Active - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Bruised One by Mackenzy Mackay (song.link)

Finland's eastern border to remain shut indefinitely, including boat harbours (yle.fi)

As expected, the Finnish government on Thursday decided to extend the closure of the border with Russia....

California sheriff’s deputies kill 17-year-old boy with mental health issues (www.theguardian.com)

Boy, as yet unidentified, is third child killed by San Bernardino law enforcement in less than two years and second in under a month...

Oregon city can't limit church's homeless meal services, federal judge rules (apnews.com)

A federal judge has ruled that a southern Oregon city can’t limit a local church’s homeless meal services....

The Pirate Bay’s Oldest Torrent is Now 20 Years Old * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)

Report: Galaxy S25 series sticks with Exynos and Snapdragon instead of its own chip (9to5google.com)

I see your Termux server and raise you my iPhone - Self Post (www.floridaman7588.me)

Saw this post the other day and was inspired to make something slightly more stupid, plus it gave me an excuse to work on my website, lol

Relic Entertainment Announces Layoffs, A Week After Going Independent (www.psu.com)

Vote to Restore Net Neutrality (www.reuters.com)

Stop enshitification 3 years ago!...

YSK: Do You Really Need That Antibiotic? It’s antibiotic season. Brush up on how you should use them — and when to avoid them. (NYT, Dec 2023) (www.nytimes.com)

It’s refreshing to see a major news outlet discussing collateral damage and not just resistance. Over the past decade, 99% of the time antibiotic overuse is covered and warned about it’s always only in regards to resistance....

Google Podcasts is gone — and so is my faith in Google (www.theverge.com)

The Podcasts app is just the latest product to go through a process I’ve come to call The Google Cycle. It always goes the same way: the company launches a new service with grandiose language about how this fits its mission of organizing and making accessible the world’s information, quickly updates it with a couple of neat...

Trump sues Truth Social co-founders, says they're not entitled to stock shares (www.nbcnews.com)

For some Christians, a solar eclipse signals the second coming of Christ (theconversation.com)

Hey Little Vatnik Hows It Going (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

TIL there was an unreleased comic book in which Marvel superhero Captain Britain would resolve The Troubles by having everyone drink "magic civilizing tea" (www.eruditorumpress.com)

Amazon increased US plastic packaging despite global phase-out, report says (www.theguardian.com)

The same year, 2022, company replaced plastic sleeves in EU with paper and cardboard, and cut plastic packaging globally by 11.6%...

Warming is getting worse. So they just tested a way to deflect the sun. (www.nytimes.com)

A little before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, an engineer named Matthew Gallelli crouched on the deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier in San Francisco Bay, pulled on a pair of ear protectors, and flipped a switch....

ytdl-sub (github.com)

ytdl-sub is a command-line tool that downloads media via yt-dlp and prepares it for your favorite media player, including Kodi, Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, and modern music players. No additional plugins or external scrapers are needed.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. +1million unit sold [plus more stats] (store.steampowered.com)

Israel is using artificial intelligence to help pick bombing targets in Gaza, report says (www.cnn.com)

Alarming Ocean Temperatures tease daunting hurricanes this year - Reckless Growth has Dire Consequences (archive.ph)

We sold our only habitat’s homeostasis away for nothing, all so a few thousand sociopath families, traitors against their species as far as I’m concerned, could live like modern Pharoahs on our backs.

U.S. approved more bombs to Israel on day of World Central Kitchen strikes (www.washingtonpost.com)

The State Department approved the transfer of more than 1,000 MK82 500-pound bombs, over 1,000 small-diameter bombs, and fuses for MK80 bombs, all from authorizations granted by Congress several years before the latest hostilities between Israel and Hamas began, said the U.S. officials, who like others spoke on the condition of...

Ukraine's military intelligence hints drone attacks on military facilities in Russia to continue, 'range will increase' (kyivindependent.com)

Andrii Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR), hinted on April 4 that drone strikes on military facilities inside Russia will continue and “their range will increase.”...