Storm Ciarán kills at least 15 across western Europe as floods strike Italy (www.theguardian.com)
Surprise Discovery Reveals a Whole New Source of Evaporation (www.sciencealert.com)
My few remaining gripes with linux
It’s mostly libinput. Why the hell can’t I easily change scroll speed on Gnome and not on KDE? Why does gnome have a simple tool (gnome tweaks) to change the trackpad cooldown to change the time trackpad doesn’t work as a substitute for good palm rejection and KDE doesn’t? Why is it a bit of a pain in both to change...
The Canary Mission’s doxxing needs to stop (dailycollegian.com)
Speech is being discouraged and student’s futures threatened
The dystopian reality of Living the Dream. (www.youtube.com)
Short animation sing along about how hard it is to make it these days.
Gboard for Android getting a ‘Scan Text’ OCR tool (9to5google.com)
issues with QbitTorrent stalled torrents
I am just getting back my sea legs, but apparently they’re pretty shaky because I can’t get my ubuntu torrent (no seriously, it is) to download. It never starts downloading and is stuck in “stalled”. I’ve tried a number of things, but even with default settings it isn’t starting. I’m using proton VPN on Linux Mint,...
Plasma 6 fundraiser update (pointieststick.com)
Why Is Pakistan Expelling 1.7 Million Afghans? (foreignpolicy.com)
NaNoWriMo - a community for national novel writing month! (which starts today!) (literature.cafe)
!nanowrimo is the community, if you plan on participating in the challenge feel free to post over there about it :D
What kind of weird really engages and trends with Trek fans? (startrek.website)
My contribution to the fediverse’ #MakeYourOwnMoopsyMonth challenge....
Let yourself be free… Taos, NM last weekend (i.imgur.com)
The Fictional Terrorist Conspiracy Being Tried in France (www.thenation.com)
A 20-kilogram blend of industrial-strength ammonium nitrate, sugar, and acetone peroxide explodes in the cherished Place de la Vendôme in central Paris. The bomb, assembled by a far-left terrorist cell, sets off hundreds of meters of destruction, felling the square’s famed column and damaging many of the surrounding...
Janeway's favorite old school video game. (startrek.website)
Maine mass shooting suspect found dead - reports
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67247726
How can I fix these darned icons in Zorin Lite Xfce??? (imgur.com)
These darn icons are pissing me off and there’s not a whole lot i can find in the settings. So on the right sys tray, the bluetooth and network icons are perfect; that’s how I want ever icon to be; perfectly sized, it’s clear and detailed, it looks proper; same with the date and clock. The notification, wifi, and battery...
Colorful HIG | Jakub Steiner (blog.jimmac.eu)
Dota2 International Tournament Finals start today in Seattle. (www.twitch.tv)
While the gameplay isn’t for everyone I think the yearly TI production can be pretty fun to watch with how excited the crowd and casters can get when the action happens. Valve has also done a good job keeping the native Linux client up to date, though the change to SDL3 had a few bumps Icculus was able to help get most of...
Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang dead at 68: state media (www.cnn.com)
Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, once seen as a reform-minded contender to the country’s top leadership role, died of a sudden heart attack early Friday in Shanghai, state media reported....
Addressing Changes to pfSense Plus Home+Lab (www.netgate.com)
Indo-European Languages: New Study Reconciles Two Dominant Hypotheses About Their Origin (theconversation.com)
Despite numerous studies, many questions still remain as to the origin of Indo-European: where was the original Indo-European language spoken in prehistoric times? How long ago did this language group emerge? How did it spread across Eurasia? New Study Reconciles Two Dominant Hypotheses About Their Origin. There are two main,...
Celtic fans defy club and display Palestine flags for Champions League clash at Parkhead (www.rte.ie)
The displays will inevitably lead to UEFA disciplinary action against Celtic, given the European governing body has already fined the club for fans flying Palestine flags on previous occasions.