Biden condemns ‘antisemitic protests’ — and absence of Palestinian empathy, too (www.politico.com)
The Computer As A Brain Metaphor (arxiv.org)
This was originally going to be posted on Fuck AI, but it really applies to technology far more generally.
Elon Musk wanted Tesla to slash its headcount by 20% because its quarterly vehicle deliveries fell by that much, Bloomberg source says (www.businessinsider.com)
Elon Musk wanted Tesla to reduce its workforce by one-fifth, Bloomberg reported....
10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say (apnews.com)
Brandon O’Quinn Rasberry, 32, was shot in the head in 2022 while he slept at an RV park in Nixon, Texas, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Antonio, investigators said. He had just moved in a few days before....
Balatro: A Lemmy community for a roguelike deckbuilder game called Balatro (lemm.ee)
Come Join us on !balatro and Talk about this amazing addictive game :) Balatro
As Supreme Court takes up homeless ban, a city’s unhoused feel abandoned (www.washingtonpost.com)
“It wasn’t that long ago that I was part of the community,” said Gutowski, sitting at a picnic table in a park about a mile from her old house. “But the more I’m out here, the more angry I get. … They’re not trying to make things better for us, or help us have another shelter, or keep us safe — or help us even...
How Columbia’s Student Radio Station Is Meeting the Moment (www.motherjones.com)
New Legislation Would Expand Access to Disaster Relief, Provide Help With Titles for Large Number of Black Landowners (www.propublica.org)
ActivityPods: Federated Solid Pods (wedistribute.org)
ActivityPods is a wild project that’s bringing the architecture and data capabilities of Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid Protocol to the Fediverse. We dig in to what it is, how it works, and what’s currently possible with the framework.
The missiles that could give US ally the edge over China (www.newsweek.com)
The Philippines, a U.S. ally, has hailed as a “game-changer” the delivery of new supersonic missiles that it believes will significantly beef up its coastal defenses amid rising tensions with China....
How to pickup girls 101 (sh.itjust.works)
Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity (www.sipri.org)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/4355006...
kingdom come: deliverance II reveal (yt.drgnz.club)
i avoid hype but as a massive fan of the original kcd and the honesty of this reveal, im hyped! wont be pre-ordering though, never pre-order its bad for the industry and consumers.
Any restaurants you know that are reducing plastic? (fedia.io)
Looking to see if you know of any restaurants doing anything interesting for reducing takeout plastic waste....
NYT Opinion: Government Surveillance Keeps Us Safe (www.nytimes.com)
Robert Kraft Says He’s Pulling Funding for Columbia Amid Pro-Palestine Protests (www.thedailybeast.com)
Thank you for making Owncast a success in 2023 (gabekangas.com)
You can define success any way you like. But I'm happy with the direction of the project, and I'm thankful for everyone who has helped make it happen.
TIL about raisin juice concentrate - some truly Goldbergian food science (www.delightedcooking.com)
‘Workers end up paying the price’: laborers call for safer building sites (www.theguardian.com)
Falls, slips and trips accounted for 865 worker fatalities in 2022 – more than 400 of whom worked in construction...
Climate Crisis-Driven Disasters are Disproportionately Decimating Asia - Affecting Millions (www.thecanary.co)
Android 15 could stop you from leaking sensitive content while screen sharing (www.androidpolice.com)
Exclusive: China acquired recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers, tenders show (www.reuters.com)
Chinese universities and research institutes recently obtained high-end Nvidia artificial intelligence chips through resellers, despite the U.S. widening a ban last year on the sale of such technology to China....
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth (blogs.nasa.gov)
Boston police failed to arrest 'serial rapist' for years despite DNA evidence (www.wbur.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/boston-alvin-campbell-rape-case…