Alabama files emergency appeal with Supreme Court in redistricting case (thehill.com)
Alabama has filed an emergency appeal in its congressional map case, a week after a three-judge panel struck down on the matter....
TikTok Blocked 'WGA' Searches Amid Writer's Strike Because It Thought It Was a Conspiracy (www.vice.com)
The social media app, which has been an instrumental tool during the strike, is blocking searches for “WGA.”...
ChatGPT plays doctor with 72% success (www.axios.com)
As AI capabilities advance in complex medical scenarios that doctors face on a daily basis, the technology remains controversial in medical communities.
Canada opens inquiry into allegations of election meddling by China, Russia (www.aljazeera.com)
Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos (www.theverge.com)
Boston.com: Man tried to travel the Atlantic in a hamster wheel, U.S. says. Again. (www.boston.com)
‘Excited to see the memes’: Germany’s Olaf Scholz posts eyepatch photo (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears (www.politico.eu)
By equating corruption to treason, Zelenskyy’s office is manipulating the public’s desire for justice, said Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization that monitors graft. In reality, Shabunin added, Zelenskyy’s office is pursuing other goals: to protect...
Russia’s ruble has tumbled. What does it mean for the wartime economy? (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
IS RUSSIA HAVING AN ECONOMIC CRISIS?...
National Labor Relations Board slams union-busting tactics by employers (www.courthousenews.com)
The new ruling forces employers found interfering with a union election to immediately recognize the union without a new election.
Why the Steam deb from Canonical has been broken since 23.04 (popey.com)
tl;dr In a recent thread on Mastodon, it was revealed that Ubuntu 23.04 users can’t install the Steam deb package from the Ubuntu archive without jumping through some technical hoops. It turns out this was a mistake, a bug was filed, and future builds shouldn’t have this problem....
California judge shoots down Eastman bid to postpone disbarment proceedings (www.politico.com)
It’s the latest setback for the attorney as he fights to preserve his law license while facing felony charges in Georgia.
Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds (www.nature.com)
Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report (www.bbc.com)
CastSponsorSkip: A lighter Google Cast sponsor skip written in Go (github.com)
Hi everyone! I’ve been using sponsorblockcast for a while (which is a great project), but I always wished it was written in Go. The go-chromecast library that it uses is written in Go, so a Go app could connect to all devices within a single process instead of creating child processes for every device. I finally decided to...
Masculine Policy: The GOP’s Plan To Outlaw ‘Porn’ And Suspend The First Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
ProtonDB now has filters for PC and Steam Deck reports (www.gamingonlinux.com)
US tourists stay in Eiffel Tower overnight while drunk - prosecutors (www.bbc.com)
Two American tourists have been found sleeping inside the Eiffel Tower after getting stuck while drunk, according to prosecutors....
School district in the U.S. uses ChatGPT to help ban library books (web.archive.org)
Faced with new legislation, Iowa’s Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books ‘contain a description or depiction of a sex act.’
Salmon are vanishing from the Yukon River — and so is a way of life (grist.org)
Nashville DA says "law must be altered" after suspect released from jail is accused of shooting college student in the head (www.cbsnews.com)
The Nashville district attorney called on Wednesday for the Tennessee legislature to make it easier to commit someone to a mental institution after a man who was previously released for incompetence to stand trial was accused of shooting an 18-year-old college student in the head....
Most Video Game Artwork Will Never Be Seen - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Excerpt from the article:...
Fedora Linux 39 Released As A Wonderful Upgrade For Leading Workstations & Servers (www.phoronix.com)
Home heating from datacentres - good use of waste energy or a waste of money? | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
The hostage situation at Hamburg Airport ends with a man in custody and 4-year-old daughter safe (apnews.com)
The hostage situation at Hamburg Airport ended Sunday afternoon, around 18 hours after a man drove his vehicle through the gates of the airport with his 4-year-old daughter inside, authorities said. The man was arrested and the girl appears to be unharmed.
