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Some cows lactose (lemmy.zip)

Sergiy Galyonkin (Steam spy) announces departure from Epic Games (twitter.com)

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European insurers are underwriting 30% of US coal, study says (www.mining.com)

The Insure Our Future report singled out Lloyd’s of London Ltd … insures 10 mines producing 22.8% of US coal output. Zurich insures two mines producing 4.9% of US output, while Swiss Re insures one mine producing 3% of output, according to the report....

UK regulator to push for probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominance (www.reuters.com)

British media regulator Ofcom will this week push for an antitrust investigation into Amazon (AMZN.O) and Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) dominance of the UK’s cloud computing market, according to two sources familiar with the matter....

Long-Range Drones Now Targeting Sochi (www.thedrive.com)

Article covers a bunch of small things as well, particularly under ‘The Latest’ tagline.

Great story about a small Danish town that helped rescue Jews during World War Two (www.bbc.com)

'Power to communities': Chicago considers city-owned grocery store to address 'food deserts' after giants like Walmart and Whole Foods shutter stores (finance.yahoo.com)

The mayor’s office says it would be the first major U.S. city to enact such a plan.

"Big Fan of Fire" By False Knees (falseknees.com)

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Denmark allocates $14 million to purchase ammunition for Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)

World history in a nutshell (sh.itjust.works)

Creating a centralized podcast destination on YouTube Music (blog.youtube)

‘IDK what to do’: Thousands of teen boys are being extorted in sexting scams (www.washingtonpost.com)

Brain-eating cannibal back in public life after 10 years (www.the-express.com)

A man who killed and ate a man has been released back into public life after ten years....

Philly thief steals a shop-vac filled with hundreds of giant hornets (www.inquirer.com)

For anyone in #USA who's hiding a phone from other people in their home - it will ring even on mute on the 4th of October - turn it off FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test for Oct. 4, 2023 (www.fema.gov)

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall....

Newsmax Host Rails Against ‘Lizard People,’ Asks Viewers ‘You Think I’m Crazy?’ (www.mediaite.com)

Why the ‘Mother of the Atomic Bomb’ Never Won a Nobel Prize (www.nytimes.com)

Lise Meitner developed the theory of nuclear fission, the process that enabled the atomic bomb. But her identity - Jewish and a woman— barred her from sharing credit for the discovery, newly translated letters show.

Les réponses à vos questions sur la ligne éditoriale du « Monde », la vie de sa rédaction et son actionnariat (www.lemonde.fr) French

[News] Rep. Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House (apnews.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a resolution late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, setting up a likely showdown vote in the House in the days ahead....

Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker (www.washingtonpost.com)

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution Monday evening to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his seat, triggering an expected intraparty clash and setting up a showdown for the House to decide whether to depose McCarthy likely within 48 hours....

The Trump administration touted him as a victim of #MeToo. Now he’s accused of dismembering a girlfriend (www.sfchronicle.com)

The Year's Best Science Fiction - Third Annual Collection - 1986 - featuring Orson Scott Card, William Gibson, George RR Martin, Frederick Pohl, Bruce Sterling and Robert Silverberg (pdfhost.io)

At dawn he arose and stepped out onto the patio for his first look at Alexandria, the one city he had not yet seen. That year the five cities were Chang-an, Asgard, New Chicago, Timbuctoo, Alexandria: the usual mix of eras, cultures, realities. He and Gioia, making the long flight from Asgard in the distant north the night...