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Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000-a-year package with a mixture of anger and admiration (www.businessinsider.com)

Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.

Cocaine seized by customs in record 8-ton haul (www.dw.com)

Georgia doctor decapitated baby using 'excessive force' in delivery (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1298292...

Bots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study finds (www.independent.co.uk)

Critical thinking education trumps banning and censorship in battle against disinformation, study suggests (www.psypost.org)

Critical thinking education trumps banning and censorship in battle against disinformation, study suggests::A new study conducted by researchers from Michigan State University suggests that the battle against online disinformation cannot be won by mere content moderation or banning those who spread fake news. Instead, the key...

Russians ask people not to burn down military enlistment offices, blaming Ukrainian scammers for it (www.pravda.com.ua)

Disney to Crack Down on Password-Sharing Too (www.cnet.com)

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UK could leave European convention on human rights to stop Channel migrant boats (www.theguardian.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/opd7m...

If you’ve heard that people have problems with the head of mastodon (gargron) this recent little incident might be an example. (github.com)

The link is to a GitHub discussion, where gargron shuts down a discussion because he’s made a unilateral decision and then locks the thread to avoid debate....

SMS is no longer available on Facebook Messenger as early as Sept 28 (m.facebook.com)

cross-posted from !meta...

Why Thread is Matter’s biggest problem right now (www.theverge.com)

After Bodycam Footage Undoes Its Narrative, NYPD Agrees To Pay $13 Million To Anti-Police Violence Protesters (www.techdirt.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1177800...

Chaos in the aisles: has cinema etiquette reached an all-time low? (www.theguardian.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/zDSbp...

Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise (apnews.com)

Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise::The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game franchise says it won’t allow artists to use artificial intelligence technology to draw its cast of sorcerers, druids and other characters and scenery.

A flightless parrot is returning to mainland New Zealand after a 40-year absence (www.popsci.com)

How does a -1 vote happen? (sh.itjust.works)

Bram Moolenaar, creator of vim, has passed away (groups.google.com)

NVK Has landed! (www.collabora.com)

And as usual this is without any help from Nvidia...

Doing my part for the community (sh.itjust.works)

It’s been slightly over a week since I set everything up, but I can finally say that I am happy with the results. Time to sit back and see if I can get to 5.0

Central Florida is a hot spot for leprosy, report says (www.cnn.com)

According a research letter published by Nathoo and his colleagues in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Central Florida has reported among the highest rates of leprosy in the United States....

Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security (arstechnica.com)

The aftermath to the recent Microsoft Azure hack by suspected PRC actors....

Ship sailing from Israel becomes the first to break Russia’s grain blockade (www.i24news.tv)

Canada launches warning labels on each cigarette (www.bbc.com)

Canada will be the first nation to start printing warnings directly onto individual cigarettes in a bid to deter young people from starting smoking and encourage others to quit....