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til·Today I LearnedbyLroy

TIL that in 2025, Americans spent roughly $166 billion on gambling. That’s more than the entire U.S. movie, music, book, and museum industries combined.

TIL that in 2025, Americans spent roughly $166 billion on gambling. That’s more than the entire U.S. movie, music, book, and museum industries combined.

http://fortune.com/2026/07/26/gambling-america-pastime-spend-sports-bets-movies-arts-museums-music/Open link View original on lemmy.world

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world·World NewsbyLroy

Tiananmen Square vigil organisers found guilty in Hong Kong of ‘inciting subversion’

Tiananmen Square vigil organisers found guilty in Hong Kong of ‘inciting subversion’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/21/tiananmen-square-vigil-hong-kong-alliance-activists-guilty-verdict-lee-cheuk-yan-chow-hang-tungOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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mildlyinteresting·Mildly InterestingbyLroy

Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment

Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/21/python-jodie-foster-snake-cancer-electrochemotherapyOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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Can we make blood transfusions safer by testing for proteins linked to strokes and Alzheimer’s?

Can we make blood transfusions safer by testing for proteins linked to strokes and Alzheimer’s?

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/aug/can-we-make-blood-transfusions-safer-testing-proteins-linked-strokes-and-alzheimersOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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Red Bull secretly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pockets of so-called "reputable" scientists. They churned out bogus papers downplaying the risks of energy drinks

Red Bull secretly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pockets of so-called "reputable" scientists. They churned out bogus papers downplaying the risks of energy drinks

https://www.theexamination.org/articles/red-bull-funded-research-energy-drinks-alcoholOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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Researchers make air-stable, ultrathin superconductors, for more scalable quantum devices

Researchers make air-stable, ultrathin superconductors, for more scalable quantum devices

https://news.mit.edu/2026/researchers-make-air-stable-ultrathin-superconductors-more-scalable-quantum-devices-0805Open link View original on lemmy.world

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world·World NewsbyLroy

UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears

UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/20/piracy-fears-prompt-calls-for-ban-on-meta-smart-glasses-in-uk-cinemasOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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Exclusive: National Science Foundation set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades

Exclusive: National Science Foundation set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02574-6Open link View original on lemmy.world

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ukraine·UkrainebyLroy

President Zelenskyy Fires Top Aide Suspected in $3.3 Million Money Laundering Case

President Zelenskyy Fires Top Aide Suspected in $3.3 Million Money Laundering Case

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/zelenskyy-dismisses-senior-aide-suspected-in-33-million-money-laundering-caseOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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Scientists discover how algae colonized corals — a symbiosis that fueled the growth of the world’s reefs

Scientists discover how algae colonized corals — a symbiosis that fueled the growth of the world’s reefs

https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/07/01/scientists-discover-how-algae-colonized-corals-a-symbiosis-that-fueled-the-growth-of-the-worlds-reefs/Open link View original on lemmy.world

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world·World NewsbyLroy

Australian police charge man accused of attempting to share Ukrainian military intelligence with Russian agents

Australian police charge man accused of attempting to share Ukrainian military intelligence with Russian agents

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/21/vladimir-teslov-australian-charged-sharing-ukraine-intel-russian-agents-ntwnfbOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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football·FootballbyLroy

Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Argentina over Falklands banner and final chaos

Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Argentina over Falklands banner and final chaos

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/29/fifa-open-disciplinary-proceedings-against-argentina-over-falklands-banner-and-final-chaosOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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california·CaliforniabyLroy

California has an affordability crisis. The fix may be politically uncomfortable.

California has an affordability crisis. The fix may be politically uncomfortable.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/08/19/california-has-an-affordability-crisis-the-fix-may-be-politically-uncomfortable/Open link View original on lemmy.world

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unitedkingdom·United KingdombyLroy

Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by university

Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by university

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevmrjd9lj1oOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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world·World NewsbyLroy

Somalia faces another hunger crisis and the UN food agency head says it has far less funds to help

Somalia faces another hunger crisis and the UN food agency head says it has far less funds to help

https://apnews.com/article/hunger-food-aid-somalia-africa-wfp-bdc6a4432a2e9d40c5eb4b63b61d0090Open link View original on lemmy.world

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ireland·Éire / IrelandbyLroy

Mark Zuckerberg buys 440-acre Strancally castle estate in Ireland

Mark Zuckerberg buys 440-acre Strancally castle estate in Ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/20/mark-zuckerberg-buys-440-acre-strancally-castle-estate-in-irelandOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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world·World NewsbyLroy

Prices soar as Gaza smuggling booms. Officials, soldiers and middlemen are accused of cashing in

Prices soar as Gaza smuggling booms. Officials, soldiers and middlemen are accused of cashing in

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-smuggling-goods-israel-hamas-war-0eb43885ba1ee2045457b4bb8d26dfd5Open link View original on lemmy.world

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world·World NewsbyLroy

Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed brief hospital visit after uproar over health

Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed brief hospital visit after uproar over health

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/20/imran-khan-hospital-pakistanOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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football·FootballbyLroy

Uefa and Concacaf discuss joint Nations League in latest challenge to Fifa

Uefa and Concacaf discuss joint Nations League in latest challenge to Fifa

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/21/uefa-concacaf-talks-set-up-combined-nations-league-tournamentOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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world·World NewsbyLroy

Man arrested over Nord Stream bombing was consultant on film about it starring Sean Penn

Man arrested over Nord Stream bombing was consultant on film about it starring Sean Penn

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/20/man-arrested-nord-stream-volodymyr-zhuravlev-consultant-film-sean-penn-snake-islandOpen link View original on lemmy.world

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