First day using Linux Mint instead of Windows 11 (kbin.social)
It feels faster and it seems to use up less storage....
Anti-UAW Media in Alabama Is Owned by Influential GOP Consultant With Corporate Ties (truthout.org)
Ukraine can strike inside Russia with British weapons, UK’s Cameron says (www.politico.eu)
UK’s top diplomat also pledges £3 billion of annual military help to Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes.’...
Congress lets broadband funding run out, ending $30 low-income discounts (arstechnica.com)
A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll (theconversation.com)
An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride (apnews.com)
With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was Air Force Secretary...
Building a (Mini) 3D Flutter Game Engine - Part 1 (nick-fisher.com)
(Non)CredibleDefense™ moment (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Microsoft's latest Windows update breaks VPNs, and there's no fix (www.pcworld.com)
Rudy Guliani Blows Past the $43,000 Budget He Committed to in Bankruptcy Proceedings (www.nytimes.com)
That amount would cover, among other expenses, $5,000 in alimony payments to his ex-wife Judith Giuliani, $1,050 for food and housekeeping supplies and $425 for “personal care products and services.” He was also obliged to cover $13,500 in monthly nursing-home expenses for his former mother-in-law; she died in March....
How Google Could Improve SERPs by Reading the Business Sections of the Newspapers (www.seolondonsurrey.co.uk)
HouseFresh (an affiliate website owned by a SEO agency) are complaining they’ve virtually disappeared from Google Search results due to factors including “keyword swarming” (multiple pages / articles on the same topic published on multiple sites owned by the same competitor publisher) - this is as old as the hills but...
"Boogeyman narrative": Columbia professors call out Eric Adams over "outside agitators" trope (www.salon.com)
Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14897832...
New piefed feature , anyone can subscribe to any post or comment (piefed is a reddit and lemmy alternative) (codeberg.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15109471...
“The cruelty is the point” of campus protest crackdowns (redphoenixnews.com)
Houthis offer education to students suspended in US protest crackdown (www.reuters.com)
“We are serious about welcoming students that have been suspended from U.S. universities for supporting Palestinians,” an official at Sanaa University, which is run by the Houthis, told Reuters. “We are fighting this battle with Palestine in every way we can.”...
Successful resistance to Rwanda deportations - Freedom News (freedomnews.org.uk)
Republican Congresswoman Greene launches effort to oust Johnson following passage of Ukraine aid (kyivindependent.com)
Any allegations that Greene is transparently working as a Russian agent are entirely unsubstantiated.
Farm Folks CEO On Boob Physics: ‘We Don't Want To Attract Nasty People’ (kotaku.com)
Journalism Professors: NYT Risks Credibility With Inaction on Oct. 7 Article (truthout.org)
Reports have found that the claims in the paper’s “Screams Without Words” article are questionable, if not fabricated....
NYPD Produces Propaganda Instead of Legally Required Public Records (www.404media.co)
Police make arrests in killing of B.C. [Canada] Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar (www.cbc.ca)
Canadian police have arrested members of an alleged hit squad investigators believe was tasked by the government of India with killing prominent Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C. last June, CBC News has learned....
‘It’s like winning the lottery’: the mobile home owners buying the land they live on (www.theguardian.com)
Residents of manufactured housing parks typically own their homes – but not the parks themselves, which can be incredibly lucrative. Now some residents are forming cooperatives, and taking control...
Israeli Weapons Firms Required to Buy Cloud Services From Google and Amazon (theintercept.com)
Google and Amazon are both loath to discuss security aspects of the cloud services they provide through their joint contract with the Israeli government, known as Project Nimbus. Though both the Ministry of Defense and Israel Defense Forces are Nimbus customers, Google routinely downplays the military elements while Amazon says...
