I’m working at the Olympics. Here’s some pictures from behind the barricades, as well as of the Opening…EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
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Just in an instant, in the span of just a few minutes, the scene in the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah turned from being very quiet to quite chaotic.The c...YouTube
Researchers from Japan have discovered a new form of ice called ice 0, which can seed the formation of ice crystals in supercooled water.Colin Collins (SciTechDaily)
Former and current Justice Department employees believe that a future president Harris, a former prosecutor, unlike Trump, would respect the norms that have been in place to ensure DOJ independence in the half-century since Watergate.
Those fears of another Trump term are central to a new letter endorsing Harris, signed by more than 40 former Justice Department officials who served under presidents of both parties. They include former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former deputy attorneys general Sally Yates, David Ogden and Jamie Gorelick, and John McKay, who was appointed as a top federal prosecutor in Washington state during the George W. Bush administration, among others.
TikTok has been secretly collecting American users’ views on abortion, gun control and religion, the Department of Justice has alleged.
The DOJ accused the Chinese-owned social media giant of systematically passing information about its users to Chinese servers “in bulk.”
It leveled the charge in its first response to TikTok taking the government to court in a bid to overturn bipartisan legislation which would force its parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. The law forces ByteDance to sell TikTok’s American operations due to national security concerns over how the app’s content can be manipulated.
Apple, $AAPL, storefront employees in Maryland have secured the first-ever tentative union contract at $AAPL. The deal is pending approval by approximately 85 employees in the bargaining unit, who are scheduled to vote on it on August 6.Unusual Whales - News
A Russian national was arrested on Wednesday on suspiction of planning to sabotage the Olympic Games.
French police arrested a 40-year-old Russian man who it said was involved in plots to destabilise the Olympics.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Moscow had read “curious information” about the arrest, but needed more information from authorities in Paris.
It is currently unclear whether the two incidents are related.
The ‘coordinated’ disruption will see 800,000 passengers facing delays, with up to 250,000 affected just before the opening ceremonyJabed Ahmed (Yahoo News)
resident Joe Biden nominated former U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., to the United States Postal Service Board of Governors on Thursday.
The nomination has been sent to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
[…] According to the White House, Demings’ term on the postal service board would expire in December 2030.
Happy Hour News The hits keep coming for President Handsome Joe Biden! resident Joe Biden nominated former U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., to the United States Postal Service Board of Governors on T…Mock Paper Scissors
The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the arrests of alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael Zambada Garcia (El Mayo) and Joaquin Guzman Lopez:www.justice.gov
"It'’s not true. Once again, Trump is lying," Sanders emphasized. "Let me just simply say that for better or for worse, Kamala Harris is not more progressive than I am."
Several regions in Texas are already seeing benefits from the strengthening economic relationship.Texas Standard
Azerbaijani media reports claim Baku is preparing protests after a commentator on French public television reportedly called Armenians "our friends" and suggested Nagorno-Karabakh had recently "passed into the hands of the Azerbaijani Army."RFE/RL
We don't listen to bands anymore.
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), this post by fellow Durhamite @rossgrady just came up in my feed.My (hasty) conclusion: yes, they do exist; it's just bloomin' difficult to find out about them if you don't get out much.
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