'It's bigger than Abdul': In Dearborn, beating AIPAC may be the real prize (haaretz.com)
Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Paul Krugman
• Paul Krugman
Silent Saturday
A peaceful, queasy feeling
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
How Ukraine Is Making Inroads with MAGA
“Ukraine rolled out the red carpet for Laura Loomer, the far-right activist who frequently speaks to President Trump,” the New York Times reports. “She sat down for about 40 minutes last week with President Volodymyr Zelensky, conducted the first interview with Ukraine’s new acting defense minister, dined with the country’s chief rabbi and got a […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Tankers Near Oman Come Under Fire
“A tanker near Oman reported being struck overnight, with another saying it saw an explosion nearby as Iran warned Washington that the U.S. military’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would result in the closure of key shipping routes,” CNBC reports. “Separately, Kuwait said its air defenses confronted hostile drone attacks by Iran.”
404 Media
• Becky Ferreira
We Need to Quarantine Aliens on the Moon, Scientists Propose
Researchers argue that a lunar biocontainment facility for extraterrestrial samples could prevent “the potential ecological devastation of an invasive extraterrestrial organism.”
TorrentFreak
• Ernesto Van der Sar
World Cup Piracy Crackdown Shows Limits of Domain Seizures, MPA Pushes Site Blocking
Operation Offsides seized more than 1,000 pirate streaming domains during the FIFA World Cup. While the enforcement efforts were broadly praised, domain seizures are no silver bullet. In an op-ed, leaders of the MPA and the IPR Center suggest that more is needed to tackle piracy effectively, supporting a renewed push for U.S. site blocking legislation that comes with an Iranian twist.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Ars Technica
• Kim Zetter, wired.com
Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside
A removable chip lets hackers inspect their badge—and keep using it after Defcon.
Ars Technica
• Jacek Krywko
How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source
Tracking smells in turbulent air takes a keen sense of direction and sharp memory.
emptywheel
• emptywheel
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
Suspected election criminal Elon Musk is dumping money to support Republicans again.
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🎁 De Krim is Poetins achilleshiel (fd.nl)
She Voted for a Justice Who Overturned Roe. Now it Haunts Her on the Trail. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Buried alive, 1924 #dix #expressionism
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