Sen. Robert Menendez is scoring big wins in his gold-bar bribery trial (www.motherjones.com)
‘They call us Nazis’: inside the wealthy German town where the far right is on the rise (www.theguardian.com)
Counter rallies in Kaufbeuren show split between supporters of AfD and locals who acknowledge the Bavarian town’s Nazi past...
How America Inadvertently Created an ‘Axis of Evasion’ Led by China (www.wsj.com)
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No Gaza ceasefire until Israel war aims achieved, Netanyahu says (www.bbc.com)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted there will be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas’s military and governing capabilities are destroyed and all hostages are released. His statement comes after US President Joe Biden announced Israel had proposed a three-stage plan to Hamas aimed at reaching a...
Delhi temperature hits 52.9C, shattering India’s national record (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16243336...
Microsoft word update messes up exams in Denmark (www.dr.dk)
Sorry for the Danish post i hope you can translate it....
US Officials: A Russian Rocket Launch Last Week Likely Deployed A Space Weapon (soylentnews.org)
RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ahead of its time (arstechnica.com)
Manor Lords First Major Patch Available Now (www.ign.com)
Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict (www.thedailybeast.com)
New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)
Russia labels wives of mobilized soldiers campaigning for their husbands' return from the war in Ukraine as 'foreign agents' (www.themoscowtimes.com)
Archived link...
[IMG] is [TEST] (lemm.ee)
Little something for Baba, puzzles and Baba themed puzzles enjoyers....
Jumblie #242 (jumblie.com)
I tried to rapid fire guesses but it didn’t go great....
It’s a summer of playing hooky: feeling pressured not to take their earned vacation, Americans are finding a loophole (fortune.com)
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ChatGPT's voice closely resembles Scarlett Johnasson's, says lab analysis (www.npr.org)
Zenless Zone Zero is an "urban fantasy action RPG" where you can play as a bear or a wolf man [from the maker of Genshin Impact] (www.pcgamer.com)
Burnout Is Pushing Workers to Use AI—Even if Their Boss Doesn’t Know (www.wired.com)
Non paywall: archive.is/DCIVo
Millions were in germ war tests (www.theguardian.com)
Large Area Coverage Trials’, the MoD describes how between 1961 and 1968 more than a million people along the south coast of England, from Torquay to the New Forest, were exposed to bacteria including e.coli and bacillus globigii , which mimics anthrax. These releases came from a military ship, the Icewhale, anchored off the...
Older gamers are a growth opportunity for AA(A) publishers – here is how to capture it [23% PCGamers are 55+] (www.midiaresearch.com)
Therapists are blaming polyamory for patients' problems. These researchers want to change that. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Revealed: how a US far-right group is influencing anti-gay policies in Africa (www.theguardian.com)
A long-standing US anti-pornography campaigning group has advised, promoted and endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ activists and politicians in Uganda, including a governing party member who endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ laws by saying gays “should be castrated”, and a virulently homophobic founder of a “militaristic” Christian boys camp....
Clean energy transitions are cheaper than the fossil-fueled path we are currently on (www.iea.org)
Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days, says “this attack has been sustained, impactful, targeted, adaptive, and importantly, mean” (www.neowin.net)
