The Labor Movement Is Giddy About Tim Walz Becoming Harris’ VP Pick (inthesetimes.com)
Indonesia’s tiny hobbits descended from even smaller ancestors (arstechnica.com)
A 700,000-year-old humerus suggests small hominins have a long history on Flores.
Bomber Jackets (www.jacketscreator.com)
At Jackets Creator, we’re passionate about celebrating style and individuality through our diverse collection of jackets. Our blog is your go-to source for all things related to outerwear fashion, with a special focus on our standout piece: the bomber varsity jacket....
Deals signed by Italy and China after PM Meloni's trip | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/38978979
A Republican state A.G. fights to keep exonerated prisoners behind bars (www.nytimes.com)
In Missouri, Attorney General Andrew Bailey is in a tough primary fight against a Trump lawyer who says Bailey is soft on crime....
Hindu homes, temples targeted in Bangladesh after Hasina ouster, minority group says (www.reuters.com)
Open-Source AMD GPU Implementation Of CUDA "ZLUDA" Has Been Taken Down (www.phoronix.com)
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‘I put myself in this trap’ In his own words, one gay Russian official describes working for a government that doesn’t believe he should exist (meduza.io)
meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/0…
A social archipelago: Against social media colonialism (draft) (gils.nexus)
I don’t usually self promo but I was interested in the concept of a social archipelago facilitated by closed federation/allowlisting, in response to a lot of the bigotry and spam that’s on the Fediverse and how difficult it can be to moderate. I was also curious about how Beehaw/Lemmy users feel about allowlisting and closed...
‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers (www.theguardian.com)
A tourist has posted “staggering” photos of himself and his wife at the same spot in the Swiss Alps almost exactly 15 years apart, in a pair of photos that highlight the speed with which global heating is melting glaciers....
Sunderland rioter admits violent disorder and possession of cocaine and heroin (www.chroniclelive.co.uk)
Findroid v0.15.0 is now available for update (github.com)
Findroid is third-party Android application for Jellyfin that provides a native user interface to browse and play movies and series....
NREL Researchers Pave the Way for Carbon-Negative Concrete (www.nrel.gov)
A post from Mastodon, that's supposed to reach all the Fediverse (social.heise.de)
This post can reach not only #Mastodon & the #Fediverse, but beyond like #Bluesky. How far can it go? I have built a tool to aggregate, with what software and from which instance it is boosted (or faved). Please share far, to show where you're seeing this....
The Actual Wolf of Wall Street Sales Script (www.jointhefollowup.com)
Brothers in oppression: Pakistan learning tricks of rights violations from China (morungexpress.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/1654181...
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, has been elevated to the top political post in Hamas. (www.nytimes.com)
Hamas announced on Tuesday that Yahya Sinwar, the presumed mastermind of the deadly Oct. 7 attacks, was selected as the next head of the group’s political office, elevating him to the highest-profile political role within Hamas and consolidating his power over the militant group....
Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From (www.404media.co)
Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ (edition.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18358694
US neo-Nazi terror group aims to revive activities ahead of election (www.theguardian.com)
The Russia-based leader of the Base, which adheres to principles of accelerationism, seeks ‘A-team leader’ in US...
Basking shark spotted off B.C. coast, expert says sighting is like seeing a ‘unicorn’ - BC (miniza.pages.dev)
Families of Americans detained in China seek action after US-Russia swap. (www.voanews.com)
‘One and done’: Michael Phelps says dopers should be given lifetime ban (www.theguardian.com)
Journal still can't confirm January story about UN agency for Palestinians (www.semafor.com)
In January, The Wall Street Journal made an explosive claim: Quoting “intelligence reports,” the paper reported that not only had 12 members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, taken part in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, but 10% of the relief agency’s 12,000...
