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What ICE Should Have Known When It Hired David Brouillette

motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/what-ice-should-have-known-when-it-hired-david-brouillette-maine-shooting/

The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.

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Keith David on his incredible career: ‘I want you to understand Black men as full-scope human beings’

theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/26/keith-david-president-curtis-actor-interview?CMP=share_btn_url

The hard-working character actor has over 400 screen credits, from The Thing to Platoon to Rick and Morty, and he isn’t slowing down any time soon

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Cops Stopped to Pray With Anti-Abortion Activists Outside Colorado Clinic

autonomynews.co/cops-prayed-with-anti-abortion-activists-outside-colorado-clinic/

An abortion opponent wrote online that it was “kill day” at a clinic that provides later abortions. Boulder police showed up, then prayed with the author of the post.

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Africa's camels are dying from extreme heat as temperatures soar

bbc.com/news/articles/cqlxvvw06pqo

Herders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat.

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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search

techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

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Brownie Species in Nexus | World Anvil

worldanvil.com/w/nexus-xantheman/a/brownie-species

The last surviving city on Nexus, Gateway was built around the various portals that connect the realm with others.

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Fallout Didn’t Make Itself

aftermath.site/fallout-5-bethesda-xbox-layoffs/

People make games, a fact that Asha Sharma and the ghouls running Xbox sure seem to want you to forget

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NYT’s Embarrassing Anti-DSA Meltdown — FAIR

fair.org/slider/nyts-embarrassing-anti-dsa-meltdown/

Democratic Socialists of America candidates won several Democratic primaries for Congress and the state legislature in New York.

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Archaeologists Keep Finding Women Where Men Were Supposed To Be

thenoosphere.substack.com/p/archaeologists-keep-finding-women

Even when historical records already suggested they’d be there

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Venezuela men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/26/lawsuit-csi-aviation-globalx-cecot-deportation?CMP=bsky_gu

Exclusive: CSI Aviation and GlobalX accused of violating civil rights as part of Trump immigration crackdown

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A Feature That Makes Your Phone Data Self-Destruct in Authorities’ Hands May Soon Have Its Day in Court

gizmodo.com/a-feature-that-makes-your-phone-data-self-destruct-in-authorities-hands-may-soon-have-its-day-in-court-2000790831

The defendant, an Atlanta area activist, denies having done it. But is it even illegal?

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Amy’s Kitchen recalls more than 180K cans of soup due to ‘potential for spoilage’

wsfa.com/2026/07/25/amys-kitchen-recalls-more-than-180k-cans-soup-due-potential-spoilage/

Amy’s Kitchen is recalling more than 180,000 cans of its lentil soup because the soup could spoil before use.

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Collections: Fortification, Part I: The Besieger’s Playbook

acoup.blog/2021/10/29/collections-fortification-part-i-the-besiegers-playbook/

This is the first part of a planned five-part series (I, II, III, IV, V) covering some of the basics of fortifications, from city walls to castles and field fortifications! We are going to discuss …

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Andrew Tate’s arrest causes trouble for Trump’s youngest son

salon.com/2026/07/25/andrew-tates-arrest-causes-trouble-for-trumps-youngest-son/

The manosphere influencer has lost the president's support — but he could pose a threat to Barron

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New finance, old structures: cryptocurrencies and the reproduction of financial elites in the USA | Socio-Economic Review | Oxford Academic

academic.oup.com/ser/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ser/mwag031/8713574?login=false

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In North Carolina, a Shooting Victim Pleads for His Shooter’s Release After 30 Years

boltsmag.org/north-carolina-three-strikes-ramulus-mason/

Ramulus Mason was sentenced to life without parole due to North Carolina’s three-strikes law. The man he shot insists that he shouldn’t still be in prison.

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Brazil denies visas to U.S. officials who aimed to impugn electoral system

washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/24/us-sending-envoys-question-brazilian-electoral-system-officials-say/

Brazil denies visas to U.S. officials who aimed to impugn electoral system

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The tech-broification of American science has officially begun

theverge.com/science/970534/genesis-mission-ai-science-funding-trump-grants

Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ of American science starts with dismantling it, while funneling billions into AI. 

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How to Build a Real Strategy for Power

convergencemag.com/articles/yotam-marom-strategy-for-power/

The truth is, most of the groups and organizations that make up our movements do not have a strategy for winning. They might think they have a strategy.

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AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

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How I Became A Beatmaker (By Watching Other People Make Beats)

hearingthings.co/how-i-became-a-beatmaker-by-watching-other-people-make-beats/

A first-time beatmaker’s case for the nuances of developing style and gatekeeping within rap production.

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'Remake' will wreck you: A filmmaker faces his own family footage

npr.org/2026/07/25/nx-s1-5905341/remake-ross-mcelwee

Ross McElwee's documentaries have always been personal. After his son died, he wondered if it was all worth it.

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When a Black man was exonerated in 2021 for the rape of a bestselling white author 40 years earlier, many were incensed at how long it had taken to fix the injustice.

propublica.org/article/alice-sebold-anthony-broadwater-rape-exoneration-syracuse

Five years after Anthony Broadwater was belatedly cleared for the sexual assault of Alice Sebold, the questions of how he came to be wrongly convicted and how one or more serial rapists operated for years with little consequence have only deepened.

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People Are Getting Off to Porn About ICE Raids

wired.com/story/people-are-getting-off-to-content-about-ice-raids/

MAGA-coded adult content playing off immigration crackdowns, white supremacy, and obeying the “natural order” is finding rabid audiences on X.

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Why Lettuce Is Always Making People Sick

wired.com/story/why-lettuce-always-making-people-sick/

The cyclospora diarrhea outbreak isn't an isolated incident. It's part of a pattern of leafy greens wreaking digestive havoc.

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Who Are the People Out Protesting in India?

nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/asia/india-protests-profiles.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur

A crowd of thousands was mobilized by a call by the leaders of a youth movement to reform India’s troubled education system and to push for the resignation of the country’s education minister, blamed for botching a college-entrance exam that left millions in the lurch.

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An Ancient Historian’s Breakdown of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

talesoftimesforgotten.com/2026/07/23/an-ancient-historians-breakdown-of-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey/

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is perhaps the most highly anticipated new film of the 2020s. It has already received near-universal acclaim from film critics and earned more at the box office in its opening weekend than any of Nolan’s previous films, including The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Oppenheimer (2023). It has only been out … Continue reading "An Ancient Historian’s Breakdown of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’"

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‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/zohran-mamdani-small-business-policies

Initiatives including cutting permits just to serve ice-cream amount to a sweeping program of deregulation

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People Are Starting to Record Every Conversation They Have Without Disclosing It, and It’s Gross

futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/friends-colleagues-recording-conversation

People in tech circles are carefully recording every single conversation they're having — not just at work but in their private lives as well.

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An Indian Trans Person’s Harrowing Encounter Fuels Backlash Against Meta AI ‘Pervert Glasses’

techpolicy.press/an-indian-trans-persons-harrowing-encounter-fuels-backlash-against-meta-ai-pervert-glasses/

Karen Rebelo reports on incidents of abuse caused by use of Meta's wearable tech.