NEW: The State Department has pledged millions to keep sending lifesaving malnutrition aid to starving children. But they're not actually ordering the food, and aid workers on the ground say stock is running out. wired.com/story/usaid-ru…

“Stock is running critically low,” Clement Nkubizi, the country director for the nonprofit Action Against Hunger, tells WIRED

grim hollywoodreporter.com/business/digit…

ok as someone without a penis maybe i just don't "get it" but... this seems like an unpleasantly long time to have a boner?

All the stories are here. miamiherald.com/news/local/art…

is this normal fam wired.com/story/the-fbis…

President Trump's AI Action Plan, which has 90+ policy recommendations, explicitly seeks to roll back Biden-era measures on AI bias and cybersecurity threats (@knibbs / Wired) wired.com/story/trumps-a… techmeme.com/250723/p25#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

NEW: “You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for,” Trump said. “We appreciate that, but just can't do it— because it's not doable.” wired.com/story/presiden…

NEW investigation: DOGE-Pilled The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster” NO PAYWALL! bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Amazing. AI isn't forcing people in Texas to take shorter showers (yet), but it is making people think that it is

Guy satirizes AI water demand, AI slop site "TechieGamers" repeats joke as headline fact, an Indian slop site made to look like The Economist reslops it, Twitter picks up a picture of headline (no link of course, links downgraded), Grok confirms it's an Internet fact. Thank AI 👌

One of the worst listings I've ever seen on linkedin

Very, very bad: A hack of the federal judiciary's case filing system may have "compromised the identities of confidential informants involved in criminal cases at multiple federal district courts." politico.com/news/2025/08/0…

This is like a perfect storm of incredibly stupid antisocial behavior

Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qraiqea were just killed in an Israeli strike outside of Shifa hospital.

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NEW: The CDC shooting was much worse than initially reported. 181 rounds. 150 windows hit. Staff are furious at RFK Jr. and Trump becuz their long-running fears about anti-vax rhetoric turning deadly seem to be vindicated. ⁦Lauren Weber⁩ + Me. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08…

so so excited that we were able to excerpt Seth Harp's (Seth Harp) incredible new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel, which was one of the most jaw-dropping reading experiences I've had this year. wired.com/story/the-fort…