Archie, the Internet's First Search Engine, Is Rescued and Running (tech.slashdot.org)
'A big mess is brewing’: Thousands of Russian fighters are flooding into Libya, raising concerns over what the Kremlin might be planning (meduza.io)
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South Africa Warns ICJ Israel’s Genocide Has “Reached a New and Horrific Stage” (truthout.org)
South Africa’s legal team is seeking provisional measures from the ICJ for Israel to immediately withdraw from Rafah and take every action possible to surge humanitarian aid into Gaza, on top of orders for Israel to comply with provisional orders the court issued in January and March....
'Carthage must be destroyed': Mark Zuckerberg t-shirt ignites anger in Tunisia, present-day Carthage (www.albawaba.com)
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everything zen (friendica.myportal.social)
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Wasting Time Wasted by Gomey (song.link)
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
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'Massive' French police deployment arrives to secure New Caledonia (www.reuters.com)
SYDNEY/PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) - French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital Noumea, the top French official in the Pacific island territory said on Friday....
Building My Home Server | Kev Quirk (kevquirk.com)
I came across this blog today while searching and I’m finding it very detailed, human, and instructive. For a beginner like me, this kind of resource is invaluable. What does a server failure feel like at a personal level? How do you make decisions about cost or utilizing existing hardware? These kind of thoughtful reflections...
Israel Sending More Troops to Rafah Amid Warnings of Famine in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Israel said on Thursday that it would send more troops to Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, which has become the focal point in the war between Israel and Hamas....
'Dark Times': Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI (www.commondreams.org)
A school banned all books with LGBTQ+ parents. Now people are fighting back. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
[US] Rep. Robert Garcia calls out Peru for classifying trans, intersex & nonbinary people as mentally ill (www.advocate.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban (arstechnica.com)
Republicans Flock to Trump’s Trial, Risking Control of the House Floor (www.nytimes.com)
Here's How to Declutter Your Google Search Results (And Make It Your Default) (www.howtogeek.com)
Albuquerque Is Throwing Out the Belongings of Homeless People, Violating City Policy (www.propublica.org)
Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes wild conspiracy theory about Slovakia PM’s shooting: ‘No wonder they shot him’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, who killed Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 (www.usatoday.com)
America's billionaires are really going to hate this new Senate bill (www.motherjones.com)
Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies (arstechnica.com)
U.S. Navy Completes Gaza Aid Pier, Deliveries Imminent (Updated) (www.twz.com)
Here We Go (Uh Oh) by Coco Jones (song.link)
Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or video prompts, similar to OpenAI’s Sora. It can generate 1080p videos lasting over a minute and edit videos from written instructions, but it has not yet been released for broad use.
