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Fate/stay night REMASTERED coming to Steam 7th ago. (store.steampowered.com)

Tycho Brahe dabbled in alchemy. Broken glassware is revealing his recipes (www.sciencenews.org)

Nigerians protest high cost of living as police arrest nearly 700 | Africanews (www.africanews.com)

Nigerian security forces on Saturday fired bullets and teargas at several journalists and protesters during demonstrations against the country’s economic crisis in the capital city, Abuja, according to journalists at the scene.

Despite economic growth, 70% of Americans believe the economy is getting worse (wtop.com)

Rebel groups in Colombia are killing trans women in a "social cleansing" campaign (www.lgbtqnation.com)

See the Perseids and Southern Delta Aquariids in a Stunning Double Meteor Shower (www.wired.com)

Japan stocks take largest dive since Black Monday of 1987 (asia.nikkei.com)

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Russian Wagner mercenaries spotted amid Venezuela election protests (www.intellinews.com)

Trump claims he’s pro-worker. Project 2025 will gut labor rights (www.theguardian.com)

Far-right plan for a Republican presidency would undercut unions, strip child labor laws and boost corporate profits...

Kim Jong Un wants Trump back, former North Korean diplomat says (www.bbc.com)

Donald Trump returning to the White House would be “a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity” for North Korea, according to Ri Il Kyu, the highest-ranking defector to escape North Korea since 2016 and has been face to face with Kim Jong Un on seven separate occasions....

Zathura (document viewer) version 0.5.8 released (github.com)

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Even after a year in jail, Imran Khan still dominates Pakistan's politics (www.bbc.com)

Democratic primary in Arizona’s third district remains too close to call (www.theguardian.com)

OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid (www.theguardian.com)

5 Years After El Paso Shooting, Calls for Fighting Gun Violence and Racism (www.commondreams.org)

Wyoming offers to sell land to Grand Teton park — or it could go to developers (www.npr.org)

Inmates battle heat, mold and mice inside Mississippi's largest prison (www.nbcnews.com)

Despite Justice Department scrutiny of the state penitentiary in Parchman, some housed in Unit 29 say conditions are worsening because of the extreme heat....

How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways (www.propublica.org)

How Bangladesh’s student protests ignited a broader movement against the country’s leader (www.pbs.org)

Bangladesh is under a nationwide curfew and internet blackout after a weekend of violent clashes between security forces and protestors. Almost 300 people have died since the start of the protests, which have grown into a national movement against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her increasingly autocratic rule.

Is the Great Resignation 2.0 coming? Nearly 3 in 10 workers plan to quit this year (www.usatoday.com)

Hackers hope to democratize laser-based processor hacking — $500 RayV Lite relies on 3D printing, a laser pen, and a Raspberry Pi to bring costs down (www.tomshardware.com)

… “The first of two versions of the RayV Lite will focus on laser fault injection (LFI). This technique uses a brief blast of light to interfere with the charges of a processor’s transistors, which could flip them from a 0 value to a 1 value or vice versa. Using LFI, Beaumont and Trowell have been able to pull off things...