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Running With Scissors Studios gives permission to pirate games (beehaw.org)

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New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises (www.reuters.com)

Google's Web DRM is Worse than I Thought... (www.youtube.com)

This video as a text article: blog.nicco.love/google-drms-the-web/

Do you feel this place has gotten more.. reddit-y lately?

Of course, that’s to be expected, with people migrating from Reddit and all, but the title is kind of badly worded....

Phones should have 2 USB C ports

One should be at the bottom one at the top. I understand space on the phone is a premium but a second port would make the phone so much more usable. Wired headphones, flash drives, camera modules, speaker modules, keyboards, even connection to a TV, all could be used while charging. It’s a shame it’s not a thing, USB is...

Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

The reward (i.postimg.cc)

Hard times (i.imgur.com)

Thanks, I hate it! (image description inside) (feddit.de)

A screenshot, taken way before rexxit, of two comments on reddit, dated "1 year ago"....

Men, are you physically affectionate with other male friends? (eg, hugging, snuggling, playful wrestling, etc). If you aren't, do you wish it was more socially acceptable if it isn't in your culture?

Alex Jones says Infowars could be shut down within hours (www.newsweek.com)

In what he described as an “emergency broadcast” on Saturday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed that his far-right news company, Infowars’, studios in Austin, Texas, might be shut down by federal authorities soon....

Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails (apnews.com)

A new South Dakota policy to stop the use of gender pronouns by public university faculty and staff in official correspondence is also keeping Native American employees from listing their tribal affiliations in a state with a long and violent history of conflict with tribes....

Is Lemmy growing or shrinking?

How is the size of Lemmy’s userbase changing? Is it growing or shrinking? How diverse is it? What do the current trendlines look like as we approach a year since Rexxit?...

‘Sleepy Don?’: Trump Nods Off During Trial of the Century (www.thedailybeast.com)

Staying for the week at an AirBnB in Rochester, MN. This is what I just found out I'm stuck with. (lemmy.world)

How is this even possible in 2024? I realize Rochester isn’t exactly a major metropolis, but we’re in the middle of town! It’s not like they’re relying on Hughesnet or something....

Florida Is on Its Way to Banning — and Criminalizing — Alternative Meat (www.foodandwine.com)

Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” (arstechnica.com)

Sweden officially joins NATO (www.nato.int)

So far left you get your guns back. (lemmy.world)

What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

My girlfriend has never really gamed. But she’s now forced to move less than she would like to (health problem) and she’s getting bored. I was thinking of introducing her to a game or two that we could play together. She’s not the real action game type, and seeing as she has no experience with controller/mouse and keyboard...