Meta’s vision for Threads is more mega-mall than public square (techcrunch.com)
‘Ukrainian strategy has become a model’: Taiwanese beef up military to face China threat (www.theguardian.com)
Settlers invade private land. The Palestinian owners are arrested. Another outpost is born (archive.ph)
Shepherds in the South Hebron Hills were shocked to discover that a tent had been pitched by settlers on land that they were forbidden to enter. Four brothers whose family owns the land were arrested – and the settlers are still there
BirdNET-Pi: A realtime acoustic bird classification system for the Raspberry Pi 4B, 3B+, and 0W2 built on the TFLite version of BirdNET. (github.com)
Not the most conventional application for self-hosting, but thought it might make for a fun weekend project for someone....
White House says it has evidence Hamas using Al Shifa hospital to run military actions (www.reuters.com)
Approval of divisive Alaska oil project upheld in blow to US climate goals (www.theguardian.com)
TIL of a strange coincidence between an episode of Seinfeld and the OJ Simpson muders. (www.imdb.com)
Senfeld S5E9: Because Elaine is dating a man with the same name as New York serial killer Joel Rifkin, she wants him to change his name to a less embarrassing one and suggests O.J.; about six months after this episode aired, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with the murder of his ex-wife and her friend.
‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughter (www.theguardian.com)
Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother
Valve confirms Steam Deck sales amount to “multiple millions” following announcement of OLED version | Game World Observer (gameworldobserver.com)
Child psychiatrist jailed after making pornographic AI deep-fakes of kids (www.theregister.com)
Child psychiatrist jailed after making pornographic AI deep-fakes of kids::Perp said to have secretly recorded patients – and digitally undressed them using web neural networks
House Votes To Censure 66% Of Americans For Antisemitic Support Of Ceasefire (www.theonion.com)
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UN chief condemns attack on ambulance convoy in Gaza: ‘This must stop’ (thehill.com)
The United Nations (U.N.) condemned a recent attack by Israel on a convoy of ambulances leaving a Gaza hospital. “I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shi…
[OC] About half a year ago, I took this photo on my way home from work with my newly bought Lumix S5, it is one of my favourite photos. (lemmy.zip)
I love the bokeh, and the unfocused people, it perfectly captures the vibe of going home after work after the sun has set.
Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit (theintercept.com)
Melissa Aronczyk, media studies professor at Rutgers University and co-author of “A Strategic Nature,” a book about the history of environmental PR, said the increased fossil fuel presence at COP is part of the industry’s decadeslong attempt to avoid regulation. “Working with U.S. PR firms, oil and gas companies, car...
War in Sudan has killed up to 9,000 people in six months, says UN aid chief (www.pbs.org)
Telegram is still leaking user IP addresses to contacts (techcrunch.com)
Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms (www.972mag.com)
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Apparently this is the week of Janeway and Rom memes, who would've guessed (loot.buckodr.ink)
US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Fewer Black Americans Are Incarcerated Than 20 Years Ago, But The Problem Isn't Behind Us (www.theroot.com)
A new report found that one in five Black men born in 2001 are likely to be incarcerated within their lifetime, down from one in three, two decades earlier....
Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon (www.hrw.org)
Democratic senator Bob Menendez facing additional charges following sweeping indictment (abcnews.go.com)
He’s been accused of violating a prohibition on members of Congress from acting as an agent of a foreign principal.
New youtube music desktop app released! [Release v2.0.2 · th-ch/youtube-music] (github.com)
This app has an easy downloader of music and music albums from Youtube Music, so it’s definitely an awesome piracy tool.