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'The Game Just Fundamentally Undermines Itself': Game Designer Breaks Down 'Baldur's Gate 3's Most Fatal Flaws (www.themarysue.com)
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ can be a fantastic experience and a bad game at the same time.
Colorado officer who placed handcuffed suspect into police vehicle that was hit by a train sentenced to 30 months probation, 100 hours community service (www.cnn.com)
Because nothing says “accident” like leaving a prisoner in the middle of a railroad crossing!
San Jose woman loses limbs after battling bacterial infection from tilapia (www.kron4.com)
There’s a warning about a dangerous bacteria that might have infected a local woman who’s still recovering after nearly two months in the hospital. An online fundraising effort says she contracted the bacterial infection after eating fish and is now a quadruple amputee....
“I simply fell short of my values”: Lauren Boebert issues apology after being removed from “Beetlejuice” performance (coloradosun.com)
The Republican congresswoman said “while none of my actions or words as a private citizen that night were intended to be malicious or meant to cause harm, the reality is they did and I regret that”
Jann Wenner Removed from Rock & Roll HOF Board After Remarks on Black, Female Artists (www.tmz.com)
Rolling Stone's founder is out from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's board of directors.
Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts (www.bbc.com)
Missing winter sea-ice signals changes in Antarctica that could be "absolute disaster for the world", scientists say.
Recommendations for good YT channels exploring lore and stories
Can you guys recommend some good channels? I am watching Gingy occasionally, but I find his style a bit too dry....
Scientists call fraud on supposed extraterrestrials presented to Mexican Congress (apnews.com)
New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease (scitechdaily.com)
Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed
New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease (scitechdaily.com)
Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed
The true story of the fake unboxed aliens is wilder than actual aliens (www.vox.com)
All the greed, fraud, centuries of racism, and deteriorated llama skulls behind Mexico’s unboxed aliens.
Ubisoft Montreal's mandatory return-to-office order reportedly leaves staff in "turmoil" (www.eurogamer.net)
Ubisoft Montreal - the studio behind the likes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Far Cry 5 - has been accused of leaving…
A pastor invited to DeSantis' Disney board meeting quoted the Bible telling people not to 'resist authority' as it strips workers' park perks (www.businessinsider.com)
Retirees and employees at Disney World are losing their perks under the new district board, which says benefits like park passes are unethical.
I hate using mobile to read articles (lemmy.world)
Video playing, ad that scrolls, two lines of a story, the bottom popping up with notifications every few minutes over the top of more scrolling ads....
Hades 2 Enters Early Access Q2 2024 (www.gamespot.com)
More details will come closer to the early access launch.
California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data (www.latimes.com)
California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill known as the Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have every data broker delete their personal information.
‘There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to Get Boys’ (www.nytimes.com)
Declining male enrollment has led many colleges to adopt an unofficial policy: affirmative action for men.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Calls on Nation to Remember Ugly Past Truths (www.nytimes.com)
She was the keynote speaker at the 60th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four young girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.
It’s 2023 and Some Gamers Are Trying To Get a PlayStation Employee Fired for Playing an Xbox Game (www.themarysue.com)
Trolls still enlisted int he console wars tried to get streamer, PlayStation employee Alanah Pearce fired for playing an Xbox game.
Ashton Kutcher Resigns From His Anti-Child Sex Abuse Organization Amid Danny Masterson Support Backlash (www.etonline.com)
Iran's women a year after Mahsa Amini's death: 'I wear what I like now' (www.bbc.com)
Iran's protests may have subsided, but women have found new ways to defy the country's regime.
Frontier Airlines CEO says the pandemic made workers 'lazy' and less productive: 'People are still allowing people to work from home, all this silliness, right?' (www.businessinsider.com)
Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle blamed higher overhead costs on workers being less productive, calling it a "society-wide" problem.
Kilian the sniffer dog searches for survivors after the Morocco quake (www.npr.org)
The golden retriever, part of a Swedish rescue team, helped find 18 people alive under the rubble in Turkey earlier this year. He searched this week for the last missing person in a Moroccan village.
How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator For More Than 20 Years (www.propublica.org)
For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.
Jews were original suicide bombers, BBC says in article on 9/11 attacks (www.jpost.com)
The BBC Arabic article claimed "fanatic Jews" fighting Roman invaders in ancient Jerusalem were the first example of suicide bombers.
Update: Unity office death threat was made by a Unity employee (www.polygon.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5340114...
English teacher to return to Nagasaki Univ. indefinitely after employment suit settlement (mainichi.jp)
NAGASAKI -- An English teacher whose employment contract with Nagasaki University was terminated just before he would have been eligible to claim an unfixed term is set to return to work indefinitely after a court settlement.
English teacher to return to Nagasaki Univ. indefinitely after employment suit settlement (mainichi.jp)
NAGASAKI -- An English teacher whose employment contract with Nagasaki University was terminated just before he would have been eligible to claim an unfixed term is set to return to work indefinitely after a court settlement.
Apple Store Down Ahead of iPhone 15 Pre-Orders (www.macrumors.com)
Apple's online store is down ahead of iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro pre-orders, which are expected to be available at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time in the...
UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of the nation’s unionized automakers at the same time.
Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone (apnews.com)
The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that an American Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan was flawed and could be seen as international child abduction.
Taiwan slams Elon Musk, says it's 'not for sale' nor part of China (www.cnbc.com)
Taiwan is not for sale, and neither is it part of China, said Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry, in a rebuke to Elon Musk.
LAPD assistant chief is investigated over allegations he stalked a subordinate (www.latimes.com)
An assistant Los Angeles police chief is under internal investigation after a subordinate he was dating filed a police report alleging he tried to stalk her.
Outcry after Spanish TV reporter ‘groped’ live on air (www.independent.co.uk)
TV reporter is seen confronting man after anchor asks her if he ‘touched her bottom’
Unity Claims PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Will Pay Its New Runtime Fee On Behalf Of Devs (twistedvoxel.com)