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Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls (www.bbc.com)

Black Dog review – fine lead performances power British road movie on a satisfying path (www.theguardian.com)

There used to be something almost apologetic or at least self-deprecating about British road movies, as if the makers were well aware how poky and circumscribed they risked looking compared with the thousand-mile journeys essayed in American films. But in this new British road movie, a tale of two troubled teenage boys driving...

TIL On average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — and to every other planet in the solar system (en.wikipedia.org)

Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime (arstechnica.com)

Anyone else like to fall asleep when they're extremely tired?

I love it because I fall asleep easier and wake up more fresh

Be kind to the old fellows (lemmy.world)

Argentina Inflation Slows to Lowest Level Since 2022 Under Milei (www.yahoo.com)

Argentina inflation slows to 4% in July after spiking month earlier (www.reuters.com)

Soon to be 4 months exclusively on Linux

I’ve tried to switch multiple times and always found or encountered some issue that got me back to Windows (on desktop PC)....

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Recruits A New Cadet (www.startrek.com)

Windows 11 is getting a new start menu. EDIT: this replaces the "all apps" page by default, not the home screem

More info about it here: ghacks.net/…/windows-11-start-menu-is-getting-a-n…...

Subvert wants to be ‘a collectively owned Bandcamp successor’ (musically.com)

SMH(⁠ー⁠_⁠ー⁠゛⁠) (lemmy.world)

Behold, the '98 Ford Aerostar (lemmy.world)

What the fuck happened to YouTube!?

I just tried to look up a specific video of a Nick Swardson stand up bit. All I searched was “Nick Swardson loitering”. There were 5 fucking ads before an actual user posted video, then one real human posted video that barely had anything to do with Nick, then 5 more fucking ads....

TIL The first commercial graphing calculator was introduced by Casio in 1985 for $75. By 1986 it had been adopted by a program in Ohio schools, and other states soon followed (americanhistory.si.edu)

The world's largest single-capacity floating wind platform has two turbines (electrek.co)

This will be the first geothermal energy storage system on the Texas grid (electrek.co)

Is this 9/11?

Michigan man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor following argument over mulch (abcnews.go.com)

A Michigan man is accused of fatally shooting his neighbor after getting into an argument with him on the street, officials said....

Etsy forcing arbitration starting Sep 15 (www.etsy.com)

Every day, we work to make our platform the best it can be, which includes regularly revisiting our terms and policies (also known as our House Rules) to make sure they meet the needs of our growing community and allow us to continue to support you. Today, we’re sharing a few updates that go into effect on September 15, 2024....