NYPD recruit dies during Bronx training exercise in sweltering heat (www.independent.co.uk)
LibreOffice 24.2.4 Community available for download - The Document Foundation Blog (blog.documentfoundation.org)
How’s the progress of (insert retro game title) going?
What have you been playing and hows it going? Anything got you stuck? What high score are you going for? is this the first, second, (n+1) play-through?...
Australia accused of discriminating against disabled migrants (www.bbc.com)
Australia accused of discriminating against disabled migrants...
Las Vegas eyes record of fifth consecutive day over 115 degrees as heat wave continues to scorch US (apnews.com)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer as the desert city is on track Wednesday to set a record for the most consecutive days over 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius) amid a lingering hot spell that will continue scorching much of the U.S. into the weekend....
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to meet with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, will fly to Mar-a-Lago on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting....
England fans injured in attacks before Euro 2024 semi-final (www.independent.co.uk)
The “Netflix of anime” piracy site abruptly shuts down, shocking users (arstechnica.com)
Private prison behemoth GEO Group is first corporation to max out donations to Trump Campaign (www.citizensforethics.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/private-prison-behemoth-is-firs…
Language Is a Tool for Communication, Not for Thought, MIT Researchers Argue (www.technologynetworks.com)
US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
Louisiana 'miracle baby' 'Miracle baby' survives days alone on a roadside (www.bbc.com)
A days-long search for a missing baby boy in Louisiana has ended after a truck driver spotted the one-year-old crawling through the grass alongside a busy highway....
Riot was working on a Smash Bros-style fighting game, but MultiVersus helped convince it to pull the plug (www.pcgamer.com)
Lightly smoked + grilled chicken with grilled squash and potato salad (lemmy.world)
I’ll post recipes later if anyone is interested. The potato salad doesn’t look great in the photo, but it was a real winner.
When is a new update to ActivityPub coming? (fedia.io)
I'm trying to learn more about the protocol, and after years of being around in the fediverse there's obviously areas where the protocol could improve. I was reading some of the fep documents and there are really good proposals. How long for these to be part of the protocol? Last update was 2018.
A game of football, a boom, then scattered bodies: video shows moment of Israeli strike on Gaza school (www.theguardian.com)
The scene shows a moment of respite and relative calm in Gaza: a crowd of people watching a football match in a school playground. A player fails to control a long pass from a teammate. The opposing goalkeeper gathers the ball and looks to launch it back up the pitch....
Exclusive: New Google AI suite to debut with the Pixel 9 series (www.androidauthority.com)
Xperia 1 VI working on US T Mobile (lemmy.world)
So I finally got my preorder of the EU version and activated it without needing support by using the esim transfer on my old pixel. After close to a week now I’ve had 0 issues!
The French left faces a reality check over 90% wealth tax and lavish spending (inews.co.uk)
Actor George Clooney, a high-profile Biden supporter and fundraiser, asks president to leave race (apnews.com)
GNOME 47's New Font (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Ukraine seizes cargo ship, detains captain for exporting 'looted' grain (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine seized a foreign cargo ship on the Danube River and detained the captain on suspicion of helping Moscow export Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea, officials said on Thursday....
OpenSUSE is the best
Hear me out, the mascot is a freaking chameleon, that’s cool as shit man....
What's your financial cutoff point on game collecting?
I’m focused on NES, SNES, N64, Master System, and Genesis at the moment. I’ve just about reached the end of the cheap NES games and bought an Everdrive N8 Pro earlier this year. Mainly for ROM translations and homebrew, but I will admit to playing some of the higher dollar games on it. I’d much rather play actual carts...