Extreme heat waves are making our cities buckle. Investing in urban nature is no longer optional.
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AI Youtuber Confirms SpaceXAI Caught up to Opus 4.8
Wes Roth opens the video by announcing that Grok 4.5 has officially gone live to the public after strong internal beta testing at SpaceX and Tesla. He explains that the model is positioned as an Opus-class system but stands out for being significantly faster, more token-efficient, and cheaper to run. The introduction highlights how GrokContinue Reading
David Sirota: My ‘West Wing’ moment
Author and investigative journalist David Sirota shares a story that first opened his eyes to how “disillusioning” working in politics can be. Watch this full episode of “Unreported”: https://youtu.be/uvS_Ej0lh3o #politics #DavidSirota #journalistContinue Reading
Nancy Guthrie search: investigators weigh next steps and scrutiny grows | Backscroll
A NewsNation compilation examining criticism of the investigation, the evidence and what experts say should happen next.Continue Reading
Forget Platner. These Dems are still fighting for workers
commentary Working-class candidates like Minnesota’s Kaela Berg and Montana’s Sam Forstag are focusing on blue-collar issues Published July 9, 2026 12:25PM (EDT) Graham Platner ( Laura Brett/Getty Images) Graham Platner has mercifully concluded his time was up on Wednesday evening. In an 11-minute video, Maine’s Democratic nominee for the U.S.Continue Reading
At NATO, The Traitor Speaks For Putin, Disparages Spain, Trashes NATO
After a quiet G7 visit to France last month, The Traitor returned to form by disrupting the NATO summit with his usual antics., Read MoreContinue Reading
Kentucky Governor Asks Mitch McConnell To ‘Fully Update’ People On His Health
Nobody has publicly seen or heard from the 84-year-old Republican senator since his mysterious hospitalization three weeks ago., Read MoreContinue Reading
FOSS Weekly #26.28: Microslop Moment, Rustification, Brave New features, KDE Plasma Tips and Meme Distro and More
Recently, Microsoft reluctantly agrred that a bug was eating up uo to 500 GB of disk space in Windows 11. They knew about the bug for months, no fix came. Germany may not have kicked right in the Paraguay match, but it sure has kicked out Microsoft Sharepoint. The stateContinue Reading
Avoiding Vendor Lock-in By Using KDE Plasma As Personal Knowledge Base
There is no shortage of personal knowledge management (PKM) applications available today if you use Markdown notes. Be it Obsidian or Logseq or Tolaria, there is a pain point associated with almost all of them. They add a layer on top of the plain markdown files. From Wikilinks to customContinue Reading
A Gaza father’s desperate search for his son’s body
A search for one man’s remains underscores the staggering humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where thousands of bodies are trapped beneath millions of tons of rubble., Read MoreContinue Reading
Cinnamon 6.6: Top New Features
We round up the top features of the Cinnamon 6.6 desktop and point releases in this page. Cinnamon 6.6 released a few months back on November 2025 with month worth of bug fixes and feature enhancements. Linux Mint team is incrementally updating this core desktop environment for their Mint offerings.Continue Reading
Why is sachet alcohol everywhere in Nigeria despite a ban? | DW News
Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC announced a full ban on alcohol in sachets and small bottles below 200ml since December 2025 for public health reasons. It’s also aimed at preventing children from getting easy access to cheap booze. But six months down the line,Continue Reading
The Iran war has pushed some countries away from oil and toward clean energy
The new round of bombing in the Middle East has underscored the precarity of relying on fossil fuels. The war is speeding up the global transition to EVs, solar and batteries, experts say. (Image credit: Ezra Acayan)Continue Reading