move your whole family and pets and everything in that short amount of time. nevermind that house was your retirement, and your children’s future. you now have no money and no job and no home. leave everything you own. your entire lineage is now homeless.
I don’t think staying is weird. I think most Americans would do the same.
The UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage amid global alarm over the war in Gaza and the extent of the humanitarian crisis in the strip. The move drew an immediate rebuke from Israel. Its envoy to...
I have friends who are Afghan who have had arranged marriages so this led me to be curious to ask, why does this practice still persist into the 21st century?
“nearly 100%” is probably as close as you can get without actually observing every protest from beginning to end including all behaviors of everyone present
EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during ‘Replay’ moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being...
Guys, I have something to brag about. After almost a year of hard learning, I finally created my first mobile game! Storiado is a board game alternative that will make you wonder what’s wrong with your friends. Play by answering simple questions, mix all the answers, and generate the most twisted story you’ve ever read. And...
The worried mother of a U.S. soldier in Russian custody said Wednesday that her son “was lured” there by a Russian woman he had been seeing in South Korea for over a year and that he’s being held on trumped-up charges of stealing roughly $100 from her....
Stellaris gets a DLC about AI that features AI-created voices, director insists it's 'ethical' and 'we're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves' (www.pcgamer.com)
Illicit fentanyl is entering the US at highest rates ever (www.dw.com)
Officials seized more than 115 million pills containing fentanyl in 2023. The opiate is often mixed with street drugs and linked to overdoses....
Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles (www.theguardian.com)
White House levy to protect US makers from cheap imports likely to inflame trade tensions...
JK Rowling slammed for asking if she can be Black if she likes “Motown & fancy myself in cornrows” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate (www.npr.org)
You can now bridge Fediverse and Bluesky Accounts! (wedistribute.org)
Bridgy Fed’s Bluesky integration is now in beta, and makes it possible to connect your account from the Fediverse to Bluesky, and vice versa....
Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Does it seem odd to track my lifespan?
So I have a widget in my phone’s home screen tracking the days I have lived so far, to remind me of the time I have, and not to waste it....
Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago (fortune.com)
UN votes to back Palestinian membership, prompting Israeli envoy to shred charter (www.theguardian.com)
The UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage amid global alarm over the war in Gaza and the extent of the humanitarian crisis in the strip. The move drew an immediate rebuke from Israel. Its envoy to...
Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter (www.engadget.com)
Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures?
I have friends who are Afghan who have had arranged marriages so this led me to be curious to ask, why does this practice still persist into the 21st century?
Analysis Finds Nearly 100% of Campus Gaza Protests Have Been Peaceful (www.commondreams.org)
Flavor Flav is the official hype man for the US women's water polo team in the Paris Olympics (apnews.com)
EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again (www.techspot.com)
EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during ‘Replay’ moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being...
Chinese zoo under fire after dyeing dogs to resemble pandas (www.nbcnews.com)
Two “panda dogs” in a new exhibit are actually Chow Chows dyed black and white, state media reported, citing zoo officials....
After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them (kotaku.com)
I created a board game alternative for evil people (lemmy.today)
Guys, I have something to brag about. After almost a year of hard learning, I finally created my first mobile game! Storiado is a board game alternative that will make you wonder what’s wrong with your friends. Play by answering simple questions, mix all the answers, and generate the most twisted story you’ve ever read. And...
OpenAI plans to announce Google search competitor on Monday, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Nintendo Switch Is Removing Integration for X, Formerly Twitter (comicbook.com)
77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—And They're Horrified (www.commondreams.org)
“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.
Mom of captured U.S. soldier Gordon Black says girlfriend 'lured' him to Russia (www.nbcnews.com)
The worried mother of a U.S. soldier in Russian custody said Wednesday that her son “was lured” there by a Russian woman he had been seeing in South Korea for over a year and that he’s being held on trumped-up charges of stealing roughly $100 from her....