Suspect arrested in arson at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Vermont office (thehill.com)
111-year-old British man born the same year the Titanic sank is now world’s oldest man (www.cnn.com)
At 111 years and 224 days old, John Alfred Tinniswood from England has officially claimed the title of world’s oldest living man....
Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug kush - made from human bones (www.bbc.com)
Sierra Leone’s president has declared a national emergency over rampant drug abuse....
German civil servants demand ‘immediate’ end to Israeli arms supplies (www.aljazeera.com)
According to the organisers of the five-page statement, around 600 civil servants have voiced support for the initiative, which has slowly been gathering traction for months through professional networks and word-of-mouth across a range of ministries....
Mind your business, citizen. Mystical weapons aren't real (discuss.tchncs.de)
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New Mexico mental health first responders are increasingly civilians, not police (gazette.com)
Unarmed emergency responders Nevada Sanchez and Sean Martin take a police dispatch call in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city with high rates of violent crime and police shootings....
Amid Grid Breakdown, Chinese Firms Offer Effective Solar For Nigerian Households (thewillnews.com)
Shimao: China property giant hit with winding-up petition (www.bbc.com)
China’s crisis-hit property market has been dealt a fresh blow as major real estate developer Shimao Group has been hit with a winding-up petition....
Late-night shooting at popular outdoor mall in Miami suburb leaves two dead, 7 injured (www.nbcnews.com)
A shooting at a bar in a popular outdoor mall in a Miami suburb early Saturday left two dead and seven injured....
Police spammed with complaints by neo-Nazis under new Scottish hate crime law (www.theguardian.com)
First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to ‘overwhelm’ official systems...
Why some animals get agitated during a solar eclipse (www.bbc.com)
Humans experience awe in the face of solar eclipses – but how do the other members of the animal kingdom feel when the day briefly turns to night?...
Ukraine war: Bucha's wounds still raw two years on (www.bbc.com)
In March 2022 invading Russian troops occupied the Ukrainian town of Bucha outside Kyiv, leaving a trail of death and destruction which shocked the world. Two years after their departure, the BBC’s Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford has gone back to see how its traumatised residents are trying to return to normal...
Whooping cough’s back — and it’s Covid’s fault (www.politico.eu)
The Dickensian disease is the latest Victorian-era ailment to stage a comeback in the West....
A Nolanverse BATMAN Game From The Studio Behind SHADOW OF MORDOR Came Very Close To Fruition (comicbookmovie.com)
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Will Soon Get a Mod That Will Add Server Browser List, Dedicated Servers, Moderation Tools, Spectator Mode and More (www.dsogaming.com)
The USA signed a budget bill into law that greatly benefits Israel and greatly threatens Palestinians. As always, the USA is reminding people that they are evil incarnate (odysee.com)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/4209515...
Forum-based creative writing based RPG (sh.itjust.works)
Not sure how much farther I’ll go with this, but it was fun putting together the concept!
When a black hole and a neutron star merge (news.ycombinator.com)
Or directly, news item link: mpg.de/…/0404-grav-mysterious-object-in-the-gap-1…
🎵 If you █████ ██ in the ███ 🎶 (sopuli.xyz)
How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation (www.reuters.com)
Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights?...
In Defense of Wasps: A Misunderstood Insect (www.theguardian.com)
Does this count as noncredibledefense? :>
The dark side of Medellín’s sex tourism: Child prostitutes and depraved men (english.elpais.com)
Mayor Federico Gutiérrez banned prostitution in tourist areas after an American was caught with two young girls in a hotel room...
Coming Up ACEs: Decoding the AI Technology That’s Enhancing Games With Realistic Digital Humans | Nvidia Blog (blogs.nvidia.com)
[Rwandan President] Kagame blames world’s inaction as Rwanda commemorates 1994 genocide (www.politico.com)
Palia Developer Singularity 6 Reportedly Hit by Layoffs (techraptor.net)
