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Female foragers sometimes hunt, yet gendered divisions of labor are real: a comment on Anderson et al. (2023) The Myth of Man the Hunter (www.sciencedirect.com)

Tl;dr an undergraduate paper last year claiming females hunt just as often as males got picked up by the media and amplified before it was discovered their analysis was deeply flawed and unreliable. Here several anthropologists present a very gracious rebuttal.

Help with IPv6

My ISP recently made IPv6 available and I’m trying to figure out how to make it work with my network. The setup I have is an OPNsense box connected to my ISP’s router and I’m using it to isolate my homelab from the rest of the network. However, the machines on my OPNsense LAN aren’t being assigned IPv6 addresses that...

Men, are you physically affectionate with other male friends? (eg, hugging, snuggling, playful wrestling, etc). If you aren't, do you wish it was more socially acceptable if it isn't in your culture?

UN agency reports Sudan as largest global displacement crisis, calls on US not to overlook (www.politico.com)

An estimated 5.8 million people were forced to flee their homes in Sudan last year after fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, according to a new report....

What mundane things of our era could be seen as beautiful or admirable in the future?

For example, buildings and houses more than a hundred years old keep getting more and more rare, and often have an aesthetic that stands out, more ornate or with a particular style that most people can’t afford today or that is not financially convenient etc. But back in the day, that’s how things were built and most people...

Song of the Day: Penguin Cafe Single by Penguin Cafe Orchestra (youtu.be)

Fediverse gaming: various links (kbin.run)

Ideas for building a federated Roblox alternative...

lemmy.ml mod is really into acupuncture. (lemmus.org)

‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years (www.theguardian.com)

Argentines pawn the family jewels to make ends meet (www.batimes.com.ar)

Nearly 20% of Microsoft SQL Servers running have passed end of support (www.theregister.com)

U.S. as many as 15 years behind China on nuclear power, report says (www.japantimes.co.jp)

'This kind of growth can’t be sustained’: As inflation rises, payday loans are undermining the Russian economy and threatening a new crisis (meduza.io)

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connections game (connections-nyt.com)

The NYT Connections Game presents players with a series of clues, each connected to a specific word or concept. The goal is to identify the common thread that links these clues together. Players must use their knowledge, logic, and creativity to uncover the connections and solve the puzzle.

State abortion bans forcing interstate travel, U.S. Senate panel hears (michiganadvance.com)

More insanity that is 21^st^ Century American Life…...

Deep Space 9 - but it's 30 Rock (youtu.be)

Slander, extortion and doxxing - beneath the surface of TF2’s bot crisis (www.videogamer.com)

What is the point of nicotine patches?

I don’t get it. It’s kinda like you got to want to quit but at the same time yeah quitting is already hard for me. But I’m supposed to put it on me and somehow I get a form of nicotine without smoking. It’s like how am I supposed to get used to it. I will even take the patch off try to save it for later just so I can...