‘Bloodbath’ at French village fete as youths from deprived suburb kill 16-year-old (www.telegraph.co.uk)
US Escalates Essequibo Dispute by Militarizing Guyana (orinocotribune.com)
‘You live in your own bubble’: Swedish city of Luleå takes on loneliness with a simple hi (www.theguardian.com)
While many have their own hobbies that keep them going through the cold dark winter months here – ice swimming, cross-country skiing, walking on the “ice road” out into the archipelago – one thing remains a problem: loneliness. In an attempt to counter that, authorities in Luleå have launched a campaign to ease that...
Putin downgrades US credit rating to "negative" (www.cnbc.com)
Transgender players banned from international women’s cricket by ICC (www.theguardian.com)
The International Cricket Council has become the latest sports body to ban transgender players from the elite women’s game if they have gone through male puberty....
Settler Psychology: Understanding why Israeli propaganda fails on a fundamental level (criticalresist.substack.com)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/2759910...
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Scientists uncover aurora-like radio emission above a sunspot (phys.org)
[News] Fantastic v0.5.0 released (git.ngni.us)
Decky fan control plugin for Steam Deck. The new version fixes SteamOS 3.5 support and has some technical changes for the nerds. It should be available on the Decky store soon™
Poland’s President Duda signals Tusk will have bumpy ride as PM (www.politico.eu)
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (www.wired.com)
LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices (9to5google.com)
Xemu Release v0.7.117 (github.com)
Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)...
Activist calls for a stronger international response to ongoing human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region, ahead of the anniversary of a deadly fire in the provincial capital Urumqi - Feddit (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5900301...
TWiLightMenu Release v26.3.0 (github.com)
Includes nds-bootstrap v1.0.3...
Housing crisis biggest concern for voters at Dutch election (www.euronews.com)
German defence minister arrives in Kyiv with pledge of more aid to Ukraine (www.euronews.com)
Poland gets EU greenlight for first €5B payment of recovery funds (www.euronews.com)
U.S. President Joe Biden's energy security advisor is visiting Israel to discuss potential economic revitalization plans for Gaza centered around undeveloped offshore natural gas fields. (web.archive.org)
They’re not even hiding it.
Transanta, a "mutual aid project that connects anonymous gift-givers with trans youth who are unhoused, in foster care, or otherwise without crucial support they need to thrive" (www.transanta.com)
Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood (themarkup.org)
Civilian Deaths In Ukraine War Top 10,000, UN Says (ukraine.un.org)
Ukraine unveils corruption probes into reconstruction schemes (www.reuters.com)
The human cost of 2023's devastating game industry layoffs (www.polygon.com)
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