How China Built Tech Prowess: Chemistry Classes and Research Labs (www.nytimes.com)
archive.is/bSCnV
Russian strike on supermarket in Ukraine's east kills 14 people (www.reuters.com)
Firefighters and police officers work at a site of a supermarket heavily damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine...
Judge declines to dismiss excessive force case against city of Burlington VT for 2021 use of handcuffs, spit hood, and ketamine on disabled 14 year old accused of stealing vape pens (vtdigger.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/excessive-force-case-against-ci…
Venezuela's Maduro blocks X access in country for 10 days (www.reuters.com)
CARACAS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new heights, banning the platform in the South American country for 10 days amid furore over a disputed presidential election....
Chappell Roan achieves first UK Number One album with '...Midwest Princess' – almost a year after its release (www.nme.com)
Iran’s new president battles revolutionary guard to stop all-out war with Israel (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Europeans can save gaming! (short version) (www.youtube.com)
Break science with this one weird trick (lemmy.today)
Take-Two Boss Responds to Rumors of New 2K FIFA Game, Says Making Soccer Sim Would Be 'Incredibly Difficult' - IGN (www.ign.com)
Britain ignored its far-right threat and demonized Muslims. Now racist mobs have spiraled out of control. (www.analystnews.org)
Two timing...
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/20635445
Authoritarian China model facing 'increasing failure' as country's economy needs 'less government intervention and more market' to restore confidence, Chinese economist says (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/1733210...
Coreboot: Pros and Cons
I’m thinking of getting a new laptop which uses Coreboot. The reason is that I’m into FOSS and would also like to not have IME installed. Currently I’m looking at Starlabs’ Starbook, which can optionally be bought with Coreboot....
‘We were surrounded by fire’: Duhok villagers battle blazes blamed on Turkish bombs (www.rudaw.net)
Syrian army bombing kills 11 in Deir ez-Zor, says SDF (www.rudaw.net)
Can anybody explain why someone sell me an apartment in resort ?
It seems sketchy as hell....
Spain demands answers after Puigdemont escape (www.dw.com)
The Catalan independence leader managed to slip into Barcelona, give a speech, and flee. A Spanish judge has accused local police of collusion....
Inconceivable Horror (mander.xyz)
OK, which one of you is it (sh.itjust.works)
Woman who first shared fake Southport suspect rumour that sparked riots arrested (metro.co.uk)
The woman accused of being first to spread the fake rumours about the Southport killer which sparked nationwide riots has been arrested....
Bunny swimming (files.catbox.moe)
The Google TV Streamer is the first device to run Android 14 for TVs (www.androidauthority.com)
calculator-senpai... 😳👉👈 (media.eepy.express)
Thoughts Around KBin's Current Status and the Importance of Community Migration Features
So my understanding is that KBin.social is now gone from the internet for the indefinite future. Ernest, who meant well, simply could not keep up with the demands due to his personal life and the development issues that were cropping up all the time. Let me get ahead of any replies and say that it’s perfectly reasonable to...
if you ever had to start consuming low fat dairy and cheese due to high cholesterol, did your ldl cholesterol levels decrease?
I eat cheese every day, mostly because it’s cheap and easy to eat with a toast....