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⢠Aram Zucker-Scharff
Itās Americaās 250th birthday. And Black Americans are sitting out the celebrations
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/03/july-4-black-americans
The 250th anniversary is arriving among Black communities as a whisper instead of a roar
Factories are just rooms
Electrek
⢠Reinette LeJeune
July 4th Green Deals: Bluetti Summer Power Sale exclusives, Hiboy EX11 full suspension e-bike $700 off, EcoFlow flash sale, and much more
I did some testing with Standard.site this morning and posted a screenshot over in the help forums. Fascinating to see it in action. I signed into Leaflet and it knows about the long-form blog posts I created in Micro.blog.
NAKEDJEN
⢠nakedjen
A Day of Hope: 118 Laughs, Tears, and New Citizens
Today, 118 people put on the word AMERICAN for the first time, on purpose, in a room with vaulted wood beams and white fabric draped across the ceiling like something built for a wedding, not a government ceremony. Light came in sideways through all those big windows. Little American flags in every hand. When it [ā¦]
NEW: āHe Didnāt Need to Die.ā How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.
Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facilityās staff failed to adequately respond.
#News #Texas #MentalHealth #Immigration #TX #Health #Medicine #Immigrants
Electrek
⢠Peter Johnson
Kia converts its electric van into an off-grid mobile simulator rig with a 55ā³ screen

The PV5 is proving again why itās the ultimate people mover. Kia converted its electric van into an off-grid racing simulator rig with a massive 55ā³ screen.
Electrek
⢠Fred Lambert
Tesla maps a tiny Robotaxi zone in Miami while it still canāt scale Texas

Tesla has mapped out a Robotaxi service area in Miami, publishing a geofence that covers only a small slice of the metro ā mostly West Miami and a strip stretching toward Doral and Sweetwater.
Itās the latest city Tesla has drawn a box around, but the announcement lands with a thud when you consider whatās happened in Texas over the past year.
SCOTUSblog
⢠Rodger Citron
A tale of two justices and their childrenās books
The Brian Lehrer Show
⢠WNYC
250 Years: Ken Burns; Jon Meacham; Edward Larson; AJ Jacobs
The resistance is truly amazing. Thank you to everyone who donated to help cover the legal fees of former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who was arrested after touching the water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Electrek
⢠Fred Lambert
Tesla driver charged with manslaughter in Katy crash was Googling āFSD too timidā

Harris County prosecutors have charged the Tesla driver who crashed into a Katy, Texas, home and killed a 76-year-old woman with manslaughter, alleging he overrode Full Self-Driving to floor the car to 73 mph in a residential cul-de-sac.
The charging document also reveals something new: in the weeks before the crash, the driver had been Googling that FSD wasnāt aggressive enough.
Tempted to order another Iconfactory shirt. I have one from years ago, the simple logo. Love the dogcow too.
SCOTUSblog
⢠Amy Howe
The Trump term?
McSweeneyās
⢠Tucker Nichols
USA: We Go Together Likeā¦
Tucker Nicholsās latest book, āMostly Everything: The Art of Tucker Nicholsā is available in our store.
smays.com
⢠Steve Mays
āAI, please read my whole blogā
The work that Perplexity has done with my 25 years of blog posts makes me wonder if there have been similar efforts by other bloggers. On the open web there are clear signs of people doing very similar things: giving ⦠Continue reading ā
WBUR News
⢠WBUR
What's the perfect American hot dog? Depends where you grew up
Few foods feel more American than the hot dog, a mainstay at ballparks, street carts and Fourth of July barbecues. But to simply call hot dogs āAmericanā is to miss a whole lot of nuance, and potentially offend local connoisseurs across the country.
Electrek
⢠Peter Johnson
Subaruās new Trailseeker EV starts at $40,000

The Trailseeker was Subaruās best-selling electric SUV last month. Starting at under $40,000, the āgo-anywhere, rugged SUVā offers a spacious interior, standard AWD, and a combined 375 horsepower.
smays.com
⢠Steve Mays
āIs AI going to take my job?ā
I wrote about Maxinomics a couple of months ago. The team is still cranking out great videos. In the latest it asks and answers the question: āIs AI going to take my job? No. But, someone will take your job if ⦠Continue reading ā