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Andrew Lloyd Webber wins copyright battle over song from Cats (www.thetimes.co.uk)

Andrew Lloyd Webber has won a court battle with a dancer turned songwriter who claimed to have written the theme to the musical Cats....

As Gaza genocide continues, US prepares major escalation of war throughout Middle East (www.wsws.org)

qbittorrent headless - is it possible to enable search plugins? (kbin.social)

I used to use qbittorrent because it had so many search plugins. Now I want something I ran run on a headless server. I've found qbittorrent-nox, but I don't see anything about plugins in the documentation....

What claims are just not backed by historical facts? (kbin.social)

To me, it's: That ancient people thought the Earth was flat....

Presidential Immunity (beehaw.org)

#immunity #biden #trump

Why is no one clearing the promenade? I specifically requested it! RIP Andre Braugher (i0.wp.com)

U.S. and Ukraine Search for a New Strategy After Failed Counteroffensive (www.nytimes.com)

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Jailed Imran Khan Speaks to Supporters via AI (time.com)

Community leaders worry about increased radicalization risk after arrest of youth in Ottawa (www.cbc.ca)

Though the details surrounding the most recent arrest in Ottawa remain unknown, community leaders and experts say they’re worried the ongoing Israel-Hamas war has led to an uptick in antisemetic and Islamophobic hate, and risks increased radicalization of youth....

We must protect ethnic Finns in Karelia (sh.itjust.works)

Work On ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Has Been Completed (trekmovie.com)

Star Wars Fixes Lando Calrissian's Movie Arc By Making His Betrayal Way, Way Worse (screenrant.com)

Lando betrayal was WAY bigger than we thought...

PPC Candidate lied. (www.cbc.ca)

Just another right wing politician lying.

Russian forces carved swastikas onto foreheads of Ukrainian prisoners of war (m.independent.ie) Ukrainian

Chris Avellone: This is true. One of the Elder Scrolls proposals (which I pitched) was intended to serve the same function as FNV did between F3 and F4 to provide more adventures in the in the setting (twitter.com)

NItter link: nitter.net/ChrisAvellone/…/1736609878133850431

Untracker - URL tracking parameter remover (f-droid.org)

App to help you remove tracking information before sharing links....

People buried at 'mega' stone tombs in Spain were defleshed and their bones fractured after death (www.livescience.com)

Decades ago, archaeologists unearthed two large Neolithic stone tombs in northern Spain dating to the fourth millennium B.C. that contained the remains of more than two dozen men, women and children, in addition to flint arrowheads, bone awls, stone tools and pottery fragments. Now, a new analysis of the people’s bones has...

Can someone knowledgeable explain what's going on at the Vatican? Trump-loyal Catholic leaders are being defanged. Diversity and acceptance are being promoted. (www.msn.com)

I don’t know what’s going on with the pedophiles, but I hope the same reform....

Jonathan Majors: Marvel actor guilty of assaulting girlfriend (www.bbc.com)

Jonathan Majors is known for playing Kang in the Marvel universe and for films like Creed III.

"10 Terrific Sci-Fi Movies That Were (Supposed to be) Nearly Perfect (but weren't for reasons we aren't discussing)" ... (www.msn.com)

Sci-fi as a genre is very difficult to perfect, but some terrific movies have come close, only to be held back by one or two flaws. Sci-fi deals with big ideas on an epic scale, and it's not easy to come up with a concept that connects with an audience. Even if a sci-fi movie does find an intriguing premise, translating this...