Vatican Excommunicates Its Former Ambassador to the U.S. (www.nytimes.com)
Elon Musk denies tweets misled Twitter investors ahead of purchase (arstechnica.com)
Iranian in UK flees to Israel after pulling off headscarves (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
An Iranian monarchist who filmed herself pulling the headscarves off Iranians in London fled to Israel after UK police announced they were investigating her....
Flatpak haters seem to believe that if an app isn't on their distro's repos, it's the developers' fault. (lemmy.world)
Help choosing distro for old EOL Chromebook
I have an Acer Chromebook R11 which has reached End of Life and won’t receive updates (which is insane, I bought it new four years ago). I have checked, and my model is now fully supported by most Linux distros....
Does anyone else feel like fireworks are a complete waste of money and a ridiculous amount of unnecessary Pollution?
300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.
Somewhere at the bottom is a Mandalorian having a very bad day
Kansas’ top court rejects 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering a state right to abortion access (apnews.com)
Kansas’ highest court on Friday struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care professionals and a ban on a common second-trimester procedure, reaffirming its stance that the state constitution protects abortion access....
FOSS emulator shadPS4 can now get to Bloodborne's character creation screen (WIP) (shadps4.net)
Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One Of The Console's Biggest Problems | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
What’s the Scoop?...
From Zinn to Now: New Book Chronicles Voices of Activism in the US (truthout.org)
Increasingly Isolated US Leans on Anglophone Countries Instead of Policy Changes (truthout.org)
New Mastodon feature will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their articles are being shared
You will notice that underneath some links shared on Mastodon, the author byline can be clicked to open the author’s associated fediverse account, right in the app. This highlights writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse, and makes it easier than ever to follow them and keep up with their future...
Judgmental soup (lemmy.world)
Mexican cartels are diversifying business beyond drugs. Here's where they are profiting (www.usatoday.com)
UK Gets Its Future Back" Labour's Keir Starmer In Victory Speech (ptv-news.com.pk)
Foreign companies consider moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “die-hard” Taiwanese independence advocates (www.taipeitimes.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/508959...
Factorio Friday Facts #418 - Space Age release date (www.factorio.com)
21st of October, let’s go!...
Metaphor: ReFantazio "ATLUS Exclusive" Showcase - Story (www.youtube.com)
Satisfactory Announcement (www.youtube.com)
I am very excited for the 1.0 release! My friends and I are currently playing a multiplayer game in Update 8, and we are so close to finishing all the space elevator parts for the first time.
Song of the Day: Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John (youtu.be)
what a beast for opening up his album with 11 minutes of prog rock
Tumbleweed – Review of the weeks 2024/26 & 27 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)
[OC] Part of Monet's Water Lilies series on display (lemmy.world)
German arms exports on track to hit record high again (www.defensenews.com)
Germany has become a key supplier of arms for Ukraine, second only to the United States. About 65% of German weapons exports so far this year have gone to Ukraine....