The "xylo" is greek for wood
A lone figure at a party reflects that the rest of the revelers don’t know that “xylophones” with metal bars are actually glockenspiels.
Apple stops offering buy now, pay later loans in U.S. (www.cnbc.com)
When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead (www.propublica.org)
How our brain tries to beat the heat — and why heatstroke is dangerous | Not only does heatstroke have a relatively high mortality rate, but those who recover still may face future health problems (www.washingtonpost.com)
US soldier detained in Russia pleads partially guilty in court, local media reports - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
He did not admit to the charges of assault or threat to kill, reports said.
My 46th Christmas Dinner in Prison (youtu.be)
Dude went in for armed robbery in 1974 at the age of 14. Freaking scary.
Hacking Millions of Modems (and Investigating Who Hacked My Modem) (samcurry.net)
Smol (jlai.lu)
Why does Firefox get more errors than Chrome?
Is there a reason why? Less funding? Web devs don’t make the pages Firefox friendly? Since the user base is smaller, they just don’t care?
The Elder Scrolls 6 Teaser Is Now 6 Years Old — and Even Todd Howard Paused to Say, ‘Oh Wow That Has Been a While’ - IGN (www.ign.com)
What is PID 0? (blog.dave.tf)
Russia's Putin to visit Vietnam, sparking US rebuke of Hanoi (www.reuters.com)
Make this ‘Star Trek’ motel [room] part of a geeky getaway on the Oregon coast (www.hereisoregon.com)
Israeli companies banned from world’s largest arms fair in Paris (www.aljazeera.com)
Checkmate
Depending on how you count (lemmy.world)
Lemmy and my Switch to PieFed (jeena.net)
TLDR: The main reason was Lemmy hogging server resources....
A Christian writer attacked Dolly Parton for being pro-LGBTQ+. It didn't end well for the writer. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
First tropical storm watch of the season issued for South Texas and Mexico (thehill.com)
piracy starter kit - old head getting back into it
I have a bunch of old bare hard drives with tons of content sitting on them, and I was thinking about setting up a new NAS / piracy Linux box, as a backend for Plex or similar....
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal" (www.cbsnews.com)
Dozens of Groups Push FEMA to Recognize Extreme Heat as a ‘Major Disaster’ (www.nytimes.com)
Dozens of environmental, labor and health care groups banded together on Monday to file a petition to push the Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare extreme heat and wildfire smoke as “major disasters,” like floods and tornadoes.The petition is a major push to get the federal government to help states and local...
American Employee: What Constitutes A Resignation
A sudden exodus of employees is causing leadership to panic and suddenly puts me under a microscope with questions like:...
House Republicans' burning problem: 'We desperately need a place to smoke cigars' (www.rawstory.com)
The economy remains a top concern for US voters ahead of the presidential election (www.scrippsnews.com)
