Tuesday Links - 14 July

Andy Ngo at Ngo Comment is first with ACLU Releases Guide on Hiding Digital Evidence at Direct Actions

The ACLU recently released a guide on how “protesters” can hide or destroy digital evidence of their involvement in street direct actions after a North Texas Antifa cell was convicted.

Patrick Dent at Chicago Contrarian - Death in Deering: What’s the cause of death? It’s a five-letter word that begins with G

Only deep into the article do we finally encounter references to long-standing conflicts between gangs such as the Latin Saints and La Raza. We learn that gang slogans were allegedly shouted during one killing.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Maine AWFLs Upset Nazi Platner Dropped Out

The Nazi tattoo should have been disqualifying, and Platner knew it was a Nazi tattoo from the get-go. But, you know, Democrats

Ben Kew at The Gateway Pundit - Ex-Obama Press Secretary Turned Minneapolis Comms Chief Accused of Stealing Co-Workers’ Credit Cards to Fund Kratom Habit

According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, [Adam] Fetcher is accused of taking cash and credit cards from the desks and purses of at least three City Hall employees before making hundreds of dollars in unauthorized purchases at local tobacco stores.

Impro Guns - Gambler’s Special

A version of the sheet metal derringer no.2 seized by police in Brazil. I’m honestly more impressed by the accompanying hand stitch holster which is a nice touch.

The Silicon Graybeard - Small Space News Story Roundup 83

SpaceX Pulls in Starship Flight Test 13 to Next Thursday

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Slowly I Turn

We’ve started the unofficial phase of the draft in Pete’s league for the 1975 season, which is to say there’s no time limit, teams just pick in order. So we might actually have most of the draft done before the official timed part of the draft starts in August. We still have four teams open, if you’re interested.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - New Cult Talking Point: Earth May Possibly Be Hotter Than In The Last 540 Million Years (or something)

Oh, wait, so, the article doesn’t actually support the unhinged, doomy headline? Color me shocked.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 13 July 2026: Seven Ate Nine Edition

Apple's upcoming M7 processor, destined for a full rollout with Pro, Max, and Ultra models, is expected to support as much as 1.5TB of RAM for local AI and other massively intensive workloads. (WCCFTech)

Which will cost $37,500. For the RAM. The rest of the computer will be... Actually relatively inexpensive.

Again from Wombat-socho - Rule 5 Sunday: Melon Season

Picked a bad day to accidentally delete the picture folder off my phone, not that there are any good days to do that.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - “A Culture of Courage”: A German Celebrates American Freedom

Here’s a heart-warming video about a German who moved to America to get married, only to discover most of what he thought he knew was wrong.