Next Time You Watch A Film, Think About The Props (laist.com)
Deadly floods hit China's major grain-producing region, fueling food security concerns (www.cnn.com)
Days of heavy rain have caused severe flooding in China’s leading grain-producing region in the northeast, killing 14 people and raising concerns about food security as floodwater inundated farmlands.
Florida Man Shoots 100 Poisonous Toads (futurism.com)
I guess that’s one way to take care of the problem.
Remnant 2 gets major patch aimed at improving stability, performance, and quality of life (www.vg247.com)
Russian ship hit in Novorossiysk, Black Sea drone attack, Ukraine sources say (www.bbc.com)
German supermarket seeks to charge shoppers 'true' environmental cost (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/948960...
Extreme heat moves east where many will see their hottest days of the year (apnews.com)
Japan to open hotline for male sex victims amid Johnny's abuse claims (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to open a hotline for male sex victims possibly in September as part of emergency steps unveiled Wednesday, with Japan's top male talent agency hit by sexual abuse claims surfacing against its late founder Johnny Kitagawa.
Autoenshittification - How the computer killed capitalism. (doctorow.medium.com)
Forget F1: the only car race that matters now is the race to turn your car into a digital extraction machine, a high-speed inkjet printer on wheels, stealing your private data as it picks your pocket....
Gulf Stream current could collapse in 2025, plunging Earth into climate chaos: 'We were actually bewildered' (www.livescience.com)
A vital ocean current system that helps regulate the Northern Hemisphere’s climate could collapse anytime from 2025 and unleash climate chaos, a controversial new study warns....
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor (arxiv.org)
Huge if this is true. Claim is: They have attained superconductivity at room temperature and ambient pressure. Also superconductivity holds till 127 C.
Russia places explosive mines near occupied nuclear reactor, watchdog says (www.politico.eu)
At least four killed at Moscow mall after hot water pipe bursts (www.reuters.com)
Guardian Removes bin Laden Letter to America After Viral Resurgence (www.commondreams.org)
The U.K. paper confirmed it had removed the letter because of its sudden surge in popularity on TikTok and other social media sites.
Florida grappling with flooding and high winds, more than 100K customers without power after intense rain (www.nbcnews.com)
Intense rain in parts of Florida has submerged neighborhoods, turned roads into rivers, closed schools and left more than 108,000 customers without power....
Millions of UK households forced to unplug fridge or freezer amid rising bills | UK cost of living crisis | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza’s Largest Hospitals Close, Premature Babies Taken Out of Incubators, Israeli Forces Reportedly Entered Hospitals and Fired at Patients (www.democracynow.org)
“Five kids in the pediatric [Shifa Hospital] ICU left alone in Rantisi Hospital, and we don’t know what’s going on with them. The communications were lost, so they might be dead or alive,” one of the doctors said....
One month’s death toll in the Israel-Hamas war, in charts | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
To over use the clique: Marvel in shambles (static1.srcdn.com)
Fall back: How daylight saving time can seriously affect your health (apnews.com)
South Korea crowd crush a year on: What has changed since the Seoul Halloween disaster? - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
RSF video investigation into the death of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon: the journalists' vehicle was explicitly targeted (rsf.org)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a video reconstruction of the tragedy that resulted in the death of one journalist and the injury of several others. The initial findings of the investigation show that the reporters were not collateral victims of the shooting. One of their vehicles, marked "press", was targeted, and...
If I hear I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen ONE MORE TIME (loot.buckodr.ink)
Migraines linked to rare genetic variants that could boost treatments | New Scientist (www.newscientist.com)
We know that migraines, which are recurrent and sometimes debilitating headaches, have some genetic basis, but the link with our DNA isn’t entirely clear. Newly identified genetic variants could help in developing treatments, according to recent study....
What's a fact that sounds totally made up, yet is completely true? (kbin.social)
I'll start: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are 3 years older than Guns N' Roses.
