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Powerball ticket sales in the United Kingdom will begin Tuesday, giving players across the Atlantic a chance at winning the same massive jackpot that U.S. players already play for — with the same minuscule odds.
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/21/nx-s1-5901828/powerball-begin-united-kingdom
Stranded houseboats and grounded cruise ships: Europe’s rivers are shrinking amid heat and drought
….to become a seamstress. Mazel tov!
His doctor’s prescription for his unbearable pain seemed absurd. It worked
Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars
https://www.propublica.org/article/private-schools-vouchers-growth-florida-arizona-west-virginia
One man’s trash panda is the internet’s beloved treasure.
Jimothy the raccoon, a very unique looking Seattle-based critter, has quickly scampered into peoples’ hearts after a video of him roaming the streets on July 14 went viral.
Unlike your typical raccoon, Jimothy has an extra short neck. The look has endeared him to fans across the world — so much so that the video has racked up more than 7 million views as of July 18.
https://www.today.com/news/good-news/jimothy-raccoon-seattle-viral-video-rcna588184
@steve-miller Looks really good. What's in it? Besides oats....
DOGE was supposed to be dead. Its remnants are everywhere.
Not a bad day (temps in 80s and reasonable humidity). AQI is 111, so not great but definitely way way way better than last Thursday.
Inside Israel’s Secret Operation to Cultivate Ahmadinejad
The yearslong effort to groom the former Iranian president as an intelligence asset culminated in a dramatic effort to take him to a Mossad safe house in Iran in the early days of the war. But the plan fell apart.
NYT:
Japan's upper house of parliament has voted to pass controversial revisions to a law governing who can inherit the throne in the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, just days after the lower house of parliament voted it through.
The revision's stated aim is to secure the number of imperial family members, and maintain their public duties and activities, as the family's ranks dwindle and age.
But to critics, the revision has another "very clear objective: to prevent the future emergence of a female emperor," says Seiichiro Noboru, a former Japanese diplomat with ties to the imperial family.
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/17/g-s1-133536/japan-law-male-heirs-imperial-throne
