2026 aug 30

[rcjordan]

^{visit to test:}
https://crypto.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace
A new browser feature hides which website you're visiting from your ISP, and it has nothing to do with a VPN
https://www.makeuseof.com/new-browser-feature-hides-website-visiting-from-your-isp-nothing-to-do-with-vpn/

when it gets hot, more than a dozen broad categories of injuries and illness become more frequent, including some that most people don't associate with heat
Study details how heat increases emergency room visits | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-emergency-room-climate-change-sick-hurt-77bd2c850ce9faf642cac38a96530af0

Whole Foods guacamole recall receives FDA's highest risk level
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/consumer-protection/recalls-alerts/2026/08/28/whole-foods-guacamole-recall-classified-under-fda-highest-risk-level/91512331007/

Canadian economy recovers sharply in second quarter as domestic demand revives, exports grow | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-second-quarter-gdp-recovers-sharply-domestic-demand-revives-exports-grow-2026-08-28/

^{Now more than ever, don't bank online.}
19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code
https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/19-chrome-and-edge-extensions-found.html

^{Cart is in German}
Wear Your Way Out Of AI Surveilance | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/29/wear-your-way-out-of-ai-surveilance/

Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/08/29/europe-summer-drought-desertification-threat-rivers-fish/

[rcjordan]

Outrage, call for change continue to mount following Hope Florida grand jury report - CBS Miami
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/hope-florida-grand-jury-report-10-million-uthmeier-august-2026/

'This is an all-out war': Inside the casino industry's fight to stop prediction markets | CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/30/business/kalshi-polymarket-casino-vegas-trump

[ergophobe]

> Extensions

This is what concerns me: "The biggest risk for end-users is the operational technique in which the threat actor successfully acquires legitimate extensions and releases new versions empowered with malicious functionality."

You can vet an extension carefully only to find out a couple years later that it was purchased by a bad actor.