TIL that the vast majority of posts in TIL are created by a bot account. (lemm.ee)
Reminder: reddit may be dead, but trolls are not. (kbin.social)
As we start to see more users join, it's inevitable to see trolls (especially low-effort trolls) making more of an appearance and trying to be controversial and noticed....
RFK Jr disqualified from New York ballot, judge rules (www.bbc.com)
Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr does not meet the legal requirement of a New York resident and therefore cannot be on the state’s election ballot, a judge has ruled....
Trump keeps calling Harris ‘Kamabla’ but nobody seems to know the meaning behind it (www.independent.co.uk)
Reddit CEO hints that subreddit paywalls are on the way (mashable.com)
Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates (web.archive.org)
Alternate archive: archive.is/3olbW...
Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ (edition.cnn.com)
World’s billionaires see $134 billion swiped from their fortune overnight in share price bloodbath, led by Jeff Bezos (fortune.com)
My homelab had the stupidest outage ever (blog.thefossrant.com)
This morning I woke up to my phone using mobile data and my home assistant automations not working. Initially I thought it the power was out, but I could turn on the lights just fine. I checked my UniFi app and saw that the server was not connected to the network at all. This meant that the cable got unplugged, the switch...
COVID surging in California. Is it time to bring back masks, hand sanitizer? What experts say (www.latimes.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/FunPK
X Kills Its Mac App, Accidentally Bans You for Switching to the iPad Version (lifehacker.com)
Google Chrome is no longer 'deprecating third-party cookies' (9to5google.com)
"The Grindr Super Bowl": Gay dating app saw influx of users during Republican National Convention | Salon.com (www.salon.com)
Orban tells EU leaders Trump would act as "Russia-Ukraine peace broker" (www.straitstimes.com)
He claims Trump would act immediately upon winning the election, before taking office. Which sounds legally dubious, but not that that’s ever stopped Trump…
The sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet' revealed by AI (www.bbc.com)
Sperm whales communicate with each other using rhythmic sequences of clicks, called codas. It was previously thought that sperm whales had just 21 coda types. However, after studying almost 9,000 recordings, the Ceti researchers identified 156 distinct codas. They also noticed the basic building blocks of these codas which they...
Senate Republicans block Democratic bill codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections (www.nbcnews.com)
The legislation, which states that “protections for access to abortion rights … should be supported," was blocked by Republicans who panned it as a “show vote.”...
New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it (presswatchers.org)
This is from May 7th, but I hadn’t seen it....
South Carolina Man Dies After Firework Explodes On His Head (www.wccbcharlotte.com)
Allen Ray McGrew, 41, was found laying in the road. He put a firework on his head, and it exploded while on his head, causing massive head injuries, officials said....
Video appears to show gang-rape of Afghan woman in a Taliban jail (www.theguardian.com)
What's Happened Since Time Dropped Its Paywall 1 Year Ago (www.adweek.com)
Time removed its paywall in June 2023, resulting in a rise in advertising revenue but a loss of digital subscribers, with traffic remaining relatively flat....
Apple Intelligence won't launch in EU in 2024 due to antitrust regulation, company says (www.cnbc.com)
Android 15 can automatically delete your face or fingerprint unlock if they aren't working well (www.androidauthority.com)
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