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

Final Fantasy 7: An oral history (www.polygon.com)

Massive car dealer ransom attack is mostly over after 2 weeks of work-arounds (arstechnica.com)

Purgatory in paradise: how a shipwreck off Diego Garcia led to three years of hell and horror (www.theguardian.com)

It was 10 days into the journey when the boat sprang a leak. Dozens of men, women and children were crowded on to a fishing boat, all Tamils fleeing persecution in their home country, Sri Lanka. They had hoped to reach sanctuary in Canada....

Devs should not be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks", says publisher of Manor Lords, citing how gamers seem to be trained to expect endless content work now (www.eurogamer.net)

This really does not sound healthy. The game is released, for a certain amount of money. If people don’t like what they get for their money, they simply should not buy it....

Why am i Blue? (youtube.com)

China Outspends the U.S. on Fusion in the Race for Energy’s Holy Grail - [WSJ] (archive.md)

July 7, 2024...

Russian court jails theatre figures over IS wives play (www.bbc.com)

Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people (www.theguardian.com)

Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site (www.theguardian.com)

Hungary's Orban unexpectedly visits China, backs Xi's peace plan (www.reuters.com)

China sat out the Swiss meeting – “The international community should create conditions for the resumption of direct dialogue and negotiations between the two sides and provide assistance,” Xi told Orban, according to Chinese state media.

2024 could be world’s hottest year as June breaks records (www.straitstimes.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17745389

Hurricane Beryl tracker: Death toll rises to 6 in Texas, over 2 million without power (abcnews.go.com)

Thousands of Palestinians flee amid heavy Israeli attack on Gaza City (www.theguardian.com)

Duck Wearing Bow-Tie Walks Into Pub, Drinks Pint, Fights Dog, Loses (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)

cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/14359573...

Trophy hunter killings spark fierce battle over the future of super tusker elephants (www.theguardian.com)

In the borderlands of Tanzania and Kenya, the “super tuskers” roam. A combination of old age, genetic pooling and prolonged protection from poaching has created a population of bull elephants with enormous tusks, weighing up to 45kg apiece, large enough to scrape along the ground as the animals walk. To many, the bulls are...

Germany gets top marks for integration of migrants (www.dw.com)

A new OECD study has found Germany is successfully integrating migrants despite obstacles such as migrants often having little education....

Boeing accepts a plea deal to avoid a criminal trial over 737 Max crashes, Justice Department says (apnews.com)

Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two deadly crashes of 737 Max jetliners after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years, the Justice Department said Sunday night....

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