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Polaris Snocross discussion (lemmy.world)

Recently grabbed this for PS1. Thought it was pretty awful at first but still playing it an hour later and I’m pretty hooked. Its super hard though! Not much discussion online so I wanted to see if anyone else has played it and maybe has some advice....

Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse (www.theguardian.com)

The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received....

My (re)discovery of roguelites

I don’t really like roguelites. At least I always thought. The only one I really tried was the Binding of Isaac. I never progressed far, I never really got the hang of it and had a lot of unsuccessful runs. I finally gave up on it. So I went for years without trying new ones. Until Hades. I played it quite a lot and had a lot...

Super Mario 64 Remake for Game Boy Advance (www.retronews.com)

Would be fun to play this on my Game boy Advance, Hopefully the final version finishes soon.

“Leave the salmon, take the brussell sprouts” (lemmy.world)

Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala (apnews.com)

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans gathered in India’s hillside town of Dharamshala to celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who turned 89 on Saturday....

Netanyahu: Gaza deal must let Israel resume fighting until war goals met (www.reuters.com)

[The Lancet] Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential (www.thelancet.com)

Armed conflicts have indirect health implications beyond the direct harm from violence. Even if the conflict ends immediately, there will continue to be many indirect deaths in the coming months and years from causes such as reproductive, communicable, and non-communicable diseases. The total death toll is expected to be large...

bash-dungeon: An educational dungeon crawler in the shell (github.com)

why do pharmacies have these signs with whacky animations? (protosparky.uk)

I’ve seen these all over Europe. Some have simple images of the cross flashing, some have windows screensaver esque animations, and some have 3d renders of various things rotating in all sorts of ways. Why is that? Wouldn’t a simple green cross be enough to get the point across, or do they need to be overly verbose? Here’s...

Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out (www.cnbc.com)

Abigail Disney, the granddaughter to Roy O. Disney, who cofounded The Walt Disney Company, told CNBC on Thursday that she plans to withhold donations to the party she has funded for years until Biden drops out. The president has said he has no plans to withdraw from the race, despite calls for him to do so....