Marvel VFX Workers Unanimously Vote to Unionize In Industry First (www.vice.com)
Visual effects workers at the studio voted 32-0 to unionize, marking a historic milestone in their field....
Happy Birthday to Steam as it turned 20 today (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Judge sets start date of March 4 for Trump's federal election interference trial (abcnews.go.com)
The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case has ordered the trial to begin on March 4, 2024....
US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows (geopoliticaleconomy.com)
Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people (www.washingtonpost.com)
Why doesn't the obvious racism in Alabama get more attention? (www.cnn.com)
'Limitless' energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots (theconversation.com)
‘Limitless’ energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots::New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.
The Escapist murica-fires Editor-in-Chief - loses Yahtzee Croshaw and entire video team in hours (twitter.com)
Fired or resigned, extremely incomplete list:...
Far-right minister: Nuking Gaza is an option, population should ‘go to Ireland or deserts’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Mom's getting some attitude as she gets older (sh.itjust.works)
Stolen from an old Reddit post.
Scientists in Brazil are developing the first vaccine that could help break cocaine addiction (www.euronews.com)
Scientists in Brazil are developing the first vaccine that could help break cocaine addiction::The vaccine is designed to help produce anti-cocaine antibodies in the body of a person who is chemically dependent on the substance.
NYC protesters demand Israeli cease-fire, at least 200 detained after filling Grand Central station (apnews.com)
Kids Online Safety Act will allow Attorney Generals to Censor the News. (techpolicy.press)
Kids Online Safety Act will allow Attorney Generals to Censor the News.::Caitlin Vogus is Deputy Director of Advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
Nonprofit hospitals skimp on charity while CEOs reap millions, report finds (arstechnica.com)
Billboards featuring OnlyFans model ruled ‘not overtly sexual’ by UK advertising watchdog (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1891139...
Ocean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extraction (abcnews.go.com)
All hail lemmyverse.net (feddit.it)
Minecraft's recent EULA changes place heavy restrictions on Java servers (twitter.com)
Just spreading awareness about whatever the fuck Mojang thinks they’re doing. Given their enforcement of the EULA, or the lack thereof, this probably isn’t going to have as huge of an impact, but I think it’s still something worth talking about....
"I said to fire a warning shot *across* their nose, NOT UP IT!" (sh.itjust.works)
Mastercard demands US cannabis shops stop accepting debit cards (www.bbc.com)
I swear just one more week (sh.itjust.works)
Man Found Guilty of Child Porn, Because He Ran a Tor Exit Node (lowendbox.com)
Man Found Guilty of Child Porn, Because He Ran a Tor Exit Node::undefined
Blinken denounces civilian toll in Gaza, says ‘far too many Palestinians have been killed’ (www.cnn.com)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday gave one of his most direct condemnations of the civilian death toll in Gaza and said more needs to be done to “minimize harm to Palestinian civilians.”...
Bud Light brewer is still struggling to sell the beer in North America over trans promotion backlash (apnews.com)
Anheuser-Busch Inbev said Tuesday that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales, in a sign of continuing fallout from a promotion with a transgender influencer that cost it sales....
Ukraine defenders kill 480 Russian soldiers, hit 6 tanks and destroy 40 artillery systems in one day (www.pravda.com.ua)
