Baltimore mayor weathers racist attacks after bridge collapse (www.washingtonpost.com)
The West has the capability to halt Putin's brutal war - but does it have the resolve? (news.sky.com)
Philippines to boost diplomacy and defence capability as South China Sea 'countermeasures' (www.yahoo.com)
MANILA (Reuters) - Countermeasures by the Philippines to China’s conduct in the South China Sea will entail strengthening its defence capabilities with allies and exhausting all diplomatic measures to resolve disputes, a security official said on Monday....
Israel Created 'Kill Zones' in Gaza. Anyone Who Crosses Into Them Is Shot (www.haaretz.com)
Video games: A promising tool for anxiety and depression (english.elpais.com)
Fedora Linux Flatpak cool apps to try for April - Fedora Magazine (fedoramagazine.org)
RNC plan for 2020 denialist to head ‘election integrity’ unit raises alarms (www.theguardian.com)
Christina Bobb, who was part of Trump-backed fake elector scheme, tapped to run unit by Republican National Committee...
Anna's Archive is looking for volunteers to run mirrors (annas-archive.org)
The home insurance market is crumbling. These owners are paying the price (www.cnn.com)
The home insurance market is crumbling in New Orleans, leaving Alfredo Herrera with few options for coverage — and skyrocketing insurance premiums....
After a county restricted transgender women in sports, a roller derby league said, 'No way' (apnews.com)
They zip around the rink, armed with helmets, pads and mouthguards. They push, bump and occasionally crash out as they jostle for position on the hardwood floor....
Drone footage of Sinuiju City North Korea (packaged-media.redd.it)
XiaoHao2 took these pics and videos from across the China boarder with a dgi drone in 2020. They uploaded just recently. Here’s some more pics...
Barrage of Russian attacks aims to cut Ukraine's lights (www.bbc.com)
In central Kharkiv you hear the rattle of generators on every street....
Aphantasia: Why I cannot picture my children in my mind (www.bbc.com)
Most people can picture images in their heads - the look of an apple, the appearance of their kitchen or the smile of their best friend - but not everyone can....
Vague school rules at the root of millions of student suspensions (www.usatoday.com)
Former Spokane Valley teacher gets no jail time for sex with student (www.spokesman.com)
A former Central Valley High school teacher’s “predatory actions” stripped a student of his dreams and significantly harmed him and his family after the teacher had sex with the 17-year-old, the student’s mother told a judge Thursday....
Why Republicans Are Targeting Socially Responsible Investing (www.democracynow.org)
tl;dr - House Republicans are targeting socially responsible investing, including investments that take into account environmental concerns like climate change....
European prosecutors take over Belgian probe into Pfizergate (www.politico.eu)
European Public Prosecutor’s Office looking into texts between Ursula von der Leyen and boss of Pfizer....
‘Futurama’ Fans Discover How A Tragedy Changed A Classic Joke — For the Better (www.cracked.com)
Found this interesting. I never saw the updated version, but I am guessing I probably wouldn’t have noticed the change. Just a random article I came across thinking you might enjoy. Or not. If I die, tell my wife hello.
The fediverse Goodreads alternative: Bookwyrm (bookwyrm.world)
If you are interested in sharing book recommendations with other, or just manage your books, then bookwyrm is great for that! The .world team also has a bookwyrm instance up and running at bookwyrm.world with a community here on lemmy as well at !bookwyrm. Read Ruuds original post about it here: https://lemmy.world/post/5904792...
Oh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam apps (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Russia demands extradition of Ukraine security chief and others for ‘terrorism’ (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has demanded that Ukraine extradite a number of people, including the head of the country’s SBU security service, over claims they are connected with “terrorist” acts....
Remains of missing French toddler Emile Soleil found in French Alps (www.theguardian.com)
Bones were discovered near the hamlet of Le Vernet, close to where the little boy went missing in 2023...
Square Enix is testing AI-driven fictional language generation (www.gamedeveloper.com)
China has a big problem with super gonorrhea, study finds (arstechnica.com)
Drug-resistant gonorrhea is a growing problem—one that doesn’t heed borders....