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Patrick Stewart says his time on 'Star Trek' felt like a Ministry - NPR (www.npr.org)

I’m truly enjoying all these interviews that are coming out as Patrick Stewart goes around on the promotion circuit.

Five Former Ubisoft Execs Arrested By Police For Questioning About Sexual Misconduct Allegations (kotaku.com)

Everything Should Be As Easy to Upgrade As the Steam Deck - Wired (www.wired.com)

I doubt this is news to anyone here, but always good to see positive coverage of the Deck

Ursus rotundus: contenders compete in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week (www.theguardian.com)

Fat Bear Week, the annual competition to see which Alaskan bears can pack on the most pounds before hibernation season, begins this week, with a combination of fan favorites and newcomers vying for the title of the state’s most rotund bear....

Rule (beehaw.org)

Rightsizing the Russia Threat (www.foreignaffairs.com)

foreignaffairs.com/…/rightsizing-russia-threat...

Delete your digital history from dozens of companies with this app (www.washingtonpost.com)

Sick of companies grabbing and selling your address, birth date, location, online activity, dog food brand and even adult-film preferences? Oh boy, do I have some good news. A new iPhone and Android app called Permission Slip makes it super simple to order companies to delete your personal information and secrets. Trying it...

How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis (www.wired.com)

Do fruit flies remember their larval lives? To find out, scientists made the neurons inside larvae glow, then tracked how they reshuffled as they formed adult brains.

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me [2014] (yewtu.be)

Am inspired to post this because of the new Song Exploder episode which has Archie, Marry Me as its subject....

Terraria devs condemn Unity, pledge $100k each to rival open-source engines and $1k a month going forward. (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Journalist Who Won Courage Award for Her Ukraine War Reporting Goes Missing (www.thedailybeast.com)

KYIV—A star journalist who won a prestigious award for her courageous reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has gone missing, The Daily Beast can report....

Manitoba NDP win majority, CBC News projects (www.cbc.ca)

Woo!...

Welcome to the new c/sousvide! (lemmy.world)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6308917...

Do we do Spooktober here? (beehaw.org)

Hotfix #8 Now Live (forums.larian.com)

CHANGES...

Capitol rioter who attacked Reuters cameraman and police officer gets more than 4 years in prison (apnews.com)

Shane Jason Woods, 45, was the first person charged with assaulting a member of the news media during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection....

ROM hacker brings dual analog control to Armored Core 2 (www.romhacking.net)

Honestly, it was a little puzzling that the game didn't ship with these controls in the first place... the Dual Shock had been around for a few years, and the Playstation 2 came with these dual analog controllers by default. But hey, better twenty three years late than never, right? Special thanks to VanLaser for this much...

Weld it, fix it, grind it, cool it.... (slrpnk.net)

Daft Punk changed careers

UK could rent space in foreign jails to ease shortage of cells (www.theguardian.com)

Canada is the only G7 country without a national school food program. Advocates say it's time (www.cbc.ca)

Canada is the only country in the G7 that doesn't have a national school food program. Researchers say that as high inflation affects food prices, more children need access to these programs — but community groups say they need stable funding from the federal government to keep everyone fed.

The biggest dam in the Indian state of Sikkim, generating 1,200 MW of power (roughly the same as the Hoover dam) was washed away in 10 minutes after flash flood (www.hindustantimes.com)