All-Star Classical - Haunted Recordings Music (youtu.be)
Chinese nationals are trying to get to Australia by boat over a weak economy and political oppression at home (www.abc.net.au)
As night fell over the Indian Ocean, Li thought he would die in his boat....
‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates (apnews.com)
The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia....
Russian court seizes millions of euros worth of German bank assets (www.france24.com)
A Russian court has ordered that Deutsche Bank’s and Commerzbank’s assets, accounts, property and shares be seized in Russia as part of a lawsuit involving the German banks, court documents showed.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15602407...
Home Office in threat to deport disabled man to Nigeria after 38 years in UK | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Taiwan's new president calls on China to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy (www.bbc.com)
- Beijing dislikes Taiwan’s new President William Lai and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which they see as pro-independence. It has ramped up military incursions around Taiwan’s waters and airspace since his election win in January....
Kyrgyzstan Unrest Escalates: Hackers Target Nation Amidst Mob Violence (thecyberexpress.com)
Amidst the physical violence, Kyrgyzstan’s digital infrastructure is under severe attack from various hacktivist groups.
Minnesota Lynx Announce 2024 (ttrpg.network)
Tale Year: David Kahn, Kurt Rambis and the Dumbest Intra-Business Drama At any time 2009 The Minnesota Timberwolves indicator Kurt Rambis towards a 4 12 months deal toward be their franchises upcoming train just after firing Hibbing indigenous and School of Minnesota legend Kevin McHale.2011 Kurt Rambis consists of gained merely...
Georgia’s other Russian-style law is fueling a bitter culture war (www.politico.eu)
Proposed restrictions on LGBTQ+ rights have proven far harder for politicans at home and abroad to unite against than the government’s “foreign agent” bill....
Next iteration in “one of 2K’s biggest and most beloved franchises” to be announced at Summer Game Fest 2024 Showcase (www.gematsu.com)
sheeeesh (iili.io)
Online Content Is Disappearing (www.pewresearch.org)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/25166889
Some clouds and trees (discuss.tchncs.de)
Unholy contortions are the best compliment (lemmy.world)
A factual comparison of the recent solar storm to the Carrington event (www.astronomy.com)
Spoiler - though they were both G5 storms, they weren’t really that comparable....
U.S. student shortage, falling birth rates threaten school closures (www.axios.com)
Large U.S. cities are grappling with too many underpopulated schools, forcing school districts to make difficult decisions on closures....
Four minors found working at Alabama poultry plant run by firm found responsible for teen's death (www.nbcnews.com)
Mar-Jac Poultry has denied it knowingly hired minors for its Jasper, Alabama, plant, and also argued some workers were doing jobs that are not banned by federal rules....
Microsoft PC Manager App 'Repairs' Your System by Making Bing the Search Default (uk.pcmag.com)
Microsoft is trying to restore Bing as the default search engine on users’ browsers by spinning it as a “repair” through a utility app called PC Manager....
What file format do you store your media in?
Hello! I recently listened to a podcast that talked about how storing media files in .av1 format is very efficient and storage-friendly. I’ve been storing my files in .mkv format, but now I’m considering using Handbrake or a similar service to convert all my video files to .av1 if it’s more compressed than .mkv. So;...
One piece (sh.itjust.works)
Egypt has destroyed more than 2,000 Gaza tunnels, secret files reveal (www.middleeasteye.net)
Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant? (news.ycombinator.com)
Brain-reading device is best yet at decoding ‘internal speech’ (www.nature.com)
Brain-machine interfaces implanted in the participants of this study in the supramarginal gyrus (SMG) and primary somatosensory cortex (S1) were successfully able to decode both internally spoken and vocalized words....