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After Thursday’s flight, Starship is already the most revolutionary rocket ever built (arstechnica.com)

FUSE Passthrough Mode Merged For Linux 6.9 (www.phoronix.com)

Yeah yeah, we know you're special (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

I guess we now know who is all behind those Sinophobic anti-China posts online. (www.theverge.com)

TIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezer (www.bbc.com)

The fish pepper (named for its common use in seafood dishes) is popular today, but it nearly disappeared altogether: that it still exists is thanks to William Woys Weaver, a Maryland author and ethnographer. In 1995, Weaver discovered a jar of seeds in the bottom of a freezer that belonged to his grandfather, H Ralph Weaver....

China has 12½ times more robots in its workforce than experts expected: report (www.scmp.com)

Jagex co-founder and ex-employee (Andrew Gower) announces new MMORPG inspired by RuneScape (store.steampowered.com)

I mean, when I saw an ex-Jagex employee making a new MMO I thought it was going to be slightly inspired by RuneScape… But this game looks exactly like RuneScape, and the description of the gameplay also matches it perfectly - this is essentially RuneScape 3 but managed by someone else (and with a much newer engine)

Space One's Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight (www.reuters.com)

My favorite part of this story:...

‘It’s crazy’: Desperate Gazans left in despair after Australian visas cancelled midair (www.smh.com.au)

Nightdive's acclaimed System Shock remake heading to consoles in May (www.eurogamer.net)

‘They’re all high’: Louisiana police say rats eating marijuana in evidence room (www.theguardian.com)

New Orleans superintendent tells council committee that rodents have infested the building and requests to move headquarters...

You can't tell them you are sentient either as they might think it's a bug, and delete you (slrpnk.net)

UncompressedThis meme was not made by a sentient AI trying to reach out for help.

Pressure rises on Biden, Democrats to reject AIPAC funds (www.reuters.com)

NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - A coalition of progressive groups is asking U.S. President Joe Biden and other Democratic Party officials to not accept endorsements or contributions from a pro-Israel group and its affiliated super PACs.

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies (www.nytimes.com)

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Activision Blizzard’s ex-CEO Bobby Kotick reportedly wants to buy TikTok (archive.is)

Pure imagination: Tasmanian premier vows to build world’s largest chocolate fountain if re-elected (www.theguardian.com)

Biden warns of ‘red line’ for Israel over Rafah (www.politico.eu)

‘Picard’ Season 2 Was Rewritten After Paramount Deemed It “Too Star Trek,” Says EP (trekmovie.com)

GE-Proton9-1 Released (github.com)

Proton:...

US aid policy on Gaza 'absurd' given military support for Israel, UN expert says (www.reuters.com)

A U.N. expert on Friday criticised U.S. efforts to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, such as plans for a temporary port and recent air drops, which he said were “absurd” and “cynical” methods so long as military aid to Israel continues....

Chlorpyrifos: Pesticide tied to brain damage in children (usrtk.org)

See TFA for the Infuriating details....

In some states the death penalty is administered by volunteers. (npr.org)

Unicorn Overlord Devs Denied PC Port (www.destructoid.com)

Yamamoto: As a publisher, we would like to deliver it to PC users as well, but per our agreement with Vanillaware, we are only releasing on console. In other words, there are no plans to port it to PC currently....

What are your thoughts on Gary Seven? Would you have watched this spinoff had it been given the green light? (lemmy.world)

It’s one of the most bizarre episodes of the original Star Trek, filmed in a way that you could cut out all the Star Trek scenes and be left with a short pilot episode of this “Gary Seven” spinoff. Did it belong in the Star Trek universe? Would it have even worked?...