The Church of Trump: How He’s Infusing Christianity Into His Movement (www.nytimes.com)
Gift Link to read on NY Times.
US aiming to ‘crack the code’ on deploying geothermal energy at scale (www.theguardian.com)
Recent $74m investment made alongside assessment that 10% of electricity could be generated by geothermal by 2050...
Shell says landmark climate ruling obstructs fight against climate change (www.reuters.com)
Shell on Tuesday told a Dutch court a 2021 order that it should drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions lacks a legal basis and risks obstructing the fight against climate change....
Interview: Wilson Cruz, Mary Wiseman And Blu Del Barrio On ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 (trekmovie.com)
Shrinking Arctic ice redraws the map for internet cable connections (www.politico.eu)
A new 14,500-km subsea cable in the Arctic could reroute data traffic away from vulnerable choke points....
Kremlin-Financed Political Influence Network in Europe Scandal Widens, 24 Officials Named (www.kyivpost.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/11147940...
‘Star Trek’ Fan Leaves Behind a Collection Like No One Has Done Before (www.nytimes.com)
Direct link to the original Tweet with some pictures a very impressive collection and sad story.
Taiwan struck by strong earthquake; Japan, Philippines issue tsunami warnings (www.channelnewsasia.com)
AMD's Longtime Open-Source Linux Graphics Driver Advocate Retires (www.phoronix.com)
Saw this fucking ad so I had to fix it (original add in post box) (slrpnk.net)
Original
Thunderbird goes from DEB to snap in Ubuntu 24.04 (www.linuxadictos.com)
Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty (apnews.com)
Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals, according to a court filing....
Vermont advances bill requiring fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change (apnews.com)
The Vermont Legislature is advancing legislation requiring big fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather....
Nuclear fusion experiment sets record for time at 100 million degrees Celsius (edition.cnn.com)
Biden administration set to greenlight $18 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel (edition.cnn.com)
Judge expands Trump's gag order after ex-president's social media posts about judge's daughter (apnews.com)
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal case on Monday declared his daughter off-limits to the former president’s rancor, expanding a gag order days after Trump assailed and made false claims about her on social media....
U.S. tells Iran it "had no involvement" in Israel strike (www.axios.com)
Why Threads is suddenly popular in Taiwan (www.technologyreview.com)
Apparently, Twitter was quite niche and the launch of Threads coincided with a surge of interest in presidential elections, for which one party's supporters rallied on Threads which also pulled in their friends....
The Russian Army Just Launched The Biggest Tank Assault Of The War (www.forbes.com)
Qt 6.7 released (www.qt.io)
Qt 6.7 is out with lots of large and small improvements for all of us who like to have fun when building modern applications and user experiences. Several additions are released as technology previews, and we are looking forward to your feedback so that we can get everything ready for the next LTS release!
Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web (www.macworld.com)
Australia’s PM demands ‘full accountability’ over death of Gaza aid worker (www.aljazeera.com)
Frankcom was one of four international aid workers that Palestinian officials say were killed along with their Palestinian driver on Monday in an Israeli air attack in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah....
White House makes last-ditch push for internet subsidy program [ACP] (www.reuters.com)
NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law (www.thecity.nyc)
In October, New York City announced a plan to harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve the business of government. The announcement included a surprising centerpiece: an AI-powered chatbot that would provide New Yorkers with information on starting and operating a business in the city....
The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled (www.wired.com)
