Scammers placing keywords related to a different app, hoping users get confused (lemmy.ml)
I’m pissed that I bought simple gallery pro because it respected my privacy, then because the dev sold his soul for a ton of money, it now rapes my privacy
I made a Margherita pizza from scratch (lemmy.world)
A Colorado town's newspapers were stolen after a story about rape charges at the police chief's house (apnews.com)
Nearly all the copies of a small-town Colorado newspaper were stolen from newspaper racks on the same day the Ouray County Plaindealer published a story about charges being filed over rapes alleged to have occurred at an underage drinking party at the police chief’s house while the chief was asleep, the owner and publisher...
Content is King? - How it sucked out the joy of personal websites (jeena.net)
Now who is laughing? (slrpnk.net)
New UEFI vulnerabilities send firmware devs industry wide scrambling (arstechnica.com)
Houthi official promises safe passage for Russian, Chinese ships through Red sea (www.newindianexpress.com)
Chicago banned unannounced migrant drop-offs. Now this Texas charter bus company is suing over the restrictions (www.cnn.com)
A charter bus company hired by the state of Texas to transport migrants to Chicago is trying to flip the script on the border crisis in a federal lawsuit against the city alleging that its ordinance banning unannounced migrant drop-offs is unconstitutional and punishes transportation companies working with Texas, court documents...
How does ripping a CD/DVD work exactly? Is it similar to copying or does it leave the CD/DVD unusable?
I’ve never ripped CDs or DVDs before for any reason and am curious how this works since I have some stuff I wanna see about backing up but am nervous about ruining the disc. I’ve tried looking this up, but every time I do, I obviously am searching for the wrong thing because I have never found the info I’m looking for.
If only there was a GOOD fish with a gun to save them! (startrek.website)
Poultry processor hit with proposed $212,646 fine after second worker, a teen, killed by machine | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
No joke: Feds are banning humorous electronic messages on highways (apnews.com)
It’s no joke. Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon disappear from highways and freeways across the country....
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th
What are you all playing? I’ve been playing a ton of Mario world ROM hacks. I beat super nothing world. Now I’m playing some hacks by the jump team
Evolve - A brand new GNOME Theme Manager (arcnations.wixsite.com)
Hasn’t been released fully yet by the developer but looks interesting....
None of these people exist, but you can buy their books on Amazon anyway (conspirator0.substack.com)
Our AI-generated future is going to be fantastic....
Scientists Unveil Radical Plan to Drill Into a Volcano For Near-Unlimited Energy (www.sciencealert.com)
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Power drunk mods
So after a run in with a moderator yesterday I’ve had some thoughts I felt I wanted to share....
China tells US it will 'never compromise' on Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
China has said it will “never compromise” on the issue of Taiwan, in its first military talks with the US since 2021....
Mbin is a fork of kbin: a decentralized content aggregator running on the Fediverse network (lemmy.ml)
Mbin is a decentralized content aggregator, voting, discussion and microblogging platform running on the fediverse network. It can communicate with many other ActivityPub services, including Kbin, Mastodon, Lemmy, Pleroma, Peertube. It is an open source alternative to other link aggregator services like Reddit. The initiative...
Netflix Just Saved The Most Underrated Star Trek Show — Creators Tease What's Next (www.inverse.com)
stupid smart TVs
Why are there such idiotic smart TVs that can’t even turn off bluetooth?!...
What's up with all this data breaches and leaks?
Was this always happening in this big scope? Leaks of games, data that is stolen, all these breaches in big companies. Feels like I see this everyday
Some Catholic bishops reject Pope's stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused (apnews.com)
In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples....
Coincidence?! (i.imgur.com)
YSK: Do You Really Need That Antibiotic? It’s antibiotic season. Brush up on how you should use them — and when to avoid them. (NYT, Dec 2023) (www.nytimes.com)
It’s refreshing to see a major news outlet discussing collateral damage and not just resistance. Over the past decade, 99% of the time antibiotic overuse is covered and warned about it’s always only in regards to resistance....
