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Ukraine’s Forces and Firepower Are Misallocated, U.S. Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)

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US citizens urged to leave Belarus immediately (thehill.com)

The Biden administration is urging U.S. citizens in Belarus to depart the country immediately and warned against travel there in a statement published Monday....

5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Happy birthday, Proton!

Soaking in the worst air quality in the world (sh.itjust.works)

The Air Quality Index in my town is currently 260 (very unhealthy) due to a surge in wildfires in western Canada and the northwest US. There are additional smaller fires not shown on this map at this zoom level....

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 20th

Another week another thread. Whatcha y’all playing? And why is it Baldur’s gate 3?

TIL about the "'New York Times problem'—the dilemma of indicting Assange for the very same kind of investigative journalism that mainstream media engages frequently" (www.newsweek.com)

Two of us, Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky, testified for Assange at his extradition hearing last year. In Ellsberg’s words then, the WikiLeaks publications that Assange is being charged for are “amongst the most important truthful revelations of hidden criminal state behavior that have been made public in U.S. history.” The...

What is Tom Bombadil?

He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?

Do you believe conscription is okay? Why or Why Not?

Oil draining over the hot exhaust? Sounds good guys, let's sign it off and start production! (files.catbox.moe)

Seriously, couldn’t they just extend the tube a bit so it overhangs the exhaust pipe???

Are American tv shows stuck in Act 2 for their entire runtime between season 1 and final season?

Season 1s are great, setup, some payoff, a bit of lead into the overarching story. Then season 2 to X. The heroes win and then lose in the final episode, cliffhanger to next season. People get bored. Final season is announced and they wrap up the show.

Android Ad Blocker

Anybody know of a good apk that blocks ads while watching YouTube on my phone app ?

Has anyone else noticed that autocorrect/swipe has been getting worse lately?

[It is LIVE!] Sync for Lemmy - Apps on Google Play (play.google.com)

Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court (apnews.com)

FCC chair wants to boost broadband standard to 100Mbps (www.theregister.com)

FCC chair wants to boost broadband standard to 100Mbps::First refresh of minimums in eight years for the country that invented the internet

Retroid Pocket 2S now live. What's your preferred handheld for retro gaming? (www.goretroid.com)

Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized (www.reuters.com)

WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while Ukraine has reconquered half the territory that Russia initially seized in its invasion, Kyiv faced a “a very hard fight” to win back more....

James Cameron calls for regulations for tourist subs after Titan disaster (www.independent.co.uk)

Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month (9to5google.com)

Oof I think this service is only worth it if you have a family plan and everyone helping. That is how I personally make it reasonable in terms of pricing.

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading Reaper by Will Wight. It’s the 10th out of 12.

I'm the author of an April Fool's Internet Standard, AMA

Let’s get the AMAs kicked off on Lemmy, shall we....

T-Mobile Starting to Really Grind My Gears (vlemmy.net)

Maybe I shouldn’t be as pissed as I am but, for me, I like using my Apple card for autopay because I get 3% back with T-Mobile charges. What I like to do is use my CCs to max my rewards / cash back and then pay off my card each month....

YSK: If you want faster and less buggy User experience, move to a smaller instance that is hosted close to you.

I have been using Lemmy for 20 days, at first I opened an account at Lemmy.world because you can join without writing a text and waiting approval. I have been enjoying the experience overall but despite the admin teans best efforts Lemmy.world has been experiencing some serious performance issues. If you want to avoid that join...