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"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company." (aus.social)

Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts (arstechnica.com)

Time to get out of Google Podcasts for anyone that is still using the service.

New Legislation Proposes to Take Wall Street Out of the Housing Market (www.nytimes.com)

Please, not again. (lemmy.world)

Edit: good to see I woke the shills

YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet (www.404media.co)

Another great article from 404 Media highlighting the power that the tech giants have amassed over how how we use the internet....

The Lemmy experience (lemmy.world)

Probably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

14-year-old gang raped, cut into pieces while alive and burned in furnace. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

patriotic guitar twangles (lemm.ee)

Jack Black cancels Tenacious D tour and places future projects on hold after Kyle Gass comments on Trump (www.bbc.co.uk)

Jack Black announced on Instagram that he’s cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour and placed future projects on hiatus....

‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice (www.theguardian.com)

Thousands of children could die after court backs campaign group over GM crop in Philippines, scientists warn...

Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts (www.theverge.com)

Conservatives Plan to Ban Abortion and Cut LGBT Rights Starting Next January (newrepublic.com)

Project 2025’s 180-Day Playbook is a remarkably detailed guide to turning the United States into a fascist’s paradise.

When talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.

Those seem incompatible to me....

Lemmy's active users are up again for the first time since the exodus (lemmy.ml)

from lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats

Teenage girl kills classmate and herself in Russia school shooting (www.independent.co.uk)

Who's winning the war in Ukraine?

The media won’t give me great answers to this question and I think this I trust this community more, thus I want to know from you. Also, I have heard reports that Russia was winning the war, if that’s true, did the west miscalculate the situation by allowing diplomacy to take a backseat and allowing Ukraine to a large...

The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans (www.businessinsider.com)

Seriously spends $80 to drive 20km.. (lemmy.ca)

$1 grilled cheese (mander.xyz)

Once a pirate, always a pirate (discuss.tchncs.de)

Panera now displaying warning about its caffeinated lemonade in all stores after lawsuit over customer's death (www.nbcnews.com)

Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and died hours after she drank Panera’s Charged Lemonade, a large cup of which contains more caffeine than Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined....

NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer (www.nysenate.gov)

NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer::Requires a criminal history background check for the purchase of a three-dimensional printer capable of creating firearms; prohibits sale to a person who would be disqualified on the basis of criminal history from being granted a license...