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RIP to the polar bears (lemmy.zip)

Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency (markets.businessinsider.com)

Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency::On Wednesday evening, spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.

Cleveland police officers who pulled people over and robbed them sentenced to prison (www.nbcnews.com)

Their arrests are connected to a wider investigation into the East Cleveland Police Department for corruption....

FDA says common over the counter decongestant phenylephrine does not work in oral form (www.nbcnews.com)

Mastodon's Next Major Release Enables Full-Text Search (wedistribute.org)

It’s hard not to overstate how much of a big deal it is that Mastodon is adopting this kind of search functionality. Mastodon still makes up a vast portion of the Fediverse....

Disney VFX Workers Are Moving to Unionize, Too (gizmodo.com)

Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (www.cnn.com)

Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

While Android as a whole continues to shrink in the US, Google Pixel keeps growing (9to5google.com)

Android is struggling to keep its market share in the United States, as Apple continues to take over in the market. But, despite Android as a whole losing ground, Google Pixel phones are becoming a bigger slice of the US market....

RIP Twitter’s iconic bird logo (www.theverge.com)

Facebook, Instagram face Norwegian ban from tracking users for ads (www.politico.eu)

YSK: Ecosia is a search engine that plant trees with every search (www.ecosia.org)

YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge (gizmodo.com)

YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

Iranian teen injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media says (apnews.com)

An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran’s Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media reported Saturday....

It's right behind me, isn't it (lemmy.zip)

Can also provide reference letter from Mrs. C (sh.itjust.works)

Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game (www.theguardian.com)

Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game::Climate activists condemn oil giant for paying influencers to showcase marketing game from new gasoline campaign

[UPDATE: Fico won] Slovakia elections: Liberals win against pro-Moscow party - exit polls (www.bbc.com)

Liberals have a slender lead in Slovakia’s elections over a pro-Moscow party led by populist former PM Robert Fico, exit polls suggest....

Epic Games Cutting 870 Jobs, 16 Percent Of Its Workforce, also selling Bandcamp (kotaku.com)

Wyoming ranch accused of abusing children, unsanitary conditions will now operate without inspections (www.nbcnews.com)

A Wyoming ranch accused of abusing children and forcing them to perform manual labor lost its license earlier this year after state officials documented a litany of safety and sanitary violations. But the ranch found a way to stay open and will no longer need a license to care for children, a development that has alarmed youth...

USATODAY: Group of friends take over Nashville hotel for hours after no employees were found (www.usatoday.com)

Needs consent (lemmy.world)

A man bought a metal detector to get off the couch. He just made the "gold find of the century" in Norway. (www.cbsnews.com)

At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the country’s gold find of the century....

As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit — Musk claimed that ADL could be “on the hook” for $22B in X losses (arstechnica.com)

As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit — Musk claimed that ADL could be “on the hook” for $22B in X losses::Musk claimed that ADL could be “on the hook” for $22B in X losses.