The exodus of the money people - Escape to Mars, upload to the cloud or retreat to the fallout shelter? How the super-rich are preparing for the apocalypse (www.konicz.info)
This is an English translation of an article I wrote for a German magazine. The article looks into the post apocalyptic strategies the wealthy and ultrarich are focusing on. Main point: The rich are as afraid of the collapse of society as anyone else, but their means to face the calamity are on another level.
What communities, online or offline, have made you feel most like you've entered/found a parallel dimension in a positive way?
Excluding, say, here or the fediverse more broadly....
Arrs Feedback (lemmus.org)
Context...
Fatah official: Oct. 7 is part of our ‘defensive war’ against Israel, Hamas is ‘part of our political and social fabric’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Jibril Rajoub, secretary general of Fatah’s Central Committee, justifies the October 7 massacre by Hamas as an act “in the context of the defensive war our people are waging.”...
whats your most self-incriminating story?
Preferably with your primary address so we know where to send the van.
What are the major components of any Linux distribution?
Hi all - I am learning about Linux and want to see if my understanding is correct on this - the list of major parts of any distro:...
The Moon (lemmy.world)
The Moon just now in the UK. No idea what is creating the halo
Connoisseur (media.kbin.social)
China’s Abandoned, Obsolete Electric Cars Are Piling Up in Cities (www.bloomberg.com)
A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant but left weed-infested lots across the nation brimming with unwanted battery-powered vehicles.
The eye-opener commit (discuss.tchncs.de)
The library where my wife works is having a Black Friday sale. (lemmy.world)
Advice for setting up my nephew’s first laptop.
Hey All,...
Former GOP House member's wife said Sen. Markwayne Mullin put his finger in the noses of sleeping members of Congress and their spouses on a trip to Israel (www.businessinsider.com)
I want off Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride.
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (www.wired.com)
Lemmings, how does it feel to have your father/mother as your teacher in school?
Time to celebrate: Tutanota is now Tuta. (tuta.com)
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles (arstechnica.com)
It will only go downhill from here (lemmy.world)
Apple, Disney and IBM to pause ads on X after antisemitic Elon Musk tweet (www.theguardian.com)
Apple will pause all its advertising on X, formerly Twitter, two days after owner Elon Musk tweeted his enthusiastic agreement with an antisemitic post....
Elon Musk goes thermonuclear as X bleeds advertisers post antisemitic conspiracy theory controversy (www.salon.com)
H.S. football coach is fired after holding a baptism for players after practice (www.nbcnews.com)
A Georgia high school football coach who was criticized for holding a baptism on school grounds for some of his players has been fired weeks later....
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges | For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug (arstechnica.com)
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges | For the largest health insurer in the US, AI’s error rate is like a feature, not a bug::For the largest health insurer in the US, AI’s error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
Ublock users who got hit by Youtube's anti-adblock effort- how's your experience been?
I started getting the dreaded anti-adblock pop-ups on Youtube when they started ramping up their efforts a month or so back, and I initially went through the whole rigamarole: First it was just the pop-up, then it was the pop-up with the timer, then the 3-video countdown finally leading to the video player being disabled...
George Santos will not seek re-election after House details ‘pervasive’ fraud (www.theguardian.com)
The New York Republican congressman, fabulist and criminal defendant George Santos said he would not seek re-election next year, after the US House ethics committee issued a report detailing “grave and pervasive campaign finance violations and fraudulent activity” and recommended action against him....
