Saudi Aramco chief executive defends China’s role in green transition amid closer ties (www.ft.com)
Saudi Aramco’s chief executive has praised China’s contribution to helping the west hit its net zero targets as the world’s largest oil producer strengthens commercial ties with Beijing....
Embracer announces plan to split into three companies, including "Middle-earth Enterprises and Friends" (www.eurogamer.net)
Italy arrests 13 prison guards over suspected torture of juvenile detainees (www.reuters.com)
Italian police arrested 13 prison guards on suspicion of torture and ill-treatment of juvenile detainees, Milan prosecutors said on Monday....
kdeltachat - DeltaChat desktop client built with Kirigami (git.sr.ht)
This is DeltaChat desktop client but not with the default Electron. Compile instructions for Debian, Arch Linux and openSUSE. One Linux distribution has this packaged : NixOS, package name kdeltachat-unstable. The software developer is also active in the DeltaChat forum. Posting this here to give this project some more attention...
DJI drones just got a new rival in the US that licenses… DJI technology (www.techradar.com)
‘Yes, I Did It’: Politician Confesses to Murdering Wife on Social Media (www.thedailybeast.com)
Taylor Swift fans 'overwhelming' London pub The Black Dog - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Matthew Morrison Heads Cast of ‘Chicago’ in Japan (www.ticketnews.com)
Matthew Morrison, best known for his role in the hit TV series “Glee,” is set to step into the shoes of Billy Flynn in Japan’s rendition of the musical “Chicago.” Morrison’s portrayal of Flynn marks a highlight in the limited engagement, running from April 18 to May 5, with performances scheduled at the Orix Theater...
Finally the Onboard on screen keyboard works on Wayland (bugs.launchpad.net)
This is too great not to share. Wayland devs hate this trick! I’ll copy what I did from the bug report....
Water Crisis Adds to Women’s Health Burden Amidst War on Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
Over 34,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. Among them are over 10,000 women, 6,000 of whom have left 19,000 orphaned children, according to a recent United Nations report. The health status and living conditions of women and girls in Gaza continue to plummet as no hygiene...
On the heels of historic Volkswagen union vote, Starbucks asks Supreme Court to curb labor's power (www.usatoday.com)
Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as U.S. advances aid package (www.nbcnews.com)
Some young people see Trump as an answer to their economic woes (www.reuters.com)
Thin with a boyish face and earrings in both ears, 23-year-old Isayah Turner does not look like a stereotypical Trump supporter, who tend to be middle aged or older....
UN labor agency report warns of rising threat of excess heat, climate change on world's workers (apnews.com)
The U.N. labor organization warned Monday that over 70% of the world’s workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, citing increased concern about exposure to sunlight. It also warned of air pollution, pesticides and other hazards that could lead to health problems including cancer....
Let's discuss: Metroid (beehaw.org)
The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...
UK: Two men charged with spying for China (www.bbc.com)
Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13328418...
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 65 (fediversereport.com)
This weeks news:...
Unilever to scale back environmental and social pledges (www.theguardian.com)
Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work (apnews.com)
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ordered the media on Thursday not to report on where potential jurors have worked and to be careful about revealing information about those who will sit in judgment of the former president....
Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Trump trial courthouse (www.theguardian.com)
Man identified by police as Max Azzarello, from Florida, declared dead after incident outside lower Manhattan courthouse...
Matrix effect in terminal with FOSS icons (lemm.ee)
Hi, I was playing with rusty-rain when I decided that it was a good idea to make a custom FOSS effect. For this I made a change in “sibling” project ezemoji PR and with a small local change in rusty-rain I got it. All icons are from Nerd Fonts, so if you know of some FOSS icon is missing let me know to add it in the PR, =).
‘He erased the entire project’ … the book Stanley Kubrick didn’t want anyone to read to be published (www.theguardian.com)
Stanley Kubrick, the relentless perfectionist who directed some of cinema’s greatest classics, was so sensitive to criticism that, in 1970, he threatened legal action to block publication of a book which dared to discuss flaws in his films....
Secure Boot & TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption on NixOS (jnsgr.uk)
help the developer of sway notification center out? - accessibility (masto.destructatron.net)
Is anyone free to help the developer of sway notification center out? I have opened an issue about sway notification center’s accessibility regressions in the notification list, and I have also suggested that when the notification appears, the accessible event is fired. The dev doesn’t know how to do this however, so any...