'Kindness costs nothing', says Australian PM in final plea ahead of Indigenous referendum (www.reuters.com)
Australians have to vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to a question asking whether they agree to alter the 122-year-old constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, and create an Indigenous body, called the Voice to Parliament, that can provide advice to the government on Indigenous issues....
Israel-Hamas Conflict: Biden Reports Photos of 'Terrorists Beheading Children,' IDF Yet to Confirm (www.rollingstone.com)
Philippine diplomat witnessed Chinese ships' aggressive actions in disputed South China Sea (apnews.com)
A senior Filipino diplomat known for his past expletive-laced tirade against China joined a coast guard trip to the disputed South China Sea last week and saw Beijing’s ships block and nearly collide with Philippine vessels, including one he was on....
Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas (apnews.com)
New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World....
7 years of software updates for the Pixel 8 series (blog.google)
CERN's storage swells beyond the exabyte barrier for LHC (www.theregister.com)
Major pre-Python sketch show discovered (www.comedy.co.uk)
Kia and Hyundai Blame TikTok and Instagram For Their Cars Getting Stolen (www.vice.com)
In a court filing, the companies argue that social media companies “caused an unprecedented increase in thefts.” The cars being stolen didn’t have basic anti-theft technology....
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Gets systemd-boot Support (news.opensuse.org)
Consulting firm McKinsey to pay $230 million in latest US opioid settlements (www.reuters.com)
Like clockwork (sh.itjust.works)
Writers Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement With Studios and Streamers (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
[help] Old Minecraft versions are basically unplayable. (lemmy.zip)
I need help, I only play MInecraft 1.8.9 and it looks like this on every distro I use, with any launcher, this screenshot it taken on Arch Linux with LXDE and Prism Launcher. (on windows it works btw)...
Sunak may ban cigarettes in UK for future generations (www.reuters.com)
DEI Jobs Have Dried Up Post George Floyd Protests But The Ones Left Are Filled Mostly By White People (www.theroot.com)
Even though diversity, equity and inclusion jobs increased by 55% following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a recent study has showed that the vast majority of them have dried up. Across the country, DEI layoffs have been fast and unrelenting....
Brutal dictator bad, even if dead fascists good (lemmy.world)
Hollywood studios, writers near agreement to end strike, hope to finalize deal Thursday, sources say (www.cnbc.com)
Meta Is Killing Off Two Oculus Quest Launch Titles (www.uploadvr.com)
AI boom may not have positive outcome, warns UK competition watchdog (www.theguardian.com)
Afghan Taliban Detain 18, Including American, on Charges of Preaching Christianity (www.voanews.com)
smol boi (slrpnk.net)
Conchiglie alla rosa (lemmy.world)
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Blue Origin loses launch contract as Telesat switches to SpaceX (www.telesat.com)
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