In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system (apnews.com)
Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of blue and black water tanks, tubes and cables looking for rain harvesting systems....
Germany saw rise last year in weapons-related crime (www.yahoo.com)
“For years, former war and crisis regions have been a source of firearms and the illegal trade in them,” the BKA report said....
I researched the dark side of social media − and heard the same themes in ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. (theconversation.com)
UK minimum wage to rise – here’s how it could really tackle the cost of living and inequality. (theconversation.com)
Aoostar AG01 eGPU with OCuLink and built-in 400W PSU released at $150 (www.tomshardware.com)
Who Are the Far-Right Groups Behind the U.K. Riots? (www.nytimes.com)
The violence has been driven by online disinformation and extremist right-wing groups intent on creating disorder after a deadly knife attack on a children’s event in northwestern England, experts said.A range of far-right factions and individuals, including neo-Nazis, violent soccer fans and anti-Muslim campaigners, have...
Calls for foreigners to leave Lebanon as war fears grow (www.bbc.com)
Several countries have urged their nationals to leave Lebanon, as fears grow of a wider conflict in the Middle East....
Ukrainian drone penetrates Russian position (i.imgur.com)
cross-posted from: biglemmowski.win/post/1787463...
Who knew Unicode was so versatile? (lemmy.world)
The best way foreign countries can support opposition activists in Russia is by helping Ukraine win the war, freed Russian opposition leader says (kyivindependent.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/1598333...
Scientists Confirm Bird Flu Is Now Spreading Between Mammals (www.sciencealert.com)
Phantom Blade Zero studio S-Game publicly denounces an anonymous statement from one of its developers that claims "nobody needs" Xbox. (www.pcgamesn.com)
Harris campaign launches GOP outreach, led by former NC justice. (ncnewsline.com)
Open Measures - Social media analysis tool (public.openmeasures.io)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/25357952...
Sega Files Trademark for “Yakuza Wars” (noisypixel.net)
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country, media reports say (www.reuters.com)
Palestinian kills two people in stabbing attack in Israel (www.reuters.com)
Trump congratulates Putin for Biden's historic prisoner swap (www.salon.com)
Petition to the EU to stop killing games is at 125k signatures [1 million, or 1000k, required: already 1.25/10 is done, despite poor coverage from youtube community] (citizens-initiative.europa.eu)
VIDEO PROOF BIRDS ARE NOT REAL (VERIFIED) (i.imgur.com)
Chinese military drone
Looks Like 8BitMods Is Creating A Dreamcast "MemCard Pro" VMU | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
8BitMods Aims to Reignite Dreamcast Memories with the “MemCard Pro” VMU...
Tommy Robinson stokes far-right riots on social media from outside UK (www.independent.co.uk)
Campaigners warn Robinson inflaming tensions while outside country and subject to arrest warrant
New large-scale Russian disinformation campaign on TikTok aims at discrediting Ukraine’s mobilization efforts and territorial defense centers, investigation finds (texty.org.ua)
At the end of July 2024, the destructive #it’snotmyukraine was among the three most popular hashtags on the TikTok Creative Centre website, the Ukrainian media outlet Texty has found....