Kyrsten Sinema said she doesn't care if she loses reelection because she 'saved the Senate by myself' and can go serve 'on any board I want to,' book says (news.yahoo.com)
Kyrsten Sinema doesn’t care one bit if she wins re-election, according to a new book....
Greta Thunberg charged with public order offense in UK after arrest outside oil industry conference (apnews.com)
X, formerly known as Twitter, will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet (fortune.com)
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Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Murena 2 is a de-Googled Android phone with a privacy kill switch that disconnects mic and camera (liliputing.com)
X drops headlines from articles, as new report details its bleeding ad revenue (www.marketwatch.com)
X drops headlines from articles, as new report details its bleeding ad revenue::Elon Musk’s X revamped its look to eliminate headlines on article links Wednesday, the same day that Reuters reported the platform has seen massive monthly…
Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters (popular.info)
Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries. The guidance by Charlotte County Superintendent Mark Vianello and the school board's attorney, Michael McKinley, was obtained by...
China's 1.4 billion population isn't enough to fill the country's empty homes, former official says (www.businessinsider.com)
US offers almost 500,000 Venezuelans legal status (www.bbc.com)
Venezuelans seeking asylum in the US who are already living in the country will be allowed to work legally under new rules announced by the Biden administration....
Terraria developer bashes Unity, donates $200k to open source alternatives (twitter.com)
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First Day in the UK, tested the most casual thing I could think about. Your English Breakfast is awesome! (slrpnk.net)
Ford lays off 600 workers at plant targeted by UAW strike (www.barrons.com)
Ford lays off 600 workers at plant targeted by UAW strike::Ford is laying off workers while the UAW is striking against Ford, GM, and Stellantis. This is getting complicated.
Judge who signed off on raid of Kansas newspaper is facing a complaint about the decision (www.cnn.com)
The judge who signed off on a search warrant authorizing the raid of a newspaper office in Marion, Kansas, is facing a complaint about her decision and has been asked by a judicial body to respond, records shared with CNN by the complainant show.
My reddit web viewer still works! Story: When reddit killed 3rd party apps, I uploaded a web viewer I have been using for myself to Github pages for everyone to use... (rdx.overdevs.com)
I posted about that here and forgot < lemmy.world/post/896361> but today when I checked cloudflare analytics it showed about 1000 pageviews in last 24 hours. Looks like some people are using it so just wanted to let you guys know that it works, no ads. no popups nothing.
F's in the chat (lemmy.zip)
Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge (arstechnica.com)
The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website (www.washingtonpost.com)
The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website::undefined
Japan wrestles with its views on ‘outside people’ amid population crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Low birthrate and ageing population pose ‘an urgent risk to society’, but can opening its borders to skilled overseas workers fix the problem?
Six officers known as the ‘Goon Squad’ plead guilty to torturing two Black men, using a sex toy on them and shooting one of them (mississippitoday.org)
Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work (apnews.com)
Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work::Three visual artists are suing artificial intelligence image-generators to protect their copyrights and careers.
FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard (arstechnica.com)
FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard::Comcast and other ISPs asked FCC to ditch listing-every-fee rule. FCC says “no.”
Why Are Trump’s Accused Co-Conspirators Smiling for Their Mug Shots? (www.nytimes.com)
The traditional mug shot is usually a grim affair: poorly lit and sullen. It is a permanent portrait of shame — the legal system’s scarlet letter....
this disappointment happened recently (lemm.ee)
Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters (www.reuters.com)
The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday....