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Julie Lavery - Stars and Stripes (Live) (youtu.be)

A Nearly $3 Billion Shortfall in VA Benefits Is Looming. The Senate Has Proposed a Fix, But Time Is Running Out. | Military.com (www.military.com)

Here we go again.

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (and Robs A Bank) [A Patient Review] (lemmy.world)

TL;DR This is a review of both Turnip Boy indie games. The first is a sort of classic Zelda clone, the second is a rogue-lite twin stick shooter. Both are short to play and I recommend them but especially the second game....

The US shouldn't have so many tall men

Do you prefer RPGs or FPS games?

I’m Just curious about, do you prefer RPGs (Role-Playing Games) or FPS (First-Person Shooters)? Personally, I love getting lost in the story and character development of RPGs, but the fast-paced action of FPS games is hard to resist. What about you? Which one do you enjoy more and why? Let’s hear your thoughts!

Has the AOSP project failed consumers? (www.xda-developers.com)

When Google, along with a consortium of other companies, announced the open-source operating system we call Android way back in 2007, the world was paying attention. The iPhone had launched the same year, and the entire mobile space was wary of the rush of excitement around the admittedly revolutionary device. AOSP (Android Open...

Venezuelans protest as observers say presidential vote undemocratic (www.reuters.com)

I got average monthly ratings for games on Wine AppDB, and seems like something happened in 2016. (lemmy.world)

I took each rating for games on Wine Application Database, mapped them to numbers (Garbage -> 1, Bronze -> 2, Silver -> 3, Gold -> 4, Platinum -> 5) and plotted a monthly average.

U.K. police open criminal investigation into Washington Post publisher (www.npr.org)

Economists See Honduras' Progressive Tax Plan as Model for Other Countries (www.commondreams.org)

John Bolton admitted to plotting a coup attempt in Venezuela in 2019 and is trying to do it again. (youtu.be)

Venezuela: UN Secretary General Guterres calls for ‘complete transparency’ following disputed presidential election (news.un.org)

Archived at web.archive.org/web/20240731135104/…/1152606

Trump’s Truth Social network records second-worst audience decline (www.theguardian.com)

Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches down 80% since charge introduced (www.theguardian.com)

Hailing the success of carrier bag laws, the Marine Conservation Society urges nations to push forward with plans for other single-use items...

"Extreme": FBI says Trump shooter may be behind “antisemitic and anti-immigration” posts (www.salon.com)

China, Citing Tainted Burgers, Cleared Swimmers in a New Doping Dispute (www.nytimes.com)

Two Chinese athletes, one of whom was named to the Olympic team in Paris, tested positive in 2022 for a banned steroid. China blamed contaminated food, as it had after previous positive tests....

Would you pay to quit TikTok and Instagram? You’d be surprised how many would (theconversation.com)

AI researchers and biologists are teaming up to detect patterns in animal communication that are difficult, if not impossible, to observe with the human eye alone. (www.youtube.com)

an actual legitimate use for stuff like LLMs

[buffcorrell] Toto - Africa (www.youtube.com)

Dasung’s latest color E ink monitor is portable (www.theverge.com)

New memory tech unveiled that reduces AI processing energy requirements by 1,000 times or more (www.tomshardware.com)

Dead Pioneers || BAD INDIAN || Official Music Video [2023, Colorado, Hardcore Punk] (www.youtube.com)

MusicBrainz: musicbrainz.org/…/a9747313-da0d-414c-ad81-5fe89a5…

First interest rate cut in 4 years likely on the horizon as the Federal Reserve meets (apnews.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the end of their two-year fight against inflation in sight, Federal Reserve officials are likely Wednesday to set the stage for the first cut to their key interest rate in four years, a major shift in policy that could eventually lower borrowing costs for U.S. consumers and businesses....

Germany summons Chinese envoy over 2021 cyberattack (www.dw.com)

Germany’s Foreign Ministry stressed the dangers posed by Chinese espionage in a press briefing. It is the first time China’s ambassador to Berlin has been summoned since 1989....