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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 05:26:36 JST Ars Technica

   In world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercury

   At least it wasn't novichok.

   https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/08/in-world-first-russian-chess-player-poisons-rivals-board-with-mercury/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Adlangx (lightninhopkins@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 06:58:09 JST Adlangx

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     @arstechnica maybe she was forced to do it. She would have probably won anyway, so it seems weird. Putin does like his subjects to only have a place in his kingdom.

   • jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 07:08:42 JST jwz

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     • Charlie Stross

     @arstechnica Paging @cstross

   • MNeko (mneko@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 07:10:00 JST MNeko

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     @arstechnica Mercury poisoned chess sets, cheating with teledildonics... why are chess players so strange?

   • Grant 🇺🇦ArmUkraine🇺🇦 (grant_m@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 07:48:56 JST Grant 🇺🇦ArmUkraine🇺🇦

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     @arstechnica russia is a terrorist state