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‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds (www.theguardian.com)

A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world...

The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose (theintercept.com)

A BIPARTISAN SAMPLING of the world’s greatest perpetrators and enablers of political violence has rushed to condemn political violence following the shooting attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday....

China, Russia announce joint naval exercises (www.voanews.com)

China and Russia announced Friday that they are conducting joint naval exercises in the waters and airspace near Zhanjiang city in the south of China.

TIL: Why News Was So Neutral in the '50s & '60s (youtu.be)

Long but good.

Hellooooo!

Extracting frames from a video with ffmpeg very slow if not using jpeg

I’m trying to extract the frames of a video as individual images but it’s really slow, except when I’m using jpeg. The obvious issue with jpegs is the data loss from the compression, I want the images to be lossless. Extracting them as jpegs manages about 50-70 fps but as pngs it’s only 4 fps and it seems to continue...

Aww crap (lemmy.world)

Mukuru dump: Kenya 'serial killer' arrested in Nairobi (www.bbc.com)

Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used as a rubbish dump....

Any tips on dealing with people that don't like you?

Martin Savage And The Jiggerz - Down The Line [2024, Punk] (www.youtube.com)

Discogs: discogs.com/…/7760758-Martin-Savage-The-Jiggerz

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

An interview with with reporter Oren Ziv of +972 Magazine, whose latest investigation details how Israeli forces in Gaza have been authorized to open fire on Palestinians virtually at will. Six soldiers who fought in Gaza describe a near-total absence of firing regulations, with soldiers shooting as they please, setting homes...

Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning!

Weekly thread for any and all career, learning and general guidance questions. Thinking of taking a training or going for a cert? Wondering how to level up your career? Wondering what NOT to do? Got other questions? This is the time and place to ask!

War has prevented 15m children being immunised against diseases, UN warns (www.theguardian.com)

Conflicts have hampered efforts to vaccinate children across the world, health leaders have warned, as new figures showed about 14.5 million children had not received a single immunisation dose....

Let's discuss: Age of Empires (beehaw.org)

The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...

Living in a tent with premature triplets: how fear and anxiety haunt Gaza’s new mothers (www.theguardian.com)

The constant trauma (of the war) took its toll on Yasmeen Khuwaiter, who found out about her pregnancy two weeks before the war, and gave birth to triplets in April, two months before her due date....

Do any of you shave your eyebrows when your cats die?

Apparently the Egyptians used to do this....

Thailand's economy: factory closures due to cheap Chinese imports with job losses jumping by 80% within one year (www.reuters.com)

The manufacturing sector’s woes have left Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who took power last year, struggling to fulfil his promise of bringing average annual GDP growth to 5% over his four-year term, up from 1.73% in the past decade....