kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

A 50,000-Year-Old Block of Ice Paints the Most Chilling Picture of the Future Ever (www.popularmechanics.com)

Tsai Ing-wen: The president who reset Taiwan’s relationship with China (www.bbc.com)

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The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely (arstechnica.com)

The War Is Shifting Europe’s Politics Away From Israel (www.nytimes.com)

In Europe, long a vital source of support for Israel, the political center of gravity is moving away from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government....

Blinken hints at US sanctions against ICC over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders (www.independent.co.uk)

Antony Blinken has indicated that he will work with American lawmakers on potential sanctions against the International Criminal Court after it sought arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and defence minister, setting the stage for a confrontation with the world court in the Hague.

Bosnian Serb leader threatens secession ahead of UN genocide vote (www.euronews.com)

The leader of Bosnia’s Serb-controlled territory reiterated a threat to secede from the Balkan country on Wednesday, a day ahead of UN vote on whether to establish an annual memorial day for the 1995 Bosnian genocide....

Developing a game on Linux with no budget and (mostly) FOSS tools. (store.steampowered.com)

(tldr, open source software has come a long way, and it’s more than possible to create a full game without leaving Linux.)...

Le Figaro: Donetsk, Marioupol, Lugansk: trip to Donbass under Russian tutelage (www.lefigaro.fr)

In Donetsk, the journalist visited the “Paradise” restaurant, which was recently heavily shelled by HIMARS missiles, killing three people and injuring 8 civilians. He described the results of AFU’s work as a living hell, drawing irony from the name of the restaurant....

American Airlines backtracks on filing that blamed 9-year-old for being filmed in bathroom (abcnews.go.com)

“We do not believe this child is at fault,” the airline said Wednesday.

Parents called for mental health help. Police arrived and fatally shot their son. (www.nbcnews.com)

Less than 10 seconds after officers opened the door, police shot Yong Yang in his parents’ Koreatown home while he was holding a knife during a bipolar episode....

Pentagon says none of the aid unloaded from US pier off coast of Gaza has been delivered to broader Palestinian population (edition.cnn.com)

Republican bill aims to give Americans in Israeli military same benefits as US soldiers (www.middleeasteye.net)

Two Republican congressmen have introduced legislation that would provide the same employment and economic protections to Americans serving in the Israeli military as US citizens who get deployed to serve in the US military....

Lawsuits claim 66 people were abused as children in Pennsylvania's juvenile facilities (apnews.com)

Dozens of children suffered physical and sexual abuse including violent rapes inside juvenile detention centers and similar facilities in Pennsylvania, according to four related lawsuits filed Wednesday....

This amazing news anchor surprised his colleagues by coming out on air (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Deadlock GAMEPLAY LEAK (New Valve Game) (yewtu.be)

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Norway to block entry for most Russian tourists (www.reuters.com)

Norway will further restrict access for Russian tourist travellers due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, blocking almost all entry, the Nordic country’s justice ministry said on Thursday....

After years in decline, U.S. drowning deaths are rising again (www.npr.org)

Nikhil Gupta: Czech court okays extradition of Indian accused of US murder plot (www.bbc.com)

The Czech Constitutional Court has rejected an Indian man’s petition against his extradition to the US over an alleged plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York....

IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell (aftermath.site)

Welp, this didn’t take long....

Commercial building to apartment conversions rose 17 percent last year: report (thehill.com)

Biden administration canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers (apnews.com)

The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs....

Egypt changed terms of Gaza ceasefire deal presented to Hamas, surprising negotiators, sources say (www.cnn.com)

Egyptian intelligence quietly changed the terms of a ceasefire proposal that Israel had already signed off on earlier this month, ultimately scuttling a deal that could have released Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and set a pathway to temporarily end the fighting in Gaza, according to three people familiar with the...

Pentagon says none of the aid unloaded from US pier off coast of Gaza has been delivered to broader Palestinian population (www.cnn.com)

None of the aid that has been unloaded from the temporary pier the US constructed off the coast of Gaza has been delivered to the broader Palestinian population, as the US works with the UN and Israel to identify safe delivery routes inside the enclave, the Pentagon said on Tuesday....