TIL the USA has "national emergencies" still ongoing that date back to 1979 (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Anon achieves the dream (sh.itjust.works)
TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out (www.businessinsider.com)
(partially solved, will update when completed) Please help with an xfce/powerup bug: black screen after suspend/hibernate
MX Linux, Xfce 4.18...
New evidence found for Planet 9 (phys.org)
Here's why Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction was tossed and what happens next (apnews.com)
‘We must say no’: Seoul defense chief on Korean, USFK involvement in hypothetical Taiwan crisis (english.hani.co.kr)
Smooth (slrpnk.net)
Tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down (apnews.com)
Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency....
New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually (apnews.com)
Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved Wednesday in the latest attempt to corral the ever-increasing costs of medical care in the United States....
Goatse, like Michelangelo's David, should be an exception to normal rules of censorship, due to its status as part of our shared cultural heritage.
Alameda County prosecutors allegedly excluded Black people and Jews from death penalty juries (oaklandside.org)
In an order issued today, U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria said that the hand-written notes of prosecutors from a 31-year-old murder case “constitute strong evidence that, in prior decades, prosecutors from the [Alameda County District Attorney’s] office were engaged in a pattern of serious misconduct, automatically...
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x05 "Mirrors"
LoglineCaptain Burnham and Book journey into extradimensional space in search of the next clue to the location of the Progenitors’ power. Meanwhile, Rayner navigates his first mission in command of the U.S.S. Discovery, and Culber opens up to Tilly....
Auroplay next episode, skipping intros and credits?
I watch TV shows when I do cardio in the morning, and it’s a minor annoyance to reach for the remote to select the next episode, or skip show intro and credits. Is there a good and reliable way to get that working for all the TV shows that I have ripped FROM DVDs and Blu-ray?
YARRR (slrpnk.net)
South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Signs you're getting old?
My knee still doesn’t feel right after that hiking trip two weeks ago....
Net neutrality is about to make a comeback (www.theverge.com)
Airlines will soon have to pay you back if they cancel or delay your flight (www.theverge.com)
What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet (www.nytimes.com)
Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised at negative impact of laying off 1,500 Spotify employees (fortune.com)
Ek said Spotify employees were doing too much “work around the work” as he laid off 17% of the group’s workforce in December.
Random poetry in my feed. (lemmy.world)
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say (apnews.com)
U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide....