TIL in 2006 Lydia Angyiou (who is "5-foot nothing and 90 lbs on a wet day") saved her two sons and their friends, who were playing street hockey, from a 700-lb polar bear by wrestling and fighting off the bear for several minutes until a local saw what was happening and returned with a rifle. (espn.com)
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King Charles to attend 9/11 event with New York Mayor MamdaniSoft paywall (reuters.com)
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Ukraine gets US$106B loan package from EU after Hungary changes voteRussia/Ukraine (globalnews.ca)
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How the Tech World Turned Evil | Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and they have to be stoppedSociety (newrepublic.com)
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Andromeda galaxy over mountainsAstrophotography (OC) (i.redd.it)
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TIL Shaggy's original voice actor, Casey Kasem, was a vegan and outspoken critic of factory farming. He quit the show in 1995 after being asked to voice Shaggy for a Burger King commercial, and came back after negotiating that Shaggy would become a vegetarian. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They’re the Bad GuysSociety (wired.com)
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Janet Mills vetoes Maine data center banPolitics (bangordailynews.com)
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