I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… Piss ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion… I watched Pee-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like piss in rain…
– Dirt Owl replicant from the future
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UK tightens scrutiny of all Indian spice imports amid contamination allegations ( www.reuters.com )
Britain's food watchdog has applied extra control measures on all spice imports from India, it said on Wednesday, becoming the first to ramp up scrutiny of all Indian spices after contamination allegations against two brands sparked concerns among global food regulators....
Georgia's prime minister says 'Russian law' necessary for peace ( www.euronews.com )
The White House said it was "deeply troubled" that parliament had passed the bill. The UK, Germany, Italy and France have also all urged Georgia to withdraw it....
Cruciferae ( mander.xyz )
what goes around ( mander.xyz )
Personal freedom ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
Why are many men growing beards again ? ( lemmy.ml )
Yesterday I passed a barbershop and saw ads on their wall outside of men with beards and short hair. It is a revival or saving electricity ?
molten surprise ( mander.xyz )
Conservatives condemn Kristi Noem for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog ( www.theguardian.com )
Revelation in new book that possible Trump running mate killed ‘untrainable’ hunting dog prompts widespread revulsion
If the USA saw what the USA is doing in the USA... ( lemmy.ml )
I realized that we as a community have no idea how each of us look like irl, so feel free to post your selfies, I'll start: ( lemmygrad.ml )
North Korea is evading sanctions by animating Max and Amazon shows ( arstechnica.com )
Thousands of exposed files on North Korean server tell the tale.
Junior vs senior ( lemmy.ml )
NASA fixed Voyager 1! 🎉 ( blogs.nasa.gov )
Parents with genuinely good looking sons but mostly daughters. How do you make sure they don't build their whole personality around looks?
because it can be if people start to treat them differently when they stop looking appealing they may don't understand it at first and later maybe have a depression and no plan b
Congress passes bill that could unlock billions in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine ( www.nbcnews.com )
Shipping firms plead for UN help amid escalating Middle East conflict ( www.euronews.com )
The world's shipping industry has called on the United Nations to provide military protection for vessels operating in the Middle East after the latest seizure of a container ship by Iran, although much commercial traffic between Asia and Europe has already been re-routed around Africa....
Angolan President: We know what colonisation is and the Chinese are not colonising Africa but cooperating with us ( socialistchina.org )
The great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit ( www.technologyreview.com )
China abducted its own citizens on EU territory, report finds ( www.euronews.com )
For at least ten years, the Chinese Communist Party has been abducting its overseas citizens on EU territory and forcibly returning them to China - violating the rule of law and public security in Europe - a new report finds....
F-35 program’s lifetime price tag tops $2 trillion, Pentagon wants jets to fly longer ( breakingdefense.com )
Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit ( www.wired.com )
Two satellites will engage in a “realistic threat response scenario” when Victus Haze gets underway.
Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay hotel and pub in London ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/anarchism@lemmy.ml/t/959553...
Do you consider The Fifth Element to be cyberpunk? ( lemmy.zip )
The futuristic city with flying cars at the beginning of the movie definitely has all the cyberpunk visuals, and technically Zorg is the head of an evil corporation. But the real villain of the movie is incoming force of evil/darkness. And the plot is resolved through the power of love. Even the President of Earth is actively...
Israel on edge for Iranian retaliation as Tehran views strike on embassy as an attack on its territory ( www.scmp.com )
Tehran views the attack as equivalent to an attack on its own territory, so a direct response on Israeli soil by Iran itself is a serious possibility...
Texas is replacing thousands of human exam graders with AI. What could possibly go wrong. ( www.theverge.com )
What are the Squatting Techniques in France? ( en.squat.net )
US has seen no evidence that Israel has committed genocide, Defense Secretary says ( www.politico.com )
land shrimp ( mander.xyz )
M&S invests £1m in tackling methane from burping and farting cows ( www.theguardian.com )
Retailer works on changing diet with aim of cutting 11,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year...
Ohio to purchase mobile homes to train public school staff in firearms ( www.theguardian.com )
In a first, the state has purchased shoot houses designed for indoor gun training to help school staff ‘respond to active shooter’...
An engine cover rips off a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, forcing an emergency landing ( www.businessinsider.com )
Elon Musk is elevating the global extreme right ( disconnect.blog )
The billionaire wants to advance his political program while preserving his power and wealth
Hilarious ( lemmy.ml )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14080970...
Who do you consider a Great Author of the last 50 years or so (first well-known work after 1970)? I'd like to get a feel for who's who in modern literature. Any language/culture. Fiction only.
Bonus points for any books you believe are classics from that time period. Any language, but only fiction please....
Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters call for Netanyahu’s removal ( www.theguardian.com )
Demonstrators join families of hostages in cities across country and vow to persist until he is ousted as PM...
15 Years ago, CNN showed off it's first (and last) Hologram News report, with reporter Jessica Valenti appearing by "hologram" in Wolf Blitzers studio to discuss election results ( m.youtube.com )