Genocide Scholar who was in the IDF says Gaza is a Genocide in the NYT opinion section. Gift link.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE8.MJ42.espq9URrXQCm&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Apparently there's a bill that'd allow companies & retailers to issue & use their own crypto.

Let's avoid going back to the bad old days of company scrip where your company salary only works at company store, they trap you, & devalue wages... but on a computer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rzFyBdKLvU

I'm tired of manual python repos setup 😩...

I made pyuvstarter, a small command-line app to set up local Python repos, find python imports, install the packages, then config uv .venv & vscode for you.

It saves me a bunch of steps on projects, try it!
#python #uv #vscode
https://github.com/ahundt/pyuvstarter

The Turkish Baykar drone company is reportedly fueling the civil war in Sudan. The CEO has a US PhD in robotics from Georgia Tech if I recall correctly.

This is also the same company whose Bayraktar TB2 drones became famous for their use by Ukraine at the start of Russia’s invasion.
https://wapo.st/3QN0bhY

This sewage dumping scandal in the UK is wild, and people are getting really sick.

I anticipate an increase in the frequency of issues like that will be coming up in the USA over the next several years relative to 2024 levels.

https://youtu.be/IvqnKyKI6Aw

A generally useful system is composed of special cases that are within its scope.

Some special cases are easily justifiable as out of scope.

However, beware of throwing out the special cases needed to achieve generality— you’ll be left with a system that’s generally useless.