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TIL the term "Mad as a Hatter" likely came from hat makers using mercury and the resulting mercury poisoning. (en.wikipedia.org)

Mercury poisoning of hat-makers – In 18th and 19th century England, mercury was used in the production of felt, which was commonly used in the hat-making trade at the time. Long-term use of mercury products often resulted in mercury poisoning-induced erethism among hat-makers.[1][2] In the late 19th-century United States, a...

Trump says Taiwan should pay for defence, sending TSMC stock down (ca.finance.yahoo.com)

I'm sure glad Paul Bunyan took care of that problem. (lemmy.world)

For non-North Americans: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan

'Garbage time': China’s slump spins out new meme of economic despair on the country's social media (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/865985...

German State Moves $3 Billion in Bitcoin Seized From Pirate Site Operators * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)

Chinese business tycoon convicted of defrauding followers in $1bn scheme (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18073470

Homemade bee spray blowtorch lights Walla Walla house on fire (www.nbcrightnow.com)

Eindhoven University of Technology is near ASML’s hometown. US ambassador questioned why it has so many Chinese students. (www.bloomberg.com)

Creating a home cloud storage network?

Hello! I am interested in creating my own cloud storage network, but I have to idea how to even start it. It’s just for myself, mainly pictures and videos. Ideally what I would like to do is be able to manually and/or automatically upload pictures and videos from my phone to my home cloud storage. I have Xfinity as my service...

Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet....

T-shirts with image of Trump raising his fist after assassination attempt are for sale in China (japantoday.com)

Here's 3 reasons I'm actually pretty optimistic about Dragon Age: The Veilguard despite being an old school RPG sicko (www.pcgamer.com)

As a long time Dragon Age fan, I’ve been really, just iffy about Dragon Age: The Veilguard, especially since the very first trailer that they put out. The vibes were way off, like they were making a trailer for a Fortnite crossover rather than a dark fantasy game. The gameplay trailer afterward did seem to be more of what I...