Man dies at 27 from heat exposure at a Georgia prison, lawsuit says (apnews.com)
The Georgia sun scorched the slab of concrete beneath Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano’s body when nurses found him in a puddle of his own excrement, vomiting, according to a complaint....
Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame (apnews.com)
When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has dwindled to 30. He says his once fertile soil has become a nearly lifeless field that no longer earns him a living....
New Samsung phones block sideloading by default (www.androidauthority.com)
Anon hates fast food (sh.itjust.works)
Windows 11 (lemmy.world)
TIL psychedelics supposedly work by desynchronizing the brain (www.nature.com)
New youtube layout? (lemmy.world)
Hey, I was browsing youtube in private mode, and out of nowhere it started looking like this, I really hope this doesn’t go through lolol…...
I'm confused... why do even Democrats seem conflicted on Kamala Harris as a replacement of Joe Biden?
As far as I can tell, different faces, but same old, same old… I mean, literally anyone is better than Biden at the job, considering age…...
Botanists vote to remove racist references from plants’ scientific names (www.theguardian.com)
Plant names are only a part of the taxonomic controversy, however. Naming animals after racists, fascists and other controversial figures cause just as many headaches as those posed by plants, say scientists. Examples include a brown, eyeless beetle which has been named after Adolf Hitler. Nor is Anophthalmus hitleri alone. Many...
Slow recovery from IT outage begins as experts warn of future risks (www.theguardian.com)
Fault in CrowdStrike caused airports, businesses and healthcare services to languish in ‘largest outage in history’...
How feasible is this plan? (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
We might see Microsoft adding ads to BSOD
Sure to annoy IT people but those just need a line of text while the rest of the screen is free real estate for Micro$oft! Public BSODs tend to go viral too.
8 More Democrats in Congress Urge Biden to Step Aside. (www.commondreams.org)
Archive.
Illinois sheriff's deputy charged with murder in fatal shooting of woman who called 911 (apnews.com)
An Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman inside her home, a death that led to protests about justice for the Black victim....
Missouri AG stops release of longest-serving wrongfully convicted woman (www.independent.co.uk)
Two 80-something journalists tried ChatGPT. Then, they sued to protect the 'written word' (apnews.com)
Veteran journalists Nicholas Gage, 84, and Nicholas Basbanes, 81, who live near each other in the same Massachusetts town, each devoted decades to reporting, writing and book authorship....
Federal appeals court rules cops who handcuffed 10-year-old girl for drawing offensive picture must face excessive force lawsuit (lawandcrime.com)
How Much Is Your Time Worth?
I spend a lot of time fixing things, for myself and others. (Computers, electrical, plumbing, etc). While I learn a lot, I wonder sometimes if it would be better to pay a professional and do something else for which I am more ‘valuable’. Do you do the same, and do you find it worthwhile?
Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize (apnews.com)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In parts of Afghanistan where there are no street names or house numbers, utility companies and their customers have adopted a creative approach for connecting. They use mosques as drop points for bills and cash, a “pay and pray” system....
NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table (apnews.com)
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away....
What is your preferred way of downloading youtube videos?
I’m looking to download a number of educational youtube videos for future reference. Looking for a reliable way to download videos. OS is Ubuntu. FF extensions and docker containers all good. I don’t really want to install an executable on bare metal unless it is a flatpak....
Apple bows to Kremlin pressure to remove leading VPNs from Russian AppStore — Novaya Gazeta Europe (novayagazeta.eu)
Community for moderation accountability?
This is inspired by this advice from a few months ago:...