New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it (presswatchers.org)
This is from May 7th, but I hadn’t seen it....
Colorado public health officials confirm new case of human plague (www.independent.co.uk)
Public health officials in Colorado have confirmed that a human has tested positive for the plague, a rare but potentially deadly infectious disease that’s typically spread through flea bites....
CNN to cut 100 jobs as it prepares to launch digital subscription products (www.latimes.com)
CNN is cutting 100 positions across the company as it accelerates its push into digital subscription products that reach beyond its shrinking cable TV audience....
Feds poised to sue pharmacy gatekeepers over high drug costs (www.politico.com)
The FTC action would target often high costs by trying to curb rebates it says drug makers pay to steer patients to their brand name products....
Borrowing a car (lemmy.today)
Vocational school student stuns China by besting university competitors in a maths contest (lemmy.world)
A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China has become a celebrity on social media after reaching the final round of a maths competition, beating many others from top universities and raising questions about the education system....
What would you do if you were on an underground train, when suddenly the train shook, you passed through a portal, and the next thing you knew your carriage was lying in an unknown new world?
Edit: apparently this is a very common form of Japanese storytelling called an isekai. There are 8 billion people in this world, no idea can be original. And sometimes you miss out on things many other people know. I’m clearly one of today’s lucky 10000.
Do you think there are any beliefs which makes a person believing them a horrible person, or is it *always* 'hate the belief, not the person'?
The Future of Odysee (odysee.com)
Edit: Changed the link to lead to the original Odysee article post which contains the video, rather than just to the video itself. You get more context and information that way.
Is the RHCSA worth it?
See title; I’m considering it, but the courses bundles are expensive
AOC files articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito (www.nbcnews.com)
Report: Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked (arstechnica.com)
Most consumers hate the idea of AI-generated customer service (www.techspot.com)
Are microservices really the future?
Serious question. I know there are a lot of memes about microservices, both advocating and against it. And jokes from devs who go and turn monoliths into microservices and then back again. For my line of work it isn’t all that relevant, but a discussion I heard today made me wonder....
Zelenskyy: Seeing children die makes me want to kill Putin (english.nv.ua)
Rolling Hills of Ohio
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/36534668...
Petition to pass paid leave nationwide delivered to all members of congress (abcnews.go.com)
The United States is one of seven countries globally that does not have any guaranteed form of paid leave, the petition states.
‘Dota 2’ Adds ‘Street Fighter’ Style Fighting Game In Crownfall Update (www.forbes.com)
Musk is lightyears away from a self-driving car (archive.ph)
Big Hoedown - twin fiddles (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17840830...
Senators unveil bipartisan deal on stock trading ban (www.axios.com)
A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal Wednesday on legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress, setting the bill up for action in the Senate later this month.
Zed on Linux is out! (zed.dev)
Zed is a modern open-source code editor, built from the ground up in Rust with a GPU-accelerated renderer.