Trump says India will likely face a 20% to 25% tariff
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OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT for college students
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/29/1120801/openai-is-launching-a-version-of-chatgpt-for-college-students/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT for college students
Study Mode helps students walk through topics rather than just giving them answers. But there’s a glaring problem.James O'Donnell (MIT Technology Review)
Watch Good Morning America Season 15 Episode 209 Tue, Jul 29, 2025 Online
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Watch Good Morning America Season 15 Episode 209 Tue, Jul 29, 2025 Online
Good Morning America full episode recap: Chad Michael Murray talks 'Freakier Friday'; Tips to manage your sodium intake; 4 dead after shooter opens fire in Midtown ManhattanABC
Tymo's Hair Straightener Brush Is Now Just $40 at Amazon
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Tymo's Hair Straightener Brush Is Now Just $40 at Amazon
Style, straighten and create cool updos without overspending.Ingrid Cruz (CNET)
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Deadly flooding hits Beijing after record rainfall
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Video Deadly flooding hits Beijing after record rainfall
Heavy rains have killed at least 30 people in Beijing and nearby towns after a year’s worth of rain fell in less than a week, causing landslides and trapping residents.ABC News
Procter and Gamble to raise prices to offset tariff costs aljazeera.com/economy/2025/7/2…
Procter and Gamble to raise prices to offset tariff costs
The world’s largest consumer goods maker said it will have to raise prices on a quarter of its products starting August.Al Jazeera
The Tea App Data Breach: What Happened, and What Was Exposed
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The Tea App Data Breach: What Happened, and What Was Exposed
Around 72,000 selfies and ID photos were exposed after being stored in a "legacy data system" containing information from more than two years ago. Recent DMs might also have been accessed.Katie Collins (CNET)
S Korea intends to begin with $6.0b in fresh ventures - EUROPE SAYS
Dhaka expects South Korean loans for nearly two dozen proposed development projects initially involving Tk 816.70 billion as the Asian country aspires to be aEUROPE SAYS
Twice's next Japanese album, Enemy, is dropping in late August.
The lead off track, Enemy, was released today and...I love it. song.link/y/YBE3W0wUQfI
Can't wait for the full album to see what else we're getting on this one.
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ENEMY by TWICE
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‘Am I in trouble?’ Ex-Trump Hotel chief recounts explosive story of Trump and Epstein
President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were seen bringing underage girls onto a Trump Hotel casino floor in the early 1990s, one former Trump Hotel president said in a story published Tuesday in Slate.Alexander Willis (Raw Story)
Netanyahu Is Reportedly Planning to Annex Gaza Strip, With Trump Admin’s Backing
If Netanyahu’s plan goes forward, Israel will be in the process of annexing the entirety of Palestine.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
Ghislaine Maxwell’s List of Demands to Appear Before Congress Revealed — Including Immunity
Speculation has abounded over whether or not President Donald Trump is considering pardoning Maxwell in exchange for some kind of public exonerationAlex Griffing (Mediaite)
AllianceBernstein to Convert Bond, Muni Mutual Funds to New ETFs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/alliancebernstein-to-convert-bond-muni-mutual-funds-to-new-etfs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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MLB Insider Predicts Yankees Trade For Diamondbacks' $13.5M All-Star
Are the New York Yankees going to trade for Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen? That's what one insider believes.Jackson Roberts (Newsweek)
Israel Settlers Stage Violent Assaults on Palestinian Oscar Winner’s Hometown
Months after filmmaker Hamdan Ballal received an Academy Award for his work on ‘No Other Land,’ nearby Israeli settlers continue to terrorize the West Bank village of Susiya.Sam Stein (Progressive.org)
Trump Furious Over Disloyal Staff - PolitiZoom
It seems that Trump is having yet another fit. His people aren’t being subservient enough, and they won’t let the Epstein files go. They are likely going to get right back to it once theSusan Fenyx (PolitiZoom)
Ivory Coast’s president says will seek fourth term in office
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/29/ivory-coasts-president-says-will-seek-fourth-term-in-office?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ivory Coast’s president says will seek fourth term in office
Alassane Ouattara, 83, announced the plan after changing the constitution to remove presidential term limits.Al Jazeera
SOSV bets plasma will change everything from semiconductors to spacecraft | TechCrunch
SOSV is investing in more than 25 plasma-related startups over the next five years.Tim De Chant (TechCrunch)
Featured story: We forget what we don’t want to remember. There are dangers embedded in our forgetfulness. This is especially true for anyone living in Flash Flood Alley, or what we like to call the Hill Country. texasobserver.org/san-antonio-…
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The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to Learn
There is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.Char Miller (The Texas Observer)
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”
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Column (1943-08-13), "My Day" - Roosevelt, Eleanor | WIST Quotations
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them. On the persecution of Jews in Europe.WIST Quotations
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2/ Via @bgrueskin.bsky.social Trump says he split with Epstein over the poaching of employees. including Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre left Mar-a-Lago for Epstein in 2000. But Trump and Epstein split sometime around 2004. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ underage victim Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago spa leading to feud
President tells reporters he cut off contact with Epstein because he was poaching employees from his clubAndrew Feinberg (The Independent)
A Strategic Investment Analysis in the Global AI Era - EUROPE SAYS
In the high-stakes race to dominate the AI semiconductor landscape, South Korea has emerged as a formidable contender, and Rebellions Inc. stands at theEUROPE SAYS
ABC Moves Up ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘9-1-1’ & ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Premiere Dates
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ABC Changes ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘9-1-1’ & ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Premieres
ABC is moving up the season premieres for three of its drama series by a week.Peter White (Deadline)
Quick question for any cat experts out there. Should I be calling an exorcist?
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‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ ‘9-1-1’ and ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Move Up Premiere Dates on ABC
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'Grey's Anatomy,' '9-1-1,' '9-1-1: Nashville' Move Premiere Dates on ABC
ABC has moved up the premiere dates for 'Grey's Anatomy,' '9-1-1' and '9-1-1: Nashville.'Ethan Shanfeld (Variety)
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Infrastructure on fire – Ukrainian drones devastate Russia
Ukraine successfully carried out strikes on key enemy targets. Explosions were recorded in the Krasnodar region, including the cities of Sochi and Adler.Russ...YouTube
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant faces new delay in removing melted fuel debris
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Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant faces new delay in removing melted fuel debris
The Japanese operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the start of full-scale removal of melted fuel debris will be delayed for several years until 2037 or later.PBS News
Hey get me "doing things properly" for once.
I'm writing up my PCB design blog post before actually sending it off for manufacture and so have spotted a couple of things it would be useful to change already 😀
@bytex64 Ikr - impatience almost always wins for me though.
That and admitting that it irks me not to have these things running in parallel when they could be, rather than serialise them!
But discipline and patience is always better in the end 😀
Trump is threatening Putin with a tighter ceasefire deadline. Russia is shrugging - EUROPE SAYS
After U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he was moving up the deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine from 50 days to as few as 10, heEUROPE SAYS
German zoo faces protests after killing 12 healthy baboons
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German zoo faces protests after killing 12 healthy baboons
A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg says it has killed 12 baboons despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns that the zoo had too little space to house a growing group of the animals.PBS News
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I’m living on under $2100 per month, and taking cuts from vital needs like SNAP. His greed is slowly killing me with neglect.
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