Elon Musk's X / Twitter is getting rid of repost, like, and reply buttons and counts (mashable.com)
Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas (apnews.com)
Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town....
Inside a violent gang’s ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree (arstechnica.com)
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims.
Appeals Court Restores $26M Judgment Against ‘Unite The Right’ Rally White Supremacists (newsone.com)
Poop in the Seine, Packed Trains, Convoluted QR Codes -- Is Paris Ready for the Olympics? (www.rollingstone.com)
France's 'Excalibur' sword vanishes from the stone after 1,300 years (local12.com)
According to The New York Post, citing a report by The Telegraph, n sword that is regarded as France’s “Excalibur” has vanished from its stone. Per the publication, locals in the French town of Rocamadour believed the sword, Durandal, had been lodged in rock for around 1,300 years. A main attraction for the town, the sword...
Israeli attack on UN school used as shelter in Gaza kills at least 16 (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Government Media Office said, as Israel continues to pound the besieged coastal territory....
Heritage Head Roberts: The 2nd American Revolution can be bloodless, if the Left allows it to be (nytimes.com)
Archived version...
“Ephemeral Streams” Are Critical—and a Supreme Court Decision Puts Them at Risk (www.motherjones.com)
EcoFlow’s $200 PowerStream is so clever, you might buy a $4,000 solar generator (www.theverge.com)
Title reads like at ad, but this is a new way to reach energy independence. I actually have a small EcoFlow device and it’s pretty good for the price....
CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information (futurism.com)
You know how Google’s new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won’t slide off (pssst…please don’t do this.)...
"Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza" (archive.is)
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/103453...
Israeli protesters urging Gaza deal block roads (www.reuters.com)
Hamas faces growing public dissent as Gaza war erodes support (www.bbc.com)
Cannabis legalisation hampered by most German of substances: red tape (www.theguardian.com)
NATO chief Stoltenberg sidesteps questions on Biden's health (www.reuters.com)
Giant Salamander-Like Creature was a Top Predator in the Ice Age Before the Dinosaurs (www.fieldmuseum.org)
Secret Meetings, Private Threats and a Massive Arms Race: How the World is Preparing for Trump (www.politico.com)
In Brussels, NATO officials have devised a plan to lock in long-term military support for Ukraine so that a possible Trump administration can’t get in the way....
China could lead the world to net zero (www.pv-magazine.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17669528
Ghost has open sourced their ActivityPub implementation (github.com)
Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today (www.engadget.com)
Russia forces adult content creator & hook-up app user to help entrap gay men (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Toyota builds experimental hydrogen-powered pizza oven and grill. (www.autoblog.com)
I wish I got to do fun little projects like this at my job. Anyway, this proof of concept shows that hydrogen would be a great alternative to propane and natural gas for cooking. Hat tip to @hypx.
Putin calls Taliban Russia's 'ally' in combating terrorism | The Express Tribune (tribune.com.pk)
