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Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food (www.theguardian.com)
The rise in nuisance influencers comes as tourism numbers in Japan near their pre-pandemic levels
How to deal with Ancient aliens in the workplace?
Two of my coworkers frequently mention shows like “Encounters” or “Ancient apocalypse” or whatever. I’m not the best at debating or forming arguments against these though I do feel strongly that bold claims require better evidence than a blurry photo and an eyewitness account. How do you all go about this?...
23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews (www.wired.com)
At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.
Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras (www.iflscience.com)
Study math for long enough and you will likely have cursed Pythagoras’s name, or said “praise be to Pythagoras” if you’re a bit of a fan of triangles....
What abstract names do you have for God?
Jocular ones are welcome too (and no doubt inevitable), but I’m looking more for “sensible” ones. Some examples:...
Why must we be done this way? (lemmy.ml)
What was the worst bastardization of a classic book into a movie?
Russia Says Ukrainian Drone Attacks Not Possible Without Help from the West (news.antiwar.com)
Canada advises LGBTQ2 travellers to be aware of U.S. state laws (globalnews.ca)
Can you drive a manual transmission?
And where are you from? And how old? Not “do you” but just if you know how....
Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets (www.hrw.org)
What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into?
Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough....
A Judicial "Trolley Problem" (lemmy.zip)
Philippa Foot is most known for her invention of the Trolley Problem thought experiment in the 1960s. A lesser known variation of hers is as follows:...
Ukraine Just Blew Up Russia's Main Missile Base In Occupied Crimea (www.forbes.com)
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th
Hey all! Another weekly thread is here....
You can only drink one drink for the rest of your life, but it cannot be water. What do you pick? (kbin.social)
And no "water with a twist of lemon/slice of cucumber" goofs. Water isn't allowed.
What type of game do you want to play that doesn't really exist?
Have you ever played a game and wondered what if you could do something that it doesn’t really allow you to do, for example being able to move around blocks in Minecraft fluidly instead of in sectors, edit the world in Hogwarts legacy with spells, be able to fly in a world like Elden Ring or Elder Scrolls with epic sky...
China kindergarten stabbing: Six dead in Lianjiang (www.bbc.com)