A typical tour of duty as a Red Shirt is intense, but brief. ( lemmy.world )
UK toddler has hearing restored in world first gene therapy trial ( www.theguardian.com )
Belgian sex workers to get health insurance, pensions and maternity leave in world first ( www.yahoo.com )
Labour insists no place for Nigel Farage in party after defection of right-wing MP ( news.sky.com )
Asked if Mr Farage would be welcome if he wanted to join Labour, Ms Dodds said: "Nigel Farage is someone who is well outside any kind of Labour values....
TIL China now has a 3 child policy. ( en.m.wikipedia.org )
Maximum, that is....
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 highlighted in...
Flavor Flav is the official hype man for the US women's water polo team in the Paris Olympics ( apnews.com )
Target will only sell Pride Month collection in some stores after backlash in 2023 ( abcnews.go.com )
Teruleminally online ( i.ibb.co )
top ten loopholes ( lemmy.cafe )
Online dating apps be like ( lemmy.world )
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid ( apnews.com )
Northern Lights could be visible in England and Wales as severe solar storm to hit overnight ( news.sky.com )
The Northern Lights are set to be visible across large parts of the UK overnight as a huge solar storm is going to hit Earth....
Baby Killdeer I rescued from a storm drain ( sh.itjust.works )
One of the parents was running around the drain making a bunch of noise, went to investigate and found the baby trapped inside. I fished it out with a hair net wrapped around a coat hanger that I taped to a broom handle.
rule ( lemmy.blahaj.zone )
you don't need more 4GB of RAM ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
United Nations General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership ( www.aljazeera.com )
Improvised bookmark ( lemmus.org )
Mutts by Patrick McDonnell, May 10, 2024.
Amid fresh warnings that Russia is preparing “violent acts of sabotage” in Europe and NATO states, experts say there is already a significant uptick in what appears to be covert Russian sabotage ( www.france24.com )
Jenny Mathers, a specialist in Russian intelligence services at Aberystwyth University in Wales, said there has been a notable increase in the number and intensity of Russia-linked incidents for the past year, adding that “we are likely to see an acceleration of this trend"....
Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine ( www.whitehouse.gov )
Equipment to integrate Western launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine's systems;...
Florida man arrested for pulling AR-15 rifle on Uber driver dropping off daughter ( www.independent.co.uk )
Totally normal reaction...