Chad Asks US to Withdraw Troops From Key Outpost Ahead of Election (www.bloomberg.com)
Russian troops arrive in Niger as military agreement begins (www.bbc.com)
Chad’s government threatens to kick out US troops as Russia expands influence in Africa (edition.cnn.com)
Red Lobster eyes bankruptcy option after $11M in losses from endless shrimp (abcnews.go.com)
“Last year, Red Lobster reported $11 million in operating losses following its flubbed ‘Ultimate Endless Shrimp’ deal, which backfired when it reeled in too many customers after the limited-time promo became a permanent menu fixture last June. The restaurant chain later reported $12.5 million in losses in the fourth...
It's all in the numbers. (lemmy.world)
Beleave : A website to help people leave Reddit communities easily (beleave.virock.org)
Hi, I needed to leave multiple subreddits but it was a hassle doing so manually one by one. So, I built ‘Beleave’ to help automate the task. It uses Reddit’s API to mass leave subreddits. It’s completely free. I didn’t even put ads in it.
Unilever to scale back environmental and social pledges (www.theguardian.com)
10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say (apnews.com)
Brandon O’Quinn Rasberry, 32, was shot in the head in 2022 while he slept at an RV park in Nixon, Texas, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Antonio, investigators said. He had just moved in a few days before....
Man who won primary election while charged with murder convicted on lesser charge (apnews.com)
A Boone County jury convicted Andrew Wilhoite, 41, of Lebanon on Thursday, local news outlets reported....
Matrix effect in terminal with FOSS icons (lemm.ee)
Hi, I was playing with rusty-rain when I decided that it was a good idea to make a custom FOSS effect. For this I made a change in “sibling” project ezemoji PR and with a small local change in rusty-rain I got it. All icons are from Nerd Fonts, so if you know of some FOSS icon is missing let me know to add it in the PR, =).
Jordan van den Berg: The 'Robin Hood' TikToker taking on Australian landlords (www.bbc.com)
Three years ago, lawyer Jordan van den Berg was an obscure TikTok creator who made videos that mocked real estate agents....
DPRK: Inauguration Ceremony of 10,000 Flats at Second Stage in Hwasong Area Takes Place with Splendor (kpl.gov.la)
House approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid bill (www.npr.org)
For the first time in one billion years, two lifeforms truly merged into one organism (www.popsci.com)
Trump Privately Rages About His Sketch Artist, Courtroom Nap Reports (www.rollingstone.com)
The court dismissed one potential juror after Trump’s legal team had flagged their social media post last month of an AI-generated video featuring Trump saying “I’m dumb as fuck.” Trump’s lawyers sought to strike another potential juror over social media posts made or shared by her husband in 2016. In one, Trump’s...
Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down (www.theverge.com)
Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, is shutting down. Noam Bardin, the platform’s founder and former CEO of Waze, writes that Post News “is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.”...
British passengers on Turkey flight drink the plane dry in under half an hour (www.independent.co.uk)
North Texas man sues Cinemark claiming 24-ounce beer cups can't hold 24 ounces (www.fox4news.com)
A North Texas man has filed a class action lawsuit against Cinemark, claiming the movie theater chain is lying to customers about the size of its drinks....
JellyBox - Music player for Jellyfin (github.com)
Came across this in-development app, that seems really clean. Is available for iOS/MacOS already. It will be available on PlayStore and Fdroid eventually, but there is an APK for those who want to try it out....
NPR Icon Bob Boilen Embraces Low-Power FM with Takoma Radio Role (www.sourceofthespring.com)
Bob Boilen, the renowned creator of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered, has been announced as the next program director for the low-power FM radio station WOWD/Takoma Radio....
Meta says you can’t turn off its new AI tool on Facebook, Instagram (globalnews.ca)
Palestinian Relief Bundle by ghosthunter and 358 others (itch.io)
All proceeds from the Palestinian Relief indie bundle will be donated to the PCRF (Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)....
A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising - KVIA (kvia.com)
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No Rest For The Wicked's first hotfix addresses durability and repair cost complaints (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Iran Might Receive Its First Su-35 Flanker Fighters From Russia Next Week (www.forbes.com)
