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12 countries push for EU crackdown on vapes (www.politico.eu)

The European Commission has delayed action on tobacco and nicotine, but countries say it should consider a ban on flavored vapes....

Something's not adding up (lemmy.world)

Group tied to Colorado election overhaul drops $1 million in last-minute primary spending (www.denverpost.com)

The group is backed by Kent Thiry, the Denver-based former CEO of the dialysis giant DaVita who’s supporting a ballot measure to overhaul the state’s election process. In a statement to The Denver Post on Saturday morning, Thiry wrote that it was “time for many of us to stand up for the majority in the middle. We are...

I guess that yellow part is where 'destroy your furniture' is located. (lemmy.world)

LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves (apnews.com)

Idaho librarian June Meissner was closing up for the day at the downtown Boise Public Library when a man approached her asking for help....

I'll have you know, my fork of a github repo has 3 stars 😎

Cheap and Lethal: The Pentagon’s Plan for the Next Drone War (theintercept.com)

GNU-Linux (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Midsummer dinner (piefed.jeena.net)

Last Friday was midsummer, but because I'm not in Sweden but in Korea I had to improvise with ingredients which I could find here....

Latest Firefox and Obtainium?

The Firefox for Android GitHub releases aren’t being updated anymore, and is versions behind the Play Store now....

5 minute lunch

Never* use Datagrams - Media over QUIC (quic.video)

Are you embracing AI? (viewber.co.uk)

There’s something of a misunderstanding in the UK property industry that agents are luddites, clinging to fax machines and Rolodexes, but quite the opposite is true. Sales and letting agents like nothing more than finding new efficiencies – whether through careful outsourcing, digital signatures or virtual tours, begging the...

Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say (apnews.com)

More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabiaas the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday....

Arch Stability

I have always been afraid to install Arch because they tell you it is difficult to install and unstable. I want a simple system following the KISS philosophy and install only what I need, which is little. I don’t need anything from the aur repository, for now. Just a year ago I installed Arch and there it is, no problems and...

Trump’s sledgehammer message to Philadelphia is light on facts, heavy on fear (www.theguardian.com)

The former president used his first rally in the city of brotherly love to tie violent crime with illegal immigration, despite the evidence against this...

Iran's water crisis leads to alarming ground collapse (www.dw.com)

A drought in Iran is causing the ground to subside, threatening Tehran and hundreds of other towns....

Greece introduces the six-day work week (www.dw.com)

From the construction industry to the tourism sector, Greek employers cannot find the staff they need. The government’s solution: longer working hours. A new law enables employers to implement a six-day work week...

Putin threatens to arm North Korea, warns U.S. ally South against 'big mistake' (www.nbcnews.com)

The Russian president said Friday that his country will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal, days after signing a new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un....

A woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old child in possible hate crime incident (www.cnn.com)

A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after trying to drown a 3-year-old child at an apartment complex pool and making racial statements, according to police....

Firmware flaw affects numerous generations of Intel CPUs — UEFI code execution vulnerability found for Intel CPUs from 14th Gen Raptor Lake to 6th Gen Skylake CPUs, and TPM will not save you (www.tomshardware.com)