I made a website that lets you use ranked choice voting in a mock UK General Election to explain how it works. (publicslate.co.uk)
I don’t know if this is too self-promotey to put in the more serious subs so I’m putting it here. I need to blag being able to do the django framework so I spent a week fannying about with it to make this. Feel free to mess about with it, give feedback or repost it on reddit or any other lemmy knock-offs.
Outrage as China hospital charges patient fee for sitting down on a chair while receiving an intravenous infusion as health authority says fee is in line with regulations (www.scmp.com)
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BEST UK Slang as an American 🇬🇧🔥 #americanabroad #british #london #ukvsusa #travel #shorts #viral - YouTube (youtube.com)
She wants me to sit with her. #caturday (wandering.shop)
Etsy to ban sale of most sex toys, explicit content, and more (mashable.com)
Online retailer Etsy will prohibit sales of most sex toys, content that depicts sex acts and genitalia, and more starting July 29....
Woman suspected of violating traffic law for riding an electric suitcase (www3.nhk.or.jp)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/23992689...
“They Didn’t Spare Anyone”: The Story of an Israeli Massacre in Gaza (www.thenation.com)
South China Sea: Chinese academics urged to ‘construct narratives’ to defend maritime claims by China (www.scmp.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/309474...
Peaceful sea otter pup playing with toys (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/24121080...
American Ninja Warrior winner Drew Dreschel sentenced to 10 years for child sex crimes (www.usatoday.com)
Panama Papers: Court acquits all 28 charged with money laundering (www.bbc.com)
Far right party Alternative for Germany says membership has grown by 60% to 46,881 since January 2023 (www.reuters.com)
Manifesto for a Humane Web (humanewebmanifesto.com)
We Need to Talk About the State of Calendar Software on Desktop (nadim.computer)
Journalists refused entry to Azerbaijan energy conference ahead of Cop29 (www.theguardian.com)
Western journalists were refused entry to an energy industry conference in Azerbaijan earlier this month, reigniting concerns over the state’s crackdown on the media ahead of crucial UN climate talks in Baku later this year....
Judge acquits 28 people accused in Panama Papers case, including law firm co-founder (apnews.com)
A judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers, including the co-founder of a law firm that authorities say was at the center of a conspiracy to hide money linked to illegal activities....
Los Angeles’s Mayor Was Contemplating a Mask Ban. She Just Got Covid. (newrepublic.com)
A private call of top Democrats fuels more insider anger about Biden's debate performance (apnews.com)
A sense of concern is growing inside the top ranks of the Democratic Party that leaders of Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance earlier in the week....
Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network (www.theguardian.com)
A prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion about the Gaza conflict in the US, Australia and the UK, is a tech entrepreneur named Daniel Linden living in Florida who co-wrote a guidebook for OnlyFans users, the Guardian can reveal....
Bolivia: coup attempt collapses, top general arrested (countervortex.org)
State Farm seeking 30% rate hike for California homeowners (abc7.com)
Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port? (kbin.run)
I’m putting a lot of my old games on my steam deck by buying their PC ports whenever they go on sale....