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Easy read summary ::: spoiler spoiler More Than 90 Wildfires Are Out of Control in Canada

Dozens of huge wildfires have suddenly started across Canada, already forcing 21,000 evacuations and spitting out poisonous smoke into the air.

The provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan have both declared a state of emergency, as several separate blazes raged out of control.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney is sending in the military to help move residents and fight fires in Manitoba, where 17,000 people have been forced to evacuate.

In Saskatchewan, where 4,000 people have ran away from their homes, the conditions are "as extreme" as "anything that we have faced for quite some period of time, if not ever", premier Scott Moe said.

Over the last few years, Canadian fires have waved in the dirty smoke across North America, way spreading scary, orange-colored skies and very dirty air across New York in 2023.

Daniel Swain, climate scientist and weather expert at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), said smoke from Canada was already visible in the western US state of Colorado today, carried by favourable winds.

The countries share firefighting resources and will likely have to fight strong wildfire seasons at the same time later this year, creating competition for supplies.

This challenge will be "compounded by recent extreme cuts to emergency response, wildland firefighting, and weather prediction" by the Trump administration, added Dr Swain.

Fire-friendly weather that created exceptional blazes in eastern Canada in 2023 was made at least seven times more likely by climate change, scientists at World Weather Attribution found. :::

Easy read summary ::: spoiler spoiler Easy read summary

America’s Military Humiliation

When, in reaction to the war in Gaza, the Houthis of Yemen started imposing their blockade on the Red Sea, it was seen as a sure sign of waning American power: a global hegemon was allowing its control over a vital sea route to be contested.

And so, in January 2024, Operation Poseidon Archer was launched, which involved British as well as American aircraft trying to bomb the Houthis into submission.

The operation was unsuccessful, doing almost nothing to dent Houthi attacks or open up the Red Sea to shipping.

Operation Poseidon Archer was followed by Operation Rough Rider, in March of this year, which tried to show a new, much more muscular American military response against Houthi targets in Yemen — for all of six weeks.

US warplanes pounded Yemen around the clock, with rare and expensive stealth bombers flying missions out of Diego Garcia in support of carrier-based aircraft.

This was trumpeted as a beautiful victory for the US military, with the Houthis finally promising to not attack US ships anymore, and America kindly returning the gesture.

The Houthis only had to stop attacking American ships in exchange for America stopping the bombing; they were free to continue preventing access the Red Sea or firing missiles at Israel.

Trump’s Operation Rough Rider, unlike Biden’s operations, utilised many of America’s most limited, expensive, and advanced weapons to try to bring the Houthis to heel.

But the US has no alternative modes of warfare to fall back on, which means that its days as a military hegemon are probably coming to a close.

To understand just how big a mess the air war against the Houthis has turned out to be, it’s important to understand a very basic rule to US military inventories.

For while, on paper, America has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, an impressive figure that far outstrips any other country on the planet, that top line figure is barely relevant in practice.

The UK has two large aircraft carriers, putting it near the top of the international leaderboard when it comes to the ability to project military force.

The number of carriers the UK can actually send out and use is far lower, a number which is fairly close to zero.

For while the ships exist, the Royal Navy doesn't have the crew, the planes, the escorts, and the organizational ability to actually put them to use for any length of time in a real war.

Though the situation for the US Navy isn't quite as terrible and serious, in practice, the problem is the same: it cannot realistically put more than two to four carriers to sea at any given moment.

For Operation Rough Rider, the US Air Force added some six B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, many would say the most advanced (and by far the most expensive) airframe in the US storehouse of weapons.

But a closer look at these planes suggest that those six used in Rough Rider very likely represent the whole list of working US stealth bombers.

Only half of US bombers even qualify for what’s called "mission capable" status on an average day, a status which doesn't actually mean that the plane works; it simply means the plane isn't completely broken.

“Full mission capable” is your standard Pentagon-speak; it means the plane is in working order, has nothing broken that’s really important, and can realistically be used for what it was built for.

America basically pulled out all the stops to attack the Houthis.

Fighting a very expensive and intensive air war against a group of armed citizens controlling most of Yemen, the fourth-poorest nation in the world.

The cost to operate a B-2 stealth bomber is very high on a per-hour basis; and their delicate stealth coating is not particularly especially of the warm, salty sea air at Diego Garcia.

America also committed roughly half of its active carriers, spent a fortune in land attack and air defence missiles, and it even cannibalised ammo stores and air defence systems from the Pacific theatre of operations for the benefit of the operation.

The US couldn’t establish air supremacy, meaning it couldn’t risk flying its older, non-stealth planes for fear of losing them.

This is not a problem of weakness or fear, but of force generation: even if the US military suffers zero losses due to enemy fire in the years ahead, scheduled to shrink steeply and dangerously.

This shrinkage and loss of capacity is just due to America’s planes and ships wearing out, with not enough workers, dockyards, engineers, and dollars to replace them.

The result of this American Achilles’ heel has been an very expensive reliance — when it has come to defending the Red Sea what’s commonly called “standoff” weaponry.

But even then, there were problems: according to leaked reports, even the well respected F-35 stealth fighter had to avoid incoming anti-air missiles on at least one occasion.

In Operation Rough Rider, the US sent out and used many of its most rare and custom-made weapons, such as the AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile) as well as heavy, specialised bunker-buster bombs.

Trump could have sent another carrier to the area in support of his operation, bringing the total up to three.

But this would hardly have made much difference to the air campaign because the problem with this offensive wasn’t lack of deck space or fighter sorties.

US planes were too wary to go anywhere near Yemen’s air defence, and even stealth jets were according to reports not completely safe.

Operation Rough Rider was supposed to be a clear show of force against an under-prepared, internally divided third-world nation.

Instead, it ended up looking like the last hurrah of a truly old and useless form of warfare, unable to successfully deal with cheaper and better anti-air weapon systems.

Iran is far bigger than Yemen, with a much more strong air defence network.

The critical parts of Iran’s nuclear programme are kept under hundreds of feet of solid mountain.

The US, using the heaviest and most advanced weapons in its whole arsenal, did not succeed against the much shallower Houthi bunkers and missile storage facilities in Yemen.

All of the problems that forced America’s tacit surrender of the Suez canal would be large and be far more deadly in any action against Iran.

With exploding deficits, a growing internal political problem, and a slowly collapsing military, America is a leopard that doesn't have the ability to even attempt to change its spots. :::

Easy read summary ::: spoiler spoiler ICE Raided a Restaurant in San Diego. ICE Tossed Two Flash Bangs at the Crowd.

Immigration officers swarmed a restaurant late Friday afternoon in South Park, escorting two employees out in a raid that left the staff deeply shaken.

Usually Buona Forchetta has customers waiting out front, lined up to enter the popular Beech Street restaurant.

Instead, after an hour-and-15 minute operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the jittery crowd wasn’t waiting for Italian food.

Both the main restaurant and their smaller place next door were broken into and witnesses said when the group of officers tried to remove two workers, they met a hostile response.

ICE officers tossed two flash bangs to back the crowd off.

The restaurant’s manager, Renato Ametrano, described what happened, saying the ICE officers showed “up with no explanation.”

He said there were about 20-25 officers who “surrounded the building and then came inside” pushing him against the wall and handcuffing him.

They frightened the workers, many of them students, Ametrano said, describing ICE personnel as “very aggressive” while handcuffing other members of the staff.

He said the officers were looking at a computer and at workers.

Instead, they took two workers, said Ametrano, because “they didn’t have a physical ID.”

Ametrano said only ICE officers were involved, not San Diego police.

Easy read summary ::: spoiler spoiler Iran Summons Austrian Envoy Citing ‘Baseless Claims’ Over Nuclear Program

Iran summoned Austria's charge d'affaires on 30 May to protest a recent Austrian intelligence report claiming Tehran is advancing its nuclear weapons program.

The report, published by Austria's domestic intelligence agency, described Iran's nuclear development as "highly advanced" and stated that international efforts to block it had failed.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, dismissed the report as "Baseless and politically motivated," calling it a media stunt and demanding clarification from the Austrian government.

The US and Iran have completed five rounds of talks over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.

A sixth-round has not yet been scheduled. Iran is seeking to have US economic sanctions lifted through the negotiations.

Last month, Saudi Arabia's defence minister warned Iranian officials "take President Donald Trump's offer to negotiate a nuclear agreement seriously because it presents a way to avoid the risk of war with Israel"

The protest comes days before the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is due to release its occasional report on Iran's nuclear activities. :::

It's weird that this is what they take issue with, the article almost makes him relatable.

Summary of the article ::: spoiler spoiler Elon Musk Used So Much Ketamine He Wrecked His Bladder

The tech mogul bought himself a perch inside the White House by donating at least $275 million of his own money to get Donald Trump re-elected as president, but he alienated administration insiders and the president's allies with his drug use and erratic behavior, reported the New York Times.

Musk plays video games for hours on end and posts almost constantly, day or night, on his social media platform X, and sources familiar with his habits say the billionaire struggles with binge eating and takes weight-loss medication in addition to his documented history of using recreational drugs.

The tech baron admitted in a March 2024 to taking ketamine about once every two weeks as a prescribed treatment for a mood disorder, saying that he was unable to work if he took it more often, but the Times found his habit was far more serious.

He told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use.

"Mr. Musk had been using ketamine often, sometimes daily, and mixing it with other drugs, according to people familiar with his consumption," the newspaper reported.

"He also took Ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms at private gatherings across the United States and in at least one other country, according to those who attended the events," the report added. :::

Easy read summary ::: spoiler spoiler Elon Musk Used So Much Ketamine He Wrecked His Bladder

The tech billionaire irritated administration insiders and the president's friends with his drug use and unpredictable, strange behaviour.

Musk plays video games for hours on end and posts almost constantly on X formerly Twitter.

sources familiar with his habits say the billionaire struggles with eating way too much in a short time and takes weight-loss medicine.

This is in addition to his recorded history of using recreational drugs.

The tech billionaire admitted in a March 2024 to taking ketamine about once every two weeks as a prescribed treatment for his mood problems, but his habit was far more serious.

He told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful pain-killer, that it was affecting his bladder.

Mr. Musk had been using ketamine often, sometimes daily, and mixing it with other drugs, according to people who know about his consumption," the newspaper reported.

He also took ecstasy and psychedelics mushrooms at private gatherings across the United States and in at least one other country, according to those who attended the events :::

Summary of the article ::: spoiler spoiler China Doubles Down on Building Telescopes in Thailand to Monitor Earth Using Space Signals.

China has completed its first overseas new-generation radio telescope in northern Thailand, bolstering a global scientific network that monitors deep space signals and tracks subtle shifts in the Earth’s rotation and tectonic plates. The 13-metre (43-foot) radio antenna, jointly developed by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, was officially inaugurated in Chiang Mai on May 16, according to the observatory’s WeChat account. Together with a second telescope under construction in Songkhla, southern Thailand, the station will enhance deep-space tracking and high-precision Earth monitoring, contributing to more accurate GPS, climate research and earthquake forecasting. Ding Chibiao, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, described the Chiang Mai telescope as “a role model of scientific cooperation between China and Thailand”. Supachai Pathumnakul, permanent secretary of Thailand’s higher education and science ministry, said the telescope reflected the growing scientific partnership between the two nations and would deliver high quality data for global research efforts. By April, it had completed a full 24-hour observation session – including enhanced measurements of Earth’s rotation – as part of a network of similar Chinese telescopes.

The two telescopes in Thailand are part of a technique called Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), which links multiple radio telescopes across vast distances to function as one enormous, Earth-sized antenna. These features allow the instrument to process vast amounts of information in real time, supporting continuous and highly accurate observations of both space and Earth, according to the observatory.

While traditional VLBI systems relied on slower measurements and narrower bandwidths, new-generation stations are designed to provide faster, continuous monitoring with unprecedented precision, meeting the demands of modern geodesy and space science.

All are 13-metre new-generation antennas, and together they form part of the Chinese VLBI Network. :::

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I've just started reading trans liberation! Thank you comrade!

Summary of the article ::: spoiler spoiler UK Prosecutors Collaborate With Israel to Persecute Anti-genocide Activists as ‘Terrorists’: Report

UK prosecutors are colluding with Israeli embassy officials to classify protesters resisting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza as terrorists and to imprison them on heavily politicized grounds, an investigation by The Grayzone journalist Kit Klarenberg showed.

“Documents released by the British government reveal that London has been coordinating with Israeli officials to prosecute protestors associated with activist group Palestine Action for disrupting the operations of Elbit Systems, which manufactures deadly weapons being used in the genocide in Gaza,” Klarenberg wrote.

The documents suggest that Israel has successfully lobbied the UK to abandon well-established legal standards in order to charge activists resisting Israel’s genocide under harsh counter-terror laws.

A file released by the British government showed that Nicola Smith, the Head of International Law at Britain’s Attorney General’s Office, shared “contact details” for UK prosecutors and counter-terror investigators with Israel’s Deputy Ambassador to London, Daniela Grudsky Ekstein, in August 2024.

This allowed the Israeli deputy ambassador to promote the prosecution of 10 activists affiliated with Palestine Action, known as the “Filton 10,” who were imprisoned after raiding an Elbit factory in Filton, South West England.

Three months after AGO officials provided the Israeli embassy with contact details of the officers investigating the activists behind the raid of the Filton facility, 10 more Palestine Action demonstrators involved in the action were arrested. Eight were charged and imprisoned under the same counterterror powers.

The imprisoned activists are now known as the “Filton 18.”

The mother of one of the imprisoned Filton 18 activists told The Grayzone that revelations of AGO officials collaborating with Israeli officials to prosecute her 21-year-old daughter Zoe made her “feel physically sick.” :::

Summary of the article ::: spoiler spoiler China’s $70B Stimulus Bomb Could Ignite Massive Investment Wave Just as Tariffs Return

China is loading a new weapon in its stimulus arsenal $70 billion capital injection that could be leveraged up to fund a wave of domestic infrastructure projects.

According to people familiar with the plan, the financing tool will run through China’s three policy banks, who’ll raise funds by issuing bonds or taking direct stakes in strategic projects. That initial capital could unlock multiple layers of debt financing, potentially multiplying total investment several times over.

And while no official launch date has been confirmed, China’s National Development and Reform Commission has promised to finalize key projects and kick off the new tool by the end of June. The setup echoes a 2022 pandemic-era program, which raised over 740 billion yuan via policy bank bonds and helped keep the economy afloat during lockdowns.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and other firms deeply embedded in China’s EV and digital infrastructure ecosystems could see knock-on effects depending on how capital deployment shapes demand and industrial policy.

For now, this new financing mechanism could be the clearest signal yet that Beijing is betting on high-tech infrastructure and consumer engines exports to drive its next phase of growth. :::

Shit's so grim, be safe everyone.

Summary of the article ::: spoiler spoiler Billowing Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Wafts Into the U.S.

Thick, billowing clouds of smoke are sweeping south from wildfires ravaging the central Canadian province of Manitoba into parts of the United States, compromising air quality for millions of Americans across several northern states.

The Manitoba wildfires have forced 17,000 people to flee the province, according to Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, who called the evacuation the largest in recent history. "With the wildfires in northern Manitoba intensifying, our government has triggered a provincewide state of emergency to help us through this crisis," Kinew said in a statement on Wednesday.

As the out-of-control blazes continue to ravage the province's prized wildlands, heavy clouds of smoke from the fires are making their way into the United States. The states most heavily impacted — Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota — have all issued air quality alerts for their residents.

Alerts in Wisconsin and Michigan counties are in effect until Saturday, with both states warning that the quality of air will become unhealthy for sensitive groups, including children, anyone with respiratory issues and older people.

In Minnesota, where the entire state is under alert for compromised air quality, the state's Pollution Control Agency warned that air quality was expected to reach the red category — impacting both sensitive groups and some members of the general public.

In 2024, while still dealing with fires carried over from the previous year, the nation fared only slightly better, experiencing its worst outbreak of wild blazes since 1995, excluding 2023. Wildfire smoke is pouring over the border into the U.S., impacting air quality and health hundreds of miles from the fires themselves. The U.S. has also battled increasingly devastating wildfires over recent years as climate change has made larger wildfires more likely and more intense. :::

Summary of the article ::: spoiler spoiler

Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American

The Trump administration is collecting data on all Americans, and they are enlisting the data analysis company Palantir to do it. The New York Times reports that President Trump has enlisted the firm, founded by far-right billionaire Peter Thiel, to carry out his March executive order instructing government agencies to share data with each other.

Meanwhile, Palantir has taken more than $113 million in government spending since Trump took office, from both existing contracts and new ones with the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. Palantir is speaking with various other agencies across the federal government, including the Social Security Administration and the IRS, about buying its technology, according to the Times.

The administration’s efforts to compile data began under Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative, which sought Americans’ personal data from multiple agencies including the IRS, the SSA, Selective Service, Medicare, and many others.

Thiel already has multiple ties to DOGE, both through Musk and through many of his former employees working for the effort or taking other jobs in the Trump administration.

And this data collection effort could give Thiel, Musk, and Trump unprecedented power over Americans, with the president being better able to punish his critics and target immigrants. Palantir’s involvement also gives a powerful tech company access to this data, and its CEO, Alex Karp, doesn’t exactly have a benign agenda, hoping to cash in on American techno-militarism. :::

Summary of the article ::: spoiler spoiler Macron Warns the West Could Lose Credibility Over Ukraine and Gaza Wars

Macron pointed out that if Russia could take Ukrainian territory "without any restrictions, without any constraints… what could happen in Taiwan?

Many in Asia worry of instability in the region should China attempt to forcibly “reunify” with Taiwan, China has increasingly clashed with the Philippines over competing claims in the South China Sea. Macron later answered a question posed by the BBC’s security correspondent Frank Gardner on Europe’s military role in Asia while a full-scale war was still raging on the continent. “If both the US and Europeans are unable to fix in the short term the Ukrainian situation, I think the credibility of both the US and Europeans pretending to fix any crisis in this region would be very low.”

US President Donald Trump has put increasing pressure on both Russia and Ukraine’s leaders to end the war, and has appeared to give Vladimir Putin a two-week deadline.

Macron also made his point about double standards on the war in Gaza, acknowledging there was a perception the West has given a “free pass” to Israel.

He stressed the importance of working towards a ceasefire and mutual recognition of a Palestinian state, saying: “If we abandon Gaza, if we consider there is a free pass for Israel, even if we do condemn the terrorist attacks, we kill our own credibility in the rest of the world.”

In recent weeks, European leaders have criticised Israel’s attacks for exacerbating the increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza.

He has been fiercely criticised by Israel, with the foreign ministry on Friday saying: “Instead of applying pressure on the jihadist terrorists, Macron wants to reward them with a Palestinian state.”

He touted France as an example of being friends with both the US and China while guarding its own sovereignty, and said this model could form the basis of a new alliance between Europe and Asia.

“We want to act, we want to preserve our stability and our peace and our prosperity,” he said, calling for a “positive new alliance between Europe and Asia” where they would ensure “our countries are not collateral damage of the imbalances linked to the choices made by the superpowers”.

He noted that both Europe and Asia’s challenges were increasingly intertwined, and referenced the Ukraine war again where North Korea has been aiding Russia’s efforts with thousands of its troops.

North Korea has supported Russia in its war in Ukraine by sending thousands of troops

Macron said that in the past he had objected to the Western alliance Nato having a role in Asia, “because I don’t want to be involved with someone else’s strategic rivalry”.

“But what’s happening with North Korea being present alongside Russia on European soil is a big question for all of us,” he said.

“So this is why if China doesn’t want Nato involved in South-East Asia or Asia, they should prevent clearly [North Korea] from being engaged on European soil.”

Observers agree China would likely be angered by Macron’s speech, with Dr Duchatel noting the French leader’s comments on Taiwan were “the furthest he has gone” on the issue.

Some parts of Asia may welcome Macron’s message on strategic autonomy given their anxieties about choosing between the US and China, said Andrew Small, senior fellow of the Asia-Pacific programme of Washington-based think tank GMF.

“His argument is that most of the rest of the world does not want to be stuck with this dichotomy and wants to hold together some version of global order - that’s what a number of states in Asia would agree,” he said.

Among several European and Asian states, Dr Small said, there was “genuine concern about how China will interpret a Russian victory” in Ukraine, while “the Trump administration takes a different view and is trying to make the case that there is no read across”.

He added that Macron’s mention of the recognition of a Palestinian state - on which France has been leading European efforts - was to signal “we are moving on this”. :::

Summary of the article: ::: spoiler spoiler

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Trump Revoke Humanitarian Legal Status for Migrants

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let President Donald Trump’s administration revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States, bolstering the Republican president’s drive to step up deportations.

The court put on hold Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s order halting the administration’s move to end the immigration “parole” granted to 532,000 of these migrants by Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden, potentially exposing many of them to rapid removal, while the case plays out in lower courts.

Immigration parole is a form of temporary permission under American law to be in the country for “urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit,” allowing recipients to live and work in the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security subsequently moved to terminate them in March, cutting short the two-year parole grants.

The administration said revoking the parole status would make it easier to place migrants in a fast-track deportation process called “expedited removal.”

As with many of the court’s orders issued in an emergency fashion, Friday’s decision was unsigned and gave no reasoning.

The Supreme Court on May 19 also let Trump end a deportation protection called temporary protected status that had been granted under Biden to about 350,000 Venezuelans living in the United States, while that legal dispute plays out.

Biden starting in 2022 let Venezuelans who entered the United States by air request a two-year parole if they passed security checks and had a U.S. financial sponsor.

A group of migrants granted parole and Americans who serve as their sponsors sued, claiming the administration violated federal law governing the actions of government agencies.

The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to put the judge’s decision on hold.

"Once again, the Trump administration blatantly proves their disregard for the lives of those truly in need of protection by taking away their status and rendering them undocumented.

The administration called Friday’s decision a victory, asserting that the migrants granted parole had been poorly vetted.

Those applications had been frozen by Trump’s administration but the freeze was lifted this week, said Tumlin, adding: “Those should be processed right now.”

Migrants with parole status reacted to Friday’s decision with sadness and disappointment.

“We complied with all the requirements the United States government asked for,” said Padilla, who lives in Austin, Texas, and delivers Amazon packages.

Retired university professor Wilfredo Sanchez, 73, has had parole status for a year and a half, living in Denver with his U.S. citizen daughter, a doctor.

Carlos Daniel Urdaneta, 30, has lived in Atlanta for three years with parole status, working in a restaurant, since coming to the United States to earn money to send to his ill mother in Venezuela :::

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Can you please tell me his name comrade, I don't know anything about Atlus' culture nor played any of their published games besides trapgunner and hellnight

Defining sense to understand the sentence meaning is a basic tool of semantics, due to the lack of common cultural referential, if you are that tepid to not understand it there's no point in continuing, disengage. Also don't bend theory to justify your dullnes it's not Marxist

First, where did you get this from? "Working out is absolutely not a hobby by any definition of the word" It falls within the denotation of the word given it's sense being:

Cambridge dictionary: "An activity that someone does for pleasure when they are not working"

Collins dictionary: "A hobby is an activity that you enjoy doing in your spare time"

Oxford Learners dictionary: "An activity that you do for pleasure when you are not working"

Wiktionary: "An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time"

Second is your meaning of hobby is not defined enough, paraphrasing: A hobby is something creative or that develops creative skill. But later on you disagree on videogames that are used to create and express creativity being a hobby.

Your meaning of hobby seems to relate more with if something is manual/physical media than about just relating to creativity or creative skill.

Bibliography

hobby. (2025). Retrieved April 5, 2025, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hobby

Hobby definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary. (n.d.). Www.collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025, from https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hobby

hobby noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com. (2022). Oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025, from https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hobby

hobby - Wiktionary, the free dictionary. (2025). Wiktionary. Retrieved April 5, 2025, from https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/hobby

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