Apr 19, 2026
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months
Apr 19, 2026
A new drug that works by making tumors more susceptible to chemotherapy and the immune system has increased survival in those with advanced pancreatic cancer in a trial.
Apr 19, 2026
Poor Gawain.
Apr 18, 2026
TL;DR We’ve temporarily defederated from Hexbear due to a Lemmy bug with very deeply nested comment threads. A thread there triggered repeated crashes on our server, causing errors like 502 pages and “Lemmy is starting” messages. Defederating stops the issue for now. Announcement Due to technical issues, we’ve temporarily defederated from Hexbear until a Lemmy update is available that fixes issues with deeply nested comment chains. There is a known bug in Lemmy (see: github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/6435 ) where very deeply nested comments can trigger excessive recursion during federation. When Lemmy processes these comments, it recursively fetches and verifies parent comments, which can eventually lead to stack overflows. Under normal circumstances this happens rarely (we’ve been seeing it maybe once per day), but it becomes much more problematic when multiple new comments are added to an already deeply nested thread. Each new activity can trigger processing of the same deep chain again. In this case, a thread on Hexbear received a large number of additional replies in a very deep comment chain. This caused Lemmy to repeatedly process that chain, leading to stack overflows, federation worker exhaustion and timeouts. Simply put, parts of the server were crashing, too many tasks piled up at once, and requests started timing out and failing to load You may have see this on the website with 502 errors or the lemmy error screen, and on apps it may have presented you with API timeout errors or “Lemmy is starting” errors. For a visual representation, this graph shows the memory drop each time the server restarts: The flat bit to the left is good, everything is fine. The choppy bit to the right, not so good, everything is not fine. Usually its a one-off comment causing this crash, however in this case the user spent a good portion of time bumping the thread, and we had to process each one of those, each causing a crash, restarting the server, and then crashing on the next in the queue, and so on. I did try removing the offending community from Lemmy.zip to prevent this from happening (It’s quite common behavior in that community to bump threads I think), however we still process all the activities from that community - the only certain fix for now is to defederate until a version of lemmy is released that fixes this. The graph is back to improving now: Hope that all makes sense! Demigodrick
Apr 18, 2026
Every 3D print in NY can be surveilled — from political speech to company prototypes — if these provisions make it into the state budget. We need to act NOW to stop it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/stop-new-yorks-attack-3d-printing #NewYork #3Dprinting
Apr 18, 2026
The Chinese space agency has officially extended the Shenzhou-21 mission by one month, keeping its three-member crew aboard the Tiangong Space Station longer than originally scheduled. This strategic decision, finalized after high-level consultations within China’s manned space program, aims to maximize the scientific and operational output of the current orbital residency. Archived version: archive.is/…/china-extends-shenzhou-21-mission-as… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Apr 18, 2026
Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios has outlined what’s coming up in its next Expedition Window, launching on 28th April, revealing “we’re doing things a little differently”, changing up how players earn Skill Points.
Apr 18, 2026
The Trump administration coerced platforms into removing ICE monitoring projects such as ICE Sightings - Chicagoland and the Eyes Up app, the lawsuit alleges.
Apr 18, 2026
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers Archived version: archive.is/…/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
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Apr 18, 2026
I want a cheese bunker.
Apr 18, 2026
Pope Leo sharply decried the exploitation of natural resources in Africa on Saturday, blasting “despots and tyrants” who guarantee wealth but do not deliver on their promises, leading to suffering and deaths. Archived version: archive.is/…/pope-leo-newly-forceful-global-voice… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Apr 18, 2026
UN experts have said Israel’s “destruction of urban and village housing that displaced persons would have returned to, is consistent with the pattern of domicide that was initiated during the genocide in Gaza.” Archived version: archive.is/…/lebanon-ceasefire-israel-demolitions Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Apr 18, 2026
IRGC reportedly fires on tanker as it tries to pass through strait during brief window when shipping lane had reopened Archived version: archive.is/…/iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-again-u… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Apr 18, 2026
Coal Australia denies its donations to the ‘community-driven association’ amount to astroturfing, but critics accuse the group of misleading the public
Apr 18, 2026
The attacker, who killed six people in Kyiv before police shot him dead, was a Ukrainian citizen born in Moscow Archived version: archive.is/…/terrorist-attack-kyiv-ukraine Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Apr 18, 2026
A co-pilot’s shocking collapse mid-flight raises critical questions about pilot rest and working conditions in the aviation industry.
Apr 18, 2026
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak, has been claimed by the prolific hacking group ShinyHunters. The attackers are threatening to leak millions of records if America’s national passenger railroad company refuses to pay a ransom.
Apr 18, 2026
Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada
Apr 18, 2026
Employees filing their taxes have been notified that fraudulent returns have already been submitted in their names.
Apr 18, 2026
Spotify and several major record labels have secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna’s Archive. Case file: torrentfreak.com/images/aadefault.pdf