How social media's biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)
Year-end recap from The Guardian.
Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from ruling on Trump’s 2024 eligibility, Raskin says (www.theguardian.com)
Supreme court justice Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from ruling on Donald Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 presidential election, a prominent Democrat said Sunday, warning that the leading Republican candidate is seeking to become a “political martyr” as he pursues a second presidency....
Danish Queen Margrethe announces surprise abdication after 52 years on the throne (www.cnn.com)
Defying U.S. Pressure, Israel Deepens Gaza Assault (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli forces clashed with Hamas militants across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the Israeli military said, deepening its engagement in the decimated enclave even as the Palestinian death toll from relentless airstrikes in 12 weeks of war soared higher....
MemoryCache, a Mozilla Innovation Project (memorycache.ai)
MemoryCache is an experimental developer project to turn a local desktop environment into an on-device AI agent.
The Biden administration once again bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel (www.pbs.org)
For the second time this month the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel as Israel continues to prosecute its war against Hamas in Gaza under increasing international criticism.
German Art (lemmy.zip)
Biden orders strike on Iranian-aligned group after 3 US troops injured in drone attack in Iraq (abcnews.go.com)
Exclusive: Israeli Military Censor Bans Reporting on these 8 Subjects (theintercept.com)
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Prices finally fell last month after 3.5 years of increases (www.nbcnews.com)
New government data showed prices notching a monthly decline for the first time since April 2020, adding to an improving picture on inflation as the new year looms....
In those trying times (sh.itjust.works)
Don't worry, we only lost the dangerous parts... not something personal like your dob (ibb.co)
Every time that there is a leak like this it’s infinitely aggravating how the spin department tries to downplay what happened. If you are using SMS based MFA you probably want to stop doing that now.
Feeling a lot like Gonald lately (slrpnk.net)
Dev Behind Highly Regarded PC Game Explains Why He Raised The Price: "Go Pirate It, I Don't Care" (www.gamespot.com)
summary:...
Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma (www.theverge.com)
Casualties Rise in Gaza: 70% of Killed Women and Children (www.financial-world.org)
Gaza is currently experiencing its longest communication blackout since the Israeli operation began in October....
Moms for Liberty reeling and on the ropes after election losses and scandals (www.rawstory.com)
how did we survive threads earlier this year? (kbin.social)
When I join threadiverse (summer 2023), soon everyone was talking about Threads and how it was about to destroy the whole thing....
New reusable, silenced, self-rearming antipersonnel mine design (sh.itjust.works)
Your thoughts? (sh.itjust.works)
After School Satan Club at MSCS elementary school causes controversy (www.localmemphis.com)
In the first day they sent out flyers, the After School Satan Club already has three students signed up for the new year.
Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted (apnews.com)
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results....
TIL in 1893, the US Supreme Court held 9–0 that the tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit in Nix v. Hedden, 149 U.S. 304, for purposes (en.wikipedia.org)
of tariffs, imports and customs. Justice Horace Gray delivered the opinion of the Court in holding that the Tariff Act of 1883 used the ordinary meaning of the words "fruit" and "vegetable", instead of the technical botanical meaning....
Putin’s Russia is closing in on a devastating victory. Europe’s foundations are trembling. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
The same guy before: Take away Russia’s nuclear weapons – for Putin is finished and his country may soon collapse
A massive tech company exodus is occurring in Texas, reports show (www.mysanantonio.com)
A massive tech company exodus is occurring in Texas, reports show::Numerous Silicon Valley tech companies have settled in Austin in recent years, but just as many are now leaving due to ‘lackluster’ startup scene.