Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place' (apnews.com)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.”...
‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families (www.theguardian.com)
A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children...
What's the best advice you've ever received?
Demand ad companies take security seriously first and maybe we'll talk. (tesseract.dubvee.org)
Do I need a good argument for you to respect my opinion?
To Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cut (www.nytimes.com)
Hate it when that happens (sh.itjust.works)
As the US deliberately starves the Cuban people, solidarity activists launch campaign to send flour (peoplesdispatch.org)
Calls for smartphone-free childhood grow in Britain (www.straitstimes.com)
Help me formulate the dullest response to colleagues when they goad me into telling them why I quit
This happens in Germany....
Bentley CEO says sales are down because the rich are experiencing ‘emotional sensitivity’ due to the cost of living and don’t want to flaunt their wealth with a new luxury car (fortune.com)
And the most popular man in the whole Fediverse is... (feddit.cl)
Sauce: fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts?page=1
They panic-bought bidets during the pandemic. It changed their lives. (archive.ph)
Four years after the toilet paper shortage of 2020, bidet converts say they’re never going back...
Experimental Video Game Made Purely With AI Failed Because Tech Was 'Unable to Replace Talent' (www.ign.com)
The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing (www.destructoid.com)
Amazon refusing to show me the price of something if I do not add it to cart (lemmy.today)
Non private mode on left. I am not logged in but have cookies enabled. Right is private mode.
is this copium or hopium or schizophrenia? (lemmy.world)
To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol (techcrunch.com)
McConnell endorses Trump for president. He once blamed Trump for ‘disgraceful’ Jan. 6, 2021, attack (apnews.com)
With McConnell’s endorsement of Trump, it gives the green light to other remaining skeptical Republicans — and the deep-pocketed donors who fuel campaigns — to fall in line despite any reservations they may have about a return to the Trump era....
Yuzu agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million and will entirely shut down (www.gamingonlinux.com)
The amount of plastic from a Kinder Bueno 4 pack (lemmy.world)
Each bar is wrapped in cellophane, which are then wrapped in the normal outer packaging. To make the 4 pack, they simply took 2x two packs and put them on a cardboard tray,and then wrapped those....
Up to 30% of Apple Vision Pro Returns Are Because Users Don't Get It, Analyst Says (gizmodo.com)
Up to 30% of Apple Vision Pro Returns Are Because Users Don’t Get It, Analyst Says::While Vision Pro returns were uncommon, many came down to owners not figuring out its spatial computing.
I thought donations were optional (lemy.lol)
Donationware: you must donate to use it. Not like regular optional donates.
Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ (www.theguardian.com)
Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet