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

Japan vows to promote strategic, mutually beneficial ties with China (english.kyodonews.net)

Israel vows to retaliate against Iran for missile attacks (www.axios.com)

Accused rapist who tried to clear his name loses blockbuster defamation trial against TV network | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

After the interview aired, Lehrmann was charged with sexual intercourse without consent, but the trial was abandoned in 2022 due to juror misconduct and not revived due to fears about Higgins’ mental health....

How to perform system backup with backup-manager on Linux (www.xmodulo.com)

Customizing Reader Mode – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 158 – Firefox Nightly News (blog.nightly.mozilla.org)

Sydney mall attack: Confronting pro-Kremlin troll on false claims Jewish student was killer (www.bbc.com)

Under the alter ego “Aussie Cossack”, he posted untrue speculation that a 20-year-old Jewish university student was the attacker who had stabbed and killed five women and one man at a Westfield shopping centre in Sydney....

Israel court orders Palestinian families' removal from Sheikh Jarrah (www.middleeasteye.net)

An Israeli court has ordered the forced removal of three Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, the Palestinian neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem, Wafa news agency has reported....

TIL about exploding head syndrome, which causes patients to hear a loud, frightening noise when falling asleep or waking up. Up to 10% of people may have it, but cases often go undiagnosed (en.wikipedia.org)

cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/2659121

[Long interview] Star Trek Discovery's Wilson Cruz Keeps Making Television History (www.metroweekly.com)

Protesters demand Georgia government withdraw proposed 'Russian law' (www.bbc.com)

Khronos Releases OpenXR 1.1 to Further Streamline Cross-Platform XR Development (www.khronos.org)

The Khronos® Group, an open consortium of industry-leading companies creating advanced interoperability standards, announces the immediate availability of the OpenXR™ 1.1 specification. This release evolves the widely adopted OpenXR open API standard for high-performance, cross-platform access to VR, AR, and mixed reality...

‘Sympathy shifted to Israel’: many fear Iran attack has distracted aid effort (www.theguardian.com)

The US seems so preoccupied that officials are barely keeping track of shipments they last week said were a priority

Israeli academics slammed for signing letter accusing Israel of ‘plausible genocide’ (www.timesofisrael.com)

Academics on the right side of history once again....

Georgian MP punches opponent in face in brawl over ‘foreign agents’ bill (www.theguardian.com)

Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive over the last five decades - Scientific Reports (www.nature.com)

Goofy is sued for negligence, inflicting trauma, in Disneyland collision (www.latimes.com)

Even Europe’s far-right firebrands seem to sense Brexit is a disaster (www.theguardian.com)

When I met the Dutch politician Geert Wilders years ago, he was set on ‘Nexit’. Now he too would rather stay in the EU...

Iran sought mass casualties in Israel strike, U.S. officials say | Semafor (www.semafor.com)

The ceiling in my basement is to low to pull off this trick. (imgur.com)

This is my type.

Trump rages at judge hours before hush money case begins (thehill.com)

Former President Trump railed against the judge in his criminal hush money case early Monday, just hours before the first criminal trial against a former U.S. president is set to begin....

Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record (www.theguardian.com)

The percentage of reef areas experiencing bleaching-level heat stress is increasing by about 1% a week, scientists say...

Gaza: UN experts deplore use of purported AI to commit ‘domicide’ in Gaza, call for reparative approach to rebuilding (www.ohchr.org)

GENEVA (15 April 2024) – UN experts today deplored the purported use of artificial intelligence (AI) and related military directives by Israel in occupied Gaza leading to an unprecedented toll on the civilian population, housing, vital services and infrastructure....

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