How/why do large parts of #Pakistan's #economy remain 'informal' despite efforts to #tax it? @umairjaved (LUMS, Lahore) analyses the #bazaar economy in #urban Pakistan, at once a site of power & survival.

Download (free) our Occasional Paper #5: https://www.lse.ac.uk/south-asia-centre/assets/documents/WorkingPapers/PAKISTAN-JAVED-NEGOTIATING-INFORMALITY.pdf

Grand Bazaar is coming back to Battlefield 6, the same tight streets and brutal CQC, but reworked around massive destructibility and on-the-fly map change. 🔥

The fan-favorite map from Battlefield 3 (first seen over 15 years ago) was rebuilt by new designers with help from some of the original creators. In the game's 2027 war setting the Cairo bazaar is a fortified Pax Armata zone. The headline feature is a "fortress destruction" syst...

#SteamAndEpic #Battlefield #Bazaar #Armata #Grand #Cairo

🔥 Grand Bazaar is coming back to Battlefield 6, and it's been upgraded with serious destructibility.

The fan-favourite arena from BF3, tight streets, close-quarters chaos, returns with a mostly new design team plus some original devs. In the game's 2027 war setting the Cairo bazaar is a fortified zone held by Pax Armata. The headline change is large-scale destruction: players can blow through walls and buildings, carving new routes...

#SteamAndEpic #Battlefield #Bazaar #Armata #BRUTAL #Grand

Big online bazaars should have a "random item listing" button, like Wikipedia has a "random article' one.

#idea #bazaar #random

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Q4OS will do whatever Debian does regarding age attestation/verification:
https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6109

Linux Mint 23 Getting New Cinnamon Screenshots Tool, Network Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-23-getting-new-cinnamon-screenshots-tool-network-improvements

openSUSE Releases Agama 21 Installer with Better Network Management:
https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-releases-agama-21-installer-with-better-network-management

Ubuntu Core 26 cuts OTA update size, enables ARM64 Livepatch:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-core-26-release

Fedora Pulls the Plug on Deepin Over Security and Maintenance Failures:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17344914/fedora-ditches-deepin

Nitrux 6.1 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by Linux Kernel 7.0:
https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-6-1-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0

Mageia 10 RC1 available with new artwork, updated packages:
https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/05/19/mageia-10-rc1/

Tails 7.8 Anonymous Linux OS Patches Recent Kernel Flaws, Removes Thunderbird:
https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-8-anonymous-linux-os-patches-recent-kernel-flaws-removes-thunderbird

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 Released with Optional Command-Line AI Assistant:
https://9to5linux.com/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-2-released-with-optional-command-line-ai-assistant

AlmaLinux to Unveil Media & Entertainment Edition at AlmaLinux Day on July 18th:
https://9to5linux.com/almalinux-to-unveil-media-entertainment-edition-at-almalinux-day-on-july-18th

This Week in Plasma: Xe Driver Support and Polishing Discover:
https://blogs.kde.org/2026/05/23/this-week-in-plasma-xe-driver-support-and-polishing-discover/

Phosh 0.55.0 released with new Syncthing quick setting, Phoc updated wlroots 0.20.0, various bug fixes and improvements:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.55.0/

GNOME Commander 2.0 Released Following Rewrite In Rust & GTK4:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Commander-2.0

Bazaar 0.8.1 Fixes Flatpak Update Glitches and Tightens GNOME App Store UI:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/bazaar-081-released/

"AM" AppImage Manager 10.2.1 Fixes Desktop File Mess and Catches Typos Before They Happen:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/am-1021-released/

Shelly 2.3.1 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves Notifications:
https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-3-1-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-improves-notifications

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Q4OS #LinuxMint #openSUSE #Ubuntu #UbuntuCore #Fedora #Nitrux #Mageia #Mageia10 #Tails #TailsOS #RHEL #RHEL102 #AlmaLinux #KDE #KDEPlasma #Phosh #GNOMECommander #Bazaar #AppImageManager #Shelly #SoftwareStore #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #DesktopLinux #LinuxDesktop #DistroRelease #DesktopEnvironment #FosseryTech

齋藤飛鳥さんが幼少期に影響を受けたアニメ作品は？もし監督としてアニメを作るならどんな作品？👀🩵

世界最大級のアニメアワード『クランチロール・アニメアワード2026』が東京で開催📺🏆　200以上の国と地域のアニメファンによる投票のもと、ノミネート作品の関係者や著名なクリエイターたちが一堂に集結❤️‍🔥 開催10周年と [...]
#MAGMOE #JP #JAPAN #Celebrity #Harper'sBAZAARJapan #BAZAAR #BAZAARJapan #Harper
https://www.magmoe.com/2989338/harpers-bazaar-japan/2026-05-23/