Taking on SpaceX: Why Germany is building its own spaceport – DW – 10/21/2023 (www.dw.com)
Amsterdam sex workers and residents march together against controversial erotic center (nltimes.nl)
overskride: A simple yet powerful bluetooth client (github.com)
A desktop environment independent bluetooth client written with libadwaita & rust....
Global south leading efforts to improve air quality while major polluters lag (www.theguardian.com)
The People Cheering for Humanity's End (www.theatlantic.com)
I found this essay about differing viewpoints on where Homo sapiens is headed to be very interesting.
F.B.I. Tracks Increased Threats to Jews and Muslims After Hamas Attack (www.nytimes.com)
Sunset at Gotland [OC] (files.catbox.moe)
List of war crimes and crimes qualifying as genocide committed by Israel in Gaza since 7th October 2023 (www.yanisvaroufakis.eu)
recommended search engine?
I’ve seen a lot of discourse over which browsers we use and I myself have made the switch from brave to firefox. I still use brave as my search engine though, so… which do yall recommend? Is brave’s engine necessarily bad to use? I personally like its ui/theme.
‘Your argument just confuses me’: judge questions Montana TikTok ban (www.theguardian.com)
Federal judge seems to side with ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation that ban is unenforceable and unconstitutional...
North Korea releases letters from Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin exchange (www.independent.co.uk)
Kim Jong-un wrote to Vladimir Putin promising to boost ties as North Korea and Russia marked the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations....
Newsom signs laws to fast-track housing on churches’ lands, streamline housing permitting process (apnews.com)
Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California will be allowed to turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing under a new law aimed at combating the ongoing homeless crisis....
Food will run out in days under Israel's total blockade of Gaza, humanitarian experts warn (www.cbc.ca)
[OC] Silhouette (i.imgur.com)
Does more than polish! (startrek.website)
Court blocks Kenya from deploying police officers to Haiti to fight gangs (www.theguardian.com)
Oil prices rise following Hamas attack on Israel (www.bbc.com)
Oil prices have jumped on concerns that the situation in Israel and Gaza could disrupt output from the Middle East....
And don’t even get me started about the Delta Flyer’s sunroof. (lemmy.world)
'Brave' United Airlines Pilots and Flight Attendants Rushed to Tel Aviv Airport to Help Evacuate Crew Out of Israel, Union Says (www.paddleyourownkanoo.com)
The Marines are moving gradually and sometimes reluctantly to integrate women and men in boot camp (apnews.com)
Under a scorching sky at Marine Base Parris Island, two young recruits grapple awkwardly in hand-to-hand combat inside an Octagon training structure. Circling them, the drill instructor barks orders, “Hit her! Punch her! DO something!”...
The Pixel 8 is Google's weakest small flagship in years - Android Police (www.androidpolice.com)
Is there a website like libgen for audiobooks?
I realize libgen also has audiobooks, but they are not that many over there. (Trust me bro! I searched)...
(Now former?) Telltale employee: "This is a sore subject, but I feel it necessary to add to the gaming layoff news: Telltale laid most of us off early September. Status of TWAU2, I can't say (NDA)." (twitter.com)
have not seen this picked up in gaming media yet, but i would assume it’s forthcoming if this is accurate (which i see no reason to believe otherwise)....
Linux distros vulnerable to 'Looney Tunables' root bug (www.theregister.com)
11 arrested in protest at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office over war in Ukraine (www.washingtonpost.com)
Eleven antiwar protesters were arrested Wednesday after they occupied the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Capitol Hill to demand the senator support efforts at diplomacy over sending further U.S. aid, such as weapons, to Ukraine....