Google explains Gemini’s “embarrassing” AI pictures of diverse Nazis (www.theverge.com)
Trump warns of enemies ‘within our country’ to Christian media gathering (www.theguardian.com)
The ex-president told the National Religious Broadcasters that ‘the greatest threat’ to the US is ‘people from within our country’...
Pauses on embryo transfers out of Alabama leave IVF patients with few options (www.nbcnews.com)
Some fertility clinics and transport services are worried about shipping embryos following the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that embryos are children....
DVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layers (www.techspot.com)
Germany legalises cannabis, but makes it hard to buy (www.bbc.com)
The German parliament has backed a new law to allow the recreational use of cannabis....
Incredibly, The Russian Air Force Has Lost Another Rare A-50 Radar Plane (www.forbes.com)
Incredibly, the Russian air force has lost another one of its rare Beriev A-50M/U Mainstay radar early-warning planes. Video that circulated online on Friday reportedly depicts the A-50’s burning wreckage in Krasnodar Krai, in Russia just east of the Sea of Azov....
A modest update to Qubes OS (lwn.net)
New Israeli report alleging 'systematic and intentional rape' by Hamas relies on debunked Western media reports - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
The contents of the Israeli Association of Rape Crisis Center’s paper alleging “systematic” Hamas rape derive largely from discredited second-hand testimonies and debunked media reports. Among its most heavily cited sources is a dubious NY Times article that triggered a staff revolt at the paper.
Two years on, Ukraine is seeking the least worst option (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Reddit Warns That r/WallStreetBets Could Wreak Havoc on Its Stock Price (gizmodo.com)
Reddit Warns That r/WallStreetBets Could Wreak Havoc on Its Stock Price::In its IPO documents, Reddit said the price and volume of its stock could “experience extreme volatility for reasons unrelated to our underlying business.”
German tourists lost for more than a week after Google Maps mishap (www.9news.com.au)
Widow of Navalny accuses Putin of mocking Christianity for refusing to return her husband's body (apnews.com)
The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused President Vladimir Putin of mocking Christianity by trying to force his mother to agree to a secret funeral after his death in a penal colony....
The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza Can Only Get Worse (www.newyorker.com)
The shadows and light of James Brown’s chaotic life: massive music, pioneering civil rights work — and spousal abuse (english.elpais.com)
Conservatives: keep it down! (slrpnk.net)
Rafah Attack Escalates “Most Transparent Genocide of All Time,” Scholar Says (truthout.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/16060518...
Release Proton 9.0 (Beta11) · ValveSoftware/Proton (github.com)
Note: This is a public beta release and will be updated more regularly with regression fixes prior to the Proton 9.0-1 release....
“We Must Not Let History Repeat Itself:” Race-Baiting and Revenge in Richmond (themainlander.com)
Former Vancouver safe supply program saved lives, new research says (vancouversun.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/16062941...
Small, nonthreatening balloon intercepted over Utah by NORAD (www.seattletimes.com)
A small, nonthreatening balloon spotted flying high over the mountainous Western United States was intercepted by a fighter jet over Utah on Friday, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command....
At the Florida Man Games, tank-topped teams compete at evading police, wrestling over beer (apnews.com)
They rose up by the dozens from across Florida, caricatured competitors in tank tops and cutoff shorts, for a showdown that treats evading police and wrestling over beer like Olympic sports....
Air Force: Ukraine shoots down another Russian A-50 aircraft over Azov Sea (kyivindependent.com)
Lawyer of girl who died in CBP custody alleges ‘systemic problems’ with agency (www.borderreport.com)
TIL May Day, not on the same day as US Labor Day, started "in commemoration of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886)." (www.britannica.com)
In 1889 an international federation of socialist groups and trade unions designated May 1 as a day in support of workers, in commemoration of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886). Five years later, U.S. Pres. Grover Cleveland, uneasy with the socialist origins of Workers’ Day, signed legislation to make Labor Day—already...
On the run from Russia: the defector to Ukraine shot dead on the Costa Blanca (www.theguardian.com)
Maksim Kuzminov flew a Russian miltary helicopter to Ukraine. Armed with a new identity, he moved to a Spanish resort. Then he was killed in an underground car park...
