I must harness this power (sh.itjust.works)
Sadistic California Cops Bragged About ‘Violating Civil Rights’ (www.rollingstone.com)
Feds allege officers collected photos of K-9 attacks and crafted an American flag with spent munitions
BRICS Leaders Call for Democratic Global Order (consortiumnews.com)
The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online. (www.eff.org)
The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online.::Congress has resurrected the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that would increase surveillance and restrict access to information in the name of protecting children online. KOSA was introduced in 2022 but failed to gain traction, and today its authors,...
Trump co-defendant remains in jail after telling judge he cannot afford private lawyer (www.reuters.com)
One of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in a wide-ranging election-fraud case in Georgia remained behind bars on Friday, after he told a judge that he could not afford a private attorney to represent him and was denied bond....
I can't be convinced otherwise (lemmy.world)
Hosting firm says it lost all customer data after ransomware attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Why don't we strap a GoPro to the moon lander? (www.youtube.com)
Seems possible…
Xi Jinping unexpectedly pulls out of BRICS summit speech in 'extraordinary' move (news.sky.com)
The Chinese leader has flown out to South Africa for the summit but asked his commerce minister to read out his remarks.
Average redditor nowadays (lemmy.world)
How did Android's update support become so inconsistent?
As a point of comparison, Microsoft ships its OS across a variety of manufacturers and largely keeps it maintained across them (give or take some exceptions like enterprise environments & the like)....
What Just Happened at West Virginia University Should Worry All of Us (www.nytimes.com)
In proposing last week to eliminate 169 faculty positions and cut more than 30 degree programs from its flagship university, West Virginia, the state with the fourth-highest poverty rate in the country, is engaging in a kind of educational gerrymandering. If you’re a West Virginian with plans to attend West Virginia...
I can't. Not again. I'm not... Strong enough. (lemmy.stuart.fun)
Anon meets a girl (files.catbox.moe)
Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts (mashable.com)
We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.
Milk creme (lemmy.world)
An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt (www.businessinsider.com)
An Instacart customer said she discovered the app’s higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store’s paper receipt::undefined
Argentine peso plunges after rightist who admires Trump comes first in primary vote (apnews.com)
What's the history behind cam rips of movies and where have they typically came from?
I’ve seen a few throughout my life at friend’s houses as a kid during the age of Limewire. Typically they were pretty good quality even though you’d see the odd person get up from their seat or hardcoded subtitles. Lately I’ve been curious about the history behind them and how they came to be....
Pick a side Javascript (lemmy.world)
If you could pick your time and location of birth, anywhere and anywhen in all of the world and it's history - which place/time would you pick, and why?
It really is just another Rootkit. (lemmy.world)
What Steam achievement are you most proud of?
Mine is probably the Liberty City Minute achievement for Grand Theft Auto IV. I think technically you have 30 hours to beat the main storyline but I managed to power through and beat the entire game in one sitting....
You're lying down, trying to sleep. Some part of your body is itchy, scratching will wake you up, not scratching will remain itchy. Do you scratch or wait for the itch to go away?
I have this issue often. I know if I scratch, it will wake me up and take longer to sleep because of my body movement. If I don’t scratch, my mind only focuses on the itch. Sometimes I’ll wait 5 minutes for the scratch to go away and then I just cave and start scratching any minor itch I have on my body. Has anyone just not...
Can I faraday cage my ISP-issued router in order to use my own?
I have a family member living on my property in a separate but adjacent living space, close enough together to share my router’s wifi. She likes to let her youtube app endlessly autoplay talking head news videos at full volume due to her hearing loss, and this goes on for a few hours in the mornings. The sound through the...