In California, Trump has cast doubt on whether he will approve the $40 billion Gov. Newsom has requested to help pay for recovery costs associated with the LA fires, including $16.8 billion from FEMA to rebuild property and remove debris.

propublica.org/article/califor…

#News #Trump #FEMA #California #GavinNewsom #LosAngeles #LA #Wildfires

California’s Disaster Funding May Be in Jeopardy Under Trump’s FEMA

California frequently suffers some of the costliest disasters in the country. Now state officials fear they’ll be left to face them without federal funding.

^ProPublica

From the Texas Tribune: Camp Mystic sat on a tract of land known to be at high risk for a devastating flood. Nearly 1.3 million #Texas homes are similarly situated in parts of the state susceptible to dangerous floodwaters. texasobserver.org/hill-country…

#environment #politics #USpol #news #Kerrville #KerrCounty #flooding #weather #ClimateChange

'Disasters Are a Human Choice': Texas Counties Have Little Power to Stop Building in Flood-Prone Areas

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

^{Paul Cobler (The Texas Observer)}

#Politics #trump #StephenMiller #KristiNeom #SusieWiles #RealityTv#PamBondi #alt #Flattering

Heather Cox Richardson 7/8/25
WHO EXACTLY IS IN CHARGE OF THE ADMINISTRATION?

#Blog KW 28: Wie etablierten und bekräftigten Reutlinger Industrielle ihre wirtschaftlichen #Beziehungen durch #Heirat und #Patenschaft? Das #Beispiel der Familie Wandel:

▶️ historischer-augenblick.de/reu…

#Reutlingen #Genealogie #Industrie #Familie #lokal #Geschichte #history @histodons

(Hauptrouten verlassen, Abzweig ins Hinterland. Schmale Routen, heißer Wind über trockenen Wiesen. Beton und wenig Schatten. Kaffee aus dem Siebträger. Der Süden in allen Sinnen.)

📷 southbound

#sourhbound #summer moves on #travel #escapism #outerworld

Samsung brings back the Classic version for the Watch8 series
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/samsung-brings-back-the-classic-version-for-the-watch8-series/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Samsung brings back the Classic version for the Watch8 series | TechCrunch

Samsung launched the Galaxy Watch8 smartwatch today at its Unpacked July 2025 event, along with the Galaxy Watch8 Classic version with a rotating bezel,

^{Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)}

Move and unpacking complete. Art room set up. Now it’s time to make some art…ready for a gentle renaissance ♥️

#art #artist #artistsonmastodon #woolfelting

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 series hands-on: squircle squad
https://www.theverge.com/hands-on/701175/samsung-galaxy-watch-8-series-hands-on-smartwatch-fitness-health-wearables?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Tech News @tech-news-theverge

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 series hands-on: squircle squad

Here’s our first look at Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch 8 series devices.

^{Victoria Song (The Verge)}

The best Amazon Prime Day deals on the Apple Watch Series 10
https://www.theverge.com/tech/698764/best-apple-watch-prime-day-deals-sale-2025?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The Verge @the-verge-theverge

The best Apple Watch Prime Day deals

The 42mm and 46mm GPS Apple Watch Series 10 are down to their all-time low prices during Prime Day. You can save $120 on both models, which start at $279.99.

^{Brandt Ranj (The Verge)}

Android’s Circle to Search feature gets AI and gaming upgrades
https://www.theverge.com/news/702291/android-google-ai-mode-circle-to-search-update?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Google News @google-news-theverge

Android’s Circle to Search feature gets AI and gaming upgrades

Google is adding AI Mode to Android’s Circle to Search tool and expanding Gemini Live support for Samsung devices.

^{Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)}

Galaxy Z Fold 7 hands-on: Samsung finally made the foldables we’ve been asking for
https://www.theverge.com/phones/701076/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-flip-7-fe-hands-on?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The Verge @the-verge-theverge

Galaxy Z Fold 7 hands-on: Samsung finally made the foldables we’ve been asking for

We take a look at Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 phones.

^{Allison Johnson (The Verge)}

It turns out that when you remove cars from city streets, many fewer people are injured or killed.

injuryprevention.bmj.com/conte…

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London reduce road traffic injuries: a controlled before-and-after analysis (2012–2024)

Background Between 2015 and 2024, 113 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) were implemented across Greater London, with 27 subsequently removed.

^{Injury Prevention}

Anker’s MagSafe Ring Stand Cases prop up your iPhone 16/15 anywhere in a variety of colors at $10 (Reg. $26)
https://9to5toys.com/2025/07/09/anker-iphone-16-15-magsafe-ring-stand-cases/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Apple Deals @apple-deals-9to5mac

Anker’s MagSafe Ring Stand Cases prop up your iPhone 16/15 anywhere in a variety of colors at $10 (Reg. $26)

Anker iPhone MagSafe Case with Ring Stand Buy for $10 (Reg. $26) What we love It doesn’t matter if you’re rocking an iPhone 16 or are happily holding out with an iPhone 15 model, because these Anker case discounts can accomodate both generations.

^{Simon Walsh (9to5Toys)}

Samsung unveils the $1,100+ Galaxy Z Flip 7 with a 4.1-inch external and 6.9-inch internal display, 13.7mm body, a more durable folding hinge, and more (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

engadget.com/mobile/smartphone…
techmeme.com/250709/p20#a25070…

Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 7 has a bigger battery and is still thinner than last year's model

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Z Flip 7, along with the Z Flip 7 FE and the Z Fold 7, during its latest Unpacked event.

^{Mariella Moon (Engadget)}

Samsung unveils $349 Galaxy Watch 8 in 40mm and 44mm sizes and $499 Watch 8 Classic in 46mm, with Gemini and an Antioxidant Index to measure carotenoid levels (Andrew Romero/9to5Google)

9to5google.com/2025/07/09/gala…
techmeme.com/250709/p21#a25070…

Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic go official with new design & Gemini for $349

The Galaxy Watch 8 series is finally official. Amongst some serious design changes, Samsung has added a slew of features...

^{Andrew Romero (9to5Google)}

"Israel’s defence minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah, in a scheme that legal experts and academics described as a blueprint for crimes against humanity.

Israel Katz said he has ordered Israel’s military to prepare for establishing a camp, which he called a “humanitarian city”, on the ruins of the city of Rafah, Haaretz newspaper reported.

Palestinians would go through “security screening” before entering, and once inside would not be allowed to leave, Katz said at a briefing for Israeli journalists.

Israeli forces would control the perimeter of the site and initially “move” 600,000 Palestinians into the area – mostly people currently displaced in the al-Mawasi area.

Eventually the entire population of Gaza would be housed there, and Israel aims to implement “the emigration plan, which will happen”, Haaretz quoted him saying."

theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #HumanRights #Genocide #Deportation

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’

Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza

^{Emma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)}

Pope Leo celebrates first ‘green Mass’ after calling out greed that fuels climate injustice
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/09/pope-leo-celebrates-first-green-mass-after-calling-out-greed-that-fuels-climate-injustice?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Sci-Tech @sci-tech-euronews

Pope Leo celebrates first ‘green Mass’ after calling out greed that fuels climate injustice

Leo is also enacting a plan to build a solar farm that would make Vatican City the world’s first carbon-neutral state.

^Euronews.com

Castelfranco Veneto, scomparsa da due giorni una ragazza di 14 anni
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/07/09/news/castelfranco_veneto_scomparsa_14enne_natalia_adamco-424720683/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Cronache italiane - La Repubblica @cronache-italiane-la-repubblica-repubblica

Castelfranco Veneto, scomparsa da due giorni una ragazza di 14 anni

La ragazza è sparita dal 7 luglio: è alta circa 168 cm, di corporatura robusta, ha capelli biondi e occhi azzurri. I genitori: “Se la vedete contattate i carab…

^{a cura della redazione Cronaca nazionale (la Repubblica)}

Le carte del Tribunale dei ministri smontano la versione del governo sul caso Almasri. Le opposizioni chiedono le dimissioni di Nordio

lanotiziagiornale.it/caso-alma…

(il mio pezzo per @lanotizia_giornale)

Caso Almasri, le carte del Tribunale dei ministri smontano la versione del governo. E le opposizioni chiedono le dimissioni di Nordio | LA NOTIZIA

Le carte del Tribunale dei ministri smontano la versione del governo sul caso Almasri. Le opposizioni chiedono le dimissioni di Nordio.

^{Giulio Cavalli (La Notizia - giornale.it)}

Prof. Mark Elliott navigates the current debates around the European Convention of Human Rights & its standing in the UK, while also reminding us that its key role has been to constrain (if not abolish the possibility of) an elective dictatorship;

as our political class seem to becoming ever less willing to accept the legitimacy of (certain) protests, now removing the ECHR's constraints is both dangerous for us, and logical for them....

#democracy #HumanRights

publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/…

The developing domestic debate about the ECHR: Navigating two extremes

Calls for withdrawal and kneejerk defences of the status quo each risk oversimplifying the UK’s developing political debate about the European Convention on Human Rights. The implications of each p…

^{Public Law for Everyone}

Morning y'all

#fungiverse

Google brings Gemini to Wear OS watches, adds AI Mode to Circle to Search
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/google-brings-gemini-to-wear-os-watches-adds-ai-mode-to-circle-to-search/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Artificial Intelligence in 2023: News and Updates @artificial-intelligence-in-2023-news-and-updates-Techcrunch

Google brings Gemini to Wear OS watches, adds AI Mode to Circle to Search | TechCrunch

Google is rolling out Gemini to Wear OS watches, the company announced on Wednesday.

^{Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)}

6 days until TechCrunch All Stage kicks off in Boston — and up to $475 in ticket savings disappear
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/6-days-until-techcrunch-all-stage-kicks-off-in-boston-and-up-to-475-in-ticket-savings-disappear/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Artificial Intelligence in 2023: News and Updates @artificial-intelligence-in-2023-news-and-updates-Techcrunch

6 days until TC All Stage kicks off in Boston and up to $475 in savings ends | TechCrunch

In just 6 days, the doors to TechCrunch All Stage swing open in Boston's SoWa Power Station — and your chance to save up to $475 slams shut. Register now.

^{TechCrunch Events (TechCrunch)}

Rhodes MK8 MIDI added to the inventory at legendary UK recording studio rekkerd.org/rhodes-mk8-midi-ad…

#AbbeyRoad #ElectricPiano #Hardware #MIDI #Rhodes

Wiz Backer Raises $300 Million to Help Startup Employees Cash Out
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/cyberstarts-raises-300-million-fund-to-help-startup-employees-cash-out?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Profiles @profiles-bloomberg

CNN Fact-Checker Exposes 'A Whole Bunch Of False Claims' From Trump's Cabinet Meeting
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cnn-fact-checker-daniel-dale-false-claims-trump-cabinet_n_686e3d67e4b041f69cfdd800?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Entertainment @entertainment-huffingtonpost

CNN Fact-Checker Exposes 'A Whole Bunch Of False Claims' From Trump's Cabinet Meeting

Daniel Dale tackled the president's most excessive falsehoods on issues including tariffs, inflation and the so-called Big Beautiful Bill.

^{Marco Margaritoff (HuffPost)}

Arriva Orto Sonoro Festival ai Giardini Ducali

Dal 12 al 27 luglio musica dal vivo, film d’autore, podcast, danza, reading, dj set, food e socialità, dal tramonto alla notte. Tutto a ingresso libero [.......]

modena.gaiaitalia.com/2025/07/…

Arriva Orto Sonoro Festival ai Giardini Ducali

Dal 12 al 27 luglio musica dal vivo, film d’autore, podcast, danza, reading, dj set, food e socialità, dal tramonto alla notte. Tutto a ingresso libero […….]

^{Gaiaitalia.com Notizie Modena}

Samsung’s Latest Foldables Aim for Mainstream Appeal Ahead of Apple’s Debut
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-09/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7-galaxy-z-flip-7-galaxy-z-flip-7-fe-prices-features?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Profiles @profiles-bloomberg

The New York Post wants you to believe that the NEA’s decision to cut ties with the ADL is an act of antisemitism.

That’s false—and it’s a dangerous distortion of both the vote and the broader political moment.

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

Samsung Unveils Redesigned Smartwatches With Google’s AI Built In
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/samsung-galaxy-watch-8-galaxy-watch-8-classic-prices-features?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Profiles @profiles-bloomberg