Mike Johnson Said Same-Sex Marriage Would Lead to People Marrying Their Pets, Wanted to Sentence Abortion Doctors to “Hard Labor” (www.vanityfair.com)
By now you’ve likely heard that Representative Mike Johnson—the congressman Republicans finally elected as the new Speaker of the House after 22 days of chaos—played a significant role in the plot to overturn the 2020 election, a lowlight on his résumé that is obviously deeply concerning for the future of democracy. Also...
Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury (apnews.com)
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
“Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada”
Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too (www.thedrive.com)
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Elon Musk ‘committed evil’ with Starlink order, says Ukrainian official (www.theguardian.com)
Ukrainian presidential adviser says deaths of civilians ‘the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego’...
Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles are now probably worthless. (markets.businessinsider.com)
Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles are now probably worthless.::NFTs had a huge bull run two years ago, with billions of dollars per month in trading volume, but now most have crashed to zero, a study found.
This is no encouragement to waste energy (feddit.de)
Be the change you want to see! (thetreasurechest.buckodr.ink)
Minnesota trial to remove Trump from 2024 election ballot begins (www.nbcnews.com)
The trial over an effort in Minnesota to keep former President Donald Trump off of the 2024 ballot began Thursday at the state Supreme Court as a similar case continued in Colorado....
Trump Warns ‘Cognitively Impaired’ Biden May Cause ‘World War Two’ (nymag.com)
Procrastinating Pikachu used dash!.... it's not very effective... (slrpnk.net)
Now he has an unscheduled meeting with his supervisor
What a kind act (lemm.ee)
Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers (apnews.com)
The National Science Foundation, the federal agency that oversees the U.S. Antarctic Program, published a report in 2022 in which 59% of women said they’d experienced harassment or assault while on the ice, and 72% of women said such behavior was a problem in Antarctica....
Go on Fro-dough! (slrpnk.net)
Is has all the nutrients the body needs (sh.itjust.works)
Imagine trusting oracle (feddit.it)
‘Futurama’ Renewed for Two More Seasons at Hulu (variety.com)
“Futurama” has been renewed for two more new seasons at Hulu, Variety has learned....
Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud (www.home-assistant.io)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/5717757...
Clarence Thomas didn't repay $267K luxury RV loan: Senate committee (www.rawstory.com)
Clarence Thomas never repaid a millionaire friend’s $267,000 loan which the Supreme Court justice used to buy a 40-foot luxury motorcoach, Senate investigators announced Wednesday....
Woman buying pot from NYC deli maced, dragged by hair, kicked in head by cashier who mistook her for trans (www.nydailynews.com)
A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.
The IRS plans to crack down on 1,600 millionaires to collect millions of dollars in back taxes (apnews.com)
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said that with a boost in federal funding and the help of artificial intelligence tools, the agency has new means of targeting wealthy people who have “cut corners” on their taxes....