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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

North East Bylines shares this with a heavy heart. It includes the last message made by the Al Jazeera journalist Anas-al-Sharif just before he was killed in his tent by the IDF along with 4 other journalists from his team a few hours ago. Those that report in Gaza are brave beyond words

Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.

i’d go so far as to say this—indeed this is why, when faced with an ongoing sars2 pandemic not stymied by vaccination (both bc the available products arent sterilizing *&* bc of low uptake), the lack of individual or systemic desire to invest in or use other disease prevention methods is so galling.

Welp

Luxurious UK manor JD Vance is set to stay in during family visit The Cotswolds, often dubbed 'the Hamptons of England,' are swarming with anticipation and security agents as Vice President JD Vance's luxurious summer plans begin in the UK.

Add the pricey English manor to the growing list of Vance vacations: skiing in Vermont, sightseeing in Rome, a family trip to Disneyland, and a kayaking outing where he had the military raise the river’s water level just for him.
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

RFK Jr is doing to the US what he did to Samoa:
“In the small island country of Samoa, lives have been forever altered by an outbreak of the disease in 2019 that caused at least 83 deaths & 1,867 hospitalisations, mostly of babies & young children. Thousands more fell sick” bsky.app/profile/aust...

Is the coming American line going to be that Russia "earned" the parts of Ukraine they stole via an illegal invasion?

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

Fed precious water, emissions-spewing energy, and stolen words and images, to create inaccurate slop and mega-billionaires.

This isn't the technical future we hoped for.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Oil exploration in the Congo basin rainforest could be a disaster for nature and the climate The Democratic Republic of Congo is putting one of the best-preserved tropical ecosystems left on Earth up for auction, and the impact could be felt worldwide

Oil exploration in the Congo basin rainforest could be a disaster for nature and the climate

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Opinion | RFK Jr.’s slander of mRNA technology will harm Americans Canceling research will slow lifesaving innovation and increase U.S. vulnerability to pandemics.

WaPo editorial board: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to cancel almost $500 million in contracts for projects to develop vaccines using mRNA technology underscores perhaps the greatest harm that he might inflict on the nation with his anti-vaccine ideology. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Millionaire trophy hunter killed by ‘Black Death’ buffalo he was trying to take down Other hunters called it an 'unprovoked attack'

FUN FACT: Cape Buffaloes kill more big game hunters than lions, elephants, rhinos, and crocodiles. Well done, Cape Buffaloes!

thetab.com/2025/08/06/m...

According to this article from a BC business org demand for raw logs and lumber has been declining in China and Japan.
But in China demand for finished wood products is increasing.
Also "“And engineered wood is moving in China -- even mass timber is moving,” Taylor said"
www.biv.com/news/resourc...

America Is Blinding Itself In a dangerous world, downsizing our intelligence agencies is shortsighted and dangerous.

"This year, one of the main threats to American national security isn’t a foreign actor, a new technology, or a global trend." Don't look now, but we're doing it to ourselves. @markhertling.bsky.social on the dangerous downsizing of intelligence agencies: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-is...

The audio will be released just as soon as two things are removed:

1. All references to Donald Trump; and

2. Todd Blanche telling Ghislaine Maxwell that if she agrees to publicly exonerate Donald Trump, he will give her a pardon when he leaves office and in the meantime move her to a nicer jail.

Trump’s Texas Gambit Ignites Nationwide Battle for House Control Red states’ plans to redraw district lines prompt Democrats to retaliate with their own gerrymander push.

It's not just the NYT. Here the @wsj.com frames the TX gerrymander issue (which apparently now includes plans for other states including Ohio, Florida, Indiana and Missouri) as "both sides are doing it," instead of Dems reacting to Trump's authoritarian power grab. www.wsj.com/politics/tex...

The idea that President can negotiate/dictate bilateral “deals” by using the full force of the federal government to punish and humiliate his perceived enemies goes against the whole idea of the rule of law. That should be the story, rather than normalizing this authoritarian behavior.

#AbolishICE

Your 401(k) Is Billionaires’ Next Bailout Scheme President Trump could bail out private equity companies — by letting them loot your retirement plan.

Trump is considering an exec order to let private equity billionaires tap your 401k to bail themselves out.

One of the largest asset managers just admitted private equity is a Ponzi scheme.

Private equity owes $1.5 trillion to its current investors.

www.levernews.com/your-401-k-i...

Trump’s New Merger Scandal Is Swampier Than Watergate After hiring MAGA lawyers, a tech giant got its antitrust case settled, and monopoly cops were fired. Can a Nixon-era law save the day?

A telecom giant gave $400K to the RNC & Nixon killed a case against its merger - a scandal prompting a new anti-corruption law.

A tech giant gave $250K to Trump's inauguration & Trump aides killed a case against its merger, despite that Watergate-era law.

History rhymes.

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

🇦🇹 Austria helps Ukraine take back what’s stolen

Vienna’s district court has approved the enforcement of a $5 billion arbitration award in favor of Naftogaz over russia’s theft of Crimean assets
As a result more than 20 russian properties in Austria worth over €120 million — will be seized and sold

Once again, my fellow nerds, I am begging you to remember that giving into bullies only guarantees they'll be back.

You've got to punch Biff Tannen in the face, McFly, or he'll rule over you forever.

Annapolis Valley community gathers to help pod of dolphins trapped in mud | CBC News Melissa Pineo and her family noticed a pod of 12 white-sided dolphins in the water on a beach near Canning, N.S. They were enjoying the scenic moment on Sunday morning but after the tide started to go...

They were all saved 🙌🏼 🐬 🍁

#NovaScotia

#Annapolis Valley community gathers to help pod of 12 dolphins trapped in mud

People used their bare hands and rope to help the dolphins

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Finally, a united nation.

Every day, the bleak and crazy United States comes up with a new reason for people in other countries to visit Canada instead.

Vancouver Island photographer granted two-year fellowship to study and protect B.C.’s sea wolves With his striking portraits, Vancouver Island wildlife photographer Ryan Tidman has made strides in the work to raise awareness of the sea wolf species that inhabits B.C.’s coastline - and yet he’s on...

Vancouver Island photographer granted two-year fellowship to study and protect B.C.’s sea wolves

Love the Heterochromia - blue and brown eyed wolf

#BritishColumbia

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

How disgusting is it to see a 🇨🇦Canadian company bidding to do work for the 🇺🇸American Gestapo?
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If you, regular person, did anything like this after a fatal car accident, you would be prosecuted for a variety of crimes, including insurance fraud.

If you then repeatedly lied to the courts about it, like Tesla did, you'd get prosecuted for that too, plus stiff monetary sanctions.