Just living in the moment (lemmy.world)
Bill Gates' McDonald's Gold Card Offers Free Food for Life, Few Non-billionaires Were Offered One in This Decade (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Gates can visit any McDonald’s worldwide and enjoy a free meal for life.
Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again in the US. (wapo.st)
This three-sided pole on an airport tram (sh.itjust.works)
I had never seen one of these before today. They’re great. Way better than reaching for a single pole in a crowded car and wrapping your hand around some stranger’s fingers. And If you have the whole thing to yourself you can hook your arm through it.
So I just tried the demo for Tactical Breach Wizards, and that's... actually really really genius (store.steampowered.com)
I like this. A lot. I mean as far as I can judge it just from the demo....
US dog breeder fined $35m after 4,000 beagles rescued (www.bbc.com)
A company that breeds animals for medical testing has been fined a record $35m (£27m) after 4,000 beagles were rescued from its facility in Virginia in 2022....
Israel court approves temporary ban on Al Jazeera, citing national security (www.reuters.com)
NFS OST remade for kids
One of the weird realization for me as I learnt English and listened to authors who contributed to these games, is that many remastered their tracks to exclude swear words and obvious mentions of drugs, or was it EA specialists? NFS Underground and Most Wanted games were filled with rap and metal, but still got rated for teens...
34% of Brits Say UK Economy Is Huge Concern: Household Budgets Leaner and Food Scarcity Rising (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
How Californians Reacted to New Drunk Driving Laws in 1980s (youtube.com)
Two 4k external monitors through a docking station - Why is this seemingly effortless for Windows but basically impossible for Linux?
I’ve ran into this situation multiple times at my current and previous jobs. I really want to avoid Windows and use something better, but I can’t live without two external monitors....
I made this (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
Forgive the hastily made meme. All too common with us engineers.
science (lemmy.world)
Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon (apnews.com)
A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a Wednesday morning shootout outside the U.S. Embassy near Beirut that injured an embassy security guard, the military and embassy officals said....
Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users (www.techspot.com)
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
Study shows most doctors endorsing drugs on X are paid to do so (medicalxpress.com)
Warfare’s Climate Emissions Are Huge but Uncounted (www.scientificamerican.com)
Gotta make do with what you have (lemmy.today)
Modi Vows to Retain Power Even as Party Loses India Majority (www.bloomberg.com)
Race starts to form government as opposition delivers surprise...
Fauci says ‘unusual’ antics by Marjorie Taylor Greene is reason he gets death threats (www.independent.co.uk)
Former presidential medical adviser clashed with far-right congresswoman when he testified in front of the House Oversight Committee on Monday about the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic...
Wealthy countries push back as UN moves ahead with global tax plan (www.icij.org)
Wealth and corporate taxes remain a sticking point between countries at the United Nations negotiating the roadmap for a framework convention on tax, which could herald a radical shake-up of the global tax system....
Google changes repair policy after criticism of third-party parts ban (arstechnica.com)
Google previously said it would not return mailed-in devices using "unauthorized" parts.
Hidetaka Miyazaki says Shadow of the Erdtree had to be big, because he wanted Elden Ring players 'to experience that sense of discovery and that sense of wonder' all over again (www.pcgamer.com)
A heat dome will send temperatures into the triple-digits across the West as fires burn (edition.cnn.com)
Daily temperature records will tumble as sizzling early season heat from a summerlike heat dome sends thermometers skyrocketing into the triple digits in parts of California and the West this week....
74-year-old woman pronounced dead in hospice care found breathing at funeral home (abcnews.go.com)
A 74-year-old woman believed to have died while in hospice care was found to be breathing after being transported to a funeral home, authorities in Nebraska said Monday....
