Palestinian professor who reported on Gaza’s suffering dies before replying to final message (english.elpais.com)
Refaat Alareer, the teacher and writer who had shared the hardships of war with EL PAÍS, was killed along with six family members in an Israeli attack
Alright, I'm gonna "take one for the team" -- what is with the "downvote-happy" users lately?
Title. “lmao internet points” and all, but what is the point of participating in a community that sees assumptions and other commonly non-harmful commentaries/posts as “bad” this easily? Do folks in here are really that needy of self-validation, even if it means seeking such from something completely insignificant like...
Israel and US are at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza (apnews.com)
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, this week announced that Israel would retain an open-ended security presence in Gaza. Israeli officials talk of imposing a buffer zone to keep Palestinians away from the Israeli border. They rule out any role for the Palestinian Authority, which was ousted from Gaza by Hamas in 2007...
[Facebook] Messenger is finally getting end-to-end encryption by default - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?
I’m a reddit refugee trying to figure this out. It seems to me like it’s a decent idea to break up countrol like this, but unfortunately there are some inherent problems that mean it might not work in the real world....
I'm starting to feel like there's not much choice (lemmy.world)
Return to office is ‘dead,’ Stanford economist says. Here’s why (www.cnbc.com)
Return to office is ‘dead,’ Stanford economist says. Here’s why::The share of workers being called back to the office has flatlined, suggesting remote work is an entrenched feature of the U.S. labor market.
Made the switch to KDE
I’ve been using Fedora for a couple of months now, and have been loving it. Very soon after I jumped into this community (among other Linux communities) and started laughing at all the people saying “KDE rules, GNOME drools,” and “GNOME is better, KDE is for babies.” But then I thought, “Why not give KDE a try? The...
Never change Lemmy (lemmy.world)
Source: lemmy.world/comment/5668411
Nearly Half of CD Projekt Now Working on The Witcher 4 (www.ign.com)
Dont wanna scratch that rhinocover (lemmy.world)
It's hard to believe (startrek.website)
Google is ‘crooked’ and a bully, CEO of Fortnite-maker Epic Games testifies in Play Store trial (fortune.com)
Google is ‘crooked’ and a bully, CEO of Fortnite-maker Epic Games testifies in Play Store trial::Epic alleges that Google has been engaged in illegal price-gouging by collecting commissions ranging from 15% to 30% on in-app digital transactions.
This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several... (grist.org)
This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several…::A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for...
Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis (apnews.com)
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs in favor of an emphasis on addiction treatment is facing strong headwinds in the progressive state after an explosion of public drug use fueled by the proliferation of fentanyl and a surge in deaths...
Achievement for all of us (lemmy.world)
Scrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are Mortified. (slate.com)
Youtubers and Twitter (lemmy.world)
Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem (www.androidpolice.com)
Android isn’t cool with teenagers, and that’s a big problem::Nearly 9 in 10 US teenagers use an iPhone, spelling disaster for Google’s mobile future
What's the first name you always think of when asked to come up with a random name?
But its the only thing I want! (startrek.website)
(sorry if anyone got this post twice. I posted while Lemmy.World was down for maintenance, and it was acting weird, so I deleted and reposted)