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

Students borrowing from the federal government this fall will face the highest interest rate in more than a decade (www.nbcnews.com)

Today was another vet visit. I think Miez already forgave me (imgur.com)

Expand for all images and text. English/German as always:...

University of North Carolina to divert $2.3m DEI budget to safety and policing (www.theguardian.com)

Switzerland’s Nemo is first nonbinary singer to win Eurovision Song Contest (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Outrage after ex-Trump aide claims he gave unhoused people fake money (www.theguardian.com)

Punk rock band Trophy Eyes fan left paralyzed after singer jumped on her at concert (www.independent.co.uk)

Israel-Gaza war: UN says staff member killed in Gaza (www.bbc.com)

The United Nations says one of its staff members was killed and another injured as they travelled to a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday....

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blows Into U.S., Setting Stage for Another Miserable Summer (gizmodo.com)

Air Force is “growing concerned” about the pace of Vulcan rocket launches (arstechnica.com)

Revealed: US university lecturer behind far-right Twitter account and publishing house (www.theguardian.com)

Guardian investigation identifies Jonathan Keeperman, a former lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, as ‘Lomez’...

BBC World Service - lite (mastodon.social)

My pals in BBC World Service have been doing some awesome work on “lite” versions of their news articles (other page types to follow). They essentially skip the Server-Side React hydration which means you end up with a simpler HTML+CSS page, no JS. Page sizes drop significantly:...

France imposes curfew in New Caledonia after unrest by people who have long sought independence (apnews.com)

Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced a two-day curfew and banned gatherings on Tuesday after violent unrest on the archipelago with decades of tensions between indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and colonizers’ descendants who want to remain part of France.

Will Russell - If Only This Was Real [pop] (soundcloud.com)

Monthly inflation slows to single-digit: 8.8% in April | Buenos Aires Times (www.batimes.com.ar)

Eric Trump Tweets From Dad’s Trial Despite Electronics Ban (www.thedailybeast.com)

The conflict between Ecuador and Mexico brings new uncertainty to migrants crossing into the US (english.elpais.com)

Human rights lawyers wonder who will issue vital documents now that Ecuador has closed its diplomatic missions on Mexican territory in protest over last month’s assault on the embassy in Quito...

Dystopia (lemmy.world)

Russia reportedly finds vast oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory (www.offshore-mag.com)

China solar industry faces shakeout, but rock-bottom prices to persist (www.reuters.com)

According to Reuters, the fact that China is producing cheap solar panels that are helping the world transition from fossil fuels is bad actually.

The coordination network toolkit: a framework for detecting and analysing coordinated behaviour on social media (link.springer.com)

The authors introduce and evaluate an open-source software package and methodological framework for detecting and analysing coordinated behaviour on social media, namely the Coordination Network Toolkit, utilising weighted, directed multigraphs to capture intricate coordination dynamics....

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