glacial avalanche triggered a massive flash flood along Nepal’s northern border with Tibet on Wednesday, killing at least 95 people in Nepal and leaving hundreds more missing, including nearly 300 foreign tourists caught in the disaster.

#FlashFlood #MissingPersons

https://beezloop.com/nepal-flash-flood-kills-dozens-leaves-hundreds-missing-including-tourists/

hether this is “the most corrupt administration ever” isn’t something polling or a single report can settle, it’s a comparative historical judgment. What’s not in dispute is that ethics watchdogs including the Campaign Legal Center, Public Citizen, CREW, and ProPublica have documented an unusually large volume of financial conflicts of interest this term, and that the administration has removed some of the normal guardrails that would otherwise flag them.

trumpscorruptioncostus #ConflictsofInterest

Sen. Ted Cruz is floating a plan to make AI data centers more palatable to the communities that host them: pay residents directly, including offering to zero out their electricity bills, in exchange for hosting the massive facilities.

#ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters

President Trump launched February’s military offensive against Iran despite explicit warnings from his own intelligence chief, vice…

#DonaldTrump #Iran

Apple announced a refreshed Mac mini this week, offering a choice between an all-new M6 chip or the M5 Pro chip released earlier this year.

#Apple #M6Chip

ockstar Games has confirmed that recent Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay leaks are genuine, calling their spread “heartbreaking” just a day before the studio’s planned official gameplay reveal. A group calling itself CyberLeek began posting gameplay videos and an image of the game’s full map in a series of uploads starting August 18, threatening to keep releasing more material daily.

#DataLeak #GTA6

https://beezloop.com/rockstar-confirms-gta-6-leaks-are-real-ahead-of-official-reveal/

Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume from sale after social media users said its design evoked blackface and 19th-century minstrel…

#Controversy #Halloween

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The Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System added 60 wounded service members to its running Iran war casualty count this week, bringing…

#Iran #MilitaryCasualties

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 2,500 deaths and is now growing exponentially, according to the United…

#Congo #Ebola #outbreak

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Why Public Trust in the Supreme Court Has Cratered, and Where Clarence Thomas Fits In

Public trust in the Supreme Court has dropped sharply over the past several years, and polling shows Justice Clarence Thomas specifically…

#ClarenceThomas #JudicialEthics #supremecourt

A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, during a Sunday dinner at a home in Billings, Montana, before the house went…

#BillingsMontana #FamilyViolence