Why the far right is surging all over the world: The “reactionary spirit” and the roots of the US authoritarian moment (www.vox.com)
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User returns after 100k-hours ban to continue conversation that got them banned in the first place. (www.pcgamer.com)
For reference: A 100,000 hour ban is ~11.4 years.
Isolated Germany fears a second Trump term (www.ft.com)
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North Korea flies more balloons across border with South (www.dw.com)
South Korea is boosting its propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at the border after North Korea floated more trash balloons southwards....
Israel's Netanyahu walks political tightrope on Washington trip following Biden's exit from race (apnews.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for Washington on Monday, leaving behind a brutal war to make a politically precarious speech before the U.S. Congress at a time of great uncertainty following Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race....
Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools (www.theguardian.com)
Judge pushed enactment of law to display religious code until November in response to parents’ suit...
China talks of mending fractured relations but says it won’t tolerate Canadian criticism of its human-rights record (www.theglobeandmail.com)
China’s chief diplomat told Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly Friday that Beijing wants to “inject momentum into the restoration of normal relations,” but said the Asian power will brook no criticism of human-rights abuses or its menacing threats to the island democracy of Taiwan....
CrowdStrike IT outage affected 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft says (www.bbc.com)
Microsoft says it estimates that 8.5m computers around the world were disabled by the global IT outage....
Z-Library: More Domains Seized Than Any Other Pirate Site in History. (torrentfreak.com)
Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side (www.economist.com)
In the year to mid-June Brazil’s currency, the real, fell against the dollar by 17%, the worst performance of any major currency over this period. The São Paulo stockmarket lost 8% of its value even as other emerging markets rallied.
Aaron Sorkin Takes Back ‘Fever Dream’ Biden Replacement Idea (www.thedailybeast.com)
Non-paywall link: 12ft.io/thedailybeast.com/aaron-sorkin-takes-back-fever-d…
Taiwan holds drills simulating defense against China attacks (www.dw.com)
Taiwan is holding five days of military drills simulating a response to a Chinese invasion. The exercises come amid growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait....
Snow Bros. 2 Special Coming to Switch and PC in 2024 | Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)
Snow Bros. 2 Special: Retro Action Returns in 2024...
Increased use of Latvian in education does not infringe ethnic Russians' rights, rules European court (eng.lsm.lv)
Live updates: Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
This is it. The leaks were true. He’s gone for good.
[Opinion] Israeli Soldiers Flaunt War Crimes on Social Media. Why Aren’t They Held Accountable? (truthout.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/19514687...
Fmovies ‘Sister’ Sites Shut Down, Redirect to Pirate Streaming Alternatives. (torrentfreak.com)
Anime music piracy website closes after industry goes to court (asia.nikkei.com)
Montana man kills grizzly bear that attacked while he was picking berries (www.theguardian.com)
“There was four years of Trump and nothing particularly bad happened” (lemmygrad.ml)
Except you know, that one thing...
More AI-generated child sex abuse material is being posted online (www.nbcnews.com)
In a review of material posted on the dark web, the Internet Watch Foundation found that deepfakes featuring children were becoming more extreme....
Illicit chip flows to Russia seen slowing, but China, Hong Kong remain a global sanctions evasion hotspots (www.reuters.com)
Transshipments through Hong Kong of Common High Priority Items (CHPL) — advanced components including microelectronics deemed by the U.S. and European Union as likely to be used for Russia’s war in Ukraine — fell 28% between January and May, according to data by the U.S. Commerce Department....
British woman and husband found dead after failed Atlantic crossing (www.theguardian.com)
‘The Russian society isn’t prepared’: The Kremlin fears ‘public discontent’ and a rise in crime as soldiers returning from the war in Ukraine fail to adapt to civilian life (meduza.io)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/1007323...
