French election: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com)
The developer of new Steam roguelike Dice and Fold is “amazed by the reception” after launch, and launches its extreme mode update early. (www.pcgamesn.com)
French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com)
Xi Jinping visits Kazakhstan and Tajikistan for SCO summit (www.helsinkitimes.fi)
I’m curious how the Russian Federation feels regarding the People’s Republic of China attempting to curry favor in Central Asia
Netanyahu: Gaza deal must let Israel resume fighting until war goals met (www.reuters.com)
Human Rights NGOs urge Austria to investigate sexual crimes by Russia military in Ukraine (www.jurist.org)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/545608...
Qt Performance and Tools Update, Part 1 (www.qt.io)
Performance optimisation matters when you are trying to get your application working in a resource-constrained environment. This is typically the case in embedded but also in some desktop scenarious you may run short on resources so it’s not a matter without significance on desktop either....
Beryl bears down on Texas, where it’s expected to hit Monday and regain hurricane strength (apnews.com)
Iranian Warship Sahand Capsizes And Sinks (www.navalnews.com)
TIL the term Redneck likely originated from the sunburned red neck of those working in fields. (en.wikipedia.org)
The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields. A citation from 1893 provides a definition as “poorer inhabitants of the rural districts … men who work in the field, as a matter of course, generally have their skin stained red and burnt by the sun, and...
bash-dungeon: An educational dungeon crawler in the shell (github.com)
Tokyo Governors Race Has 56 Candidates (www.nytimes.com)
A ridiculous number of candidates contended to be governor of Tokyo and its surrounding prefecture. Many were not even trying to win.
What the 3.2 Million-Year-Old Lucy Fossil Reveals About Nudity and Shame - Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
Popular renderings dress her in thick, reddish-brown fur, with her face, hands, feet and breasts peeking out of denser thickets.This hairy picture of Lucy, it turns out, might be wrong.Technological advancements in genetic analysis suggest that Lucy may have been naked, or at least much more thinly veiled.
Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to SpaceX’s Ambitions (www.nytimes.com)
Paywalled, but link is a gift article from me
Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools? (www.aljazeera.com)
"Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza" (archive.is)
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/103453...
Israeli protesters urging Gaza deal block roads (www.reuters.com)
In Ukraine, Killings of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit (www.nytimes.com)
Hours after a battle in eastern Ukraine in August, a wounded and unarmed Russian soldier crawled through a nearly destroyed trench, seeking help from his captors, a unit of international volunteers led by an American....
Giant Salamander-Like Creature was a Top Predator in the Ice Age Before the Dinosaurs (www.fieldmuseum.org)
Greensleeves is almost 500 years old. I'm sure there were other very popular songs when it came out, but Greensleeves had to staying power to still be here. What do you think is today's Greensleeves? (en.wikipedia.org)
Not just a song that can be found in the archives, but one that almost everyone can hum, even today....
The “Netflix of anime” piracy site abruptly shuts down, shocking users (arstechnica.com)
