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3 votes
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 30
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here. Please just try to provide fair warning of...
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
5 votes -
Johnny Depp wins libel lawsuit against Amber Heard, but both sides guilty of defamation, jury finds
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Are "the movies" liberal?
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Valerie Complex on being Black at Cannes: How microaggressions marred my festival experience
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“Top Gun” flies high, sparking hopes of a theatrical recovery
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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
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Megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - June 1-2
This thread is posted Monday/Wednesday/Friday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted Monday/Wednesday/Friday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
13 votes -
Inside Florida's property insurance crisis
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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
8 votes -
Casper Ruud first man from Norway to reach Grand Slam semifinal – will face Marin Cilic for berth in French Open final
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The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. Cipolla
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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
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A letter to Discord for not supporting the Linux desktop
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Scientists want to protect narwhals, but the Greenlanders who hunt them say their traditions are being ignored
6 votes -
Who actually controls gas prices?
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What did you do this week?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
8 votes -
A more detailed — and more sympathetic — review of the Murena One
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Tom Cruise’s new ‘Top Gun’ could take movies back to the late ’70s and the golden age of blockbusters
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What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
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Denmark on course to back joining EU's common defence policy – exit polls showed 69% of voters in favour of removing opt-out
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Obi-Wan Kenobi | Official trailer
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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of May 30
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
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What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
4 votes -
Before Uvalde, a platform fails to answer kids' alarms. Tech companies keep building systems to detect violent threats. Why didn't Yubo's work?
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Erling Haaland will move from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City this summer – but how did it come about?
4 votes -
Print an Arduino-powered color mechanical television
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Mona Lisa targeted in Louvre cake-throwing attack. Famous work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn't damaged.
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"Letter in Support of Responsible Fintech Policy" - Twenty-six well-known computer scientists send letter to Congress urging them to resist crypto lobbying
11 votes -
Pinocchio | Teaser trailer
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What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
4 votes -
'Ebola is defeated,' says Congolese professor who discovered the virus
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The strangest cheated Trackmania record
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Applications are open for the AnitaB.org “Pass It On” awards
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EDF rules out extension of nuclear plant to secure UK winter supplies
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The Murena One shows exactly how hard it is to de-Google your smartphone
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Holger Rune upsets Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets to reach French Open quarter-finals – next faces the number eight seed, Norwegian Casper Ruud
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A subway shooting in NYC exposed many of the problems facing the city’s transit system
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New Music Nordics – Album and EP releases for May 2022
Denmark Artist Title Format Released Genre Link Jada Elements Album 20/5/22 Pop lnk.tt Junkyard Drive Electric Love Album 13/5/22 Hard rock Bandcamp Lucer The New World Album 20/5/22 Hard rock...
Denmark
Artist Title Format Released Genre Link Jada Elements Album 20/5/22 Pop lnk.tt Junkyard Drive Electric Love Album 13/5/22 Hard rock Bandcamp Lucer The New World Album 20/5/22 Hard rock Bandcamp Modest Friend Album 6/5/22 Indie rock Bandcamp Pil Kom Vi Flyver, Siger Du Album 13/5/22 Electropop Spotify Sonic Girl Confessions Album 23/5/22 Pop Spotify Commentary: A rock heavy selection coming out of Denmark for this month. So in typical fashion, I'm gonna skip over the generic guitar riffs and angsty lyrics this May and focus instead on the crisp pop voice of Sonic Girl. The track “hackerboy” is worth a listen just for the shoehorning in of antivirus and IP addresses!
Finland
Artist Title Format Released Genre Link I Am The Night While The Gods Are Sleeping Album 6/5/22 Black metal Bandcamp Madboiali 22 Album 27/5/22 Hip hop Spotify Mary Ann Hawkins Mary Ann Hawkins Album 20/5/22 Surf rock Bandcamp Commentary: Where Denmark failed with rock, Finland might just have delighted this month. The country is synonymous with death metal, so imagine my surprise to find a source of surf rock in the band Mary Ann Hawkins. Their track “Hawkinsmania” is an espresso shot of frenetiscism.
Iceland
Artist Title Format Released Genre Link Bear The Ant Unconscious EP 26/5/22 Psychedelic pop Spotify LÓN Thankfully Distracted Album 15/5/22 Rock Spotify NEVERNEVER Glorious EP 11/5/22 Alternative rock Spotify Commentary: Iceland is a small place, with 366,000 people and counting, so sometimes pickings are low. But they do say quality over quantity, and that's what we have here. The names behind NEVERNEVER have some real pedigree in the music industry and are led by the strong vocals of Klara Elias.
Norway
Artist Title Format Released Genre Link Humle Døgnvill Album 20/5/22 Pop Spotify Sigrid How To Let Go Album 6/5/22 Pop href+ TrollfesT Flamingo Overlord Album 27/5/22 Folk metal Bandcamp Commentary: In April Norway took the crown for the month's biggest and best release with Röyksopp's newest. They've done it again! Sigrid's follow-up to her debut album, “How To Let Go” is a real banger, with stand-out track “Mirror” destined for summer playlists all across the Nordics.
Sweden
Artist Title Format Released Genre Link Bjorn Rydhog New Day Coming EP 20/5/22 Pop SoundCloud Friska Viljor Don't Save The Last Dance Album 13/5/22 Indie Rock Spotify Jens Lekman The Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom Album 4/5/22 Baroque pop href+ Jireel MOTY Album 6/5/22 Rap Spotify Karakou Via Dolorosa Album 13/5/22 Pop Spotify Lykke Li EYEYE Album 20/5/22 Indie pop Bandcamp Miynt Lonely Beach Album 6/5/22 Experimental pop Bandcamp Olof Wallberg We Album 27/5/22 Indie pop Spotify Omar Rudberg OMR Album 27/5/22 Pop Spotify Omni Of Halos Care Free EP 20/5/22 Rock SoundCloud Orkan Livsgaranti Album 13/5/22 Prog rock Spotify Paula Jivén The Duality In Me EP 6/5/22 Pop Spotify Sahara Hotnights Love In Times Of Low Expectations Album 6/5/22 Rock Spotify Svart Ridå 18 Minuter Av Ditt Liv EP 13/5/22 Experimental pop SoundCloud Tusse Happiness Before Love EP 20/5/22 Pop Spotify Vero Unsoothing Interior Album 6/5/22 Indie rock Bandcamp Commentary: Four years since the previous album, it's great to have Lykke Li back. “EYEYE” is a brutally melancholic album, with heart-felt lyrics taking centre stage. Margaret Farrell at Pitchfork had this to say: ‘Her music is a companion to sorrow in the same way the sun is a companion to the morning.’
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The Inside Outtakes - Bo Burnham
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Subnormality #231 - Zahir
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Megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - May 30-31
This thread is posted Monday/Wednesday/Friday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted Monday/Wednesday/Friday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
9 votes -
Tom Scott plus Elise Freshwater-Blizzard return to the Devil's Arse
5 votes -
Carving eleven gallons of resin and wood into a whale
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Why the Texas power grid is vulnerable to blackouts during winter storms and heat waves
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Why Paris looks weird
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Marginalia search (an independent DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content) is now open source
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Broadcom announces plans to buy VMware in $61 billion deal
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Accused of cheating by an algorithm, and a Professor she had never met. An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education.
17 votes