A return to basic (lemmy.world)
Nothing fancy, just the raw essential on a rushed morning.
Q: “Are we doomed?” A: “We would be, if not for the amazing developments in renewable energy.” (powering-the-planet.ghost.io)
I wasn’t aware just how good the news is on the green energy front until reading this. We still have a tough road in the short/medium term, but we are more or less irreversibly headed in the right direction.
Wild Boar Has Five Times More Toxic PFAS Than Humans Allowed To Eat (www.forbes.com)
A new study has found that European wild boar, Sus scrofa, contains toxic PFAS (per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) at levels that are nearly five times greater than what is allowed under EU law in meat sold for human consumption.
Two candidates drop out of Iran presidential election, due to take place Friday amid voter apathy (apnews.com)
Iranians are set to go to the polls to cast their ballots in an upcoming vote to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi. Associated Press news director Jon Gambrell explains how Iran’s foreign policy could be affected by the election this Friday....
Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs (arstechnica.com)
Paris Hilton testifies to Congress on being ‘sexually abused and force-fed meds’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Bro come after 9 year
Former heads of Bolivia’s army and navy arrested over failed coup (www.theguardian.com)
Anon wants cigarette money (sh.itjust.works)
NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays (gothamist.com)
After months of public outcry and pressure from the City Council, New York City’s libraries are poised to have their budgets fully restored so that branches may resume seven-day-a-week service, including Sundays, according to three people with knowledge of the budget negotiations....
Today I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Scholz proposes equally high tariffs for EVs from China and the EU - electrive.com (www.electrive.com)
The British be like (lemmy.ml)
US Crime Rate Drops to ‘Historic’ Lows With Murders, Rapes, and Robbery Plunging, New Statistics Show (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
What is the right way to have your toilet paper? (lemmy.world)
what is the biggest failure in human history?
China’s Financial Elite Face $400,000 Pay Caps, Bonus Clawbacks (www.bloomberg.com)
The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat (www.vox.com)
G'day (lemmy.world)
Returning Fire with Fire - Mindy Smith [03:31 | Pop] (youtu.be)
Returning Fire with Fire · Mindy Smith...
I backed my car into a cop car the other day... (lemmy.world)
Trump Claims Support From Black And Hispanic Communities ‘Has Skyrocketed’ Due to Mugshot (www.mediaite.com)
Prolonging the Ukraine war is flirting with nuclear disaster (responsiblestatecraft.org)
Russian trans politician forced to detransition or get sent to psychiatric hospital (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months (apnews.com)
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick or wounded children plus their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since early May, when the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down after Israel captured it....
