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Putin Visiting Xi Underscores Limits of Pressure to Divide Russia and China (time.com)

People were really doing martial arts under waterfalls for hours without a break, I stand in the shower for twenty minutes and my skin starts having a tantrum, getting wrinkly and shit.

Biden driving China, Russia into 'shocking' partnership, expert warns: 'Blunder of the highest order' (www.foxnews.com)

We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem (www.theverge.com)

Top 10 Countries Most in Debt to the IMF (www.visualcapitalist.com)

New Caledonia riots: France declares state of emergency, bans TikTok (www.france24.com)

France deployed troops to New Caledonia’s ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency Thursday after three nights of clashes that have left four dead and hundreds wounded.

Could I get an autopsy done on myself while I'm alive?

Completely random stoned hypothetical. Lets day im old as fuck and I decide I’m ready and done. Could I have the same postmortem autopsy done on me while I’m still alive? Like give me a ton of drugs and let me watch myself get dissected as my final moments. I understand there is a legal and possibly moral concern, but is it...

GOP tries to 'correct the narrative' on use of mailed ballots after years of conflicting messages (apnews.com)

‘I’ve been here for 40 years’: Newsagent’s fight for UK passport (www.thetimes.co.uk)

US military says first aid shipment has been driven across a newly built US pier into the Gaza Strip (apnews.com)

For the children of Gaza, war means no school — and no indication when formal learning might return (apnews.com)

WTF is wrong with Killing Floor 2?

The game now requires an always-online connection, even if you play offline. Just tried it myself by setting Steam to offline mode and you can never ‘Ready Up’ into a map. This was not the case before the Epic Games Store integration they did awhile ago....

Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza (apnews.com)

TikTok wants to be YouTube now, tests 60-minute video uploads (www.gsmarena.com)

Engine Bursts Into Flames on Boeing Plane With 468 Aboard (www.thedailybeast.com)

A Boeing 747-400 with 468 people aboard was forced to make an emergency landing in Indonesia on Wednesday after one of its engines caught fire and began shooting out flames during takeoff....

DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb (slate.com)

Magician David Copperfield Accused of Grooming, Groping, and Drugging Women (www.rollingstone.com)

Magician David Copperfield is facing allegations of drugging women before sexual encounters, groping women during live performances, and behaving inappropriately with women who were significantly younger than him — including under 18 — in a new investigative piece in The Guardian....