Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban (www.theguardian.com)
State has ordered books by 13 authors, 12 of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and library
UK riots: how does the violence compare with unrest in August 2011? (www.theguardian.com)
The sight of scurrying looters and widespread rioting across multiple English cities may be an unusual one. But the disorder has a 21st-century precedent in another overheated August....
Anon meets a celebrity (lemmy.world)
Thousands of counter-protesters take to UK streets as far-right unrest fails to materialise (news.sky.com)
Counter-protesters have turned out in UK cities amid warnings of at least 100 far-right marches being planned for Wednesday night....
He really wants to kill that platform lol (lemmy.world)
British MPs want to haul Elon Musk before parliament over riots (www.politico.eu)
Elon Musk could be summoned for a grilling by British MPs over X’s role in race riots that have rocked the U.K. over the last week, as well as his own incendiary comments about the violence....
Mysteries from a Nuclear Test Site - Journey to the Microcosmos (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18399462
AI works better if you ask it to be a Star Trek character (www.fudzilla.com)
I’m leaving the hed as-is per protocol, but the larger story here seems to be we’ve already hit the point where LLMs produce better prompts for other LLMs than human prompt engineers do....
Drone pictures show extent of Grantham Aldi supermarket fire (archive.is)
archived 8 Aug 2024 01:21:23 UTC....
Reddit CEO hints that subreddit paywalls are on the way (mashable.com)
Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker bot?
I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource....
Hyundai and Kia car thefts fall sharply after software upgrade, study finds (www.cbsnews.com)
A social media trend, dubbed the “Kia Challenge,” has appeared to compound the automakers’ problems in recent years, with people posting videos showing how to steal Hyundai and Kia cars. At its height, the Kia Challenge was linked to at least 14 reported crashes and eight fatalities, according to figures from the National...
Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna canceled after Austrian police say foiled terrorist plot targeted shows (www.nbcnews.com)
Two men were arrested in what police said were terrorist plots at major events in Vienna. One was a 19-year-old who authorities said pledged his allegiance to ISIS.
To Catch A KICK Predator #2 (youtu.be)
Tears Of Joy by Nate Good (song.link)
Story Time by Eazy Mac (song.link)
Disney has “earned” latest streaming price hike, CFO says (arstechnica.com)
"Job Creation" (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/25439437
Courts ready to sit overnight after violent disorder across UK (news.sky.com)
US, India, Russia, Japan are building out wind power much too slowly for climate change, report says (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/39052186
India in despair as Olympic wrestler disqualified from final despite cutting hair off (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli Leaders Demand Probe of IDF Rape Video—To Find Out Who Leaked It. (www.commondreams.org)
US insists Gaza cease-fire talks in final stage as region braces for wider war. (www.voanews.com)
