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Super Mario Bros. 3: White Mushroom Houses spawn explained - RGME [Not OC] (cohost.org)

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Powerful blast in Uzbek capital kills one, injures 162 (www.reuters.com)

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Baldur's Gate 3 is made great by the characters. (kotaku.com)

I enjoy watching all these videos about the behind the scenes of Baldur’s Gate 3.

Linux interop is maturing fast… thanks to a games console (www.theregister.com)

Inside Vietnam's plans to dent China's rare earths dominance (www.reuters.com)

Vietnam plans to restart its biggest rare-earths mine next year with a Western-backed project that could rival the world’s largest, according to two companies involved, as part of a broader push to dent China’s dominance in a sector that helps power advanced technologies....

President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger, pull its ambassador after coup (apnews.com)

Niger coup: Macron says France to withdraw troops and ambassador (www.bbc.com)

Emmanuel Macron has said France will withdraw its ambassador and end all military cooperation with Niger following a coup....

Meta’s AI chatbot plan includes a ‘sassy robot’ for younger users (www.theverge.com)

Meta is preparing to announce a generative AI chatbot, called “Gen AI Personas” internally, aimed at younger users, according to The Wall Street Journal. Reportedly set to launch during the company’s Meta Connect event that starts Wednesday, they would come in multiple “personas” geared towards engaging young users...

Mathematicians find 12,000 new solutions to 'unsolvable' 3-body problem (www.space.com)

“But they’re only useful if they’re stable” ai not all bad

Puerto Rico W (lemmy.world)

Unity | An open letter to our community (blog.unity.com)

Czech “petrol tourists” tank up in Poland as fuel prices fall ahead of elections (notesfrompoland.com)

AI developing too fast for regulators to keep up, says Oliver Dowden (www.theguardian.com)

Deputy prime minister to urge UN general assembly to create international regulatory system

A buildup of saltwater in the Mississippi River puts drinking water at risk (www.washingtonpost.com)

For six generations, Ricky Becnel’s family has run the massive tree nursery on the banks of the Mississippi River near Belle Chasse, La. Its 20 acres and half a million trees, most of them citrus, require pumping about 100,000 gallons a day of fresh water from the river during the warm season....

China accuses U.S. of hacking Huawei servers since 2009 (asia.nikkei.com)

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Bankrupt Birmingham city council may have to sell libraries and art galleries (www.thetimes.co.uk)

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Evidence Suggests Ukrainian Missile Caused Market Tragedy (archive.is)

The Sept. 6 missile strike on Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine was one of the deadliest in the country in months, killing at least 15 civilians and injuring more than 30 others. The weapon’s payload of metal fragments struck a market, piercing windows and walls and wounding some victims beyond recognition....

India could be behind killing of Canadian Sikh - Trudeau (www.bbc.co.uk)

Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game (www.science.org)

In 1988, a collection of health and nonprofit organizations launched a vaccination program to eradicate polio, and the World Health Organization resolved to accomplish this lofty goal by 2000. More than 20 years later, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has yet to cross the finish line....