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Africa braces for US tariffs
The White House will today deliver the first set of new, unilateral tariff levels, with a three-month reprieve set to expire on Wednesday.Preeti Jha (www.semafor.com)
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Colorado election officials suspect Justice Department data request is ‘fishing expedition’ to help Tina Peters
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Colorado election officials suspect Justice Department data request is ‘fishing expedition’ to help Tina Peters
The request — and the records it sought — is unprecedented, said Matt Crane, the executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association.Seth Klamann (Boulder Daily Camera)
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✨🌌 Happy Tanabata! 七夕! 🌌✨
令和7年7月7日
Today, we celebrate Tanabata, also known as the Star Festival, a beautiful tradition in Japan that honors the legendary meeting of two lovers—Orihime (the weaver star Vega) and Hikoboshi (the cowherd star Altair)—who are allowed to meet once a year on the 7th day of the 7th month. 🌠
According to the tale, the Milky Way separates the two, and they can only reunite when the skies are clear on this special night. 💫
People celebrate by writing their wishes on colorful strips of paper called tanzaku and hanging them on bamboo branches, hoping for dreams to come true. 🎋💭
Whether you’re making a wish or simply enjoying the stars tonight, may your hopes shine brightly. 🌟
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A Basilea certi semafori hanno una calciatrice al posto del tipico omino verde, per gli Europei - Il Post
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The deeper we look, the more we discover positive feedback mechanisms that potentially accelerate out of control once a threshold is reached.
🎶And you tell me over and over and over again my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction🎶
Forests' vanishing snow is also bad news for carbon storage:
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Forests' vanishing snow is also bad news for carbon storage
The loss of snow cover in temperate forests is set to slow their growth and reduce their ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere, an overlooked consequence of climate changeJames Dinneen (New Scientist)
But: lily pollen is toxic to domestic cats.
(July 2025)
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Switch 2 pode receber qualquer jogo que rode a 60 FPS no Xbox Series S; entenda
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El mercado de compraventa de fincas vitivinícolas en Francia cae a mínimos históricos por la falta de compradores
La crisis del sector, la caída del consumo y la incertidumbre económica frenan las transacciones y elevan la cautela de los inversoresVinetur
La Comunidad de Madrid impulsa la protección del cocido madrileño como Bien de Interés Cultural
El plato tradicional aspira a ser reconocido por su valor social, histórico y gastronómico en toda la regiónVinetur
Had a nice, short walk just now. […]
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Had a nice, short walk just now. Made some time to take photos. Ulya is in the middle of her exam period. Two more exams to go, and then we'll get some normalcy back. 🤞florian.photo
Bluesky can really keep up with the news now that it has activity notifications
Bluesky’s latest update added more notification settings, as well as activity notifications to see whenever certain accounts have a new post.Richard Lawler (The Verge)
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via #LinkedIn:
I'm a neuropsychiatrist who treats anxiety and depression in people with cognitive changes.
Here's what I do when I'm stressed.
People assume doctors have some secret knowledge about mental health.
That we're immune to anxiety, depression, burnout.
We're not.
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“A pesar de la guerra de #exterminio, la esperanza persiste”: Hamza Hammad narra la #resistencia en #Gaza
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“A pesar de la guerra de exterminio, la esperanza persiste”: Hamza Hammad narra la resistencia en Gaza
El periodista palestino Hamza Hammad, reportando desde el norte de Gaza, ofrece en esta entrevista para Sahara Occidental Radio Revolución una visión directa y urgente sobre la crisis humanitaria que atraviesa la Franja.kaosenlared.net
Après la canicule, la France en plein assèchement
Le niveau de presque toutes les nappes phréatiques est en baisse, 40 % d’entre elles sont moins remplies que la normale de saison, alerte la ministre de la Transition écologique, qui juge la situation «préoccupante
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Après la canicule, la France en plein assèchement
Le niveau de presque toutes les nappes phréatiques est en baisse, 40 % d’entre elles sont moins remplies que la normale de saison, alerte la ministre de la Transition écologique, qui juge la situation «préoccupante».Margaux Lacroux (Libération)
Trump Should Stop Attacking the Fed, William Dudley Says
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Mattarella: "L'Ue sia un modello di pace per il resto del mondo" - Il video
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Mattarella: "L'Ue sia un modello di pace per il resto del mondo" - Il video
(Agenzia Vista) Zagabria, 07 luglio 2025 "L'Europa è nata per assicurare a un continente dilaniato da secoli di guerre fratricide una prospettiva di pace.Open
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Scientists Have Sequenced an Ancient Egyptian Skeleton’s Entire Genome for the Very First Time. Here’s What They Found
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Smart Pup, Smart Wallet: How Dog Boundaries Cut Costs
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Polymarket Gamblers Go to War Over Whether Zelenskyy Wore a Suit
Polymarket, an online betting marketplace that bills itself as the future of news, can’t decide whether or not Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelenskyy wore a suit during a recent appearance in Europe. The gambling site is set to make a final judgement about the question in a few hours and more than $160 million in crypto is riding on it.
Polymarket is a gambling website where users predict the outcome of binary events. It gained prominence in the runup to the 2024 election, signed an exclusivity deal with X in June, and sees itself not just as an online betting parlor, but as an arbiter of truth. Its founder, Shayne Coplan, thinks that the future of media belongs to a website made for degenerate gamblers to make silly bets.
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And yet this arbiter of truth had trouble figuring out if Zelenskyy wore a suit at the end of June during a NATO summit. The bet, started on May 22, is simple: “Will Zelenskyy wear a suit before July?” The answer, it turns out, is pretty hard. When Zelenskyy showed up at a NATO summit wearing a tailored jacket and a button up shirt, a stark contrast to his more casual military style garb, a community-run Polymarket account posted, “President Zelenskyy in a suit last night.”
President Zelenskyy in a suit last night pic.twitter.com/Uo3Rhuzkq1
— Polymarket Intel (@PolymarketIntel) June 25, 2025
But people who bet “no” cried foul, complaining that he wasn’t actually wearing a suit on social media and in Polymarket hosted chat rooms. Zelenskyy’s “suit” was an all black get-up with no tie and four cargo-style pockets, some pointed out. The jacket was suit shaped, but it didn’t quite fit everyone’s definition of formal dress. And, perhaps most telling on the side of “not an actual suit,” he was wearing tennis shoes.
According to the “rules” underneath the bet, the market would resolve as a “yes” if the Ukrainian president is photographed or videotaped wearing a suit. “The resolution will be the consensus of credible reporting.”
All the credible reporting around the scene described Zelenskyy’s outfit as a suit. He’s known for wearing military style outfits so the sudden formal outfit generated a lot of headlines. Reuters said the outfit was “suit-style,” a Fox News pundit joked that Trump won’t recognize Zelenskyy because he’s wearing a suit, and the NY Post said that he ditched a “T-shirt for a suit.” There were many more media outlets that noted the fashion upgrade.
At first, the betting market agreed with them. It resolved the bet as a “yes,” but the site’s “no” holders flagged the issue for a disputed resolution. Polymarket kicked the question to a third party, which considered the issue and changed the outcome to a “no.”
Some disputes on Polymarket, like this one, are resolved through a blockchain based third party system called UMA. In this system, the question of how to resolve a disputed market gets thrown to people who hold UMA tokens and who are, in theory, impartial. Holding a UMA token buys you a voice in the debate, which plays out in Discord servers and can be watched by the public.
On social media and in Discord, people are accusing UMA token holders of placing side bets on the suit question and attempting to manipulate the market so one side wins. The Discord conversation is full of people claiming UMA has failed and that Polymarket’s administrators are manipulating it directly.
“At the time of this clarification, 09:33am ET July 01, a consensus of credible reporting has not confirmed that Zelenskyy has worn a suit,” Polymarket administrators wrote below the bet. It did not elaborate on what amounted to a “consensus of credible reporting” and it didn’t return 404 Media’s request for a comment on the issue.
Unhappy “yes” betters disputed this resolution and it’s still in review at the time of publication. According to a timer on the bet, Polymarket will issue a final answer to the question by the end of the day.
So. Is it a suit or isn’t it? According to menswear expert and prolific fashion poster Derek Guy, it’s both. “If I were writing an article about Zelenskyy's dress, I would call it a suit because it's the shortest, easiest way to describe his outfit without getting into the history of men's tailoring. But I would also recognize this is not what most people recognize as a suit,” Guy said in a thread about the controversy on X.
The suit, then, is in the eye of the beholder. The problem is that people have bet more than $160 million on the outcome of the question.
Zelensky ditches T-shirt for a suit for sit-down meeting with President Trump
“I thank Mr President, I thank the United States,” Zelensky said.Anthony Blair (New York Post)
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