Coast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlantic (www.npr.org)
Germany is staring at the end of its economic model (english.elpais.com)
The change in the geopolitical order, disrupted by the invasion of Ukraine, has exposed the weaknesses of the German economic model. The German model, points out Wolfgang Münchau in one of his analyses for Eurointelligence, hinges on three ingredients: cost competitiveness, technological leadership in its industry and...
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does anyone else find that deoderant/antiperspirant makes them sweat more?
So firstly, I don’t sweat a lot to begin with. I’ll go for a run and I’ll be at a mile before I feel sweat beading up. I’ll get a little clammy throughout the day, but rarely have whole body sweats. As a result, I have very low body odor. If I don’t shower, it’ll take several days before my significant other will...
What is the most fascinating emotion or feeling for you?
A few I like;...
Oh balls (lemmy.world)
Facebook marketplace in my country is wild. (lemmy.ca)
America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse? (time.com)
Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2022 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4.6%, the correct number is at least 35.7%. In 2022, it is at least 41.3% (crimeresearch.org)
Two factors explain this discrepancy – one, misclassified shootings; and two, overlooked incidents. Regarding the former, the CPRC determined that the FBI reports had misclassified five shootings: In two incidents, the Bureau notes in its detailed write-up that citizens possessing valid firearms permits confronted the shooters...
Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony boss (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.one/post/3417167
Socrates the shitposter (lemmy.world)
Read the dumpster (i.imgur.com)
The loss of certainty in one's one abilities and the lack of trust in institutions
To know what I am talking about, let me give you an example. I have this friend who went crazy over the vaccine issue. She’s done so much research into it that I feel like I can’t talk to her about her vaccine skepticism. Whenever I start to talk about something, she would drown me with a ton of articles and youtube videos...
What is the name for this 5 gram measuring thingy? (lemmygrad.ml)
Senator Admits "Kids Online Safety Act" Will Target Trans Content Online. (www.erininthemorning.com)
Senator Admits “Kids Online Safety Act” Will Target Trans Content Online.::The lead sponsor of the “Kids Online Safety Act,” otherwise known as KOSA, has stated over the weekend that it will be used to “protect minor children from the transgender in our culture.”
Fatal police shooting of pregnant Ohio woman raises concerns over firing at moving vehicles (apnews.com)
Body camera video of the fatal police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant mother in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, has raised questions about how an allegation of shoplifting led to a bullet being fired through her windshield....
Developing world needs an alternative to Chinese tech (asiatimes.com)
Developing world needs an alternative to Chinese tech::In April 2022, the United States launched its “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” It asserts that human rights and democratic values must remain
Capitalists be like (lemmy.ml)
EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes (www.hackingbutlegal.com)
When China’s prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn’t just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens...
Probably guzzling water and planning to go for a run in the morning (sh.itjust.works)
Looking for resource-light distro to run on 2010 Macbook
Hi all, I’m dipping my toes into Linux again after almost 30 years, and I’m looking specifically for any distros that will run on a mid-2010 Macbook (Intel Penryn-3M Core 2 Duo with 4GB of RAM and a 1T HDD). Video is integrated Nvidia GeForce 320M....
MIT Economist Daron Acemoğlu Takes on Big Tech: "Our Future Will Be Very Dystopian" (www.spiegel.de)
US approves first-ever military aid to Taiwan through program typically used for sovereign nations (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration has approved funding for the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday....
How China became the king of new nuclear power, and how the U.S. is trying to stage a comeback (www.cnbc.com)
China has 21 nuclear reactors under construction which will have a capacity for generating more than 21 gigawatts of electricity, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. That is two and a half times more nuclear reactors under construction than any other country....