Nebraska governor signs executive order defining men as "bigger, stronger and faster" (boingboing.net)
Nebraska governor Jim Pillen, a Republican not noted as a women’s rights supporter, yesterday issued an executive order “defining” males and females and the attributes thereof. The anti-transgender political grandstanding offers fusty explanations of the sexes–men are “bigger, stronger and faster” on average–in...
Reddit Taken To SF Court for Firing Worker With Anxiety: Lawsuit (sfstandard.com)
Reddit Taken To SF Court for Firing Worker With Anxiety: Lawsuit::A former Reddit staffer was fired for “poor performance” after taking three months of sick leave, a lawsuit filed in San Francisco alleges.
India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in world first (www.theguardian.com)
Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falter (www.reuters.com)
Trump stole Israeli artifacts from White House (www.rollingstone.com)
What a shit! I swear I can’t be surprised and generally ignore his antics but there’s always another, scummier, act.
Obama criticizes Israel’s decision to cut off food and water to Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president says decision threatens to worsen humanitarian crisis, undermine peace effort and erode global support for Israel...
Bias (lemmy.zip)
Tesla knew Autopilot caused death, but didn't fix it (www.theregister.com)
Tesla knew Autopilot caused death, but didn’t fix it::Software’s alleged inability to handle cross traffic central to court battle after two road deaths
Encryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fix (arstechnica.com)
Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future (techcrunch.com)
The mission-driven tech company behind the Firefox browser, Pocket reader and other apps is now investing its energy into the so-called “fediverse” — a collection of decentralized social networking applications, like Mastodon, that communicate with one another over the ActivityPub protocol.
Several injured after UAW strikers hit by vehicle (www.mlive.com)
Oscar nominated (sh.itjust.works)
Clarence Thomas’s $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It (www.nytimes.com)
The vehicle is a key part of the justice’s just-folks persona. It’s also a luxury motor coach that was funded by someone else’s money....
Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians (www.theguardian.com)
Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’
Tides (lemm.ee)
where is the future I was promised? (lemmy.world)
Oregon lifts ban on self-serve gas, leaving N.J. as the only state prohibiting it (www.nbcnews.com)
For the first time in more than seven decades, drivers in Oregon are allowed to pump their own gas.
Marvel Studios' VFX Staff Unanimously Votes to Unionize (gizmodo.com)
Debian turns 30 – and important to Linux world as ever (www.theregister.com)
ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfone, Updated (www.androidauthority.com)
Update from Asus...
GNOME Recognized as Public Interest Infrastructure (foundation.gnome.org)
The GNOME Foundation is thrilled to announce the GNOME project is receiving €1M from the Sovereign Tech Fund to modernize the platform, improve tooling and accessibility, and support features that are in the public interest....
Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12 (www.notebookcheck.net)
Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage (www.engadget.com)
A first-of-its kind law requiring a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers will take effect after a judge rejected the companies’ bid to block it....