'All men are created equal': America has lost its values. It's time to go back
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/04/250-years-declaration-of-independence
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/04/250-years-declaration-of-independence
the Guardian
‘All men are created equal’: America has lost its values. It’s time to go back to the founding text | Ted Widmer
As the US celebrates 250 years, the Declaration of Independence has been curiously absent. Yet its language on the consent of the governed is more relevant than ever
California Bans 'Sell by' Labels, Hoping to Cut Food Waste
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/california-food-labels-sell-by.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/california-food-labels-sell-by.html
Nytimes
California Bans ‘Sell By’ Labels, Hoping to Cut Food Waste
The law standardizes language around expiration dates, aiming to minimize confusion about when food is safe to eat. More than one-third of food sold nationwide is wasted, the U.S.D.A. says.
Meta data center water discharges suspended for contaminating water supply
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/cheyenne-suspends-data-center-fill-and-flush-and-closed-loop-discharges-after-meta-contractor-contaminated-its-reuse-water-system
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/cheyenne-suspends-data-center-fill-and-flush-and-closed-loop-discharges-after-meta-contractor-contaminated-its-reuse-water-system
Tom's Hardware
Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline…
The city has revoked the Meta contractor's discharge privileges.
Finland's last analogue landline phones go silent after 150 years
https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/06/30/finlands-last-analogue-landline-phones-go-silent-after-150-years
https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/06/30/finlands-last-analogue-landline-phones-go-silent-after-150-years
euronews
Finland's last analogue landline phones go silent after 150 years
Finland's last landline call has been made as the Nordic country becomes the latest to retire copper-wire phones in favour of fibre.
BareMetal RAM Dumper – Bare-metal x86 tool for Cold Boot Attack experiments
https://github.com/pIat0n/BareMetal-RAM-Dumper
https://github.com/pIat0n/BareMetal-RAM-Dumper
GitHub
GitHub - pIat0n/BareMetal-RAM-Dumper: A bare-metal x86 utility to dump physical RAM directly to disk. Built and tested for Cold…
A bare-metal x86 utility to dump physical RAM directly to disk. Built and tested for Cold Boot Attack experiments on frozen memory. - pIat0n/BareMetal-RAM-Dumper
As downtown Seattle offices empty, city facing years of 'zombie' towers
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/as-downtown-seattle-offices-empty-city-facing-years-of-zombie-towers/
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/as-downtown-seattle-offices-empty-city-facing-years-of-zombie-towers/
The Seattle Times
As downtown Seattle offices empty, city facing years of ‘zombie’ towers
After the Great Recession, office vacancy peaked at 22%. Right now, it is at 37% and shows no sign of dipping.
Wicklow hotel cancels 'secretive' Peter Thiel group conference
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/03/wicklow-hotel-cancels-secretive-peter-thiel-conference/
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/03/wicklow-hotel-cancels-secretive-peter-thiel-conference/
The Irish Times
Wicklow hotel cancels ‘secretive’ Peter Thiel group conference
Powerscourt Hotel and Spa event was to be hosted by Dialog and attended by senior Nato commander and Trump administration officials
AI has torched the market for junior programmers
https://seldo.com/posts/ai-has-torched-the-market-for-junior-programmers/
https://seldo.com/posts/ai-has-torched-the-market-for-junior-programmers/
Seldo
AI has torched the market for junior programmers | Seldo.com
Junior programmers are getting destroyed by AI — down 19%, while devs over 40 thrive. Meanwhile, millions of non-developers are shipping real software without the job title. The credential market collapsed; the activity exploded. The problem: nobody's building…
GPT-5.5 Codex reasoning-token clustering may be leading to degraded performance
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/30364
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/30364
GitHub
GPT-5.5 Codex reasoning-token clustering at 516/1034/1552 may be leading to degraded performance on complex tasks · Issue #30364…
Summary I found an aggregate pattern in Codex token_count metadata: gpt-5.5 responses disproportionately land at exactly reasoning_output_tokens = 516, with additional fixed-boundary spikes around ...
New bacterial species discovered in NASA's cleanrooms
https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-025-00219-7
https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-025-00219-7
Nature
New bacterial species discovered in NASA’s cleanrooms
Nature India - Some found to produce compounds with anticancer and antimicrobial properties.
Jellyfish can heal wounds in minutes. Scientists want their secrets
https://www.mbl.edu/news/jellyfish-can-heal-wounds-minutes-scientists-want-their-secrets
https://www.mbl.edu/news/jellyfish-can-heal-wounds-minutes-scientists-want-their-secrets
Marine Biological Laboratory
Jellyfish Can Heal Wounds in Minutes. Scientists Want Their Secrets. | Marine Biological Laboratory
A decade ago this summer, at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Jocelyn Malamy watched jellyfish cells “walk” toward each other to close a wound for the first time. An associate professor in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago…
Scientists reverse brain aging, with a nasal spray
https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2026/04/14/scientists-reverse-brain-aging-with-a-nasal-spray/
https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2026/04/14/scientists-reverse-brain-aging-with-a-nasal-spray/
Texas A&M Stories
Scientists reverse brain aging, with a nasal spray – Texas A&M Stories
New therapy is turning back the clock in aging brains, healing inflammation, restoring memory and reshaping the future of brain age-related therapies.
Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/return-of-the-nigerian-prince-redux-beware-book-club-and-book-review-scams/
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/return-of-the-nigerian-prince-redux-beware-book-club-and-book-review-scams/
Writer Beware
Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations that make it seem the sender (always with a Gmail address…