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I just finished setting up Linux Mint for an old buddy of mine on his old dog of a laptop, rendering it useful once again! (i.imgur.com)

Edit 2: to everyone suggesting an SDD: i know. Look, if this guy had enough $$$ for an SSD, he could buy a used lappy less than half the age of this one that has an ssd and 2-3x the memory....

RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain (www.yahoo.com)

Kristi Noem Cries ‘Fake News’ After Disastrous Interview on CBS (www.thedailybeast.com)

Netanyahu's Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel following rising tensions (apnews.com)

Republican Congresswoman Greene launches effort to oust Johnson following passage of Ukraine aid (kyivindependent.com)

Any allegations that Greene is transparently working as a Russian agent are entirely unsubstantiated.

The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan (apnews.com)

Terrorists in sneakers taking selfies...

Two people killed in Texas after 350,000 pound load detaches from trailer, crushes vehicle: officials (www.yahoo.com)

Imagine being crushed by a 350k pound load while out driving. Holy moly Batman!

Is Radicale the way forward? (www.cloudron.io)

Just thinking of ditching nextcloud and its just too much for my family use. All i needis carddav, caldav and file sync. Have a Debian VM running on Scale and was thinking of using Cloudron docker install. Is this the way others are installing on VMs?

Hamas armed wing al-Qassam Brigades calls for escalation across all fronts (www.reuters.com)

This will work out really well for them.

This manhole placement is more than mildly infuriating (feddit.it)

Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover (arstechnica.com)

Chinese scientists increase F-22 fighter jet’s radar signature 60,000 times with new detection method: study (www.scmp.com)

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Chaos in Dubai as UAE records heaviest rainfall in 75 years (www.cnn.com)

Chaos ensued in the United Arab Emirates after the country witnessed the heaviest rainfall in 75 years, with some areas recording more than 250 mm of precipitation in fewer than 24 hours, the state’s media office said in a statement Wednesday....

Nike’s ‘hoo haa’ Olympic uniforms reveal everything, including sexism in sport (www.theguardian.com)

Most useless superhero accessory (lemmy.world)

Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV (arstechnica.com)

They came for Florida’s sun and sand. They got soaring costs and a culture war. (www.nbcnews.com)

Florida has seen a population boom in recent years, but many longtime residents and recent transplants say rising costs and divisive politics have them fleeing the Sunshine State....

Lego instructs California police department to stop using Lego heads to mask identities of suspects (www.foxnews.com)

'Everyone in the World Needs to See This': Footage Shows IDF Drone Killing Gazans (www.commondreams.org)

Reddit is going public. Will its unruly user base revolt? (www.vox.com)

Ocasio-Cortez demands GOP specify actual crimes in Biden impeachment inquiry (thehill.com)

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) pressured Republicans to name the specific crime they are accusing President Biden of as they proceed with their impeachment inquiry....

American Bible Society to close its $60 million museum after 3 years (www.inquirer.com)

The museum created by the American Bible Society in July 2021 said it would be open to visitors until March 28. The Christian ministry nonprofit that translates Bibles and sends them around the world has recently been besieged with challenges including layoffs, funding troubles, and five CEO changes within two years.