Guatemalan immigrants work on a crop field at a farm in Kern County. In the vast agricultural lands north of Los Angeles, stretching from Ventura county into the stateβs Central valley, two farmers, two field supervisors and four immigrant farm workers told Reuters this month that the Ice raids had led a majority of workers to stop showing up. That means crops are not being picked and fruit and vegetables are rotting at peak harvest time.
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Teaching my son about right to repair by explaining why Nintendo chose to have like 8 Triwing screws, and 6 different fasteners to get into the DVD drive we had to replace on our old Wii.
He said "do they just want you to like buy another one or something?"
He learns quickly.
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He supported #righttorepair legislation and thinks anything else is silly.
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Pierre Gasly reflects on βfrustratingβ result in Austria as Franco Colapinto explains Oscar Piastri βblind spotβ moment
Pierre Gasly endured a "long" and "frustrating" Austrian Grand Prix as the Alpine driver was unable to capitalise on a strong start, coming home 13th whileBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
If you're passionate about old FPS games on PC, from the #Doom era of #gaming, then have a read of this article. About a game called Gunman Chronicles - the 'forgotten' #Valve FPS game.
pcgamer.com/games/fps/what-hapβ¦
Its a great read, which absolutely is #RetroGaming now, of a game I never heard of and a game Valve has kinda forgotten about.
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What happened to the creator of Gunman Chronicles, Valve's forgotten FPS? 'My relationship with Gabe didn't really go that great'
Tracing the history of an ancient Valve artefact.Rick Lane (PC Gamer)
Watches Of Switzerland U.S. Sales Hit $1 Billion Amid Tariff Warning
Watches of Switzerland has achieved record U.S. sales but has warned over the impact of tariffs.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
From Project Gutenberg:
The Message
by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/27860
The Message by A. J. Dawson
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
I HAVE A NEW SHORT STORY OUT!
Iβve been struggling with whether to spoil the premise by saying the five words that would DEFINITELY get you to click.
So I wonβt now, just go read it & be surprised.
At 2pm Iβll post the five words. ;)
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When He Calls Your Name - Uncanny Magazine
Thereβs nights in the deep end of summer so hot and thick and wet you can feel the dark wrinkling up your fingers like bathwaterβand my last night breathing was one of those. 2 a.m.Uncanny Magazine
Gukesh beats Carlsen again in Croatia
ZAGREB, Croatia (Diya TV) β Indian chess prodigy D. Gukesh stunned World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen once again, this time in the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz CroatiaBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Most Romanians do not trust AI without human intervention, survey shows
Roughly 70% of Romanians are βveryβ or βmoderatelyβ concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoachBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Bulgaria and Oman deepen cooperation in the LNG market
The Bulgarian Ministry of Energy and the Omani Ministry of Energy and Minerals have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen cooperation in the globalBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
What We're Reading: Paint That βSweatsβ to Cool Homes
See what stories caught our attention this week, from cooling paint in Singapore to a postpartum retreat in Texas.RTBC Staff (Reasons to be Cheerful)
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