DeSantis Is Heckled During Iowa Bus Tour The Florida governor was greeted by two women with cowbells and a bullhorn, shouting criticism of his policies as he prepared to visit the Iowa State Fair. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812174741/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/desantis-heckled-iowa-bus-tour.html

Iowa State Fair Goers Weigh In on a Possible Trump-Biden Rematch Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, spoke to voters about their options in the 2024 presidential election. http://web.archive.org/web/20230813012803/https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000009038222/iowa-state-fair-trump-biden.html

A Timeline of Hunter Biden’s Life and Legal Troubles Mr. Biden, 53, has acknowledged a decades-long addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine. His foreign business dealings have led to questions about President Biden’s influence. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812212741/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/hunter-biden-legal-troubles-timeline.html

Freight Railroads Seek Changes to Federal Safety Program Before Joining It After the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the nation’s major freight railroads agreed to join a federal program for workers to report safety issues. But first, they want it to be overhauled. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812193532/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/ohio-train-railroad-safety.html

Israel’s Supreme Court Braces to Rule on Judicial Overhaul The justices will be scrutinized as never before at a hearing in September on the first part of a judicial overhaul that the government pushed through Parliament, angering many Israelis. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812012231/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/middleeast/israel-judicial-overhaul-supreme-court.html

Russia Is Making Copies of Iranian Drones to Attack Ukraine Called the Geran-2, the drones are a Russian-made version of the Shahed-136, which explodes on impact, researchers say. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812085309/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/russia-iran-drones-ukraine.html

Prisoner Deal Could Smooth Effort to Contain Iran’s Nuclear Program Iran and the United States appear to be observing an informal agreement under which Iran has limited its nuclear program and restrained proxy militias. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812145453/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/iran-us-prisoners-nuclear-program.html

Who Is Shikma Bressler, the Face of Israel’s Protests? Shikma Bressler, a mother of five who says her passion is life in the lab, has emerged as a symbol of the struggle against the government’s divisive judicial overhaul. http://web.archive.org/web/20230807190509/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/world/middleeast/shikma-bressler-israel-judicial-protests.html

Ukraine Invites Talks in Saudi Arabia as an Effort to Weaken Russia Some 40 countries that have largely remained on the sidelines of the war were invited to talks on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, as Ukraine redoubles international efforts to isolate Moscow. http://web.archive.org/web/20230810011043/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/ukraine-war-saudi-arabia-russia.html

In Egypt, Public Classrooms Are Empty as Private Tutors Get Rich In a country hobbled by economic crisis, families often turn to private education centers instead of schools to seek better futures for their children, sometimes even sacrificing food to pay for lessons. http://web.archive.org/web/20230808025833/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/world/middleeast/egypt-public-schools-tutoring.html

Man Accused of Using Chair in Alabama Riverfront Brawl Is Charged The fight, which seemed to be largely divided along racial lines, garnered a large social media response. http://web.archive.org/web/20230813010046/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/us/montgomery-riverfront-brawl-charges.html

Rodriguez, Singer Whose Career Was Resurrected, Dies at 81 Two albums in the early 1970s went largely unnoticed in the United States, but not overseas. Then came the 2012 documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.” http://web.archive.org/web/20230813012502/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/sixto-rodriguez-dead.html #zapathon #plebchain #nostr

Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812194738/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/technology/sweden-combat-disinformation.html #zapathon #plebchain #nostr

A Drone’s View Behind Russian Lines: Cratered Fields and Charred Armor A Ukrainian unit sent a drone into Russian-occupied territory to surveil the battlefront, and it brought back vivid images of the Russian side of the war zone. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812213324/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/europe/ukraine-drones-russia-war-zone.html #zapathon #plebchain #nostr

The Women Who Are Giving Dating Apps the Summer Off Summer is the season where romantic encounters heat up. Some singles are logging off to see what’s out there. http://web.archive.org/web/20230809173613/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/style/women-dating-apps-summer-off.html #zapathon #plebchain #nostr

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What to Know About ChatGPT’s New Code Interpreter Feature Graphs, maps and data analyses? Now ChatGPT can do even more. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812151040/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/technology/what-to-know-chatgpt-code-interpreter.html #zapathon #plebchain #nostr

How to Use AI to Edit and Generate Stunning Photos An A.I.-powered version of Photoshop and the image generator Midjourney live up to the hype. http://web.archive.org/web/20230804070459/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/technology/ai-photo-editing.html #zapathon #plebchain #nostr

Threads: What to Know About Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer’ App Here’s what to know about Instagram’s new app for public conversations and how it differs from Twitter. http://web.archive.org/web/20230810140450/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/technology/threads-app-meta-twitter-killer.html #zapathon #plebchain #nostr

4 Nigerian Migrants Crossed the Atlantic on a Ship’s Rudder to Brazil Four Nigerian stowaways hopped on a cargo ship not knowing where it was going, but hoping to find a place where they could claw out of poverty. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/americas/nigerian-migrants-brazil.html #zapathon #plebchain #nostr