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Anger, scorn from Chinese football fans after Japan thrashes China 7-0 in record World Cup qualifier loss - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)

Request to lemmy: can you please allow non-latin letters as well

I wish it was allowed to have persian letter usernames maybe even symbols as usernames it looks really cool and increases the username pool as well.

Firefish is entering maintenance mode (info.firefish.dev)

Announcement: Firefish will enter maintenance mode...

US arms advantage over Russia and China threatens stability, experts warn (www.theguardian.com)

Anon is Wario (sh.itjust.works)

To fight AI, we need 'personhood credentials,' say AI firms (www.theregister.com)

AI firms propose ‘personhood credentials’ to combat online deception, offering a cryptographically authenticated way to verify real people without sacrificing privacy—though critics warn it may empower governments to control who speaks online.

German far-right party wins a state election for the first time since the Nazis (www.nbcnews.com)

Maduro Moves Christmas To October Amid Post-election Turmoil (ground.news)

Maduro declared, “This year and to honor you all… I am going to decree the beginning of Christmas on October 1.”

Firefox 130.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes (www.mozilla.org)

lolirl (fedia.io)

How to cut your energy bills by 30 per cent with a heat pump (www.thetimes.com)

TIL Columbus never set foot in North America; he only explored the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America. (en.wikipedia.org)

If I have an account on Mastodon.Social, and another account on PieFed.Social are they technically on the same instance, since they're both on .Social?

Elasticsearch is open source, again (www.elastic.co)

What is your favorite thing to pickle?

I put some asparagus in vinegar with garlic, red pepper flakes, and pickling spice a couple weeks ago. I just cracked it open, and they’re fantastic!...

Does your Duolingo app icon look sick? You're not alone (www.digitaltrends.com)

This makes my brain hurt

X (formerly Twitter) labeled an unflattering NPR story about Donald Trump as ‘unsafe’ | A spokesperson said the warning was a "false positive." (www.yahoo.com)

X briefly discouraged users from viewing a link to an NPR story about Donald Trump’s recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery, raising questions about whether the Elon Musk-owned platform is putting its thumb on the scale for the former president....

Suspects in foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift show aimed to kill 'tens of thousands' (abcnews.go.com)

The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency’s deputy director said....