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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48657120

No new one today so starting from the bottom

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/124182279

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/31752013

Als Vorsichtsmaßnahme wurden in Frankreich drei Atomreaktoren vorübergehend abgeschaltet. Betroffen sind die Atomkraftwerke Bugey nahe Lyon an der Rhône, Nogent-sur-Seine westlich von Paris und Golfech im Süden des Landes, wie der Betreiber EDF mitteilte. Die Maßnahme soll vermeiden, dass sich die Temperatur der bereits aufgewärmten Flüsse weiter erhöht, weil das Kühlwasser der Reaktoren in sie abgeleitet wird. Bei zwei weiteren Reaktoren wurde die Stromproduktion gedrosselt. Die 57 französischen Atomkraftwerke sind alle an Flüssen oder am Meer gebaut, um das Wasser zum Kühlen der Reaktoren zu nutzen.

A man travelled hundreds of miles to photograph "electric blue waves" at night on a Welsh beach.

The magical phenomenon, known as bioluminescence, was spotted by onlookers at Penmon Point on Anglesey on Saturday.

Paul Joels, 44, drove from Nottinghamshire to capture the "sparkles", along with other photographers and locals from the area.

This is with higher internal res, of course (as in the original low-res+dithering makes it a lot less obvious). I hope compression doesn't muddy it too much.

Between the vertex-color skyboxes and LoD* (and Universal Interactive) there is overlap here with Spyro. Differing though it doesn't use the extra-loops trick for hard(-ish) edges, instead its skyboxes use multiple** meshes (such as the dump, lake, and power plant).

On top of this, there are a lot of other things using meshes+VC:

• particle-like effects
  • falling snow
  • fancy ribbons fly when you break presents
  • falling leaves after collecting rotten eggs
  • floating numbers (HUD too)
    • and their pop effect, very quick though
  • bees (yellow triangles with a darker corner)
• the loading screen goo effect
• 3D meshes on HUD for eggs
• 2D meshes are often used (with some texture usage)
  • key items, ~~precur~~ nitro eggs (world)
    • these have a pixel-shader glow effect on a transparent outer ring of polygons
  • gadget UI icons
  • flame effect in junkyard minefield
  • dog icon in ski area (buried timer)
• horns + goo-covered horns in whoville
• puzzle answer painting in bell tower (+normal bell color after solved)

3D things in the world are a bit mixed. There are a few things that presumably have no texture (for instance some statues, hooks, parts of the sleigh). Characters do have flat color in a texture (face, pocket, belt textures etc) plus vertex shading, so I don't know if they matched the colors there or if characters are entirely done via UV just like the modern trick of UV-color-palettes (or if this distinction even matters that much).

The exception to that might be Max and the ski-area dog that clearly have VC, though I think that's because the textures used (eyes, ear fur) don't actually provide hue like shirts etc.

* just don't play the entire game in widescreen like I did, it messed up the LoD (and the gadget UI element) EDIT: Checking again, not sure how much effect it has on LoD other than messing up the culling on the edges of the screen making it feel worse. I could've sworn there was more mismatch (though I could've also had something else set wrong)

** Oddly, Mt. Crumpet in the picture looks like the verts line up with the skybox perfectly (wireframe view). Though I'd guess that (assuming face-corner VC wasn't a thing) there's a Mt.-Crumpet-shaped-hole in the Skybox. There is however a window in the bell tower that does have a visibly-separate Mt. Crumpet (it's much smaller, like a diorama).

Temperaturen von über 40 Grad führten zu einer spürbaren Belastung der Infrastruktur, erklärte der Konzern am Donnerstag. Hinzu komme das Risiko von Böschungsbränden sowie lokal auftretendem Starkregen und Gewitter mit Sturmböen. Wer seine Reise im Fernverkehr nicht antreten möchte, kann deshalb ab sofort kostenlos sein Ticket stornieren.

„DB bittet alle Reisenden um Verständnis“

Wer bis zum einschließlich 23. Juni ein Ticket für eine Reise bis 30. Juni gebucht hat, kann demnach davon zurücktreten und bekommt sein Geld zurück. „Fahrgäste mit einem digitalen Ticket können dieses online auf bahn.de stornieren“, erklärte die Bahn. „Reisende mit analogen Tickets können sich an ihre DB-Verkaufsstelle vor Ort wenden.“ Es ist das erste mal, dass die DB eine Hitze-Sonderkulanz anbietet - und sie rät allen, die auf ihre Fahrt verzichten können, von der Sonderregelung Gebrauch zu machen. „Zudem bittet die DB alle Reisenden, die in diesen Tagen unterwegs sein müssen, um besondere gegenseitige Rücksichtnahme und um Verständnis gegenüber den Mitarbeitenden der Bahn.“ (afp)

article https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-rent-guidelines-board-approves-2-year-rent-freeze-fulfilling-mamdani-campaign-pledge

Beijing, Moscow Targeting Key UN Posts.

Archived

[...]

Some of the funding China is opposing for 2026-2027 is for the UN support office to assist the Gang Suppression Force. It is a non-UN security force that a small group of countries established to work with the Haitian National Police and armed forces to counter criminal groups that have taken control of much of Haiti.

[...]

Since 2017, Human Rights Watch has documented how China and Russia—two countries with abysmal human rights records—have led a sustained push to cut as many UN human rights posts as possible. Backed by Egypt, Iran, North Korea, and others, they have also sought to defund multiple UN rights investigations around the world.

In addition to Haiti, China is currently seeking to defund UN human rights posts in Syria, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of Congo. Russia is supporting China’s efforts in the peacekeeping budget negotiations, which are scheduled to conclude this week.

[...]

China’s defunding efforts come after the UN leadership was forced to slash UN spending due to a liquidity crisis largely caused by the US withholding billions of dollars of obligatory UN dues and China paying late.

Delegations from Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere are resisting China’s efforts.

[...]

We all now the meme of "I am not Gay but" and then you list a celebrity(or character) you find out. What about the opposite team?

Mine is Shego from Kim possible and Karlach

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/55198015

Beijing, Moscow Targeting Key UN Posts.

Archived

[...]

Some of the funding China is opposing for 2026-2027 is for the UN support office to assist the Gang Suppression Force. It is a non-UN security force that a small group of countries established to work with the Haitian National Police and armed forces to counter criminal groups that have taken control of much of Haiti.

[...]

Since 2017, Human Rights Watch has documented how China and Russia—two countries with abysmal human rights records—have led a sustained push to cut as many UN human rights posts as possible. Backed by Egypt, Iran, North Korea, and others, they have also sought to defund multiple UN rights investigations around the world.

In addition to Haiti, China is currently seeking to defund UN human rights posts in Syria, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of Congo. Russia is supporting China’s efforts in the peacekeeping budget negotiations, which are scheduled to conclude this week.

[...]

China’s defunding efforts come after the UN leadership was forced to slash UN spending due to a liquidity crisis largely caused by the US withholding billions of dollars of obligatory UN dues and China paying late.

Delegations from Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere are resisting China’s efforts.

[...]

The Australian government says it has raised concerns directly with China over the country's new ethnic unity law.

Under a clause in the law, people outside of China can be held legally accountable for undermining "ethnic unity and progress or inciting ethnic separatism".

The European Parliament has called for the law, which is due to come into effect next week, to be repealed.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-26/new-ethnic-unity-law-in-china-could-target-people-overseas/106838836

China says don't be racist, and obviously australia and europe took issue with that. but at what cost, etc.

reminds me if reading about the founding of the league of nations, when the Jaoanese delegation said treat us as equals, be less racist, and the australian, british, and usa delegates said uhh, that would upset out voter base, or similar anyway

xposted from the news mega - almost belongs in c/slop