US says UFO sightings likely secret military tests (www.bbc.co.uk)
After the USA and the UK, Germany and Latvia warn of terrorist attacks in Moscow (www.financial-world.org)
South Carolina Lawmakers Are Close to Loosening Gun Laws After Long Debate (www.usnews.com)
South Carolina lawmakers appear close to approving a bill that would allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly....
After speech, Biden launches major tour plus $30 million ad buy (www.reuters.com)
FREE 3D PRINT MODEL - GAMECUBE HI SPEED PORT COVER (slrpnk.net)
Hey!! So…got a cheap seconhand Gamecube to restore, picoboot nd swiss, paint and give a second life. As per usual, people chasing the GBA Modules leave the gamecubes without the Hi Speed Port cover, and so I tried some different ones from the internet with mixed and poor results, I made this one that I feel is the most precise...
Espionage Probe Finds Communications Device on Chinese Cranes at U.S. Ports (www.wsj.com)
A congressional probe of Chinese-built cargo cranes deployed at ports throughout the U.S. has found communications equipment that doesn’t appear to support normal operations, fueling concerns that the foreign machines may pose a covert national-security risk.
Adding systemd to postmarketOS (postmarketos.org)
Puigdemont warns that he will go for the independence of Catalonia again (intlmonitor.com)
Foundations of Amateur Radio: Technology at its finest ... (podcasts.itmaze.com.au)
By Onno VK6FLAB...
Why is Canada so vulnerable to foreign meddling? (www.bbc.com)
The allegations kept mounting in Canada: Election-meddling by China, an Indian-backed assassination on home soil, and a campaign to harass Iranian dissidents. Is Canada especially vulnerable to foreign interference?...
New York Times takedown domino effect hits nearly 2000 Wordle clones (www.eurogamer.net)
The New York Times has used a DMCA take down notice to remove an open source Wordle clone called Reactle
Wine 9.4 released (gitlab.winehq.org)
INDIA More and more people killed by wild animals in Kerala, authorities blamed (www.asianews.it)
Kentucky senate passes bill granting right to collect child support for fetuses (www.theguardian.com)
Measure allows parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses...
Apple same phone (lemmy.ml)
Russia’s Starlink use sparks probe into SpaceX compliance with US sanctions (arstechnica.com)
Democratic lawmakers are probing SpaceX over Russia’s reported use of Starlink in Ukraine, saying that recent developments raise questions about SpaceX’s “compliance with US sanctions and export controls.”...
Photographer steps inside Vietnam’s shadowy ‘click farms’ | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Apple (slrpnk.net)
I don’t care if anyone has a Xiaomi, Oneplus, Samsung, etc. Each brand is using a modified version of Android, and they chose to be compatible with each other. But for example the “blue vs green bubble” drama is a thing specifically because of Apple locking their unsuspecting users into a closed ecosystem. And it sure...
Friday Facts #401 - New terrain, new planet (factorio.com)
Safety at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant worsening, Ukraine says (www.reuters.com)
Safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine is worsening daily, Ukraine’s energy minister said on Friday, pledging to keep pressuring Russia at the U.N. nuclear watchdog to withdraw from the site....
Air Guard Member Accepts Sentence for Discord Leaks (www.improvethenews.org)
cross-posted from: fedinews.net/m/ImproveTheNews/t/6140...
Minnesota Democratic ‘uncommitted’ vote nears 20% in latest Biden rebuke (nypost.com)
Disgruntled progressive activists and organizations have embarked on a campaign to push voters to mark themselves “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas War....
Lewiston, Maine mass shooter had traumatic brain injuries, new scan finds (www.nbcnews.com)
“Robert Card had evidence of traumatic brain injury. In the white matter, the nerve fibers that allow for communication between different areas of the brain, there was significant degeneration, axonal and myelin loss, inflammation, and small blood vessel injury,” lead author Ann McKee said in a statement issued by the family...
From Beeps to Toots: Reviving Pagers with Python and Mastodon (finnley.dolphinhome.net)
Biden calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza (www.newshub.co.nz)
The US will begin air dropping food aid to the people of Gaza, President Joe Biden announced on Friday, as the humanitarian crisis deepens and Israel continues to resist opening additional land crossings to allow more assistance into the war-torn strip....
