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

Giving Up on Consciousness as the Ghost in the Machine (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

Gun violence and incarceration issues go ‘hand in hand’ in Shreveport Louisiana, residents say (www.mpbonline.org)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/gun-violence-and-incarceration-…

Canon Connections: PRO 2x02 - Into the Breach, Part II

• ”I swear, you’ve read those first contact protocols more than Picard.” Gwyn is too polite to reply that she, an alien child who grew up in a Delta Quadrant labour camp, has has no context for who Admiral Jean-Luc Picard is, even if he was captain of Starfleet’s flagship....

The Chinese Base That Isn’t There (www.nytimes.com)

Bella fell asleep on top of the warm dishwasher

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticism (arstechnica.com)

This capitalistic hellhole ain't it... (lemmy.world)

Gaza: Palestinian with Down syndrome ‘left to die’ by Israeli soldiers after combat dog attack [12 July 2024 | Middle East Eye] (www.middleeasteye.net)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17606053...

Github advplyr/audiobookshelf v2.11.0 (github.com)

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“I’m Bored, So I Shoot”: How Israeli Troops Are Authorized to Shoot Palestinians Virtually at Will (www.democracynow.org)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/805380...

Nexus Mods new cross-platform app adds experimental Cyberpunk 2077 support (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet....

In New York, Wage Theft Violators Get Millions in Government Contracts (www.propublica.org)

Fat Dog - Wither (Official Video) (www.youtube.com)

Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower Peter Buxtun has died at age 86 (apnews.com)

Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86....

Here's 3 reasons I'm actually pretty optimistic about Dragon Age: The Veilguard despite being an old school RPG sicko (www.pcgamer.com)

As a long time Dragon Age fan, I’ve been really, just iffy about Dragon Age: The Veilguard, especially since the very first trailer that they put out. The vibes were way off, like they were making a trailer for a Fortnite crossover rather than a dark fantasy game. The gameplay trailer afterward did seem to be more of what I...

Unable to earn enough at home, Syrian opposition fighters are travelling via Turkey to Africa to work as mercenaries, often under Russian command (www.bbc.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/834864...

George Town Festival organiser removes promotional videos amid inclusivity concerns, says sorry for Malay omission (www.malaymail.com)

cross-posted from: monyet.cc/post/5875366...

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