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New York’s Fat Beach Day gives plus-size people a space to be themselves (www.theguardian.com)

Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement...

South Asian newcomers to Canada say online hate is taking a toll (www.cbc.ca)

Google's AI Overviews now link to Wikipedia and LinkedIn more than Reddit, study finds (www.businessinsider.com)

California school board president who led conservative culture war loses recall vote (www.theguardian.com)

Joseph Komrosky, who decried critical race theory and called Harvey Milk a pedophile, was recalled by 51% of Temecula voters...

You have no idea the horrors they've seen

You weren’t there, man…

YSK: Using dairy milk after being tear gassed or pepper sprayed doesn't provide more relief and has slightly increased infection risk. Use water or saline instead

Generally medical professionals do not vouch for using milk for tear gas despite it often being touted. The research seems to suggest they are largely the same in providing relief...

Federal firefighters left in limbo as fire season heats up (www.nbcnews.com)

After a year of funding uncertainty in Congress, agencies are struggling to recruit and retain firefighters....

5 men convicted for Jetflicks, illegal streamer with more content than Netflix, Hulu and Amazon combined (www.nbcnews.com)

The men made millions of dollars streaming stolen copyrighted content to tens of thousands of paid subscribers, the Justice Department said....

Melting? Fossil Fuels Have Made Extreme Heat 35 Times More Likely in North America (www.motherjones.com)

Palestinians reel from repeated strikes on 'humanitarian zones' (www.nbcnews.com)

New Colorado law will ban sales of dental floss, clothes, & other household products containing toxic "forever chemicals" (www.cbsnews.com)

Your favorite clothes, cookware, and even dental floss may contain toxic chemicals that are harmful to human health. Now, a new Colorado law is aiming to make those products safer....

$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 era (arstechnica.com)

Living in tents on the beach and surviving on sea water. This is what Gazans go through every day (www.abc.net.au)

Systemd 256.1 Addresses Complaint That 'systemd-tmpfiles' Could Unexpectedly Delete Your /home Directory (linux.slashdot.org)

The Art of the Deal (lemmy.today)

Second Canadian scientist alleges brain illness investigation was shut down (www.theguardian.com)

China threatens death penalty for Taiwan independence ‘diehards’ (www.theguardian.com)

Beijing ramps up pressure over ‘crime of secession’ while Taipei says China has no jurisdiction over Taiwan and urges its people not to be intimidated...

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Why Israel and Taiwan are forging a closer relationship (www.middleeasteye.net)

US family sues Nasa for $80,000 in damages after space debris hits home (www.theguardian.com)

A family in Naples, Florida, whose home was struck by debris that fell to Earth from outer space and punched a hole in the roof is pursuing $80,000 from Nasa in compensation for damages....

After my previous post (here: lemmy.world/post/16593726 ), I took some of the advice I got and switched over to Bazzite for the time being. After some very minor tinkering, Elden Ring launches and runs great other that a very tiny amount of stuttering....