China’s cheating threatens to wreck Paris Olympics, US anti-drugs chief says (www.politico.eu)
American regulator Travis Tygart accuses the World Anti-Doping Agency of “allowing” Chinese authority to cover up illegal drug-taking by top swimmers....
Russia threatens Britain with retaliation if involvement in Ukraine war deepens (www.pbs.org)
Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine....
U.S. soldier detained in Russia and accused of stealing, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
The soldier, who was stationed in South Korea, traveled to Russia on his own to visit a woman he was romantically involved with, officials said....
Risk your life with this one easy trick! (slrpnk.net)
Dirt is what is under your fingernails.
Boring ass planet (slrpnk.net)
NYT awarded Pulitzer for Oct. 7 Al-Aqsa Flood coverage at Columbia University today (www.msn.com)
www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2024...
Self improvement (slrpnk.net)
Debian just released a kernel update with hundreds of CVE IDs (lists.debian.org)
It’s quite the list
World of Tanks is meta (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
PlayStation Reversing Course On Helldivers 2 Is Both Smart And A Sign Of How Inept It Is (kotaku.com)
TunnelVision - How Attackers Can Decloak Routing-Based VPNs For a Total VPN Leak (CVE-2024-3661) (www.leviathansecurity.com)
Good summary by another user in the crosspost over in !programming:...
“Dumb phones” offer an escape from the endless scroll (www.ktla.com)
Man confesses to killing hospitalized wife because he couldn't afford to care for her, police say (abcnews.go.com)
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose (arstechnica.com)
Pro-Palestinian protesters march to the Met Gala (www.independent.co.uk)
Apparently you can hang from another player's legs in NSMBU (youtube.com)
Over 10 years and I had no idea
Bacterial enzyme strips away blood types to create universal donor blood (newatlas.com)
Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)
Obviously needed (file.coffee)
RUSSIA, REMASTERED: Under Putin, a militarized new Russia rises to challenge U.S. and the West (www.washingtonpost.com)
GOP Senators Threaten ICC: 'Target Israel and We Will Target You' (www.commondreams.org)
Anti-DEI laws are forcing universities to grapple with a mass exodus of LGBTQ+ professors (www.advocate.com)
Milwaukee election leader ousted 6 months before election in presidential swing state (apnews.com)
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced Monday that he would be replacing Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall with her deputy, Paulina Gutierrez....
AI Computing on Pace to Consume More Energy Than India, Arm Says (news.bloomberglaw.com)
AI’s voracious need for computing power is threatening to overwhelm energy sources, requiring the industry to change its approach to the technology, according to Arm Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas.
