Lemmy, Kbin, Mastodon shoutout from Lifehacker: The Four Best Reddit Alternatives ( lifehacker.com )
On TikTok, the war in Gaza is a game ( english.elpais.com )
One of the TikTok trends is to show the process of loading a projectile into a tank and firing it. Another is to put trance music to a video, along with the words “2-3, sha-ger.” This is the order that a military drone operator is given to drop a bomb, with the syllables separated so that the message is clear. The trend...
Elon Musk’s Tweet Criticizing Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Sparks Outrage ( www.kyivpost.com )
Ex-Human Rights Watch chief - Israel violating humanitarian law in Gaza ( www.aljazeera.com )
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Macron's call to 'cut off' social media during riots sparks backlash in France ( www.france24.com )
New research underscores benefits of gender-affirming hormones, rebutting anti-trans claims ( www.statnews.com )
Actual evidence from actual scientists....
ISPs say US should force Big Tech firms to pay for broadband construction ( arstechnica.com )
cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/152995...
You wanted a multipolar world? You got chaos. [Edit: Do Hamas represent Palestinians?] ( paulmasonnews.medium.com )
Paywall bypass:...
US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan ( ground.news )
Could be a huge deal.
Andrew Tate is indicted on human trafficking and rape charges in Romania ( www.npr.org )
You can now react to messages on Gmail | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Israeli death toll passes 600, another 2,048 injured ( www.timesofisrael.com )
Germany's far-right AfD wins district for first time (Sonneberg, Thuringia) ( www.reuters.com )
BERLIN, June 25 (Reuters) - A far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate won a vote on Sunday to become a district leader in Europe's biggest economy for the first time, a breakthrough for the party which has hit record highs in national polls....
‘You’re remembered for the rules you break’: OceanGate CEO who was piloting the Titan admitted in 2021 that the sub’s construction had ‘broken some rules’ ( fortune.com )
“I’d like to be remembered as an innovator,” he said, speaking from the interior of one of OceanGate’s submersibles. “I think it was [famous American General Douglas] MacArthur that said, ‘You’re remembered for the rules you break.’”...
Fox News is altering language in AP and Reuters articles on anti-trans legislation — including a quote from an elected official ( www.mediamatters.org )
“Gender affirming care” was replaced with “sex change” or “sex reassignment” in at least 19 articles.
German journalists detained by Israeli soldiers: 'Asked if we were Jewish at gunpoint' ( www.haaretz.com )
Original article in German...
Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war ( apnews.com )
A Decongestant in Cold Medicines Doesn’t Work at All, an F.D.A. Panel Says ( www.nytimes.com )
NYT gift article expires in 30 days....
Younger people more likely to doubt merits of democracy – global poll ( www.theguardian.com )
Democracy remains popular across the world, but faced with a global array of challenges from inequality to the climate crisis, young people are far less likely than their elders to believe it can deliver on what concerns them....
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide ( apnews.com )
Major store's CEO blasts self-checkout theft & warns of closures due to crime ( www.the-sun.com )
LIVE: Russia 'facing treason’, Putin says in address to the nation ( f24.my )
Putin accuses Wagner chief Prigozhin of treason, calls Wagner mercenaries 'heroes' who helped 'liberate' Donbas.
Far-right party set to win most seats in Dutch elections, exit polls show ( www.theguardian.com )
"Every home becomes a prison:" Now, Taliban stops Afghan women from sightseeing ( www.firstpost.com )
“Not content with depriving girls and women of education, employment, and free movement, the Taliban also want to take from them parks and sport and now even nature, as we see from this latest ban on women visiting Band-e-Amir,” Human Rights Watch’s Associate Women’s Rights Director Heather Barr says.
