‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek week (www.theguardian.com)
Makes me sad it’s being sold instead of studied. “For Profit Paleontology” leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Regime change (slrpnk.net)
Just passing through. Not sure if this fits the rules, but I’ve spammed all the other main shitpost communities, and this one kinda fit here
Georgia: Intimidation campaigns against opposition, civil society, government critics as repressions - announced and orchestrated by government officials (civil.ge)
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UK ambassador to Mexico reportedly sacked after pointing gun at staff (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Netanyahu won’t agree to hostage release deal unless it polls well for him, Israeli families say they were told (www.nbcnews.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not agree to end the war in Gaza in exchange for the release of hostages unless opinion polls show it is politically advantageous for him, a top Israeli security official told the families of those held captive, a person in the closed-door meeting and an advocacy group said Friday. (…)...
Open Source League of Legends remake in the works! (old.reddit.com)
There is a community forming right now that aims to write a MOBA from scratch, mostly fueled due to the Vanguard incident on Linux. I am not affiliated with the project, but wanted to raise attention to it (as I am currently on cold League turkey since a month)....
EU seeks to reduce Hungary’s influence over the bloc's policy in the next European Commission due to obstructionist behavior (westobserver.com)
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Study says Europeans fear migration more than climate change – DW – 05/08/2024 (www.dw.com)
Magic mushrooms ‘can improve sex lives in struggling marriages’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Magic mushrooms, LSD and other psychedelic drugs increase sexual function and may be able to save struggling marriages, a study from Imperial College London suggests....
ChatGPT's voice closely resembles Scarlett Johnasson's, says lab analysis (www.npr.org)
Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive (www.theregister.com)
ShinyHunters claims Santander breach, selling data for 30M customers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
In a historic election, South Africa's ANC loses majority for the first time (www.npr.org)
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has lost its outright majority for the first time in a devastating blow for the party once led by Nelson Mandela. The ANC has dominated South African politics since winning in the first post-apartheid elections 30 years ago....
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Trump Supporters Fly U.S. Flags Upside Down To Protest Guilty Verdict in New York (apple.news)
Colin Kaepernick may have some thoughts on this.
How Biden’s China tariffs could hurt California (www.politico.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16376053...
Espionage: In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines (www.wired.com)
The United States Department of Justice is quietly prosecuting a novel Espionage Act case involving a drone, a Chinese national, and classified nuclear submarines....
Experimenting with local alt text generation in Firefox Nightly – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog (hacks.mozilla.org)
The Rogue Prince of Persia early access review - Cute and deadly (www.pcgamesn.com)
Manifest V2 phase-out begins (blog.chromium.org)
As June 4 approaches, rights group urges China to free jailed participants, supporters, and advocates for justice of the Tiananmen massacre (www.nchrd.org)
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OpenAI says Russian and Israeli groups used its tools to spread disinformation (www.theguardian.com)
Networks in China and Iran also used AI models to create and post disinformation but campaigns did not reach large audiences...
