Can Kamala Harris win? Joe Biden’s vice-president has an extraordinary opportunity. But she also has a mountain to climb [The Economist]

The grim tactical lessons Western armies are taking from Gaza’s war [The Economist Podcasts]

How Starbucks Devalued Its Own Brand [Harvard Business Review] $12 for a Coffee + Bagel? Way too expensive. Especially with 6 years no salary. PS. Please open a Blue Bottle Coffee near me. Thanks.

What to expect from an Olympic ceremony like no other [BBC]

Putin Meets Assad Amid Efforts to Renew Syria-Turkey Relations [Bloomberg]

Fentanyl’s deadly chemistry: How rogue labs make opioids [Reuters] this is so dangerous. It’s time to immediately legalize MDMA (Ecstasy) before late teenagers and 21+ OD’d.

Israel war on Gaza live: ‘Snipers shooting anyone who moves’ in Khan Younis [AL-Jazeera News]

Biden’s Exit, Harris’ Moment [The New Yorker]

Inside the 78 minutes that took down millions of Windows machines / CrowdStrike’s faulty update has kicked off questions about how to avoid a similar tech disaster. [The Verge]

Has Netanyahu finally lost America? [Vox]

Data breach exposes US spyware maker behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook malware [Techcrunch]

Google DeepMind’s AI systems can now solve complex math problems [MIT Technology Review]

Japan's one weird trick to reverse population collapse [Business Insider]

🔔 Last chance to pre-register to be part of this year’s ADE Lab! Pre-sale tickets go live July 31st, so hit the link to sign up for the lowest possible ticket rates: https://lnkd.in/d-eri2sb [LinkedIn] #ADE2024 #AmsterdamDanceEvent #AmsterdamDanceEvent2024

Obama to endorse Kamala Harris for president, report says [The Guardian] change the photo please, you are trying to make it look like there’s something between Kamala & Barack. You’re “The Guardian” not “TMZ.” Michelle is gonna be mad as hell.

Nephew Says Trump Suggested Some Disabled People ‘Should Just Die’ [The New York Times]

Is It Healthy To Eat The Same Thing Every Day? Even If It's Nutritious? [Huffington Post]

If Trump Wins [The Atlantic] #TrumpNightmare

Is Kamala Harris the presumptive Democratic nominee? Not quite. [FiveThirtyEight]

‘Not going to be nice’: Trump, Harris trade sharp attacks as 2024 race resets [The Washington Post]

Shadow of Israeli-Palestinian conflict hangs over Paris Olympics [Le Monde]

'Fortnite' players vow to destroy all Cybertrucks they see in the game [Mashable]

Trump, Vance, and the New Right at the RNC [The Intercept_]

Here's the real reason the U.S. doesn't use the metric system [National Geographic]

The Paris 2024 Olympic mascots are ... hats. Here's why [NPR]

Cal Maritime pleads for merger with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to save the academy [CapRadioNews]

Nouvelles questions sur l’assassinat de Kennedy [Le Monde diplomatique]

China Tries to Play Power Broker Among Palestinians [Foreign Policy]

The Dysfunctional Superpower: Can a Divided America Deter China and Russia? [Foreign Affairs]

Former US Ambassador to NATO talks upcoming Summit | The Cipher Brief [The Cipher Brief]

Equipping the Japan-US Alliance to Handle China’s Disinformation Operations [The Diplomat]

Tight-Knit Microbes Live Together to Make a Vital Nutrient [Quanta Magazine]

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Illuminate Cosmic Dawn [NASA]

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! It’s July 24th, 2024. Here’s a recent VLOG from my YouTube channel.

Until Next Time!