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Fast grocery firms doomed by French dark store ban (www.bbc.co.uk)

Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon (arstechnica.com)

Mexico files diplomatic complaint over Gov. Greg Abbott’s floating border barriers (www.texastribune.org)

Passengers carted off in stretchers as Vegas flight stranded in extreme heat (www.independent.co.uk)

Met 'stop incels & 39 terrorist plots' to attack Pride in London, MPs and more (www.mylondon.news)

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Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off – here’s the evidence for both sides of the debate (theconversation.com)

Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated. (www.vox.com)

Modder is hosting his personal website on a 40-year-old IBM PCjr (www.techspot.com)

Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?

[Android Authority] I've run out of patience with the Pixel Tablet as a smart hub (www.androidauthority.com)

A little eye-opening to read about the issues experienced. Glad I wasn’t an early adopter in this case.

QAnon Shaman, who pleaded guilty and made a heartfelt apology in Jan. 6 case, has changed his mind and wants his plea reversed (www.businessinsider.com)

Will the European Cyber Resilience Act Kill Open Source Software? (fossforce.com)

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Bluesky allowed people to include the n-word in their usernames | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

Bluesky, a decentralized social network, allowed users to register usernames containing the n-word. When reports surfaced about a user with the racial slur in their name, Bluesky took 40 minutes to remove the account but did not publicly apologize. A LinkedIn post criticized Bluesky for failing to filter offensive terms from the...

I was attacked by someone posing as queer on Tinder. In Nigeria, this is reality for too many. (www.lgbtqnation.com)

78 whales killed in front of cruise ship passengers in the Faroe Islands (www.cbsnews.com)

New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed (phys.org)

Hollywood actors’ union recommends strike as talks deadline passes (www.theguardian.com)

Doctors stage biggest walkout in NHS history. Senior hospital doctors, known as consultants, in England will also begin a 48-hour strike on July 20, with radiographers following suit from July 25 (www.easterneye.biz)

Putin in Awkward Position After Leak of Wagner Document (www.newsweek.com)

Desperate or just business as normal? (www.techtimes.com)

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Official Unixporn Community on LemmyWorld (lemmy.ml)

Hey all! Mod team of r/unixporn here. After a couple weeks of work on our end, we finally have a Lemmy community at LemmyWorld that we’re committing to moderating in the long run. Additionally, due to Lemmy’s federation, you should be able to crosspost between here and there even if you don’t have an account on LemmyWorld....

Twitter seems to ban all Threads links to reaffirm its position as a “free speech absolutist” platform (www.theverge.com)

A search for Threads content on Twitter currently brings up zero results, despite plenty of links to Meta’s microblogging rival being posted on the platform.