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"Don't deny him a warrior's death, Harry." Disco Elysium fanart (Artist possibly Sphecidwasp on Twitter) (media.kbin.social)

No climate crisis agreement at G20 environment meeting (phys.org)

Just a ducky minding her own business, will you? (lemmy.world)

Sicily is burning & emergency services are buckling under the strain. At least 200 people have sought medical attention in Palermo for smoke inhalation. A hospital is threatened by fire. (www.bbc.com)

Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island. Temperatures of more than 47.5C (117F) were recorded in Catania on Monday....

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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ No Longer Dead After Big Backlash to Warner Bros. (www.rollingstone.com)

SAG-AFTRA reveals terms of ‘groundbreaking’ deal (www.cnn.com)

SAG-AFTRA reveals terms of ‘groundbreaking’ deal::Actors union SAG-AFTRA revealed specifics of its deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in a press conference Friday.

Now that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own them (www.washingtonpost.com)

In a dispute over a repair law, Subaru and Kia crippled their own wireless features in Massachusetts. Maine could be next.

Ketracel White. Not even once (live.staticflickr.com)

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What do overnight shift workers do when the clocks change?

If you are at work in the middle of the night when the clocks change, do you work an extra hour in the spring and one less in the fall?

Blinken warns Israel that humanitarian conditions in Gaza must improve to have 'partners for peace' (apnews.com)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning Israel that it risks destroying an eventual possibility for peace unless it acts swiftly to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza for Palestinian civilians as it intensifies its war against Hamas.

What makes a bicycle so expensive?

There are some brands of bicycles that can cost more than the down payment on a car. Why? Surely making a bike lightweight and reliable isn’t so difficult that it warrants that price? Is it just the brand name or maybe it has to do with customization options?

Halloween decorations (jlai.lu)

what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?

Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

Gazans break into aid centres, taking flour and supplies, UN says (www.reuters.com)

Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centres of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) grabbing flour and “basic survival items”, the organisation said on Sunday....

APKMirror now blocks visitors allegedly because of "adblock" (lemmy.world)

RIP the only reliable website for grabbing APKs. I don’t even actually have an adblock on my side....

I am merely a bathtub to this divine, furry being (sopuli.xyz)

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake::Satya Nadella wrote off Microsoft’s Nokia phone business acquisition and now says the company’s exit from mobile was a mistake.

Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food (www.theguardian.com)

The rise in nuisance influencers comes as tourism numbers in Japan near their pre-pandemic levels

Israel-Palestine war: Israel set to ban Al Jazeera after attorney general approval (www.middleeasteye.net)

From youngest to oldest - Sisu 7m, Huggy Bear 15Y, Pippi 16 (lemmy.world)

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant (www.businessinsider.com)

The FBI’s recruitment of Thiel as a CHS puts him among the bureau’s most prominent assets, but he is not alone among right-wing figures who have collaborated with the bureau. Trump himself offered to help the FBI fight organized crime in Atlantic City in the early 1980s. Truth Social, the Trump-owned social-media company,...