France, Germany, Britain call for Gaza ceasefire 'without delay'. (www.rfi.fr)
They encouraged us to insulate our home. Now it’s unmortgageable (www.theguardian.com)
Householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use.
The U.S. Fueled Saudi Jets Bombing Yemen. Now the Saudis Won’t Pay Their Gas Bill. (theintercept.com)
THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY is reportedly worth more than $1.4 trillion, but for several years, the Pentagon has been chasing the kingdom for $15 million it owes for American assistance during the Saudi war in Yemen. For months, the Defense Department has ducked The Intercept’s questions about Saudi Arabia welching on its debt....
Darkrose, original public-domain music (www.youtube.com)
Hi guys, I’m in this project where we publish albums in the public domain (CC0), if you’re interested check it out!
Newsom threatens to take money from counties that don't reduce homelessness (www.latimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/gavin-newsom-homelessness-fight…
FM’s admission that Netanyahu is hindering truce confirms Israel’s ‘lies’, Hamas says (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Analysts have long warned that Netanyahu has refused to agree a deal with the Palestinian resistance for a prisoner exchange and ceasefire because an end of the war on Gaza would mean an end to his political career. Netanyahu faces charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust in three cases filed in 2019. He can be sentenced to...
Stalker 2 devs' 35-minute in-depth gameplay video and promise of an 'authentic' experience that'll kill you dead finally has me fully on board the hype train to The Zone [actual title] (www.pcgamer.com)
Murder case brought against Bangladesh's ex-PM (www.bbc.com)
A murder investigation has been opened into Bangladesh’s ex-premier Sheikh Hasina over the police killing of a man during civil unrest....
Five Iranian Women's Rights Activists Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison. (www.rferl.org)
Racism Is Why Trump Is So Popular (theintercept.com)
TO UNDERSTAND THE rise of Donald Trump, you don’t need to go to a diner in the Midwest or read “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance’s memoir....
X now lets you sort replies so blue checks don’t bury other users’ comments (au.finance.yahoo.com)
The trouble with England – why rioting in the UK has not spread to Scotland and Wales (nation.cymru)
The violent unrest that has caused so much damage in the UK has not in fact happened across the UK. It has almost been exclusively confined to England....
Doctors strike in India after rape and murder of trainee medic at hospital (www.theguardian.com)
Call for better safety measures as ‘civic volunteer’ arrested after attack on female trainee doctor in Kolkata...
US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court’s Chevron ruling (www.theguardian.com)
EPA says Tucson’s drinking water is contaminated but air force claims agency lacks authority to order cleanup...
Huawei’s HarmonyOS to break the dominance of Western mobile platforms in China (www.scmp.com)
archive.ph/bQVGC
Designing Friction (philosophical essay about technology) (designingfriction.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/39429322...
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra review (m.gsmarena.com)
Cheatsheet script for displaying Linux command examples (gist.github.com)
You can use cheat sh web service to show cheatsheets for all kind of commands. Just replace the command name: curl -s cheat.sh/date. I also wrote a a simple script with filename being just a question mark to get a working command as ?, that shows all commands in fzf menu if no argument is given or shows the cheatsheet in the...
Top Ukrainian commander says his forces now control almost 390 square miles of Russia's Kursk region (apnews.com)
Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighboring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin....
Israel has Bombed At Least 18 Schools in Five Weeks (www.thecanary.co)
Biden dropped out because “the most important thing” is “we must defeat Trump”: CBS News (www.vanityfair.com)
The president talked about his emotional decision to leave the race and his plans to campaign for the Harris-Walz ticket in the battleground state of Pennsylvania....
Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ rerelease that’s packed with upgrades (www.theverge.com)
4K, 120 FPS, and more
First Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Point Release Delayed By 2 Weeks (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ndlug.org/post/970397...
Ukrainian troops are digging trenches in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. It’s a sign they plan to stay. (www.forbes.com)
On the sixth day of Ukraine’s advance into Kursk Oblast in southern Russia, there’s growing evidence the Ukrainian invasion corps—some or all of up to five 2,000-person brigades plus at least one 400-person independent battalion—plans to stay....