Boston City Council approves police intelligence unit funding despite progressive pushback (www.wbur.org)
The vote caps off a political fight that’s pitted the body’s left wing against Mayor Michelle Wu, who was once the council’s progressive standard-bearer....
Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany (apnews.com)
Developed countries pledged $9.3 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change at a conference held in the German city of Bonn on Thursday, authorities said. However, nongovernmental groups criticized the outcome, saying the funds fall short of what is needed to tackle climate change....
Boldly Be with Star Trek and Kid Cudi (www.startrek.com)
I'm doing the best I can (sh.itjust.works)
Corporate manslaughter probe launched into British hospital that employed Lucy Letby (www.upi.com)
Police on Wednesday launched a corporate manslaughter investigation into the British Countess of Chester Hospital that employed nurse Lucy Letby, who was convicted of killing infants.
Potential disaster awaits Haiti as U.S. prepares for armed intervention (www.peoplesworld.org)
Algeria says Niger coup leaders accept mediation, six-month transition plan (www.france24.com)
Military leaders in coup-hit Niger have accepted Algerian mediation and “a six-month transition plan”, the foreign ministry in Algiers announced Monday....
Maldives’ new pro-China president-elect vows to kick out Indian military (www.scmp.com)
The president-elect of the Maldives said he will stick to his campaign promise to remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state, promising he would initiate the process....
Tweaking SteamOS For Better Steam Deck Performance (www.phoronix.com)
Direct link to the Medium post being benchmarked: medium.com/…/here-are-some-possibly-useful-tweaks…
13 truck drivers parked side by side in the middle of the night to save a life (www.upworthy.com)
Redonda: Tiny Caribbean island’s transformation to wildlife haven (www.bbc.com)
Now the tenacious Antiguans and Barbudans who led the metamorphosis of the country’s little known third isle of Redonda are celebrating another impressive feat....
Charges dropped again over death of detained Sri Lankan woman (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The decision by the Nagoya District Prosecutor's Office effectively ends its probe into the case of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali.
kamila 🌸: Google Pixel 8 series cases (thread) (twitter.com)
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My Review of Them! (1954) (letterboxd.com)
Tonight I thought I’d throw on some true classic monster movies from the golden age of the drive-in. I started the evening with Them! (1954)....
Shooting at Florida auto shop wounds at least 2 people, including suspect, police say (apnews.com)
The OK Corral moved to Florida...
Perl One-Liners Guide with plenty of examples and exercises (learnbyexample.github.io)
Hello!...
Google Antitrust Judge Told Android Contracts Blocked Startup Search App - Bloomberg (www.bloomberg.com)
cross-posted from !google...
Coup general and citizens agree: African putsches are not just military power grabs | News24 (www.news24.com)
CS2 release announcement (nitter.net)
Linux Boot Failure! Debugging UEFI Boot Issues (tiffybelle.vivaldi.net)
In this blog I document my journey in learning the UEFI boot process and discover that not all laptop firmware implement the UEFI standard correctly or how you’d expect....
Reddit is going to let you turn gold into money (www.theverge.com)
Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part for Its New iPhones (www.wsj.com)
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