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Two private astronauts took a spacewalk Thursday morning—yes, it was historic (arstechnica.com)

Nate Silver reveals who he'll vote for in the US election (www.newsweek.com)

I am not very interested who Nate Silver will vote for; I am not very enthusiastic about Newsweek’s choice of title. I think that’s probably by far the least-worthwhile piece of information in the article....

Lithuanian foreign minister warns EU member states against China deals amid Beijing-Moscow rapprochement (www.lrt.lt)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/2787282...

Unacceptable

They can't resist... (lemmy.world)

Chinese Youth to Develop Africa: A Mutual Salvation (thechinaacademy.org)

Never trust a fart

Or always trust it. Never in -between.

UPS is laying off more employees amid effort to boost profitability (www.timesfreepress.com)

Sandy Springs-based UPS is laying off more of its employees, after earlier this year announcing it was cutting 12,000 jobs in its management ranks....

Paid SSL vs Letsencrypt

I’m curious what the benefits are of paying for SSL certificates vs using a free provider such as letsencrypt....

New video, witnesses challenge Israel’s account of U.S. activist’s killing - Washingtonpost (www.washingtonpost.com)

A Washington Post investigation has found that Eygi was shot more than a half-hour after the height of confrontations in Beita, and some 20 minutes after protesters had moved down the main road — more than 200 yards away from Israeli forces. A Palestinian teenager, who witnesses say was standing about 20 yards from Eygi, was...

Help with congested cat?

Hello all! Looking for any advice or thoughts from anyone else in a similar position. One of our cats has been super congested (whenever he is active you can especially hear it) for a few weeks now. I know most cats always have a low level viral respiratory infection (especially shelter cats), but last Tuesday (9/3) I took him...