{"id":33463,"date":"2024-08-07T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-follow-their-lead#id33214"},"modified":"2024-08-07T19:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T19:04:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-follow-their-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-follow-their-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: Follow their lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump campaign is attacking Tim Walz for a policy that allows felons to vote, conveniently forgetting that Trump is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/184621\/donald-trump-kamala-harris-tim-walz-felon-voting\">convicted felon.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New Republic<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Harris picking Walz as her running mate is a big win for the <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/kamala-picking-governor-walz-for-vp-is-a-win-for-the-right-to-repair-movement-2000483709\">right-to-repair movement.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Gizmodo<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How we are watching the Olympics this time around may be highly fragmented, but the tech is stable and it all still feels like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/nbc-peacock-2024-summer-olympics-coverage\/\">singular event.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ WIRED<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: Why the word &#8220;Taiwan&#8221; is banned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/aug\/07\/were-not-doing-anything-wrong-why-the-word-taiwan-is-banned-at-the-olympics\">at the Olympics.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The severe restriction of movement at the border is an interspecies problem&mdash;one that requires an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedriftmag.com\/an-interspecies-problem\/\">interspecies solution.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Drift<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why you should take your dog on a <a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2024\/08\/05\/take-your-dog-on-a-sniff-walk.html\">&#8220;sniff walk.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Boing Boing<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You see so many abandoned citrus groves on the highways. Most of those trees are just dead now.&#8221; Can Florida&#39;s orange growers survive another <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/food-and-agriculture\/can-floridas-orange-growers-survive-another-hurricane-season\/\">hurricane season?<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Grist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why you should choose white rice over brown: There&#39;s less arsenic, and otherwise they&#39;re practically identical nutritionally. 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