Many 911 call centers are understaffed, and the job has gotten harder (www.npr.org)
Old School Rally plans full support for Steam Deck - got me feeling nostalgic (www.gamingonlinux.com)
DF Weekly: re-assessing benchmarking and PC gaming coverage (web.archive.org)
The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island (www.wired.com)
Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases (www.theguardian.com)
Late-night shooting at popular outdoor mall in Miami suburb leaves two dead, 7 injured (www.nbcnews.com)
A shooting at a bar in a popular outdoor mall in a Miami suburb early Saturday left two dead and seven injured....
The European defense industry is running short of nitrocellulose, which is needed to make ammunition. (www.ft.com)
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Eclipse 2024 pictures: An eerie darkness descends (www.bbc.com)
Thousands of people witnessed a celestial spectacle that plunged parts of North America into momentary darkness.
Judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Maine Took the US One Giant Step Toward More Democratic Elections (www.commondreams.org)
Nicaragua to ICJ: End Germany’s support of Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Rebuilding Gaza was seen as a ‘Herculean’ task before Oct. 7; six months of bombing has led to crises that will long outlive the war (theconversation.com)
Trump’s RNC takeover triggers strife and staff exits as purge partly backfires (www.theguardian.com)
Presumptive Republican nominee installed allies to run party but loyalty tests have led to weakening of certain areas, including data...
Foreign correspondents in China are facing heightened intimidation and surveillance, both in-person and through digital means (fccchina.org)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/13023984...
Why Yellen’s reflation pleas fall flat in Beijing — What she is advocating is a strategy that Japan has been pursuing for 25-plus years with mediocre success (asiatimes.com)
The People’s Bank of China is devising a program to provide as much as 500 billion yuan (US$69 billion) to support innovation in science and technology....
GAME staff told to expect redundancies, as most workers move to zero hours contracts (www.eurogamer.net)
Indonesia’s growing population falls out of love with marriage | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Biden administration set to greenlight $18 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel (edition.cnn.com)
The Biden administration is close to approving the sale of as many as 50 American-made F-15 fighter jets to Israel, in a deal expected to be worth more than $18 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter....
Lured with promise of Russian bride & job, 2 tortured for refusing to join army | Times of India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
“No bobs or vagene for you. But avoid the army and you’ll face torture” perfectly sums up the state of orcland these days.
Protesters in southern Mexico set state government building afire and torch a dozen vehicles (apnews.com)
Protesters in southern Mexico set the state government building afire Monday and torched at least a dozen cars in the parking lot....
Minecraft will now require Java 21 and a 64Bit OS, as of 24w14a (www.minecraft.net)
Here is Android 15's new Private Space in action (www.androidauthority.com)
The rise of financial sovereignty — and why some Australians believe they don't have to pay tax (www.abc.net.au)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/8439435...
Britain’s staycation boom may be over as bookings dry up (www.theguardian.com)
The cost of living, cold weather and a surplus of holiday lets have hit rental property owners in both cities and the seaside