sites to build an estimated 50,000 new affordable homes. It also comes with a new interactive tracking map available to any member of the public that shows real-time progress on these housing projects.

• Post #4374931

  No phone signal bars? Swipe down, flip on airplane mode, count to 10, flip it off. Your phone lets go of that faraway mast and grabs the closest strong one. Slow charging? Leave airplane mode ON while charging. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and background apps take five, so the battery charges faster.

• Post #4363638

  Astronomers have made the first measurement of the full size of the largest known galaxy, obtained with the Isaac Newton Telescope in the Canary Islands. IC 1101 is roughly 1.7 million light-years across, with mass equal to roughly 3.4 trillion suns. For comparison, our galaxy is around 110,000 light-years across, so this galaxy is 15 Milky Ways wide. By volume, almost 4,000 Milky Ways would fit in IC1101. This massive galaxy hasn't finished growing yet.

• Post #4355621

  Spider-Man: Brand New Day brought in a near-record $927m worldwide on its opening weekend. The movie, starring husband and wife Tom Holland and Zendaya (below), is second only to Avengers: Endgame, which took $1.2bn in its 2019 opening weekend.

• Post #4353860

  Donald Trump has climbed down on planned military strikes against Iran, claiming he has responded to a request to pause any further attacks. Overnight, Trump said talks with Iran will happen on Monday but declined to set a deadline for an agreement.

• Post #4352068

  Microsoft just patched a record 600+ Windows bugs in a single month: Why so many? Anthropic’s new AI bug-hunter found them faster than humans ever could, triple the old record. If you’ve been snoozing that update, do it now: Settings > Windows Update > Check for updates.

• Post #4322760

  BBC News - Trump says he is cancelling strikes on Iran subject to deal being made 'rapidly' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwx74qgld2o

• Post #4313294

  Hundreds of ancient geoglyphs in the Amazon hint at complex societies. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 400 circles, squares, and other geometric shapes carved beneath the forest canopy using laser technology. The geoglyphs are estimated to be roughly 1,200 to 2,600 years old, challenging the long-held theory that the Amazon was largely untouched before Europeans arrived in the 15th century. Researchers think the carvings were used for festivities among an ancient society called the Aquiry.

• Post #4311858

  "Standing in a long line at Safeway, I watched the face of the clerk stay in a stoic, frowning facade. None of the customers spoke to her or paid any attention to her. She was just a store fixture, until the man in front of me called her by name, asked about her day, and asked what her favorite thing to do was. Her face lit up with a huge smile and became animated. Her whole demeanor changed just because someone noticed her as a human, not as a store fixture. We all should try it! Frequentl...

• Post #4311788

  Rooftop solar panels saved New England residents over $130M in electricity costs during recent heat wave. On July 2 alone, the report found that solar arrays saved $39 million to $54 million, and solar contributed more power to the grid than the region’s nuclear fleet that afternoon.

• Post #4306934

  Britain appears to be facing a national shortage of wasps. When the promising signs of spring were interrupted by May’s sudden cold snap, it killed queens and destroyed young nests before colonies could become established. This has led to an increased number of flies and other insects, which would normally have fallen victim to wasps’ voracious hunting skills.

• Post #4306879

  When he was a kid, he never got along with his dad. Other kids would say, "My dad can beat up your dad" and he'd say, "Good, when is he available?"

• Post #4277624

  Two people can be looking at the exact same show on Netflix and see something completely different. Netflix tests multiple thumbnails art for every title and serves you the one it thinks you can’t resist. Watch a lot of rom-coms? You get the couple gazing into each other’s eyes. Comedy fan? Same film but now the thumbnail is the funny guy mid-laugh. Same film different bait. So the next time you fall for a thumbnail, remember: It wasn’t luck. It was a lab experiment, and you were the rat.

• Post #4276402

  The BBC caught scam call center workers on hidden cameras as they laughed at the people they were tricking. One worker bragged about making $250k from victims. The disturbing truth? Scammers don’t pick phone numbers at random. They buy your data from brokers. Once your data is out there, it’s not just calls. It’s phishing, impersonation, and identity theft.

• Post #4269967

  Donald Trump has said a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and for Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, however briefings from both sides exposed disputes over its implementation that could prove difficult to overcome.

• Post #4268380

  "If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." Friedrich Nietzsche

• Post #4268297

  I'll never forget the time I had to do PE in my underpants at school after forgetting my kit... It ended my teaching career.

• Post #4267683

  I've ordered new walking boots & socks, walking poles and a new rucksack, a woolly hat and waterproof trousers and jacket, maps, a new thermos flask, plus..... Sorry, I'm rambling......

• Post #4242256

  The Barman said "I see your glass is empty, want another one?" I said "Why would I want 2 empty glasses?"

• Post #4229669

  Don't you hate it when you hear an annoying song and it gets stuck in your head 🎵 'All Night Long' 🎶...