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Georgia’s other Russian-style law is fueling a bitter culture war (www.politico.eu)

Proposed restrictions on LGBTQ+ rights have proven far harder for politicans at home and abroad to unite against than the government’s “foreign agent” bill....

Next iteration in “one of 2K’s biggest and most beloved franchises” to be announced at Summer Game Fest 2024 Showcase (www.gematsu.com)

sheeeesh (iili.io)

Online Content Is Disappearing (www.pewresearch.org)

cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/25166889

Some clouds and trees (discuss.tchncs.de)

Unholy contortions are the best compliment (lemmy.world)

A factual comparison of the recent solar storm to the Carrington event (www.astronomy.com)

Spoiler - though they were both G5 storms, they weren’t really that comparable....

U.S. student shortage, falling birth rates threaten school closures (www.axios.com)

Large U.S. cities are grappling with too many underpopulated schools, forcing school districts to make difficult decisions on closures....

Four minors found working at Alabama poultry plant run by firm found responsible for teen's death (www.nbcnews.com)

Mar-Jac Poultry has denied it knowingly hired minors for its Jasper, Alabama, plant, and also argued some workers were doing jobs that are not banned by federal rules....

Microsoft PC Manager App 'Repairs' Your System by Making Bing the Search Default (uk.pcmag.com)

Microsoft is trying to restore Bing as the default search engine on users’ browsers by spinning it as a “repair” through a utility app called PC Manager....

What file format do you store your media in?

Hello! I recently listened to a podcast that talked about how storing media files in .av1 format is very efficient and storage-friendly. I’ve been storing my files in .mkv format, but now I’m considering using Handbrake or a similar service to convert all my video files to .av1 if it’s more compressed than .mkv. So;...

One piece (sh.itjust.works)

Egypt has destroyed more than 2,000 Gaza tunnels, secret files reveal (www.middleeasteye.net)

Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant? (news.ycombinator.com)

Brain-reading device is best yet at decoding ‘internal speech’ (www.nature.com)

Brain-machine interfaces implanted in the participants of this study in the supramarginal gyrus (SMG) and primary somatosensory cortex (S1) were successfully able to decode both internally spoken and vocalized words....

Helicopter carrying Iran's president suffers a 'hard landing,' state TV says without further details (apnews.com)

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating....

Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians (truthout.org)

China has introduced guidelines to phase out U.S. microprocessors from Intel and AMD, from government personal computers and servers. (archive.ph)

Americans are down on the economy (again), with inflation topping election concerns (www.washingtonpost.com)

Paywall removed: archive.is/oFXIl

Software Development Paradox (lemmy.ml)

Beginner in need of real help!

I’ve been interested in self-hosting for a while, but didn’t really know where to start. I’ve never messed with Linux before and wanted to jump ship from Windows since Microsoft decided to start putting ads everywhere. I came across this post [lemmy.world/post/6542543] which was exactly what I was looking for to start, and...