Northern lights dazzle over UK, Europe and across the hemisphere (www.theguardian.com)
Aurora borealis sightings further south than usual from Ireland and Britain to Czech Republic and Germany as solar storm hits Earth’s atmosphere
World Warned to Prepare for Today's Severe Geomagnetic Storm, First in 20 Years (www.yahoo.com)
Climate protesters try to break into Tesla's Germany factory, multiple people arrested (www.cnbc.com)
Jordanian authorities shut down Muslim Brotherhood-linked TV station (www.middleeasteye.net)
This shutdown comes amid a sweeping crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism in Jordan that has seen hundreds of people arbitrarily detained by security forces since 7 October....
Whistleblowers Further Expose Israel's Torture of Detainees (consortiumnews.com)
What I have Learned from Two Years of Running a Small Social Media Website (cheapskatesguide.org)
Analysis Finds Nearly 100% of Campus Gaza Protests Have Been Peaceful (www.commondreams.org)
Debian maintainer unilaterally strips KeepassXC package of a lot of features (fosstodon.org)
TIL China now has a 3 child policy. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Maximum, that is....
Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad (www.theregister.com)
The ad itself depicted a mechanical crusher destroying artifacts of human creativity. A trumpet, guitar, sculpture, piano, drawing board, paints, a metronome, several analog cameras, a turntable, and hi-fi equipment were among the much-loved items yielding to the machine’s unstoppable force.
Flavor Flav is the official hype man for the US women's water polo team in the Paris Olympics (apnews.com)
Afghanistan: Hundreds feared dead in Baghlan and Takhar flooding (www.bbc.co.uk)
EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again (www.techspot.com)
EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during ‘Replay’ moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being...
TIL there's a rich history of conspiracy theories centered around Denver International Airport (history.denverlibrary.org)
Target will only sell Pride Month collection in some stores after backlash in 2023 (abcnews.go.com)
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid (apnews.com)
Chinese police activity in Hungary 'a significant risk to EU security', group of European lawmakers warns (www.reneweuropegroup.eu)
The Hungarian government’s invitation to Chinese police officers to patrol in Hungary poses a threat to European security and in particular the freedoms of Europe’s Chinese diaspora....
Philippines sends ships to disputed atoll where China building 'artificial island' (www.reuters.com)
Steve Bannon still isn't in prison, but he's a little closer (www.motherjones.com)
Rudy Giuliani Yanked Off Trump Pal’s Radio Station for Election Lies (www.thedailybeast.com)
First human brain implant malfunctioned, Neuralink says (thehill.com)
The first Neuralink implant in a human malfunctioned after several threads recording neural activity retracted from the brain, the Elon Musk-owned startup revealed Wednesday....
Google Messages wants to make sure you don't see texts from blocked contacts anywhere (www.androidauthority.com)
Google Messages wants to make sure you don’t see texts from blocked contacts anywhere with this upcoming feature.
Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process (theintercept.com)
It doesn’t take much to be accused of supporting terrorism these days. And that doesn’t just go for student activists. In recent months, dozens of lawmakers and public officials have, without evidence, insinuated that U.S. news outlets provide material support for Hamas. Some even issued thinly veiled threats to prosecute...
What have the Roman's ever done for us?!?! (lemmy.ca)
Trump told oil executives and lobbyists that he would undo Biden’s climate policies (www.carbonbrief.org)
Donald Trump offered to weaken climate regulations in exchange for a $1bn contribution from oil company bosses to support his return to the White House later this year. During a dinner for senior oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago club last month, Trump “vowed to immediately reverse dozens of president [Joe] Biden’s...
