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TIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroom (people.howstuffworks.com)

Ukraine's Kursk Incursion Continues as Drone Strikes Target Russian Airfields (foreignpolicy.com)

Ukrainian troops advanced up to 2 kilometers (or 1.2 miles) into Russia’s Kursk region on Wednesday, adding to around 1,000 square kilometers (or 386 miles) secured since Kyiv’s major cross-border operation began on Aug. 6. This would amount to Ukraine capturing almost as much land as Russian forces took in Ukraine between...

Indian women lead night protests after doctor's rape and murder (www.bbc.com)

Tens of thousands of women in West Bengal state marched through the streets on Wednesday night in protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata last week....

Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US (www.theguardian.com)

Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, is to be extradited to the US, the New Zealand justice minister has said....

86' Fleetwood Bounder (lemmy.world)

New York county signs first mask ban into US law, sparking controversy (www.theguardian.com)

I remember a time where you would get multiple results from a search with no scrolling (sh.itjust.works)

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Hugely-promising indie The Plucky Squire launches next month, day one on PlayStation Plus (www.eurogamer.net)

Been really looking forward to this one. I’m hyped!

Starbucks is giving incoming CEO Brian Niccol $85 million in cash and stock as he departs Chipotle (www.cnbc.com)

Starbucks plans to pay incoming CEO Brian Niccol $10 million in cash and $75 million in equity awards when he joins the company from Chipotle. Niccol will be paid a base salary of $1.6 million annually, with the opportunity to earn up to $7.2 million more in cash.

How ‘Deepfake Elon Musk’ Became the Internet’s Biggest Scammer (www.nytimes.com)

shapez 2 - Early Access Launch Trailer (www.youtube.com)

Can you spot the g differences?

Borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrred

Philosopher tries to convince ChatGPT that it's conscious (youtu.be)

I love Vans (lemmy.world)

Nyooom (i.imgur.com)

Subvert wants to be ‘a collectively owned Bandcamp successor’ (musically.com)

China resubmits application to build contested big embassy in London, saying decision to reject a first proposals in 2022 on security grounds and the impact on residents was “without merit” (www.euractiv.com)

Archived version...

Survey: Almost 50% of Americans Consider Themselves ‘Broke’ (www.marketwatch.com)

WHO declares mpox a global health emergency as African outbreak grows (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Liz Truss: Oppressed by Tweets, Victimized by Reality

Now I want to try a cup for myself (sh.itjust.works)

How to catch houseflies?

The weather has finally warmed up here and now there plenty of super annoying houseflies. They’re way to fast to swat and have an annoying habit of landing on you....

Switch 2 cartridge format leaked via patent (www.youtube.com)

The Best way to switch to Linux is to NOT

Okay I know this sounds like click bait but trust me switching over to linux requires you to first master the open source software that you will be replacing your windows/mac counterparts with. Doing it in an unfamiliar OS with no fallback to rely on is tough, frustrating and will turn you off of trying linux. DISCLAIMER: I know...