Norway blocks sale of last private land on Svalbard after Chinese interest (www.theguardian.com)
The Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China....
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Behind the ‘last firewall’: Hill Democrats scramble to save themselves (www.politico.com)
As President Joe Biden’s campaign scrambles to calm nerves about the president’s disastrous debate performance, Democrats on Capitol Hill are growing increasingly furious at those around him and increasingly despondent about his prospects for re-election — and their own chances of winning House and Senate majorities....
Japan revises economic growth in 1Q downward, as latest data show sluggish demand and rising prices (apnews.com)
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Make it stop. (lemmy.world)
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Sovcit is trying to steal their car. (lemmy.world)
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Sovcit did a thing. (lemmy.world)
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According to research by IDC and Omdia, 8 of the 10 largest smartphone companies in 2023 were Chinese, and they represented over 52% of global sales.
source www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS51776424
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Sovcit is going to try and charge the IRS. (lemmy.world)
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Sovcit has a question. (lemmy.world)
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Sex work would probably be less stigmatized in a currencyless society
Thinking about this because of a greentext I saw earlier complaining about OF models....
Under pressure on plane safety, Boeing is buying stressed supplier Spirit for $4.7 billion (apnews.com)
Boeing announced plans to acquire key supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion, a move that it says will improve plane quality and safety amid increasing scrutiny by Congress, airlines and the Department of Justice....
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Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base. He alleges abuse in custody (apnews.com)
Israel released the director of Gaza’s main hospital on Monday after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the facility had been used as a Hamas command center. He said he and other detainees were held under harsh conditions and tortured....
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Colours of the eye (www.shithot.co.uk)
Cool design
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Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning!
Weekly thread for any and all career, learning and general guidance questions. Thinking of taking a training or going for a cert? Wondering how to level up your career? Wondering what NOT to do? Got other questions? This is the time and place to ask!
[OC] The Misfits at Riot Fest, 2016 (lemmy.world)
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Audio bug on Firefox
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Disillusionment [OC] (lemmy.world)
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Problematic computer
I have been using a company computer running Ubuntu 22.04. There are frequent and unexplained problems, like segmentation faults, stack errors, files disappearing, computer freezing or not booting, or turning off immediately after I turn it on. I don’t know what to do. The IT staff came to my office to check the computer and...
[help] I can't remove some BTRFS subvolumes + bonus questions
Hello! My disk space was out of space left, so I decided to remove some snapper snapshot. snapper list listed over 360 snapshots. I removed them, and freed 50Gb of space. One of these hasn’t been deleted successfully:...
TIL sailing ships commonly moved around without wind by warping (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Warping is throwing an anchor either manually for a small ship or by rowing the anchor out and dropping it farther away for a larger ship. Then the ship would reel it to change position. Good for maneuvering in harbor. Etymologically related to “throwing” and essentially threading a needle across the sea....
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Alex Jones knows his archaeology! [I know it's Twitter, but it must count!] (lemmy.world)
Comment from where I got this:...
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