UK immigration: why public opinion is at odds with reality (www.ft.com)
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Foxconn Hires 50,000 More Workers as Apple Boosts iPhone 16 Production. So much for Apple's shift to India. (www.macrumors.com)
A US citizen he was shot by Israeli forces and wounded in the leg during a protest Friday against settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, as the Israeli military confirmed it fired live rounds (www.rfi.fr)
TIL that in 1972 a 33-year-old Hungarian geologist attacked Michelangelo's Pietà statue in St. Peter's Basilica wielding a geologist's hammer and shouting, "I am Jesus Christ—risen from the dead". Pri (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that in 1972 a 33-year-old Hungarian geologist attacked Michelangelo’s Pietà statue in St. Peter’s Basilica wielding a geologist’s hammer and shouting, “I am Jesus Christ—risen from the dead”. Prior to this, he had moved to Rome intending to be recognised as Christ by the Pope.
‘It’s just a rich man’s playground now’: how St Ives became patient zero of British overtourism | Cornwall (www.theguardian.com)
What is the earliest memory that you have?
Its very hard..
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Biden pushes to secure Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement by next week (www.salon.com)
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Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans considering leaving the country post-elections, new polls suggests (www.latintimes.com)
Kim Dotcom is in mega big trouble (youtu.be)
A brief history of Megaupload and its controversial founder Kim Dotcom. Find out how a teenage hacker built one of the largest websites in the world, which was eventually seized by the FBI for piracy.
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con (softwarecrisis.dev)
up and to the right (fedia.io)
A Drunken Evening, a Rented Yacht: The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage (www.wsj.com)
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Oklahoma city approves $7M settlement for man wrongfully imprisoned for decades (www.usatoday.com)
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Uvalde police failed to turn over some video footage from Robb Elementary shooting, department says (www.texastribune.org)
Officials in Uvalde revealed on Wednesday that they failed to release some officer body camera and dashboard footage related to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting as required by a settlement agreement with news organizations that sued for access....
haha! non attachment is so fun! you are replying to a void, circlejerkers (lemmy.world)
Final Fantasy IX AI Upscale Mod Receives Significant Update | Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)
The Moguri Mod, a PC mod that enhances Final Fantasy IX’s visuals beyond current official remasters by leveraging AI through Stable Diffusion, has seen a major update after being on hiatus....
Maduro loses regional support (www.semafor.com)
Nicolas Cage Will Play NFL Coach Legend John Madden in Biopic (www.rollingstone.com)
Oklahoma Republicans call for impeachment investigation into extremist superintendent Ryan Walters (www.advocate.com)
Is 3hk esim ok to use?
I’m going to travel to Indonesia in 2 days and finding the appropriate sim card to use. I browsed the Internet and found buying 3hk SIM from mobimatter is the cheapest option. Is the SIM safe to use? Anyone else ever got a SIM from mobimatter?
Run for it Marty!
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TIL It is said that not even Nicolaus Copernicus ever saw planet Mercury. The reason is that, as an inner planet (to Earth), it will never angularly move away more than 28 degrees from the Sun (www.sav.sk)
