kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Yet more examples of how copyright destroys culture rather than driving it (walledculture.org)

Russia forces adult content creator & hook-up app user to help entrap gay men (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Netflix Starts Booting Subscribers Off Cheapest Basic Ads-Free Plan (www.macrumors.com)

Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17680912

Forget it. (lemmy.world)

Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential vote | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad.

Andrew Tate can leave Romania while awaiting trial, court rules (www.theguardian.com)

The controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate will be allowed to leave Romania while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, a court has ruled....

Dutch volleyball player Steven van de Velde on Paris Olympics team 8 years after child rape (www.google.com)

Putin calls Taliban Russia's 'ally' in combating terrorism | The Express Tribune (tribune.com.pk)

Satisfactory Release Date Announcement (September 10) (www.youtube.com)

Salem hikes tour guide fee by 3,000% after surge of witch-enthusiasts flood town (www.independent.co.uk)

Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright (apnews.com)

The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled Thursday....

Arto Lindsay - Seu Pai [ Alternative/Art Rock/Brazilian Pop | United States | 2017 ] (artolindsay.bandcamp.com)

Actual legend.

Pinkwashing explained: How Israel leverages gay rights to put a ‘progressive veneer atop atrocity’ (ricochet.media)

Last November, Israel’s official social media accounts shared a photo of a smiling Israeli soldier proudly holding a rainbow flag amid the rubble in Gaza, where over 10,000 Palestinians – mostly women and children – had been killed in the weeks following October 7....

Google takes first major step for E2EE interoperability across all messaging apps (APK teardown) (www.androidauthority.com)

A week after an alleged coup attempt in Bolivia, confusion and conspiracy theories reign (apnews.com)

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A plan to stage a coup against Bolivia’s president was not what Gen. Tomás Peña y Lillo was expecting when he entered the military headquarters in La Paz last Wednesday....

Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia (apnews.com)

SAO PAULO (AP) — The indictment of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation, with more potentially in store....

TIL about de la Chapelle syndrome where people with XX chromosomes are born with traditionally masculine organs & presentation. Usually those with the trait are unaware they have XX chromosomes at all (en.wikipedia.org)

Treb Maus (sh.itjust.works)

General Jim Mattis Interview - May 2022 (www.youtube.com)

I already posted Frederick Douglass for the 4th, so here's a counter balancing factor: An explicitly pro-American viewpoint talking knowledgeably and at length about leadership and geopolitics, how he likes George Washington and the Boy Scouts, calling the Russian military "pathetic," stuff like that, without being in any way a...

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