A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district (www.theguardian.com)
After Jared Williams was elected Augusta DA, a lawyer and state lawmaker made an unusual proposal: that the whitest county split from the circuit
Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
My Opinion: NewPipe, Piped, Invidious, etc's days are numbered.
With Reddit shutting down its API setting a precedent in the corporate tech world (and Reddit was a major outlier in that a ton of their users are technical minded and support third party clients, YouTube does not have that kind of userbase and will not get backlash for it), Twitter doing whatever the fuck they’re doing, and...
TIL Prank-loving Jill Biden once stuffed herself into the overhead bin of Airforce 2 (thehill.com)
If artificial intelligence uses your work, it should pay you (wapo.st)
Is FOSS really safe?
I’m note a programmer. I Don’t Understand Codes. How do I Know If An Open Source Application is not Stealing My Data Or Passwords? Google play store is scanning apps. It says it blocks spyware. Unfortunately, we know that it was not very successful. So, can we trust open source software? Can’t someone integrate their own...
Spotify raises premium subscription price for millions (www.bbc.co.uk)
Yet another good recipe
Eric Andre and the millennial experience (i.ibb.co)
Pelosi privately told Biden polls show he cannot win and will take down the House; Biden responded with defensiveness (www.cnn.com)
Which one??? (programming.dev)
Fuck it, .zshrc it is....
Jon Stewart Reacts to Trump’s Assassination Attempt: “We Dodged a Catastrophe” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Guess how I spent my morning...
I’ll give the whole story if anyone wants it
It’s Too Hot to Fly Helicopters and That’s Killing People (gizmodo.com)
Six motorcyclists rode into Death Valley National Park on July 6. Only five came out alive. With temperatures reaching 128 degrees Fahrenheit in California, the cyclists faced extreme heat exposure that killed one and sent another to a local hospital, according to the National Park Service....
[META] A few words about Bots and Civility
Given the state of technology, politics, and social media, we all share fears about interacting with bots, or having our social media manipulated. We know that this is happening on other platforms that are driven by engagement/profit models. However, Lemmy is about people – like you! While this platform is not immune to bots,...
Pixel 9 Pro Euro Prices Leak - Should We Worry? (www.droid-life.com)
Samsung wanted this to be their week, and it still mostly is with the launch of the Fold 6, Flip 6, and the Galaxy Watch Ultra. However, Google’s upcoming Pixel 9 launch is incredibly close, so the leaks for it are only going to ramp up. Today, a fresh report is here to keep things moving toward that mid-August Pixel 9 event....
Is there a linux distro (or just a DE) that can be used like a Smart TV
I don’t want to use Osmc or LibreELEC. What I’m going for is something like Android TV (tried using LineageOS but that didn’t work out for me)....
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan accused of being ‘serial tax evaders’ (www.theguardian.com)
Self-proclaimed misogynist ‘brazen’ about refusing to pay tax on revenue from online businesses, court told...
Sitting and shitting on my high horse
Why do quantum computers look like gorgeous golden chandeliers? (images.app.goo.gl)
127 degrees: Heat record shattered in Death Valley, with high temperature of 130 in forecast (abc7.com)
Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright (apnews.com)
The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled Thursday....
Tractor Supply slashes its DEI and climate goals after a right- wing pressure campaign (www.npr.org)
Didn’t take companies long to stop pretending like they care. We are fucked.