Germany arrests 3 suspected China spies (www.dw.com)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11346322...
A storybook designed to teach kids about how computers work (www.lostlanguageofthemachines.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/149917...
From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line (apnews.com)
Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028....
Building ActivityPub (activitypub.ghost.org)
Looks like it’s really happening!
The Latest | Tent compound rises in Khan Younis as Israel prepares for Rafah offensive (apnews.com)
The tent construction is near Khan Younis, which has been targeted by repeated Israeli military operations over recent weeks. Israel has said it plans to evacuate civilians from Rafah during an anticipated offensive on the southern city, where hundreds of thousands of people have taken refuge during the war, now in its seventh...
We Distribute - Ghost Announces ActivityPub Integration (wedistribute.org)
Today, open source publishing platform Ghost announced that it will soon join the Fediverse with ActivityPub integration baked-in to its feature suite. The announcement includes a handy explanation of what ActivityPub is, the benefits that provides to publishers on Ghost, and a deep dive into where these features will be found...
Release v2.0.4 · szabodanika/microbin · GitHub (github.com)
Ended up trying to install this again and it only went and bloody worked. I’m happy!
Documents found on a North Korean server suggest US studios may have unknowingly outsourced animation work (edition.cnn.com)
The files were discovered in December by Nick Roy, a Boston-based cyber-sleuth who regularly scans the North Korean internet as a hobby. Roy found a new North Korean website that outside visitors didn’t need a password to access, unlocking a trove of animation sketches, and shared them with the Stimson Center, a...
UC Berkeley students begin Sproul Plaza sit-in and establish Free Palestine Encampment to protest Gaza war, Cal's investments (www.berkeleyside.org)
A progressive congresswoman made history in 2022. Can a billionaire stop her re-election? (www.theguardian.com)
NY court will publish transcripts from Trump's hush money trial. Here's how you can access them. (www.usatoday.com)
Slovak citizens raise $2.8 million for Czech ammunition initiative after government refuses to contribute (kyivindependent.com)
Slovak activists collected over 2.6 million euros ($2.8 million) for the Czech ammunition initiative for Ukraine in five days after the Slovak government refused to participate....
Meta says you can’t turn off its new AI tool on Facebook, Instagram (globalnews.ca)
Beleave : A website to help people leave Reddit communities easily (beleave.virock.org)
Hi, I needed to leave multiple subreddits but it was a hassle doing so manually one by one. So, I built ‘Beleave’ to help automate the task. It uses Reddit’s API to mass leave subreddits. It’s completely free. I didn’t even put ads in it.
Aaron Rodgers says AIDS was created by the U.S. government in the 1980s (www.outsports.com)
Yankees manager Aaron Boone gets mistakenly ejected after a fan yells at the umpire (www.foxsports.com)
‘Sovereign citizen’ shot, killed during exchange with Harris County deputies (www.houstonpublicmedia.org)
Land of the dinosaurs: baseline of sexism overshadows tennis in Madrid (www.theguardian.com)
When the female tennis players head back to Spain’s capital for the Madrid Open this week, they may be forgiven for letting out a collective groan. A quick glance at the tournament’s history shows a litany of gaffes, accusations of inequality and a full-blown sexism row just last year. Not exactly a highlight of the...
CalMatters is acquiring The Markup (themarkup.org)
The Markup CEO Nabiha Syed’s announcement:...
London police apologize after threatening to arrest ‘openly Jewish’ man near pro-Palestinian protest (www.nbcnews.com)
London’s police force has been forced to issue two apologies after officers threatened to arrest an “openly Jewish” man if he refused to leave the area around a pro-Palestinian march because his presence risked provoking the demonstrators....
Disneyland performers file petition to form labor union (apnews.com)
What would dinosaur meat taste like? (lemm.ee)
Chicken?
Israeli attacks in the southern Gaza city of Rafah result in the deaths of 22 individuals, with a majority being children, (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Stay informed on the evolving situation in Rafah, Gaza, as Israeli airstrikes leave a trail of destruction and fuel concerns for the safety
Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, a New Rule Says. But It Won’t Be Enough. (www.propublica.org)
Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn (www.theguardian.com)
The 6.8% increase between 2022 and 2023 was the steepest since 2009, pushing spending to the highest recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) in its 60-year history...
