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Why is Soviet literature so obscure? (or, a mini feedback on Bulgakov's Master and Margarita)

I heard a lot of praise for Bulgakov’s oeuvre in the past, so I decided to give it a go....

New NATO Climate report points to Russian backed social media misinformation campaigns related to climate (www.axios.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17586464...

Peppermint tea (piefed.jeena.net)

Our neighbor grew peppermint in some pots but the plants are happily growing to everywhere so they grew from his side to our side....

‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds (www.theguardian.com)

A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world...

Neolithic population collapse may have been caused by plague, researchers say (www.theguardian.com)

It's happening again: War Thunder players continue to leak classified military documents (dotesports.com)

EU says X’s paid-for blue check deceives users, breaks law • The Register (go.theregister.com)

Where does plaque come from?

I know it’s bacteria, but where is that bacteria coming from? Why doesn’t brushing, flossing, mouth washing, or getting a deep clean at the dentist get rid of it entirely?

Russian soldier appalled by children’s hospital strike betrays comrades (tvpworld.com)

Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach (www.cnn.com)

Israel ordered thousands to ‘safe’ areas in Gaza City — then bombed them (www.972mag.com)

On Sunday, July 7, the Israeli army ordered residents of three neighborhoods in eastern Gaza City to immediately evacuate toward the west, ahead of a new ground invasion. Thousands of displaced families abandoned their shelters and searched desperately for a place to stay the night in the city’s western neighborhoods. Within...

Moscow angered by US plan to site long-range missiles in Germany (www.theguardian.com)

A US announcement of a plan to station long-range missiles in Germany for the first time since the cold war has set off a diplomatic furore between Washington and Moscow and elicited comparisons to the European missile crises of the 1980s....

Dad?

www.instagram.com/p/C87jDrYtjKO/

Intel's CPUs Are Failing, ft. Wendell of Level1 Techs (www.youtube.com)

Nvidia’s RTX 5090 now rumored to have superfast clock speeds – as well as being super-slim – could this GPU be too good to be true? (www.techradar.com)

[TIL] The worst shark attack in history (getpocket.com)

The USS Indianapolis had delivered the crucial components of the first operational atomic bomb to a naval base on the Pacific island of Tinian. On August 6, 1945, the weapon would level Hiroshima. But now, on July 28, the Indianapolis sailed from Guam, without an escort, to meet the battleship USS Idaho in the Leyte Gulf in the...

New York, other states implementing laws to ban mini plastic shampoo bottles in hotels (www.scrippsnews.com)

me_irl (lemmy.world)

'Not harmful to health': Korea's Buldak spicy noodles return to shelves as Denmark reverses recall (m.koreatimes.co.kr)

Buldak spicy noodles are back on shelves in Denmark after the food authorities there canceled part of their recall decision concerning the famous Korean instant noodles product, originally issued due to their extreme spiciness and consequent health risks....