Adventure Mode Beta out now for Dwarf Fortress (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Buckshot Roulette hit a million sales, multiplayer mode in development (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Heavy Rain and Floods Kill 19 in Oman and Disrupt Dubai Airport | A year’s worth of rain fell in one day in some areas across Oman and the United Arab Emirates, bringing cities to a standstill. (www.nytimes.com)
The extreme weather appeared to be the result of a relatively normal weather system bringing rain that had been turbocharged by ocean and atmospheric warming, said Janette Lindesay, a climate scientist at the Australian National University. “It’s highly likely that global heating has played a role in the intensity of the...
Analysis | Why Has the Myanmar Regime Moved Suu Kyi to House Arrest? (www.irrawaddy.com)
Boeing put under Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings on aircraft maker's safety culture (apnews.com)
The Senate Commerce Committee heard from members of an expert panel that found serious flaws in Boeing’s safety culture. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the public wants the Federal Aviation Administration and lawmakers to ensure that boarding one of the company’s planes has not become more dangerous....
Palestinian boy who survived airstrike dies during food aid drop (www.theguardian.com)
‘We need more shade’: how US’s hottest city is cooling its least protected community (www.theguardian.com)
Phoenix broke several heat records last year. Now Grant Park, which has inequitable tree cover, is seeing a tree planting drive that promises some respite from 100F temperatures...
On Being an Outlier (www.goethe.de)
Proponents of AI and other optimists are often ready to acknowledge the numerous problems, threats, dangers, and downright murders enabled by these systems to date. But they also dismiss critique and assuage skepticism with the promise that these casualties are themselves outliers — exceptions, flukes — or, if not, they are...
Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over ‘national security’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party is the most prolific user of social media platforms, particularly after the country’s traditional media began censoring news about the former cricket star and his party in the run-up to the polls. Khan has 20.6 million followers on X. ⠀...
Open source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
EU fiddles on Middle East as Ukraine burns (www.politico.eu)
EU leaders look set to focus on Iran — where there is little they can achieve — while still failing to flex real muscle against Putin in Ukraine....
The Jerusalem Post: "Netanyahu asks IDF to provide 'target options' for Iranian attack - report" (www.jpost.com)
According to the report, the targets include an Iranian facility in Tehran or a cyberattack....
Metro Bank UK stole software (www.theguardian.com)
Metro Bank UK stole software and linked it to their online banking system.
Reformers hoped to curtail US domestic spying; lawmakers are poised to expand it (www.reuters.com)
Reformers had hoped that the debate over the reauthorization of a key U.S. domestic surveillance law would lead to new safeguards protecting Americans’ data....
Trump Media shares fall 7% after saying Truth Social to launch TV streaming platform (www.cnbc.com)
Revealed: Israel has sped up settlement-building in East Jerusalem since Gaza war began (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s government has accelerated the construction of settlements across East Jerusalem, with more than 20 projects totalling thousands of housing units having been approved or advanced since the start of the war in Gaza six months ago, planning documents show....
Ex-Blizzard Exec Dragged For Suggesting Gamers Start Tipping (kotaku.com)
US Issues Assurances on Assange (scheerpost.com)
Reddit Reports Surge in Copyright-Related User Bans (torrentfreak.com)
Members of self-proclaimed anti-government group ‘God’s Misfits’ held in killings of Kansas women (apnews.com)
Two Kansas women who vanished as they tried to pick up children for a birthday party two weeks ago were killed over a custody dispute involving a group of anti-government Oklahomans calling themselves “God’s Misfits,” authorities said Monday....
The Soviets were completely cool with it to. The Iran-Iraq war was one of the few where the Soviets and U.S were in agreement. Plus both had decent relations by this point. (sh.itjust.works)
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