Two hundred reasons to not use Azure ( mastodon.social )
Daily dosis of shit experienced on Microsoft Azure.
House of the Dragon: if dragons were real, how might fire-breathing work? ( www.rawstory.com )
The images of dragons unleashing torrents of flames on the new series of House of the Dragon got me thinking: if dragons existed, what real-world biological mechanisms and chemical reactions might they use?
UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways ( www.theguardian.com )
Device in development fires electromagnetic pulse that tricks ebikes and scooters into shutting off
A 98-year-old Ukraine woman walks 10 km under shelling to escape Russians ( www.reuters.com )
A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman said she walked 10 km (6 miles) under shelling, supporting herself with sticks and sleeping on the ground, leaving Ocheretyne in Donetsk, now occupied by Russia, and trying to reach areas controlled by Kyiv.
Are your earliest childhood memories still lurking in your mind—or gone forever? ( www.science.org )
The mystery of “infantile amnesia” suggests memory works differently in the developing brain
Pet DNA testing company in doghouse after identifying human as canine ( www.theguardian.com )
DNA My Dog received human genetic sample and identified it as a malamute, shar-pei and labrador, according to news station
Every step above 2,200 steps a day reduces risk of early death, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Research suggests every extra step up to 10,000 reduces risk even if rest of the day is sedentary
My Sextortion Diary: 'Hackers leaked intimate photos after my laptop was stolen' ( www.bbc.com )
A Spanish filmmaker turned the cameras on herself and made a "sextortion diary" after being blackmailed.
I jumped from a plane – and my parachute failed. As I hurtled towards earth, I felt oddly calm ( www.theguardian.com )
At 4,000ft, Jordan Hatmaker pulled the string and realised something was very wrong. With the speed of her descent increasing, she braced herself for impact
German art museum fires worker for hanging his own painting in gallery ( www.theguardian.com )
Staff member put work on display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne ‘in hope of achieving his breakthrough’
One in Five Gamers Are LGBTQ+, But Less Than 2% of Video Games Have LGBTQ+ Characters ( www.them.us )
A new report from GLAAD asked LGBTQ+ gamers about representation, harassment, and attitudes in the gaming world....
The New Mr. & Mrs. Smith Is Very Different From the Brangelina Film ( portside.org )
Loosely based on the 2005 film, the new Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV reboot uses the action-comedy genre to represent how impossible life is for so many people today, with two misfit unemployables turning to assassin work out of desperation....
‘I wanted to take my life’: Brittney Griner talks about detention in Russian prison ( www.theguardian.com )
Brittney Griner said she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges
Eating light: Finnish startup begins making food ‘from air and solar power’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Maker hopes solein, protein grown with CO2 and electricity, will cut environmental impact of farming
A life without my dogs seems imponderable. Yet we do keep going after losing the animals we adore | Paul Daley ( www.theguardian.com )
My lifestyle is so attuned to that of my dogs I sometimes feel our identities are fused
Japan naked festival: Women join Hadaka Matsuri for first time ( www.bbc.co.uk )
The sea of chanting, nearly-naked men tussle, push and shove towards the shrine. "Washoi! Washoi!" they yell - let's go, let's go.
‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station ( www.theguardian.com )
Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace
Black bear breaks into Canadian woman’s car for second time and falls asleep ( www.theguardian.com )
Black bear apparently opened the vehicle by lifting door handle with its mouth, after breaking into same car last year
Robert F Kennedy Jr lists foreclosed New York home as voting address ( www.theguardian.com )
Independent presidential candidate does not own the listed property and is not in public searches as one of its residents
Growing Support for Gay Marriage: Changed Minds and Changing Demographics (USA) (2013) ( www.pewresearch.org )
The rise in support for same-sex marriage over the past decade is among the largest changes in opinion on any policy issue over this time period. A new national survey finds that much of the shift is attributable to the arrival of a large cohort of young adults – the Millennial generation – who are far more open to gay...
Ransomware gang's new extortion trick? Calling the front desk ( techcrunch.com )
Ransomware gangs are increasingly calling up victim organizations to extort and intimidate rank-and-file employees.
What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround? ( www.honest-broker.com )
Digital platforms are struggling, meanwhile a 136-year-old book retailer is growing again. But why?
Quite the leap: Iowa man born on 29 February has a son on same day ( www.theguardian.com )
Dillon and his newborn son Archer Glass each had a one in 1,461 chance of being born on a leap day
Water found on the surface of an asteroid for the 1st time ever ( www.space.com )
Scientists made the discovery using data gathered by NASA's now-retired SOFIA airborne observatory.
Police seize record 50,000 Bitcoin from now-defunct piracy site ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
The police in Saxony, eastern Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the pirate site movie2k.to through a voluntary deposit to a state-controlled wallet....
