Kremlin blames loose monetary policy as rouble slides past 101 vs dollar. (www.reuters.com)
President Vladimir Putin’s economic adviser rebuked the central bank on Monday as the rouble slid past 101 per U.S. dollar, blaming its 30% year-to-date slump on loose monetary policy and revealing growing discord among Russia’s monetary authorities.
Is it possible to burn fat without changing my weight?
I have been working a very labor intensive job for about 3 months now and have lost enough inches on my waist to go down two pants sizes yet my total weight when I go on the scale remains around the same. How is it possible that I lost 4 or 5 inches off my waist yet the scale doesn’t change? Is it possible what weight in fat I...
time to sleep (feddit.de)
Loco moco (lemmy.world)
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"Slack’s biggest redesign ever tries to tame the chaos of your workday" (www.theverge.com)
West Long Beach is first to get mental health workers who respond to certain 911 calls (lbpost.com)
The non-law enforcement team has been trained and is well-equipped with “a deep understanding of mental health issues, de-escalation techniques, and trauma-informed care, which better equips them to handle crisis situations with empathy and skill,” Colopy said....
Slow afternoon at the dog park. (lemmy.world)
My backyard [OC] (i.imgur.com)
It's why it's called the North Pole (lemmy.ml)
Why you should unionize your workplace (www.youtube.com)
Unionizing—it’s so hot right now. Whether you’re a barista, a warehouse worker, or a package car driver, whether you work in Hollywood or higher education, the voracious corporate greed and exploitation workers across sectors are experiencing, and the wave of militant labor action shaking the US in response, shows why...
Russia left out of Saudi peace talks on Ukraine (www.dw.com)
Officials from about 30 countries have been invited to participate in peace talks for Ukraine in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on August 5 and 6....
Poland says two Belarusian helicopters violated its airspace, adding to tensions (abcnews.go.com)
Poland’s government said that two Belarusian helicopters entered Poland’s airspace on Tuesday, an incident that comes amid rising tensions along the NATO member’s border with the Russian ally.
Moon over the water [OC] (lemmy.ca)
Fruity trojan downloader performs multi-stage infection of Windows computers, masquerading as apps for fine-tuning CPUs, graphic cards, and BIOS, for hardware-monitoring, and others. (news.drweb.com)
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New Arch-based Distros (lemmy.sdf.org)
I have been looking around and found a few new Distros which I plan to test and perhaps use. These are all Arch based....
Katie Ledecky breaks Michael Phelps' record for most individual world titles (www.cbsnews.com)
What's your favorite email client?
I’m tried of how terrible Gmail is. Id like an email client with folders or categories. If it can sort them automatically (like how Googles now defunct inbox app used to) that would be even better....
Now that smaller instances are disappearing, which instances do you think will stand the test of time?
I had an account on lemmy.one and now the instance has been down for a day or two so I made this new account. I also heard other small instances are dead or disappeared....