Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinches first Olympic medal amid outcry tied to gender misconceptions (apnews.com)
Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinched her first Olympic medal Sunday in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games, one day after fellow boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria secured one as well following days of online abuse and intense scrutiny about their participation....
Of course there were no dinosaurs! Have you never even looked at the Chinese Zodiac? (lemmy.world)
Codeberg versus AI Evangelist - Mastodon (social.anoxinon.de)
An interesting little back and forth between Codeberg and someone advocating for them to spend resources on AI assistants....
I need new glasses. The only insurance-approved place I can shop online will cost $250 with my needs. I went to a "cheap" glasses website that doesn't accept insurance: $250. Yay, America.
The optometrist recommended seamless bifocals. I have a very painful nerve condition in my face (atypical trigeminal neuralgia), so this is what I need with glasses: the lightest weight frames possible- known as ultra light- with the lightest weight lenses possible and automatically darkening lenses so I don’t need the weight...
Ancient Egyptian power tools? (lemmy.world)
TemporalAccessor, TemporalAdjustor could just as well be Star Trek things (lemmy.world)
This is not a plot to get the Tomcat back into service (sh.itjust.works)
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/ce827010-1f15-4a2c-a783-2355cf5a468c.png...
Monster Hunter Wilds: Basic Mechanics Overview (www.youtube.com)
Fox News host Jesse Watters thinks men who vote for women ‘transition’ to women (www.advocate.com)
Financial advice
[OC] Misty morning, Mälaren (Lake Malar in Sweden) (lemmy.world)
OC, but not ”my” photo. Posted with permission by the person who took the photo this morning.
My lord. My lady...
[OC] Interior of the Old South Church in Boston (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/00a19913-babd-4089-a118-be36178f6429.jpeg...
“Now Is the Time to Take Action”: Carbon Monoxide Poisonings After Hurricane Beryl Are the Highest Since Texas Winter Storm. (www.propublica.org)
J.D. Vance’s trans law school friend accuses him of using trans kids “as a political ploy” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Posting the song that is in my head when I wake up #3: untitled, by ev.exi (evexi.bandcamp.com)
album: Forget, bandcamp...
Malaysia is first country to issue ‘do not travel to UK' warning over riots (www.standard.co.uk)
Malaysia has become the first country to issue a safety warning to its citizens about travel to the UK due to anti-immigration protests and riots....
Vietnam’s coast guard visits Philippines for joint drills as both face maritime tensions with China (apnews.com)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietnamese coast guard ship arrived in Manila on Monday for a four-day goodwill visit and joint exercises as the two countries attempt to put aside their own territorial disputes in the face of rising tensions with China over control of key features in the South China Sea....
Oklahoma schools in revolt over Bible mandate (thehill.com)
Am I terribly, terribly dyslexic or is this bluetooth keyboard doing me wrong?
Okay, this is like a tech support kinda question but idk where the hell to ask it so I am gunna ask it here. My old keyboard died a couple of days ago. Just gave up the ghost, and I cursed the gods and got out my bluetooth keyboard. I had been using my lappy exclusively (so not using an external keyboard) but hooked it up to my...
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Ida Red Likes The Boogie [Western Swing] (www.youtube.com)
MusicBrainz: musicbrainz.org/…/2dae7fe4-40a4-4089-b9da-c3f1a6b…