A semi-nomadic online traveller from Verdigris, archiving, connecting and creating as much as he can.
Also a budding architect, visual artist, and demoscene musician at heart.
You can also see me down Masto-raft at @jupritona, and Fanlore (JWPH) and Newgrounds (that1verdeian).
International Criminal Court applied for arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza for war crimes (www.bbc.com)
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leader in Gaza for war crimes....
For the first time since 2004, the narwhal has been designated as Not at Risk by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (www.cosewic.ca)
Librarians Are Waging a Quiet War Against International “Data Cartels” (themarkup.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/15657357...
How The Sci-Fi Series Farscape Set Out To Do The Opposite Of Star Trek - SlashFilm (www.slashfilm.com)
The sci-fi series Farscape set out to be the anti-Star Trek, and it succeeded.
The New Propaganda War: Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world (www.theatlantic.com)
Here is the archived version....
A few days late, but a timeless message
Diagram of seating at the Roman Colosseum
Early Hours - by Andrii Frolov (2024)(Oil Painting) (lemmy.world)
A Comprehensive Introduction to each Rhythm Game (www.youtube.com)
FediVision 2024 Has Begun! (wedistribute.org)
It’s that time of the year for something truly wonderful: FediVision, the Fediverse’s annual music contest, is back, and accepting submissions from May 5th to May 12th....
Panama election: Voters to choose president after front-runner sentenced (www.bbc.com)
Panamanians are voting in a general election which has been overshadowed by the disqualification of the man who was leading in the polls. Ex-President Ricardo Martinelli was the favourite to win until he was banned from running after being found guilty of money laundering....
Flooding death toll in south Brazil rises to 75 as over 100 people remain missing (www.theguardian.com)
Seventy-five people are now known to have died in the flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, while more than 100 people remain missing, local authorities said on Sunday. The state’s civil defence authority said 101 people were unaccounted for and more than 80,000 had been displaced after record-breaking...
Happy May Day! Happy International Workers’ Day! (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14897331...
A model of the previous Roman watermill complex
Police arrest more Gaza protesters at University of Texas-Austin (www.theguardian.com)
Republican governor says on social media ‘no encampments will be allowed’ as videos show police using pepper spray...
TIL White Castle was the pioneer of fast food, not McDonalds (99percentinvisible.org)
Excellent listen throughout, but you can skip to 17:30 for competition with McDonalds.
May I present to you: The Wikipedia Star Trek Into Darkness Debate (en.wikipedia.org)
From December 1, 2012, until January 31, 2013, a stylistic disagreement unfolded between editors on the English-language Wikipedia as to whether the word “into” in the title of the Wikipedia article for the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness should be capitalized. More than 40,000 words were written on the article’s talk...
After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream (www.gamesradar.com)
I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Don’t Believe What You’re Being Told About ‘Campus Antisemitism’ (zeteo.com)
Smears from the press and pro-Israel influencers are a dangerous distraction from real threats to our safety....
Substack Competitor Ghost Announces ActivityPub Integration (wedistribute.org)
Ghost is a huge publishing platform, and a sizeable rival to Substack. By adopting ActivityPub, they are opening up to an entirely new audience, and harnessing the power of the Fediverse.
In largest ever study, Indigenous and local communities report the impacts of climate change (news.mongabay.com)
Indigenous peoples and local communities are reporting a series of tangible and nuanced impacts of climate change, according to a new study. The study collected 1,661 firsthand reports of change in sites across all inhabited continents and aggregated the reports into 369 indicators of climate change impacts, including changes in...
Open source newsletter platform Ghost is considering joining the Fediverse (forum.ghost.org)
The nonprofit company is contemplating federating Ghost over ActivityPub. There is a survey asking users about their usage of ActivityPub platforms like Mastodon and how they expect ActivityPub functionality to work in Ghost.
Lemmyvision - The Results Are In!! (jlai.lu)
The results are in! 🎶...