People sitting on the front of a logging train as it crosses a bridge, Oregon, USA, late 19th century (lemmy.world)
Physics reveals secret of how nature helped sculpt the Great Sphinx of Giza (arstechnica.com)
Food tourism (lemmy.zip)
How big are the fires burning in Australia’s north? Interactive map shows they’ve burned an area larger than Spain (www.theguardian.com)
Argentinian ex-officer who was charged over 23 murders dies in Berlin (www.theguardian.com)
Major improvements have been made to the bgammon.org online backgammon service (www.bgammon.org)
bgammon.org is a free and open source online backgammon service without ads or tracking....
pssssss (mander.xyz)
Fantasy Games Unlimited (TTRPG.network) - A place for the fans of this influential TTRPG publisher to gather and chat. (ttrpg.network)
Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) was founded in 1975 and actively published until 1991 (limping along in direct sales afterward to this day). FGU is known for its large, eclectic, and often very influential collection of published games. This community is devoted to this wild, wonderful, weird game publisher’s works and...
GitHub - cbh123/narrator: David Attenborough narrates your life (github.com)
Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)
Israel's Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5476418...
A fine addition to my collection (lemmy.zip)
OpenSubtitles.org is shutting down it's previous API. Now only authenticated access allowed. (blog.opensubtitles.com)
Truly a Herculean task (aus.social)
For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces --- [Opinion] (web.archive.org)
For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to his knees while making moves that propped up the Hamas terror group....
noyb files complaint against EU Commission over targeted chat control ads (noyb.eu)
Thanks Max!
Internet Sleuths Want to Track Down This Mystery Pop Song. They Only Have 17 Seconds of It (www.rollingstone.com)
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Palestinian civilians being killed en masse are simply “collateral damage” (www.huffpost.com)
The right-wing leader appeared on multiple cable news shows to speak on the current state Israel’s monthlong siege on Gaza, which human rights experts have warned amount to ethnic cleansing and war crimes....
LexisNexis Sold Powerful Spy Tools to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (theintercept.com)
The data brokerage giant sold face recognition, phone tracking, and other surveillance technology to the border guards, say government documents.
A wiki for repairing anything (www.ifixit.com)
“Our philosophy is that if you can’t open it, you don’t own it. Once you disassemble, repair, and put back together your laptop or iPod, you have a much better understanding of what goes into it. It’s astounding how just 20 minutes of work can make an iPod good as new – but most people have no idea that there are...
Own a Piece of Hollywood History – Egyptian Theatre Screens Signed by Your Favorite Filmmakers and Actors in Custom-Framed Lucite. (www.charitybuzz.com)
During the renovation process for The Egyptian Theatre, the American Cinematheque salvaged the theater’s original movie screen, and had it divided into pieces. They had each piece of the screen autographed by a top filmmaker or performer and placed in a custom lucite frame, intending to create meaningful keepsakes for film and...
Nothing to see here. Nope. (mander.xyz)
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Committing Fully To Netplan For Network Configuration (www.phoronix.com)
The Canonical-developed Netplan has served for Linux network configuration on Ubuntu Server and Cloud versions for years. With the recent Ubuntu 23.10 release, Netplan is now being used by default on the desktop. Canonical is committing to fully leveraging Netplan for network configuration with the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...
Curl on 100 operating systems | daniel.haxx.se (daniel.haxx.se)
CURL ON 100 OPERATING SYSTEMS DISCUSSION
Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Release 'On Track' for December as Larian Teases The Game Awards Reveal - IGN (www.ign.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 is still on track to be released on Xbox in 2023, and its release date will be confirmed next month during The Game Awards 2023.
