Biden Sharpens Criticism of Israel, Calling Gaza Response ‘Over the Top’ (www.nytimes.com)
Where are the good political songs? (piped.video)
I feel like there are lots of parallels between the eighties and now (recession/inflation, yuppies/inequality, skin-heads/fascists, hot-cold wars etc.) but there used to be protest music! Where is that stuff now? Music that’s intelligent and outraged - like we should be!...
Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin (arstechnica.com)
Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin::US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.
Spices too (lemm.ee)
All lives rule (suppo.fi)
EU condemns Hamas for using 'hospitals as human shields', urges Israeli restraint (www.reuters.com)
'No Possibility' of Gaza Cease-Fire, Biden Says as 500+ Former Staffers Demand One (www.commondreams.org)
“As the president of the United States, you have power to change the course of history, and the responsibility to save lives right now,” the staffers wrote.
Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library (www.techspot.com)
Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined
‘It’s quite soul-destroying’: how we fell out of love with dating apps (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s quite soul-destroying’: how we fell out of love with dating apps::For a decade, apps have dominated dating. But now singles are growing tired of swiping and are looking for new ways to meet people – or reverting to old ones
Gaza death toll tops 5,000, nearly half of them children: Officials (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel has continued bombarding Gaza’s south despite telling 1.1 million people in the north of the besieged enclave to relocate there ahead of an expected ground offensive....
Package managers be like (linux.community)
Sorry Python but it is what it is.
incredible (lemmy.world)
Fast food workers to get a $20 minimum wage in CA (www.cbsnews.com)
California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom....
India suspends ‘all categories’ of visas for Canada citizens amid diplomatic row (www.independent.co.uk)
Indian foreign ministry claims ‘security threats’ after Trudeau’s explosive allegation of state-sponsored killing mean it cannot provide visa services safely...
Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel (www.aljazeera.com)
What Cars do You Swear By?
Just found out that my current car will die any day now due to a known defect. It’s out of warranty and I have no money to replace it right now....
What is the worst scenes in all of star trek?
What Do You Do With Large Amounts Of Money?
Suppose you win 100 million. What do you actually do with it? Banks only guarantee 250,000. Do you have to invest it? Is there anywhere you can just let it sit and draw interest?
The creator of Pixelfed announced an upcoming encrypted messenger for the fediverse that will work across the fediverse (mastodon.social)
It will be open source, end to end encrypted using Signal’s double ratchet encryption protocol, and he plans to make it easy for fediverse platforms to integrate it. The beta will release later this month....
Hamburg: Climate activists let air out of tyres of 33 cars (mainly SUVs!) again (www.ndr.de)
From the article: *Large SUVs were particularly affected. According to the police, notes were attached to the cars indicating that they were harmful to the climate. The tyres were not punctured, but merely deflated. The cars were parked in the area between the S-Bahn line and Elbchaussee around Kanzleistraße. *...
What's the worst invention of the 21st century?
Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder paint by Just Stop Oil activists (www.theguardian.com)
If you ever wanted to read about fake druids vs. environmental activists, now’s your chance.
Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin was ‘engaged in horseplay’ with gun before fatal shooting (www.theguardian.com)
Fewer than three weeks before actor Alec Baldwin is due to go on trial in Santa Fe, New Mexico, prosecutors have said that he “engaged in horseplay with the revolver”, including firing a blank round at a crew member on the set of Rust before the tragic accident occurred....
My friend didn't have a great experience with Linux
I have been daily driving Linux for over two years now and I have switched distros many times. So, when my friend bought a new laptop, I convinced him to install Linux Mint on it. I asked him if he wanted to dual boot, he said no because it would fill up all his storage. We installed Linux Mint. The other day, he wanted to play...