Influential LGBTQ+ group pulls Biden endorsement over 'perilous' handling of Israel-Hamas war (www.advocate.com)
Airlines will soon have to pay you back if they cancel or delay your flight (www.theverge.com)
As TikTok ban threatens stability in social media ecosystem, some brands settle into the fediverse (digiday.com)
The possibility of a TikTok ban is inching closer to becoming a reality at this point. On Tuesday, the Senate passed the bill that would bar the social media platform from operating in the U.S. unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, sells its stake....
U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs (www.npr.org)
Orthopedic Surgeon Uses Apple Vision Pro for Rotator Cuff Surgery (hothardware.com)
In this niche case the Vision Pro seems like it has some compelling benefits.
Nestlé adds more sugar to baby food in poorer countries, report finds (wapo.st)
Who’s the boss when it comes to defense: NATO or the EU? (www.politico.eu)
Both NATO and the EU want to spend a €100 billion on defense — and that’s leading to clashes between the two Brussels-based institutions....
Substack Competitor Ghost Announces ActivityPub Integration (wedistribute.org)
Ghost is a huge publishing platform, and a sizeable rival to Substack. By adopting ActivityPub, they are opening up to an entirely new audience, and harnessing the power of the Fediverse.
Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to ‘bring back the open web’ (www.theverge.com)
They’re not done yet. Just announcing (and the verge reporting on it)....
So many people are downloading Fallout mods after watching the show that the Nexus is straining to support all the traffic (www.pcgamer.com)
Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work (apnews.com)
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ordered the media on Thursday not to report on where potential jurors have worked and to be careful about revealing information about those who will sit in judgment of the former president....
Homelessness case before US supreme court could have far-reaching effects (www.theguardian.com)
Justices to consider constitutionality of punishing people for sleeping outside as western states seek to address encampments...
This journalist that made the compilation of the "This is a danger to our democracy" videos is being sued by the DOJ (slrpnk.net)
If you havent seen the compilation video here it is: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-xVufYXaGg8...
Netanyahu's outraged response after report of pending US sanctions on IDF (www.newsweek.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement condemning sanctions on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) after a report surfaced claiming that the Biden administration is set to blacklist a unit for alleged human rights violations in Gaza....
Evan Prodromou - Bytedance: Add ActivityPub to Tiktok Notes (evanp.me)
The grandfather of the fediverse @evan wants TikTok Notes to join the fediverse
The End of an Era: Women Who Code Closing - Women Who Code (womenwhocode.com)
Ukraine aid bill clears critical hurdle in the House as Democrats supply the votes (www.nytimes.com)
Democrats stepped in to support bringing the aid package to the floor, in a remarkable breach of custom on a key vote that paved the way for its passage....
Argentina Applies for NATO Global Partner Status (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Thursday, Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri said that his country has applied to become a “global partner” of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). ⠀...
Trump operation asks Republicans who use him for fundraising to share the haul (www.nbcnews.com)
You get grifted! And you get grifted! And you get grifted! Everybody gets grifted!
Hundreds could die if Boeing fails to handle quality issues, whistleblower says (www.theguardian.com)
Discord Users Are Being Tracked Through Data-Scraping Site (www.theregister.com)
Internet-scraping outfit Spy.pet claims to have harvested more than four billion public messages made by nearly 620 million users on more than 14,000 Discord chat servers – and is selling access to this trove....
Bronx shooters on scooters leave 1 dead, 3 injured (www.nbcnews.com)
Palworld CEO says “many” clones of Pokémon-with-guns game are coming, with “Genshin Impact-level” successors (web.archive.org)
Admit, who of you is this? (lemmy.today)
Did you ever try Bedrock Linux ? (bedrocklinux.org)
How do you like it ?