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I did it again… started another Fediverse service, this time a Bookwyrm instance....

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

Mathematicians find 12,000 new solutions to ‘unsolvable’ 3-body problem::Calculating the way three things orbit each other is notoriously tricky, but a new study may reveal 12,000 new solutions.

Meat must be minced for meatballs (imgur.com)

First Bob Ross TV painting, completed in a half an hour, goes on sale for nearly $10 million (apnews.com)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — What would Bob Ross think?...

6-month-old girl raped by relative in Uttar Pradesh. "She was found naked, screaming and bleeding" (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

Oil execs on trial in Sweden over Sudan war crimes role (www.rfi.fr)

TV Museum Will Die in 48 Hours Unless Sony Retracts YouTube Copyright Strikes (torrentfreak.com)

China's new national map has angered its neighbors (www.cnn.com)

The Philippines has become the latest of China’s neighbors to object to its new national map, joining Malaysia and India in releasing strongly worded statements accusing Beijing of claiming their territory....

16-year-old girl stabbed to death by another teen during McDonald's sauce dispute (www.cbsnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/4063442...

Undercover With the New Alt-Right (www.thenation.com)

Roblox Accused of Concocting Illegal Gambling Ring for Minors - Bloomberg Law (news.bloomberglaw.com)

The complaint outlined the process by which minors can use the Roblox platform to gamble. After purchasing Robux through the platform, they can navigate to one of the gaming website defendants’ “virtual casinos” outside the Roblox ecosystem and link their Robux wallet to the gambling website, meaning Roblox can still keep...

Iraq bans the word "homosexual" on all media platforms and offers an alternative (www.cbsnews.com)

Between awake and asleep (beehaw.org)

AI Is Building Highly Effective Antibodies That Humans Can’t Even Imagine (www.wired.com)

machine learning algorithm designs antibodies to target specific diseases, then automated robotic systems build and grow them in lab, run tests, and feed data back into algorithm, all with limited human supervision.

Climate change made July hotter for 4 of 5 humans on Earth, scientists find - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)

(AP) -- Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boos

Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security (arstechnica.com)

The aftermath to the recent Microsoft Azure hack by suspected PRC actors....

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis (www.independent.co.uk)

Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ (www.theguardian.com)

Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.

Passengers carted off in stretchers as Vegas flight stranded in extreme heat (www.independent.co.uk)

8 dead in crash after police chased a suspected human smuggler, Texas officials say (apnews.com)

The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. when the driver of a 2009 Honda Civic tried to outrun deputies from the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office and attempted to pass a semi truck, the state Department of Public Safety said. The Civic collided with a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox, which caught fire....