China unveils 'blueprint' for Taiwan integration while sending warships around the self-ruled island | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
'We will fight imperialism together', North Korea's Kim tells Putin (www.euronews.com)
Russia’s president and Kim Jong Un are set to explore a range of “sensitive topics” during talks on Wednesday....
Purism Announce New 11-Inch Linux Tablet (www.omglinux.com)
Stolen van Gogh painting worth millions recovered by Dutch art detective (abcnews.go.com)
Kim Jong Un’s Train Appears Bound for Russia for Putin Talks (www.bloomberg.com)
Used coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger (www.livescience.com)
Swapping some of the sand in concrete for spent coffee grounds could increase the strength of concrete by nearly 30%, a new study suggests....
California judge halts district policy requiring parents be told if kids change pronouns (apnews.com)
A judge on Wednesday halted a Southern California school district from requiring parents to be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school....
The big turnaround: how Europe's gas prices fell from €300 to €35 MWh in the span of a year (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2073007...
[Evil laughter] (i.imgur.io)
Proxigram: A privacy focused and open source front-end for Instagram (codeberg.org)
Beeper adds support for Google Messages RCS alongside iMessage, works on Android and iPhone (9to5google.com)
Arkansas Education Department won’t allow credit for AP African American Studies course (www.nbcnews.com)
The Arkansas Education Department abruptly removed course credit for an Advanced Placement African American Studies course, just months after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed bills limiting what educators can teach in public schools.
“Tell the world what’s happening”: Uyghur refugees on escaping genocide in China [podcast, 49 minutes] (www.ctpublic.org)
“Never again.”...
‘Huge’ coral bleaching unfolding across the Americas prompts fears of global tragedy (www.theguardian.com)
Music labels sue Internet Archive over digitized record collection (www.reuters.com)
Former Republican staffer admits GOP would intentionally spread lies (www.newsweek.com)
"I think what we are seeing [now] is an extension of the Tea Party movement," the former staffer told Newsweek.
The amount of plastic that reaches the sea is ten times less than previously thought, but that is not good news (english.elpais.com)
The good news is that, according to a new study, some 500,000 tons of plastic — over ten times less than previous estimates — reach the sea every year, according to a new study. The bad news is that this plastic lasts longer than it was believed to, sometimes decades longer.
Bloke Builds ChatGPT-Powered Smart Glasses That Tell You What To Say On Dates (www.bosshunting.com.au)
First gen glasses connect heads-up display to AI
No climate crisis agreement at G20 environment meeting (phys.org)
Sicily is burning & emergency services are buckling under the strain. At least 200 people have sought medical attention in Palermo for smoke inhalation. A hospital is threatened by fire. (www.bbc.com)
Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island. Temperatures of more than 47.5C (117F) were recorded in Catania on Monday....
‘World Of Warcraft’ Players Trick AI-Scraping Games Website Into Publishing Nonsense (www.forbes.com)
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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ No Longer Dead After Big Backlash to Warner Bros. (www.rollingstone.com)
SAG-AFTRA reveals terms of ‘groundbreaking’ deal (www.cnn.com)
SAG-AFTRA reveals terms of ‘groundbreaking’ deal::Actors union SAG-AFTRA revealed specifics of its deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in a press conference Friday.
Now that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own them (www.washingtonpost.com)
In a dispute over a repair law, Subaru and Kia crippled their own wireless features in Massachusetts. Maine could be next.
Blinken warns Israel that humanitarian conditions in Gaza must improve to have 'partners for peace' (apnews.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning Israel that it risks destroying an eventual possibility for peace unless it acts swiftly to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza for Palestinian civilians as it intensifies its war against Hamas.
