Anon predicts Vietnam War 2020. (sh.itjust.works)
'X' logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation (abcnews.go.com)
San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation of a giant “X” sign that cropped up Friday on top of the downtown headquarters of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter
TIL that honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3000 years old and still perfectly edible. (beemission.com)
Where was the world’s oldest honey found? We thought it would be fun to look at the three oldest known honey finds in the world as of September 2019. Just think, these honeys can still be eaten today because antimicrobial honey never goes bad. The world’s oldest known references to collecting honey are from the 8,000 y
Heat Index in Brazil Hits 137F (58.5C) (www.okdoomer.io)
It's official, red alerts have gone out across the entire country of Brazil as the heat index hits 137F. The high temperature combined with humidity has made it impossible for most people to carry out their normal lives. There's already reports of power outages. People can't work. They can't run errands. They can barely sleep....
One Woman Died on an Alaska Mayor’s Property. Then Another. No One Has Ever Been Charged. (www.propublica.org)
Before they died, Jennifer Kirk and Sue Sue Norton were both victims of domestic violence, but the men involved — the ex-mayor’s sons — faced few consequences despite a long history of similar allegations.
SC Jail Probed After Man “Eaten Alive” by Rats (www.theroot.com)
The Department of Justice found themselves another jail to probe following the gruesome death of a Black inmate. The victim’s family says his body was found riddled with rat bites in his solitary confinement cell.
Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country (www.wired.com)
Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country::Tesla is failing to play by Swedish labor rules, unions claim. Now a strike that started with mechanics is beginning to spread.
Samsung and Other Manufacturers Disable Phones Bought on Gray Markets: A Consumer Nightmare (nomadscrolls.net)
It’s not just Paris. There’s a "global resurgence" of bedbugs. (www.vox.com)
It’s a bedbug’s world now. We’re just sleeping in it.
Scores killed in Israeli air strikes on families fleeing northern Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)
Shani Louk, whose naked body was paraded by Hamas fighters, was also possibly robbed. Her credit card was used in Gaza, report says. (www.businessinsider.com)
A video showed Shani Louk’s naked body being paraded through Gaza on the back of a Hamas truck....
Tired little noodle (lemmy.mywire.xyz)
Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted (www.wired.com)
Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted::Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”
Cancer cases in people below 50 up nearly 80 percent in last three decades (www.aljazeera.com)
About a million people aged below 50 die of cancer annually, a study says, projecting another 21 percent rise by 2030.
Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance in Fatal Accident, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says (www.nytimes.com)
Two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a critically injured patient who later died at a hospital, a San Francisco Fire Department report said, in another incident involving self-driving cars in the city....
Putin has signed his name on the wrong piece of paper this time (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Get ready for the flood of kompromat...
This week in KDE: Double-click by default (pointieststick.com)
Malaysia halts music festival after same-sex kiss by UK band The 1975 (www.reuters.com)
Looking for some entertainment tomorrow? Reddit is launching r/place again. Should be fun to watch (www.theverge.com)
What’s the over-under on how long it takes before fuck u spez or API get spelled out?...
Now that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own them (www.washingtonpost.com)
Gaza’s largest hospital being bombarded, WHO says (www.theguardian.com)
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Starlink bug frustrates users: “They don’t have tech support? Just a FAQ? WTF?” (arstechnica.com)
They let humanitarian aid in. Then they bombed it so that Gaza would starve. (mondoweiss.net)
One of the bakeries that Israel bombed in Nuseirat refugee camp had just received a shipment of flour from UNRWA meant to cover the food needs of the entire camp. Israel waited to bomb it once all the flour was unloaded.
Oklahoma judge opened fire while driving and intentionally crashed his car, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman’s vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off....