Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’ ~enviro conservation Article 527 words 15 votes
The Circassian genocide, Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing and expulsion of 95–97% of the Circassians, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths during the Russo-Circassian War ~humanities.history Article 9547 words, published Apr 19 2023 26 votes
Oxygen Destroyer - Guardians of the Universe (2024) ~music metal Video 33:29, published Aug 9 2024 7 votes
How the rise of the camera launched a fight to protect Gilded Age Americans’ privacy ~humanities.history Article 1502 words 13 votes
The can opener. Engineering to solve human fallibility. (Spoiler: It didn’t totally work.) ~engineering Link 22 votes
Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life ~science medicine biology psychology.cognitive Article 361 words, published Apr 17 2023 27 votes
Archaeology student unearths seven spectacular Viking-era curled silver arm rings north of Denmark's second-largest city Aarhus ~humanities.history Article 312 words 9 votes
Ukraine's Kursk offensive: The lessons and risks of Ukraine's push into Russia ~news russia.kursk ukraine Video 1:05:44 40 votes
The LLMentalist effect: how chat-based large language models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic's con ~tech Article 4404 words, published Jul 4 2023 29 votes
The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be ~tech social media Article 1237 words 9 votes
The gigantic and unregulated power plants in the cloud ~tech security.cyber Article 2240 words 12 votes
Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel ~tech google android social media Article 908 words 28 votes
Another game, another milestone for Erling Haaland, who keeps getting better and better – Norway striker marked his 100th Manchester City appearance with his 91st goal ~sports.football Article 163 words 6 votes
She faked her chimp's death; then things went apeshit ~life.pets Article 5386 words, published Jul 30 2022 14 votes
Could Britain's soaring taxes push energy companies to Norway? Taxes on oil and gas profits have risen from 40% to about 78%, prompting several to think about pulling out. ~enviro energy Article 576 words 7 votes
US Federal Trade Commission bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October ~tech internet social media Article 52 votes
Flame Fatales 2024, a week-long charity event featuring speedruns, is live (runs August 18 - 24) ~games Link 10 votes
American Red Cross national blood inventory plummets 25% in July - declares emergency blood shortage ~health Article 896 words 54 votes
Sustainability of FOSS: The Next Generation Internet ecosystem ~tech internet.next generation Article 1591 words 14 votes
Arundhati Roy and Toomaj Salehi announced as joint winners of the Vaclav Havel Center’s 2024 ‘Disturbing the Peace’ Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk ~books Article 1430 words, published Aug 15 2024 5 votes
Scientists are now preparing to drill into the rock of Krafla in Iceland to learn more about how volcanoes behave ~enviro energy Video 6:09, published Aug 4 2024 3 votes
Burners eat big losses in desperate race to sell unwanted Burning Man tickets ~arts Article 1159 words 31 votes