Putin bestows Russia’s highest civilian honour on India’s PM Modi (www.aljazeera.com)
‘Dota 2’ Adds ‘Street Fighter’ Style Fighting Game In Crownfall Update (www.forbes.com)
Found with Webb: a Potentially Habitable World (nouvelles.umontreal.ca)
The Romans couldn't build a pyramid. Checkmate, archaeologists. (lemmy.world)
(The Egyptians invented the pulley, incidentally.)
Vocational school student stuns China by besting university competitors in a maths contest (lemmy.world)
A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China has become a celebrity on social media after reaching the final round of a maths competition, beating many others from top universities and raising questions about the education system....
Iranian warship rolls over in port, could be out of action for six months (www.cnn.com)
One of Iran’s newest warships capsized in port over the weekend while undergoing repairs, an incident that could damage key warfighting systems and put the ship out of commission for up to half a year, a naval analyst said....
The Sahel Stands Up and the World Must Pay Attention (peoplesdispatch.org)
This past weekend the heads of state from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger met in the first summit of the Alliance of Sahel States.
Lawyers for megachurch pastor blame 12-year-old for ‘initiating’ sexual contact (www.independent.co.uk)
Lawyers for Donald Trump’s former faith advisor Robert Morris accused a 12-year-old girl of initiating “inappropriate” sexual conduct with the ex-Dallas megachurch pastor, new documents have revealed....
Navidrome functionality
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Other books in the Metro universe?
I’m trying to read some more books (canon) set in the Metro universe. The books don’t have to be written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, I’m just looking for some recommendations to expand my knowledge of the lore. Bonus points for chronological ordering! Ty
Russian court orders arrest of Yulia Navalnaya (www.bbc.com)
A court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism, according to state media....
TIL "How do you dress?" means "Which pants leg do you put your penis down?" (www.realmenrealstyle.com)
So the tailor doesn’t touch your penis when they’re measuring you
Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's campaign killed (www.reuters.com)
No common rube (i.ibb.co)
DXVK Release Version 2.4 (github.com)
D3D8 support...
Catepillar defense mechanism (i.imgur.com)
No caterpillers were harmed making this video. I’m assuming this is used as a scare tactic when they are threatened. Ice never seen this before and thought it was interesting.
Google.com pages found to have access to hidden Chrome API allowing hardware info such as CPU usage to be viewed (simonwillison.net)
h/t @simon fedi.simonwillison.net/
Now I have 1 GBit fiber and can't benefit :-(
My old setup was:...
AI is effectively ‘useless'—and it's created a ‘fake it till you make it’ bubble that could end in disaster, veteran market watcher warns (fortune.com)
Air taxis cleared for Paris Olympics, Macron offered seat on flight (thenextweb.com)
GUNSHIP - DooM Dance (Feat. Carpenter Brut & Gavin Rossdale) [Official Music Video] (www.youtube.com)
Worst/Best discontinued products that are taboo now but ok yesteryear
Seeing another post about aunt Jemima products that were discounted due to racial stereotypes I was curious what’s the worst product-fuckuo you have seen?...