Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day https://www.theverge.com/tech/973943/google-earth-ai-image-generation-deepfake-tool

Salem Bunghole Liquors snared in lawsuit, tobacco violations https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/salem-bunghole-liquors-snared-in-lawsuit-tobacco-violations/article_39b69f3a-1b2d-4c6d-b055-d79704f9fcab.html

Beacon Hill moves to limit ICE activity https://www.eagletribune.com/news/boston/beacon-hill-moves-to-limit-ice-activity/article_079caedb-ccda-44f1-9e39-eb574085a5a8.html

Expansion Of Flock Camera Systems Is Leading To Even More False Positives https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/29/expansion-of-flock-camera-systems-is-leading-to-even-more-false-positives/

Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search? https://www.theverge.com/report/972146/cbp-phone-search-airport-duress-password

AI-Found Bugs Aren't Proving Any Easier to Exploit Despite the Hype https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/212240/ai-found-bugs-arent-proving-any-easier-to-exploit-despite-the-hype

ICE made its costume easy to counterfeit https://boingboing.net/2026/07/27/fake-ice-agents-oregon-traffic-stop-assault.html

DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’ https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-official-resigns-citing-war-on-immigrants/

Flock Cameras Are Disappearing in Plain Sight https://gizmodo.com/flock-cameras-are-disappearing-in-plain-sight-2000789873

Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs https://www.downes.ca/post/79556

So this is why beerkeg is asking for more money 🙄? -- The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens https://www.wired.com/story/the-army-is-burning-through-its-ai-tokens/

Dr. Jill Lepore on why AI backlash is vital for the future https://www.theverge.com/podcast/967884/jill-lepore-history-ai-artificial-state-elon-musk

If you live in Massachusetts, ask your state senator to co-sponsor amendment #18 to the economic development bill. An MTA-supported amendment (#18) to the Senate’s version of the Economic Development bill (S.3178) will be debated TOMORROW. The amendment seeks to focus attention on the long-standing injustice adjuncts face.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urge-your-senator-to-support-adjuncts

Wherever you go, there you are. This was a delightfuly bonkers movie -- https://www.bgr.com/2215104/jeff-goldblum-peter-weller-christopher-lloyd-cult-classic-sci-fi-movie/

The Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is Officially Blowing Up https://gizmodo.com/the-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak-is-officially-blowing-up-2000785862

ICE Camera Crews Are Labeling Themselves ‘Media,’ Filming Anti-ICE Protesters http://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/ice-camera-crews-are-labeling-themselves-media-filming-anti-ice-protesters/

fuck you Drumph - Trump Denies Disaster Aid for Four States That Didn’t Vote for Him https://newrepublic.com/post/212851/trump-denies-disaster-aid-four-democratic-states

Court Filing Reveals Windows Device ID Helped FBI Trace Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/court-filing-reveals-windows-device-id.html

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Admits the Company’s AI Reorg Was ‘Atrocious’ https://www.wired.com/story/andrew-bosworth-meta-employees-unrest/

Feds freaked over Fable 5 after simple 'fix this code' prompt, not jailbreak, says researcher https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/15/feds-freaked-over-fable-5-after-simple-fix-this-code-prompt-not-jailbreak-says-researcher/5255827