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Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is sentenced to prison (apnews.com)

How Chinese AI turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian (www.bbc.com)

"I don’t want anyone to think that I ever said these horrible things in my life. Using a Ukrainian girl for a face promoting Russia. It’s crazy.”...

U.S. warned Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) access to dollar system could be curbed over Russia (www.reuters.com)

TLDR: RBI, the largest Western bank in Russia, has been warned by the U.S. Treasury about financial system access in a letter voicing concerns over its Russian business. Concerns remain even though RBI dropped plans to sell its Russia-business to sanctioned billionaire Deripaska. Austrian finance ministry says it assumes RBI...

Linux 6.10 Features Expected From The NTSYNC Driver To Performance Optimizations for Wine/Proton(Games) (www.phoronix.com)

Here's Proof that Earth is flat (lemm.ee)

Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say (apnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15415020...

Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphere’s Hottest in 2,000 Years, Study Finds (www.nytimes.com)

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9555227...

Iran and the Houthis have defeated the US military (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Germany may introduce conscription for all 18-year-olds (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Nature earns ire over lack of code availability for Google DeepMind protein folding paper (retractionwatch.com)

Another visitor has been arrested in Turks and Caicos for ammunition possession (www.nbcboston.com)

Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite (www.qualcomm.com)

Monthly inflation slows to single-digit: 8.8% in April | Buenos Aires Times (www.batimes.com.ar)

Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline deluged with calls, hindered by lack of shelter beds (www.wbez.org)

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Tennessee governor OKs bill allowing death penalty for child rape convictions (apnews.com)

Germany: Court says far-right AfD is suspected of extremism (www.bbc.com)

Yet another SELF-HOSTED community (libretechni.ca)

I would like to introduce a new self-hosted community...

Congress replaces statue of white supremacist with statue of anti-LGBTQ+ zealot (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Huawei's homegrown operating system, launched after the company was put on a U.S. blacklist, may soon overtake Apple's iOS in China (fortune.com)

Disabled members of Congress are using apps to do their jobs while paving a path for others (www.sfchronicle.com)

Netanyahu ministers join Israeli far-right 'march to Gaza,' demand Palestinians' expulsion (www.haaretz.com)

Thousands of Israelis joined a far-right Independence Day march on Tuesday in the south, led by Jewish activists advocating for resettling Gaza and forcing Palestinians to leave the enclave....