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Ars Technica
• Jonathan M. Gitlin

California creates $3,500 rebate for new electric vehicle buyers

California creates $3,500 rebate for new electric vehicle buyers

There's a separate $1,750 rebate for used EVs, but both rebates have a price cap.

The San Francisco Standard
• Jonah Owen Lamb

DA charges San Francisco sheriff’s deputy for allegedly groping inmate

Deputy Nanette Busto allegedly asked if the incarcerated woman had surgery to augment her body.

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Jana Deak

Former Officer Charged in Prison Contraband Scheme

A Sullivan County grand jury just unsealed several indictments tied to a smuggling operation inside a state prison. The money trail is something else. Continue reading…

Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard

Maine Protesters Descend On Susan Collins’ Office

“Protestors swarmed Sen. Susan Collins’ district office in Maine on Monday, chanting ‘vote her out!’ and ‘ICE out now!’ hours after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents killed a man they said was using his vehicle as a weapon against them,” NOTUS reports. Mother Jones: Colombian immigrant in Maine reportedly killed by ICE agents.

WIRED
• Fernanda González

The Problem With VAR at the 2026 World Cup Isn’t the Technology—It’s Who Interprets It

The video assistant referee system, or VAR, has led to some controversial calls at the 2026 World Cup. Here’s why.

Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard

Strategic Oil Reserve Strained by Overuse

“The U.S. is tapping in to its national stocks of crude with abandon. The withdrawals are taking a toll on the strategic reserve system,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Just in the past four years, the Biden and Trump administrations have ordered the largest releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve while seeking to tamp down […]

@factpostnews.bsky.social - FactPost

LA Dodgers player Kiké Hernandez has announced he will skip the team's White House meeting with Trump following their World Series victory.

Gift Articles

Mexico Investigates Possible F.B.I. Role in El Mayo Arrest (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

nytimes.com/2026/07/09/world/americas/mexico-el-mayo-fbi-us-cartel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xVA.WFV9.0xPlihXGfMQ1&smid=bs-share

Gift Articles

Flyers to host NHL Draft? What I'm hearing about Recchi's role, Michkov's training, more (nytimes.com)

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Gift Articles

The eBay Scandal Gets a Thriller-Like Documentary (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Gift Articles

Authorities Investigate Fatal ICE Shooting in Biddeford, Maine (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Defector
• Chris Thompson

The Hornets Aspire To Be An Also-Ran With A Plan

The Hornets Aspire To Be An Also-Ran With A Plan
Listening to Jeff Peterson, president of basketball operations for the Charlotte Hornets, talk about the recent LeMelo Ball trade, you get a pretty good idea of what he thinks about last season's team. "There's no doubt in my mind that we had a successful season last year, b...

Berkeleyside
• Calliope Arkilic

Protein ice cream? We got the scoop on Berkeley’s newest sweet spot

Serotonin Scoops makes ice cream with extra protein, prebiotics and no added sugar.

Mitch's Blog Supports Webmention

"What I Saw When I Peeked Over the Edge of Consciousness"

NYTimes writer Jessica Grose visits an unusual conference. Near-death experiencers are the best dancers. I could identify which attendees at the annual conference of the International Association for Near-Death Studies have been to the brink, because they moved their bodies...

Mitch's Blog Supports Webmention

How Markdown took over the world.

By Anil Dash:

Nearly every bit of the high-tech world, from the most cutting-edge AI systems at the biggest companies, to the casual scraps of code cobbled together by college students, is annotated and described by the same, simple plain text format. Whether you’re trying to give complex instructions to ChatGPT, or you want to be able to exchange a grocery list in Apple Notes or copy someone’s homework in Google Docs, that same format will do the trick. The wild part is, the format wasn’t created by a conglomerate of tech tycoons, it was created by a curmudgeonly guy with a kind heart who right this minute is probably rewatching a Kubrick film while cheering for an absolutely indefensible sports team."

Mitch's Blog Supports Webmention

A look at the history behind the musical “1776.” It’s surprisingly accurate. youtu.be/ZAHEUe7UV…

Mitch's Blog Supports Webmention

The Ringer’s Rewatchables podcast discusses “48 HRS," starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. “This is my favorite movie ever. It’s indefensibly racist and got more racist every year.” Me too — I love this movie and yeah it is, as the young people say nowadays, problematic.

WordPress.com Blog
• Fredrik Rombach Ekelund

WordPress Studio Just Got Faster, the CLI is Now Dependency-Free, and Sonnet 5 is Supported

Faster local sites, a dependency-free CLI install, and Claude Sonnet 5 now the default in Studio Code — here's what's new in WordPress Studio.

The Warning with Steve Schmidt
• Steve Schmidt

The truth about Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham died this weekend, and many are choosing to remember the man he once was instead of the harm he ultimately inflicted.

Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard

Another Bonus Quote of the Day

“His voice is going to be really, really missed in terms of the relationship that Senate Republicans have with the president and his team, because he was so good and so effective at talking to the president. And he was so respected by the president.” — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), remembering Sen. Lindsey […]