Thoughts on the game Timberborn (store.steampowered.com)
Has anybody given this game a try? I’ve been considering it for a while, but money is tight. Curious if it was worth it....
Polygamous sect member pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children (apnews.com)
A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state lines, making him the first man to be convicted in what authorities say was a scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children....
Ukrainian climate activism (media.kbin.social)
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who raised alarm over plane quality, is found dead (www.npr.org)
State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs (apnews.com)
As Salvatore LoGrande fought cancer and all the pain that came with it, his daughters promised to keep him in the white, pitched roof house he worked so hard to buy all those decades ago....
South Korea to China: Why is East Asia producing so few babies? (www.aljazeera.com)
openSUSE Tumbleweed Begins Rolling Out KDE Plasma 6 Desktop, But No Wayland Default Yet (www.phoronix.com)
The openSUSE Tumbleweed rolling release Linux distribution has begun rolling out the KDE Plasma 6.0.1, Gear 24.02 apps, and Frameworks 6.0 packages. Plasma 5 is being replaced within the Tumbleweed repository but openSUSE Tumbleweed isn’t yet transitioning to the Wayland session by default.
US safety agency says Boeing video of door-plug removal was overwritten (www.theguardian.com)
NTSB also said investigators still do not know who worked on door plug before it blew out mid-flight...
YouTube blocks access to Fifth Estate story on killing of B.C. Sikh activist at India's demand (www.cbc.ca)
China: TikTok ban would 'come back to bite' the US (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
China has issued a cautionary statement in response to a proposed TikTok ban in the US
China, Iran and Russia hold joint war games in Gulf of Oman in response to threats to coastal trade (www.aljazeera.com)
State media reported that a grouping of ships from Russia’s Pacific Fleet, led by the Varyag cruiser, arrived at the Iranian port of Chabahar on Monday ahead of the drills that will see representatives from the navies of Azerbaijan, India, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan and South Africa act as observers....
California lawmaker to introduce bill to remove artificial dyes from foods served in school (www.nbcnews.com)
The proposed legislation would prohibit school cafeterias from serving foods with Red 40 and six other chemicals associated with potential health and behavioral issues....
'The Body Shop' shuts down all US operations, closes dozens of stores in Canada (www.cnn.com)
Rooster Teeth, home of Red Vs. Blue and RWBY, shutting down after 21 years (arstechnica.com)
I know Rooster Teeth isn’t perfectly game related per se, but their machinimas and miniseries using game assets were transformative for many of us in the gaming community I believe. So I think it fits....
UN says that the expansion of Israeli settlements is a "war crime" (intlmonitor.com)
Leaked Israel lobby presentation urges US officials to justify war on Gaza with 'Hamas rape' claims (thegrayzone.com)
Two prominent pro-Israel lobby groups are holding private briefings in New York City to coach elected officials and well-known figures on how to influence public opinion in favor of the Israeli military’s rampage in Gaza, The Grayzone can reveal. These PR sessions, convened by the UJA-Federation and Jewish Community Relations...
EA Hopes to Use Generative AI to Drive Monetization and Make Development 30% More Efficient (techraptor.net)
Kentucky GOP lawmakers override governor and undo efforts to prevent renter discrimination - KVIA (kvia.com)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill that will undo efforts in Kentucky’s two largest cities to ban landlords from discriminating against renters who use federal housing vouchers has been restored after Republican lawmakers quickly overrode the Democratic governor’s veto. The override votes completed work on the bill Wednesday....
What Happened When a Man Got 217 COVID-19 Vaccines (time.com)
Spoiler alert: he was fine and it didn’t improve his immunity in a significant way
KDE Neon shows that the Plasma 6 Linux distro is something truly special (www.zdnet.com)
17-year-old girl gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, 1 arrested, (indianexpress.com)
They stopped the bike and took her to a desolate place by the roadside where they took turns to rape her
RuPaul Building Fortified Compound to Withstand "Cycle of Destruction" (futurism.com)
Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity (wedistribute.org)
Brazil’s finance minister proposes global tax on the super-rich at G20 meeting in Sao Paulo (apnews.com)
Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI | Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube's kids content (www.theintrinsicperspective.com)
Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI | Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube’s kids content::Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube’s kids content
