Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees face trauma on a scale unseen since WWI (mainichi.jp)
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The small band of soldiers gather outside to share cigarettes and war stories, sometimes casually and sometimes with a degree of
India launches Aditya-L1 solar observatory, its 1st-ever sun probe (www.space.com)
Fresh off its success at the moon, India is now headed for the sun....
Automaker Ford recalls almost 42,000 F250, F350 trucks for safety (scrippsnews.com)
U.S. automaker Ford has issued a recall involving potentially 41,555 trucks, including certain 2023 Super Duty F250 and F350 vehicles “equipped with single rear wheels and a 10.5-inch rear axle shaft,” the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration said....
He survived sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America. Now he wants justice (www.theguardian.com)
Ron Hunter was repeatedly assaulted and sex-trafficked as a child. At 63, he’s telling his story – to protect others and heal himself
2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map (news.ycombinator.com)
How a Well-Regarded Mac App Became a Trojan Horse (gizmodo.com)
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Giuliani loses defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers (www.cnn.com)
A federal judge has determined that Rudy Giuliani has lost a defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers against him after he failed to provide information sought in subpoenas....
PlayStation Plus prices increasing (blog.playstation.com)
USD "per year" prices:...
Category 4 Hurricane Idalia projected to hit Florida with 'catastrophic' storm surge (apnews.com)
Hurricane Idalia strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday morning as it steamed toward Florida’s Big Bend region and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall....
Putin won’t attend Prigozhin funeral, officials say (thehill.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to attend the funeral of former Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash last week after leading a short-lived rebellion…...
I know, I know, but this revision compiles (sh.itjust.works)
Elon Musk appearance at Valorant Champions tournament met with boos, crowd chanting 'bring back Twitter' (www.pcgamer.com)
Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions.
'Don't chop me down.' 100-year-old gingko trees may get axe for Tokyo redevelopment project (apnews.com)
A few hundred people have turned out to protect historic century-old ginkgo trees that are likely to be chopped down under a controversial redevelopment for a beloved Tokyo park district.
Soulframe is Elden Ring meets Ghost of Tsushima, but with 'Disney princesses' - PCGamesN (www.pcgamesn.com)
UN experts say Islamic State group almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in under a year (apnews.com)
Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report....
Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in the U.S. criticizes government online (www.nbcnews.com)
“As a son, it is very upsetting that, because of your opinion, your mother has been detained,” said Tanzilur Rahman, a doctoral student in Michigan.
This week in KDE: tap-to-click by default (pointieststick.com)
Bizarre Movie Posters From Africa That Are So Bad, They’re Good (www.dannydutch.com)
The Community Pushing AI-Generated Porn To 'the Edge of Knowledge' (www.slashdot.org)
Italy detains three boats - for the crime of saving hundreds of refugees' lives (www.thecanary.co)
In the space of 48 hours, Italy’s authorities detained three refugee rescue vessels which had just saved hundreds of lives. The news comes as Italy’s far-right government has been cracking down on both refugees and those protecting them – amid over 2,000 people dying in the crossing....
Huge fire rages in China office building (www.bbc.com)
Nearly 300 firefighters were deployed to battle the blaze in the northern port city of Tianjin.
86% of New US Electric Utility Generation Capacity Coming from Non-Fossil Fuels in 2023 (cleantechnica.com)
86% of New US Electric Utility Generation Capacity Coming from Non-Fossil Fuels in 2023::In 2023, Non-Fossil Fuel Sources Will Account for 86% of New Electric Utility Generation Capacity in the United States