Freedom to Write index says China accounting for a third of the world's jailed writers (pen.org)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11642450...
Made in China 2025: China meets most targets in manufacturing plan, proving US tariffs and sanctions ineffective (www.scmp.com)
Sanctions and tariffs implemented as part of a US-led trade war have put increased pressure on China’s manufacturing industry...
See ya next sun eruption (discuss.tchncs.de) German
Russia has forked Wikipedia, featuring "better truths" (www.404media.co)
From real Wikipedia:...
George Santos's latest money-making plot? Reviving his drag persona, Kitara Ravache (www.advocate.com)
SteamVR Beta gets Linux fixes, plus Beta updates for Desktop and Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)
[Question] Alternative to NFS for Proxmox Backup Server
I have a backup server running Proxmox Backup and OMV in separate VMs. OMV provides the storage as an NFS to the proxmox backup server VM....
The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan (apnews.com)
Terrorists in sneakers taking selfies...
Sam Mallet - Once Upon All Time, Volume 1: Staging Fables (1998) [Full Album] (www.youtube.com)
$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot winner is a Laotian immigrant battling cancer (www.nbcnews.com)
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated to the U.S. in 1994, plans to split the money with a friend and find himself a “good doctor.”...
White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from war-torn Gaza as refugees (www.cbsnews.com)
MattKC announces plans to develop an open source DIY WiiU gampead (youtu.be)
Since the only way to obtain a WiiU gamepad is to take one from an existing system, this development will help revive old systems without taking from the limited WiiU gamepad market....
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It (www.theatlantic.com)
A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 23 - Daenerys IV (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/2434023...
Noticably lower standby battery drain with Fedora 40
I upgraded to Fedora 40 workstation a couple of days ago. I never turn off or suspend my laptop (a Thinkbook 14s Yoga) and it was guranteed to be dead if i left it unplugged for a couple of hours before the update....
Horrific Undercover Footage Exposes the Rampant Cruelty at an Industry-Leading Mink Farm (www.thecanary.co)
Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals (www.nature.com)
A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been silently spreading in US cattle for months, according to preliminary analysis of genomic data. The outbreak is likely to have begun when the virus jumped from an infected bird into a cow, probably around late December or early January. This implies a protracted, undetected...
FBI: Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year. (www.voanews.com)
Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper - Stop (youtu.be)
Who is this JSON guy? (lemmy.world)
3 law officers killed, 5 others wounded trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, authorities say (apnews.com)
Justice for Mr cow 😔✊ (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Russia’s Rosatom Fuels Putin’s War Machine (foreignpolicy.com)
Moscow clearly believes that Rosatom will continue to get a free pass and is now using the company as a Trojan horse to circumvent Western sanctions. According to Rosatom Director-General Alexey Likhachev, the company’s military contracting has grown significantly. In January 2023, the Washington Post published information...
A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 22 - Tyrion VI (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/2433735...
Downloading/torrenting kids cartoons
Hey all. noob-ish pirate here. Skipping long winded post. I’m struggling to find sources to download/torrent kids cartoons. Some are easy, but I’m looking for paw patrol and it’s scarce on 1337. The more modern stuff and the super popular stuff are a little easier though. Not really any information on the Wiki about this...