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Welcome back to the new season of the Trump show.

We’ve talked before about the funhouse-mirror-alternative-reality that Trump (and Musk) have built. JP Brammer, who watches much more YouTube than I do, notes something weird is going on in content land — it seems Donald Trump has lost control of the plot. NBC’s Brandy Zadrozny, writing from a more anxious angle, seems to agree. Content has now outpaced reality. I guess we’re going to find out by how much.

May the Beast You Rode in on Eat You Alive



Bcachefs Lands More Fixes Ahead Of Linux 6.16-rc7

As we await to see what Linus Torvalds will end up doing about the Bcachefs file-system come Linux 6.17, for the ongoing Linux 6.16 cycle he continues to honor the Bcachefs pull requests containing fixes...
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State Dept. Official Says Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Visa Revocations (Zach Montague/New York Times)

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Trump DOJ Urges Maryland Supreme Court To Toss Lawsuits Seeking Climate Damages From Oil Companies (Thomas Catenacci/The Washington Free Beacon)

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My journalist friend was arrested by Israel. He won’t be the last 972mag.com/nasser-laham-palest… #Israel #Gaza #Palestine @palestine


Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows (Sarah Kliff/New York Times)

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WGA Statement on Paramount's Decision to Cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Writers Guild America West)

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'Stupid as hell': GOP congressman blasts Hegseth on Confederate base names (Davis Winkie/USA Today)

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U.S. swaps Venezuelans sent to El Salvador for Americans held by Caracas (Karen DeYoung/Washington Post)

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Twelve South’s travel-friendly 2-in-1 Qi2 charger is over 50 percent off right now

We also found discounts on a huge party speaker and the new Nothing Phone 3.



Time, Stars, and Tides, All On Your Wrist

When asked ‘what makes you tick?’ the engineers at Vacheron Constantin sure know what to answer – and fast, too. Less than a year after last year’s horological kettlebell, the …read more
#hacking #projects
hackaday.com/2025/07/18/time-s…




The Conservative Supreme Court's Decision Allowing Deportations to Third Countries Should Shock the Conscience of Americans (Linda Chavez/The UnPopulist)

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Trump Is Failing and Flailing—No One’s Ever Seen Anything Like It!
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Skydance CEO David Ellison Pledged to FCC He Would ‘Ensure’ CBS News Coverage Reflects ‘Varied Ideological Perspectives’
#Variety #News #BrendanCarr #CBS #DavidEllison #FCC #ParamountGlobal #SkydanceMedia

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How Playing D&D Can Help You Beat Writer’s Block

Author Raj Sidhu explains three ways in which playing D&D helped him make a breakthrough in his own writing and publishing.
The post How Playing D&D Can Help You Beat Writer’s Block appeared first on Writer's Digest.
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