kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

How the super rich ship their luxury cars around the world (www.cnn.com)

TIL: About Foxfire a Bioluminescent Fungus (en.m.wikipedia.org)

I first heard about it as being used to mark gauges on a 1770s submersible so the operator could read them in the dark....

Indiana lawmaker under investigation after staffers accuse her of ‘rage’ and ‘general toxicity’ (www.independent.co.uk)

Capture up to 4K gaming footage from your Steam Deck with Avermedia's new X'Tra Go docking station (www.pcgamer.com)

Musk accused of selling $7.5 billion of Tesla stock before releasing disappointing sales data that plunged the share price to two-year low (fortune.com)

Elon Musk accused of illegally selling $7.5 billion in Tesla stock in Q4 2022....

Women perform better at visiospatial and anticipatory processess when menstruating (www.sciencedirect.com)

There was no group difference in reaction times and accuracy between males and females (using contraception and not). However, within subject analyses revealed that regularly menstruating females performed better during menstruation compared to being in any other phase, with faster reaction times (10ms c.ca, p < .01), fewer...

TIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.) (en.wikipedia.org)

El Salvador’s “Coolest Dictator” Bukele Begins Controversial Second Term with Backing from Biden & Trump (www.democracynow.org)

Urged on by LGBTQ+ Activists, California Cities Weigh Stricter Smoking Rules (kffhealthnews.org)

The New ‘White Fortress’ Cities of the American South (www.bloomberg.com)

Holocaust survivors urge young EU voters to shun far right (www.dw.com)

A group of eight Holocaust survivors drew parallels between the current political climate and that of Germany in the 1930s. Some of them condemned the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD)....

Feds Closed a Prison Notorious for Abuse. Things Only Got Worse (www.rollingstone.com)

Democrats decry Biden executive order turning away some asylum seekers | US-Mexico border (www.theguardian.com)

A. B. Abrams - Atrocity Fabrication and Its Consequences: How Fake News Shapes World Order (archive.org)

Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch (futurism.com)

China makes last-ditch charm offensive to avert trade war with EU (www.politico.eu)

Brussels is expected to inform Chinese carmakers of new duties on electric vehicles only after Sunday’s election....

YAMS: Download music from Qobuz, Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Youtube. (yetanothermusicserver.top)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/33840999...

Nothing phone 3 will come next year - Carl Pei (x.com)

I guess no new nothing “flagship” phone this year

Unaccompanied minors are representing themselves in US immigration court, alarming advocates: In 2023, only 56% of unaccompanied minors were represented by counsel (abcnews.go.com)

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The Far Right’s Political Power Is Expected to Grow in EU Elections (truthout.org)

Chicago Prosecutor Kim Foxx's proposal to not charge felonies from certain traffic stops has had success elsewhere (chicago.suntimes.com)

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has stirred debate since proposing that her office no longer file felony charges when the cases stem solely from minor traffic violations....

Report: Vast Majority of Children Under 5 in Gaza Going Full Days Without Food (truthout.org)

According to a food survey conducted by humanitarian aid groups in May, 85 percent of children under 5 were deprived of food at least one day over a three day period. Official death counts reported by Gaza’s government do not include deaths by starvation; at least 30 children have been recorded starving to death in Gaza so...

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