China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky (futurism.com)
Helicopter carrying Iran's President Raisi crashes, search under way (www.reuters.com)
DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident....
Severe flooding wreaks havoc across northern Europe (www.euronews.com)
Severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall has inundated Voeren and Liège in Belgium, as well as parts of France and Germany....
Brown headed cowbirds (lemmy.world)
The Mac vs. PC war is back on? (www.theverge.com)
I find it hard to believe that, outside of work computers, many people would be choosing Windows over Mac or Linux, especially is AI is their goal....
Star Trek: Day of Blood - Shaxs' Best Day nominated for 2024 Eisner Award (startrek.website)
The 2024 Eisner awards for the comics industry announced the nominees a couple days ago, and the Day of Blood tie-in issue, Shaxs’ Best Day by Ryan North and Derek Charm is among the nominees for Best Single Issue/One-shot....
Guide: Setup authentication for the default Synology reverse proxy (codeberg.org)
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This AI Paper from Huawei Introduces a Theoretical Framework Focused on the Memorization Process and Performance Dynamics of Transformer-based Language Models (LMs) (www.marktechpost.com)
European far-right leaders gather ahead of EU elections (www.theguardian.com)
International far-right leaders, including France’s Marine Le Pen, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s Javier Milei, came together in Madrid to rail against socialism and “massive illegal migration” three weeks before hard-right parties are expected to see a surge in support in June’s...
Ghost of Tsushima tops God of War as PlayStation’s biggest PC port yet (www.pcgamesn.com)
Iranian President Raisi missing after helicopter goes down (www.politico.eu)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi — often seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei— is missing after his helicopter went down in the northwest of the country on Sunday, officials said....
Ubisoft CoD rival XDefiant outlines MTX and pay-to-win approach (www.pcgamesn.com)
The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic [The Institute for Sexual Research, founded by Doctor Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin, Germany (1919-1933)] (web.archive.org)
“Love is as varied as people are.”...
Spain's far-right Vox holds mass rally with Argentina's Milei and foreign allies (www.reuters.com)
Teens charged with vehicle theft, criminal mischief after attempting to run away from wilderness therapy program - KRBD (www.krbd.org)
Blue Origin launches 1st crewed spaceflight since August 2022 (video) (www.space.com)
The mission, known as NS-25, sent six people on a brief trip to suborbital space today (May 19)....
Russian 'double-tap' strike north of Kharkiv kills 6, including pregnant woman (kyivindependent.com)
Russian troops attacked a recreation center in a northern suburb of Kharkiv at around 11 a.m. local time, killing six civilians including a pregnant woman and wounding 27, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office said on May 19....
UN humanitarian chief delivers ‘apocalyptic’ warning over Gaza aid (www.theguardian.com)
The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has warned of “apocalyptic” consequences due to aid shortages in Gaza, where Israel’s military offensive in the southern city of Rafah has blocked desperately needed food....
Gerardo - Rico Suave (1991) - (The first act signed by hip hop label Interscope Records - Gerardo now works there as an A&R executive) (www.youtube.com)
Stable diffusion on Arch Linux with a 7900 XTX?
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Physicians for Human Rights Israel’s Clarification on the Organization’s November 2023 Position Paper on Sexual Violence | רופאים לזכויות אדם (www.phr.org.il)
In the extensive investigations conducted in the months following the publication of the position paper in November, some testimonies referenced within it have been disputed or deemed unverifiable, and more may face similar scrutiny in the future. We regret their inclusion in the position paper. As mentioned, a substantial...