Active - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Zelenskyy: Modi is a ‘huge disappointment’ for hugging Putin (www.politico.eu)

Ukraine can’t believe Indian leader met “bloody criminal” Russian ruler on day of children’s hospital bombing....

Things are going well (sh.itjust.works)

Context: Vietnam style prisons made by Russians, for Russians, on the front line

MF DOOM - Books of War (The Lost Chapters) ft. RZA, Jeru The Damaja, Guru, Talib Kweli, DMX [05:52 | Rap, Fan Made Remix] (youtu.be)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17475064...

"You got your aliens in my angels!" "You got your angels in my aliens!" (lemmy.world)

[TIL] The worst shark attack in history (getpocket.com)

The USS Indianapolis had delivered the crucial components of the first operational atomic bomb to a naval base on the Pacific island of Tinian. On August 6, 1945, the weapon would level Hiroshima. But now, on July 28, the Indianapolis sailed from Guam, without an escort, to meet the battleship USS Idaho in the Leyte Gulf in the...

State of Text Rendering 2024 (behdad.org)

[The author assumes] a high-level understanding of how text rendering works, for example, what shaping is. If that does not sound familiar to you, you might want to review State of Text Rendering (2009), and Modern text rendering with Linux: Overview (2019).

'Not a hoax!'—Valve writers confirm the official Team Fortress 2 comic will continue, after over 7 years on ice (www.pcgamer.com)

Democrats worry Biden press conference leaves them in 'purgatory' (abcnews.go.com)

High-Tech American Weapons Work Against Russia—Until They Don’t (www.wsj.com)

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Why is most of Lemmy instances moderated by radical and ill people?

Example: report bomb with a fake account lol

Western Yemen comes under heavy attack by US-British warplanes (thecradle.co)

Xi says ready to join Tokayev for more substantive, dynamic China-Kazakhstan community with shared future (english.news.cn)

Shelley Duvall, ‘The Shining’ and ‘Nashville’ Star, Dies at 75 (variety.com)

Could it be? (lemmy.world)

I always like it when the professional crazies weigh in.

Local Driving App

Google Maps is changing and will keep drive log data on the phone. I like to go on photo-drives following roads to find “Kodak moments”, I also would like a map of my random rambles. I would prefer that the data for that map be locally collected on my phone but the map itself uploadable to my laptop. Does anyone have an App...

Do recent explanations solve the mysteries of aerodynamic lift? (www.scientificamerican.com)

Colorado public health officials confirm new case of human plague (www.independent.co.uk)

Public health officials in Colorado have confirmed that a human has tested positive for the plague, a rare but potentially deadly infectious disease that’s typically spread through flea bites....

Russian court orders arrest of Yulia Navalnaya (www.bbc.com)

A court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism, according to state media....

The problem (lemmy.world)

Meta to broaden hate speech policy to remove more posts targeting 'Zionists' (www.middleeasteye.net)

Meta has said it will expand its hate speech policy to cover more uses of the word “Zionist” when applied to Jews or Israelis on its platform....

Pakistan’s high court gives more seats to imprisoned ex-PM’s party (apnews.com)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Friday found that the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was improperly denied at least 20 seats reserved parliament, in a significant blow to the country’s fragile governing coalition....

Art Recommendations

Inspired by my mis-reading of a recent post title, I’d like to ask if anyone has strong recommendations for an artist who can capture my beautiful boy in paint? Canadian-based if possible?