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Wind and solar pose climate threat too, oil giant Saudi Arabia argues (www.politico.com)

Venice gondola capsizes after tourists refuse to sit down and stop taking selfies (www.theguardian.com)

Video of passengers and gondolier ending up in canal water widely shared online

How long do you think until AI writes and debugs code better than the average programmer? (preview.redd.it)

Times were different (startrek.website)

Most "simulation" games aren't simulators

I was just browsing the Google Play Store and I am getting frustrated seeing games being tagged with the genre, but aren’t actually simulating anything. E.g. Idle Miner/Mining Tycoon (can’t remember name). Nothing in the game is accurate or even tries to represent real life. It even has cartoon graphics. Now I’m not...

Wasabi, beloved on sushi, linked to "really substantial" boost in memory, Japanese study finds (www.cbsnews.com)

Stanley Kubrick is a magician (pixelfed.social)

MSF convoy attack in Gaza: All elements point to Israeli army responsibility (www.doctorswithoutborders.org)

1 dead, 4 injured in Las Vegas shooting of homeless: Police (abcnews.go.com)

At least one person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a homeless encampment in Las Vegas on Friday, police said....

'Leaning tower' in Italy on 'high alert' for collapse | CNN (www.cnn.com)

I had to try it to believe it (startrek.website)

Workplace dictatorship. (lemmy.world)

Microsoft joins OpenAI’s board with Sam Altman officially back as CEO (www.theverge.com)

Finland to close entire Russian border after migrant surge - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat (news.mit.edu)

Pokemon Go at home vs POKÉMON GO (lemmy.one)

I know now why so many people skipped and/or hated this game haha! (Just got back from Disney). It was fun, but deleted now. ¯_ (ツ)_/¯

Report: Border Patrol ordered to use gender neutral pronouns (sjvsun.com)

The exodus of the money people - Escape to Mars, upload to the cloud or retreat to the fallout shelter? How the super-rich are preparing for the apocalypse (www.konicz.info)

This is an English translation of an article I wrote for a German magazine. The article looks into the post apocalyptic strategies the wealthy and ultrarich are focusing on. Main point: The rich are as afraid of the collapse of society as anyone else, but their means to face the calamity are on another level.

What communities, online or offline, have made you feel most like you've entered/found a parallel dimension in a positive way?

Excluding, say, here or the fediverse more broadly....

Arrs Feedback (lemmus.org)

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Fatah official: Oct. 7 is part of our ‘defensive war’ against Israel, Hamas is ‘part of our political and social fabric’ (www.timesofisrael.com)

Jibril Rajoub, secretary general of Fatah’s Central Committee, justifies the October 7 massacre by Hamas as an act “in the context of the defensive war our people are waging.”...