US accuses China of pattern of ‘dangerous’ air force manoeuvres against military planes (www.theguardian.com)
Pentagon cites more than 180 incidents of aggression against US aircraft over the East and South China seas...
GOP donor known for racist tweet, American flag outfit dies in attempted murder-suicide (www.miamiherald.com)
A Republican activist who has been a reliable donor to Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — despite a racist tweet that put him on the outs with DeSantis’ predecessor, Rick Scott — shot a woman and then himself in the parking lot of a Palm Beach County restaurant, according to sheriff’s deputies....
Jordan Klepper Interviews Deeply Clueless Trump Fans at Rally Last Week in New Hampshire | The Daily Show (www.youtube.com)
This is from a segment on The Daily Show called “Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse.” It was filmed at last week’s Trump rally in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
Russia’s Avdiivka offensive is failing, says top Ukrainian officer (www.theguardian.com)
A top Ukrainian commander has claimed that Russia’s biggest offensive in months – involving tanks, thousands of soldiers and armoured vehicles in an attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka – is failing, as he admitted Kyiv’s own attempts to advance in the south were proving “difficult”....
“Asmr” (sh.itjust.works)
A cat bed (a bed that is a cat) (i.imgur.com)
For your protection (startrek.website)
'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin (www.reuters.com)
Drunk recruits. Insubordinate soldiers. Convicts....
Tech disrupts the school bus — A Silicon Valley start-up promised to modernize school transportation. Instead, it stranded thousands of students (slate.com)
Tech disrupts the school bus — A Silicon Valley start-up promised to modernize school transportation. Instead, it stranded thousands of students::When disruption is just disruptive.
Jimmy Two-Tone (aussie.zone)
Jimmy isa rescue from Darwin, Australia. Found living at a tip apparently. He is around 8 years old now.
I'm 46. Should I be amused or depressed? (lemmy.world)
Free at-home COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order (www.seattletimes.com)
Starting Monday, [people in the US] can once again order free at-home COVID-19 tests to be delivered straight to their homes....
A 96-year-old federal judge is barred from hearing cases in a bitter fight over her mental fitness (apnews.com)
A 96-year-old U.S. federal appeals court judge was barred Wednesday from hearing cases for a year after a panel said she refused to undergo medical testing amid concerns that she is no longer mentally fit to serve on the bench....
We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)
Wishing we could eject (lemmy.world)
I think we’re all a bit like the f35…lost and running on auto-pilot.
sh.itjus.twerks (i.imgflip.com)
By request
Driver intentionally hit cyclists, killing one, in brief rampage, Huntington Beach police say (www.latimes.com)
Huntington Beach police are searching for a motorist they believe intentionally struck bicyclists in three separate incidents that occurred in less than an hour Sunday evening. Two riders were injured, and the third was killed....
RIP in peace (lemmy.zip)
3000 wretched tins of Surströmming (sh.itjust.works)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/4278303...
Church of Scientology Chimes in Opposing Right to Repair Laws (arstechnica.com)
Church of Scientology Chimes in Opposing Right to Repair Laws::“A totally unreasonable proposal.”
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
Iran rounds up activists and relatives of killed protesters ahead of Mahsa Amini anniversary (edition.cnn.com)
Japan says seawater radioactivity below limits near Fukushima (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Tests of seawater near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the environment ministry said on Sunday (Aug 27), days after authorities began discharging into the sea treated water used to cool damaged reactors....
What does the fear of being judged by others hold you back from doing that you would otherwise do?
To be fair I still do these things but only when I’m alone....