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British hunting group to take legal action to become protected minority group. Hunters have good chance of obtaining same status as Gypsies and LGBT people, campaigners say (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Russian Economic Growth Dips in Second Quarter as Inflation Rises (www.themoscowtimes.com)

The pace of Russia’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter of 2024, official data showed Friday, amid concerns over stubborn inflation and warnings of “overheating.”...

Schools to teach children how to spot fake news and ‘putrid’ conspiracies online (www.independent.co.uk)

Children will be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online under planned changes to the school curriculum....

what are your favorite condiment creations?

Acceptable range of answers:...

B O N G

Saw this in theaters, and I can still hear the noise

Someone needs to create a page about how to help and contribute to piracy communities.

I think there is a deep need for someone to create a page listing all the ways someone can help seperated by the media type....

Iraq Proposes Law To Reduce Legal Age Of Marriage For Girls To 9 (www.ndtv.com)

Archived version...

Dead woman found entangled in baggage machinery at Chicago airport (apnews.com)

Firefighters found a dead woman entangled in machinery Thursday in a non-public baggage-processing area at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago....

Amid backlash, school district says black-outfit ban shared 'prematurely' (www.bbc.com)

A Texas school district, facing backlash after one of its middle schools banned black clothes, has said the dress code change was “prematurely communicated”....

What has been the hardest thing to let go of when deciding to distance yourself from or drop social media entirely? (kbin.melroy.org)

For me it's input. I have a continually thinking mind that feels that I must have something to say on anything. Whenever I've gotten rid of a Reddit account or took even a day or two off from activity on the internet. I had an itch to say something whenever something is reported or something I've seen while browsing that peaked...

Oops (sh.itjust.works)

Oldmancat Murphy playing with his new toy (i.imgur.com)

Additional Murphy tax...

Hurricane Debby blows cocaine worth over $1 million onto beach in Florida Keys, U.S. Border Patrol says (www.cbsnews.com)

The rise of the ‘machine defendant’ – who’s to blame when an AI makes mistakes? (theconversation.com)

Nine UNRWA staff may have been involved in Oct. 7 attack on Israel, says UN (www.reuters.com)

What’s Rattling Trump: The Size of Harris’s Crowds (www.nytimes.com)

The numbers game is everything to Donald J. Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris’s first big rally appears to have gotten under his skin....

'Murica 🇺🇲🍕🦅 (files.catbox.moe)

Toy/game makers often list skills children learn while playing them. What skills would adult games develop?

Cloned Windows 10 drive keeps taking me to automatic repair after using clonezilla

Ok so I was trying to clone 512gb nvme ssd to my new 2tb drive with clonezilla and it keeps taking me to automatic repair. I unplugged the original drive and replaced it with the new one before booting. I ran a chkdsk both times before cloning....

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 4th

Whatcha been playing! I’ve been camping all week so I really haven’t been playing anything! Aside from a few crosswords here and there :)

Opposition leader joins rally calling for Venezuela presidential election results to be overturned (apnews.com)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in the streets of Venezuela’s capital Saturday, waving the national flag and singing the national anthem in support of an opposition candidate they believe won the presidential election by a landslide....