Trump: Bing, bing... bing bing bing! Bing bing bing bing bing.
Q: There are reports that you got a plan from the military to "go big" in Iran
Trump: Oh, we're going big. We've already gone big.
Trump defends January 6th insurrectionists:
People that wanted to go to a rally or an event, and ended up spending the rest of their lives in horror
Trump on his $1.8 billion "weaponization" slush fund:
"Well, it is dead. But I wish it weren't, to be honest with you"
Trump defends his $1.8 billion "weaponization" slush fund:
"There's never been a group of people treated so badly as these people."
Q: How do you go about reviving the Iran ceasefire?
Trump: Well, I think we just want to win
Trump: How are you doing on the autism?
RFK: We will have an answer for you very soon
Trump: So important
Trump: There are more people working today than at any time in the history of our country
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Billy Dukes
'Lioness' Season 3 Pictures: Who Is Joe Fighting?
'Lioness' Season 3 pictures show plenty of fighting, at home and abroad. Continue reading…
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Bobby Welber
New York Warning: Drivers Shocked After Bush Turns Out To Be A Cop
Drivers never saw this coming. A police officer dressed as a bush helped ticket nearly 100 drivers in a short period of time. Continue reading…
Electrek
• Peter Johnson
BYD’s first 7-seat SUV is cheaper than the Defender in the UK
BYD is bringing its boxy, seven-seat SUV to Europe and the UK. The Ti 7 is now on sale in the UK, and it’s even cheaper than the Land Rover Defender PHEV.
404 Media on book scanning
Links to this 404 Media article about scanning books for AI caught my eye because it implicates ISBNdb, which is one of the services we use in Micro.blog to get book metadata. The article says:
…ISBNdb now helps AI labs source bulk printed book purchases of between 1,000 to...
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
Behind the Blog: Silent Retreat
This week, we discuss going into the woods, a "he admit it" moment, and a tofu sandwich.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images
"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
Racket
• Keith Harris
Open Thread Free-for-All: Everything Is Permitted
As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.
RFK Jr to Trump: When you leave office, assuming that's in 2028...
Vance: One of the great things about the United States is when we see a baby who needs help, we help our fellow Americans
(The Trump administration has kicked 1.5 million kids off of SNAP)
Trump: By the way, the International Criminal Court is not after me. Just so you know
Electrek
• Fred Lambert
NHTSA probes 1.2M Tesla Model 3, Model Y over suspension failures
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into roughly 1.2 million Tesla vehicles after receiving 156 complaints of a front suspension component detaching while driving.
The probe covers 2018-2020 Model 3 and 2021-2023 Model Y vehicles, and it centers on the front lower lateral link separating from the car.
Remembering Irish singer–songwriter Glen Hansard
Irish musician Glen Hansard, best-known for his band The Frames and his part in the 2007 film ‘Once,’ died July 29 in a motorcycle crash. He was 56. Hansard got his start busking in the streets of Dublin. Ironically, it was his headmaster who urged him to drop out of school t...