Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) announced he will challenge indicted Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) in a primary.

Said Kim: “After calls to resign, Senator Menendez said ‘I am not going anywhere.’ As a result, I feel compelled to run against him. Not something I expected to do, but New Jersey deserves better. We cannot jeopardize the Senate or compromise our integrity.”

Yes, it is disgusting that Musk and company have removed 2011-2014 photos (and videos?) from the deadbird site.

But it's also yet another reminder to everyone: DO NOT completely entrust what you create to highly centralized, privately controlled (sometimes by evil people) cloud-based services.

At the very least, have backups -- local and off-site -- from which you re-post what you've created.

"He had a name, if anyone had cared to ask

Norlan Bayardo Herrera is a 20-year-old Honduran who drowned in the Rio Grande as Greg #Abbott's torture barrier sends desperate refugees to unsafe areas

The humanity of those dying to come to America" #Texas

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.© & I thread it. 1/...🧵

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/norlan-bayardo-honduran-drowned-rio-grande-20230817.html

It's the The “Donny with the Gold Hair” Edition!

This week, Alan Rozenshtein, Quinta Jurecic, and Scott Anderson were joined by Fulton County correspondent Anna Bower to talk through the week’s big news down south. https://lawfaremedia.org/article/rational-security-the-donny-with-the-gold-hair-edition

Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment

Lawsuit: Sotheby's $24M sale to FTX gave Bored Ape NFTs "an air of legitimacy."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/buyers-of-bored-ape-nfts-sue-after-digital-apes-turn-out-to-be-bad-investment/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

We live in hell

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961316