German politician ‘filmed taking Russian money’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
A German politician has been filmed taking large sums of cash from a Kremlin-supporting broadcaster, Czech intelligence has claimed....
High Court In India Rules That Viewing, Downloading Child Porn Is Not A Crime - The Publica (www.thepublica.com)
Drone delivery service launches in China’s Greater Bay Area (www.scmp.com)
Building ActivityPub (activitypub.ghost.org)
Looks like it’s really happening!
A storybook designed to teach kids about how computers work (www.lostlanguageofthemachines.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/149917...
Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help (apnews.com)
Britain pushes through controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda (www.usatoday.com)
The Fable Of The Ducks And The Hens By George Lincoln Rockwell | Peacedozer (rumble.com)
In this 1959 tale, the innocent ducks find their carefree lives disrupted by the arrival of cunning, manipulative hens. A timeless masterpiece by George L. Rockwell, vividly illustrated by Robert Edwa
Inside the Super Nintendo cartridges (fabiensanglard.net)
via osnews.com/…/inside-the-super-nintendo-cartridges…
Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn (www.theguardian.com)
The 6.8% increase between 2022 and 2023 was the steepest since 2009, pushing spending to the highest recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) in its 60-year history...
House committee finds CIA at fault in investigation on sexual assaults (www.politico.com)
A Paradigm Shift in Social Policy: How Finland Conquered Homelessness (www.spiegel.de)
Grindr again sued for allegedly sharing users' HIV status (www.salon.com)
Embracer Group announces its intention to transform into three standalone publicly listed entities at Nasdaq Stockholm - Embracer Group (embracer.com)
INSIDE INFORMATION: The Board of Directors of Embracer Group AB (“Embracer Group”) today announces a transformative step for value creation through a separation of the group into three market-leading games and entertainment companies: Asmodee Group, “Coffee Stain & Friends”[1] and “Middle-earth Enterprises &...
Plappa, an Audibookshelf/Jellyfin/Emby app for iOS (raw.githubusercontent.com)
I keep finding new apps, so I’ll keep sharing! Tonight’s fish on the hook, is an Audiobook client for Jellyfin and AudioBookShelf, written in Swift/SwiftUI....
Russia says US support for Ukraine will end as ‘humiliating fiasco’ like ‘Vietnam and Afghanistan’ (thehill.com)
Students Sue Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Shuttering AP African American Studies (truthout.org)
Global military spending soars to new record highs (www.dw.com)
The global defense budget saw its largest yearly increase in 14 years in 2023, according to the think tank SIPRI. Russia’s war in Ukraine, the China-Taiwan crisis and other global conflicts played a significant role....
We Distribute - Ghost Announces ActivityPub Integration (wedistribute.org)
Today, open source publishing platform Ghost announced that it will soon join the Fediverse with ActivityPub integration baked-in to its feature suite. The announcement includes a handy explanation of what ActivityPub is, the benefits that provides to publishers on Ghost, and a deep dive into where these features will be found...
CalMatters is acquiring The Markup (themarkup.org)
The Markup CEO Nabiha Syed’s announcement:...
Maldives’ Pro-China President Secures Majority in Parliament (www.bloomberg.com)
Maldives’ ruling People’s National Congress party won an absolute majority in parliament in elections held Sunday, giving President Mohamed Muizzu’s pro-China policies a boost....
US, Philippines kick off combat drills amid China tension (www.dw.com)
The joint drills include simulations of US and Filipino troops recapturing islands as Manila and Beijing contest maritime territory in the South China Sea....
NY Attorney General asks judge to reject $175 million bond in Donald Trump's civil fraud case (www.usatoday.com)
Netanyahu Resists U.S. Plan to Cut Off Aid to Israeli Military Unit (www.propublica.org)
Chinese scientists close in on laser propulsion for superfast, silent submarines (www.scmp.com)
