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‘That ’70s Show' actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women (apnews.com)

81% of full-time workers want a 4-day work week – and they're willing to make sacrifices to get it (www.cnbc.com)

Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production (newatlas.com)

The truth about organic milk: cows are suffering on even the most “humane” dairy farms (www.theatlantic.com)

‘God gave us Trump’: Christian media evangelicals preach a messianic message (www.independent.co.uk)

Last month Trump vowed to defend Christianity and urged Christians to vote for him...

Don't use Appimages (a writeup about all the reasons they are a pain for users) (github.com)

Appimages totally suck, because many developers think they were a real packaging format and support them exclusively....

New Zealand repeals world-first smoking ban passed by Jacinda Ardern (www.independent.co.uk)

Reversal of smoking ban criticised as ‘shameful’ for lacking evidence...

How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever. (www.thedailybeast.com)

How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.::Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than...

Bill Gates thinks of himself as 'very nice' compared to Elon Musk and Steve Jobs (www.businessinsider.com)

Bill Gates name-checked Elon Musk and Steve Jobs during a fireside chat on Thursday. The Microsoft founder said he considers himself “very nice” compared to his fellow tech leaders. But Gates acknowledged that a certain level of intensity is required in innovative fields. Bill Gates said he considers himself a more relaxed...

"Super pigs" — called the "most invasive animal on the planet" — threaten to invade northern U.S. (www.cbsnews.com)

An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion....

Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (signal.org)

Scrollbars are becoming a problem (artemis.sh)

Too narrow, hidden, minimal feedback…

Striking actor Stephen Fry says his voice was stolen from the Harry Potter audiobooks and replicated by AI (fortune.com)

The actor told an audience in London that AI was a “burning issue” for actors.

Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste. (arstechnica.com)

Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.::With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse (www.thetimes.co.uk)

Google’s Search AI Says Slavery Was Good, Actually (futurism.com)

Google's AI-driven Search Generative Experience have been generating results that are downright weird and evil, ie slavery's positives.

House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court's immunity decision (apnews.com)

A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling, seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.”...

Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? (old.lemmy.world)

Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.