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Norway Says 'Mission Accomplished' On Going 100% EV, Proposes Incentive Changes - Slashdot
October 16, 2025 at 6:58:25 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Norway has effectively achieved its 2025 goal of 100% electric new car sales
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/15/2259207/norway-says-mission-accomplished-on-going-100-ev-proposes-incentive-changes
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No Die? No Problem: RealDice.org Has You Covered | Hackaday
September 30, 2025 at 8:26:26 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -[Lazy Hovercraft] has got the solution with his new site RealDice.org, which, well, rolls real dice.
- https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/no-die-no-problem-realdice-org-has-you-covered/
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Nepal rolls back social media ban after deadly protests rock capital | Nepal | The Guardian
September 9, 2025 at 7:54:43 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Nepal’s government has lifted its ban on 26 prominent social media apps and messaging services after at least 19 people were killed and more than 200 injured in clashes on Monday
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/nepal-protests-social-media-ban-lifted-gen-z-kathmandu
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South Korea's Military Reduces by 20% Amidst Male Population Decline - czechjournal.cz
August 11, 2025 at 9:31:30 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -South Korean military is witnessing a significant transformation as its size has decreased by 20% over the past six years. This reduction is predominantly attributed to a continuing decline in the male population, raising concerns about national defense capabilities
- https://www.czechjournal.cz/south-koreas-military-reduces-by-20-amidst-male-population-decline/?amp=1
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Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds | Environment | The Guardian
August 10, 2025 at 10:36:28 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/09/human-connection-to-nature-has-declined-60-in-200-years-study-finds
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Denmark to remove ‘pornographic’ mermaid statue, reports say | Denmark | The Guardian
August 5, 2025 at 7:11:27 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -A debate has erupted in Denmark over the fate of a mermaid statue that is to be removed from public view after being decried as “ugly and pornographic” and “a man’s hot dream of what a woman should look like”
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/04/denmark-mermaid-statue-pornographic-removal
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World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns | Plastics | The Guardian
August 4, 2025 at 8:07:37 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/03/world-in-15tn-plastics-crisis-hitting-health-from-infancy-to-old-age-report-warns
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Steam is dealing with spam. Valve’s platform has been flooded with games stolen from itch.io
July 9, 2025 at 6:37:13 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Steam is dealing with spam. Valve’s platform has been flooded with games stolen from itch.io
- https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/steam-is-dealing-with-spam-valves-platform-has-been-flooded-with/zb811a
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Toyota GR Garage acquires a clapped out AE86 | Japanese Nostalgic Car
July 7, 2025 at 8:52:32 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Toyota’s Gazoo Racing division has picked up a decrepit AE86
- https://japanesenostalgiccar.com/toyota-gr-garage-acquires-a-clapped-out-ae86/
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Plunging value and a content cliff edge: what’s gone wrong at Sky? | Sky | The Guardian
May 19, 2025 at 7:56:48 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Plunging value and a content cliff edge: what’s gone wrong at Sky? Since Comcast takeover, broadcaster has slashed jobs and is losing the exclusive shows that drew subscribers
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/19/sky-comcast-jobs-exclusive-shows-subscribers
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The lure of Champions League money has turned Ligue 1 clubs into gamblers | Ligue 1 | The Guardian
May 13, 2025 at 6:21:14 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -“Without the Champions League, nothing would be normal,”
- https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/12/champions-league-money-ligue-1-clubs-gamblers-marseille-lyon-europe
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ProSiebenSat.1 lines up Morgan Stanley in defence against MFE's bid, sources say
April 4, 2025 at 7:47:26 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -ProSiebenSat.1 has lined up defence advisers, including Morgan Stanley, after receiving a takeover bid from its largest investor MFE-MediaForEurope, the TV group controlled by Italy's Berlusconi family
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/prosiebensat-1-lines-morgan-stanley-151137061.html
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Studio Ghibli style goes viral with OpenAI's new image generator | heise online
April 2, 2025 at 6:46:22 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -images that correspond so well to the style of the films suggests that the AI model has been trained with the films from Studio Ghibli. The question now arises as to whether OpenAI was allowed to use the films for training
- https://www.heise.de/en/news/Studio-Ghibli-style-goes-viral-with-OpenAI-s-new-image-generator-10330582.html
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Is this a coup? Home of the Coup-o-meter
March 21, 2025 at 7:50:00 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Aktueller Status im "Coup-o-meter": A coup is in progress, but has not been consolidated
- https://isthisacoup.com/
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Has Czech society blocked out the Covid pandemic? | Radio Prague International
March 14, 2025 at 6:15:52 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -42,000 people died of Covid or Covid related complications – a death toll surpassed only by the two world wars. Yet the country has no worthy memorial to the victims
- https://english.radio.cz/has-czech-society-blocked-out-covid-pandemic-8845548
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US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms | US news | The Guardian
March 10, 2025 at 7:57:28 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/watchlist-decline-civic-freedoms-civicus
