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I wonder what the marketing pitch was for Uncrustables

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How large would a city/base on the moon have to be in order to be visible with the unaided human eye from earth?

Let’s say the roofs are all red, how big does it have to be to be visible as a little red dot?

Kenya’s biggest protest in recent history played out on a walkie-talkie app (restofworld.org)

The Social Cost of Carbon Credits (hakaimagazine.com)

Multinational companies funded a US $4.4-million carbon offset project. Senegalese locals did much of the work—and saw almost none of the money.

Vietnam's top leader Trong dies at 80 after long rule (www.reuters.com)

‘Too many old people’: A rural Pa. town reckons with population loss (www.washingtonpost.com)

There is a deepening sense of fear as population loss accelerates in rural America. The decline of small-town life is expected to be a looming topic in the presidential election....

Windows PCs crashing worldwide due to CrowdStrike issue (mashable.com)

Air attack leaves 1 dead, at least 10 injured in Tel Aviv (apnews.com)

injuring at least 10 people and leaving one dead...

The Outer Worlds: Eight Playthroughs, video by Time Cain (www.youtube.com)

Veteran who lost driver's license because TN said he wasn't a U.S. citizen gets welcome news from the state (www.newschannel5.com)

Ubisoft First Quarter financial report (staticctf.ubisoft.com)

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Average Chinese national now eats more protein than an American: United Nations (www.scmp.com)

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Network issues linked to Microsoft systems causing outages at businesses worldwide (abc7.com)

Poolside with the dog (lemmy.world)

Just really like this photo of Bowie. Really makes me want to shoot film again (Nikon Fe2 +Kodak Gold), it’s been a while.

Twilio breach leaks over 30 million Authy-linked phone numbers (www.androidpolice.com)

Summary...

Trump says Taiwan should pay the US for its defence as ‘it doesn’t give us anything’ (www.theguardian.com)

You’re more likely to believe fake news shared by someone you barely know than by your best friend: “The strength of weak ties” applies to misinformation, too (www.niemanlab.org)

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How Trump Dominated His Own Party on a New G.O.P. Platform (www.nytimes.com)

Are there any political or social movements that try to mandate all business be worker owned cooperatives and how can we support them?

I’m all for higher minimum wages, unions, paid leaves and other forms of worker protection, but it seems like the most forms of worker protection focus on maintaining a division between an employer(s) who owns the business and the employee who makes money for the business but does not own it. IMO, this division is unethical...

Here's 3 reasons I'm actually pretty optimistic about Dragon Age: The Veilguard despite being an old school RPG sicko (www.pcgamer.com)

As a long time Dragon Age fan, I’ve been really, just iffy about Dragon Age: The Veilguard, especially since the very first trailer that they put out. The vibes were way off, like they were making a trailer for a Fortnite crossover rather than a dark fantasy game. The gameplay trailer afterward did seem to be more of what I...