Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
President Trump suddenly finds himself losing control on nearly every front. The war with Iran is expanding rather than winding down. A drone attack on ships in Egypt, new threats from the Houthis against traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and joint U.S.-Saudi strikes on militant groups in Iraq all point in the same direction: […]
Berkeleyside
• Sage Ríos Mace
Georgia O'Keeffe, 2 Yellow Leaves (Yellow Leaves), 1928 #americanart #brooklynmuseum
Cottages, 1885 #paulcezanne #cezanne
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/ios-and-macos-26-6-arrive-today-paving-the-way-for-ios-and-macos-27/
weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/04/28/unobtrusive-update-notifications/
John Summit shouts out Gov. Pritzker for gifting him a bottle of Malort ahead of his Lollapalooza performance
The Trump administration has granted SpaceX permission to build a new launch site on the federally protected habitat of the endangered Ocelot.
Ars Technica
• Dan Goodin
Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation and disk re-imaging.
Ars Technica
• Jon Brodkin
"Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t like at your peril."
Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu
Satellites show burn scars and fires at AWS data centers and Saudi oil refinery.
A Telegram Arrived — And I Had to Choose Between My Head and My Heart. “On Boxing Day, I rang my father and told him my news. He was momentarily silent until his delayed shock was so great that he dropped his favourite coffee cup and I heard it smash.”
News – The White House
• The White House
SECURING AMERICA’S SUPPLY CHAINS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Determination delegating authority under the Defense Production Act to institute export restrictions on recoverable critical minerals and materials (CMMs). ENSURING OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE: President Trump is taking action to ensure that the United States has the industrial resources necessary to ensure our national defense and security. […]
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