Yeah, I'm gonna get a second opinion on that... (sh.itjust.works)
Why were online subscriptions once rare, but now they are everywhere?
A Florida hotel cancels a Muslim conference, citing security concerns after receiving protest calls (apnews.com)
A South Florida Marriott Hotel canceled a Muslim group’s conference at the last minute after a protest group claimed the coalition was promoting Hamas, terrorism and antisemitism....
American Journalist Gonzalo Lira Has Died While Imprisoned In Ukraine (wsau.com)
Literally a virus (lemmy.world)
5+ man group games
Hi everyone, I have a group of friends (we are 5 in total) and we’re looking for some new games....
Anon likes bikes (sh.itjust.works)
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 7th
Happy new year!...
what has worked for you to stop getting angry thinking about people who hurt you?
I’m letting people who hurt me in the past live rent free in my mind....
Clicks is a BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case designed for creators (www.theverge.com)
Is there a sponsor block situation for Podcasts?
I’m happy to adopt a new podcast app if it has sponsorblock natively or through a plug-in. Otherwise let me know if there’s some other way to make it work. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work as all of the segments tagged for skipping are crowdsourced which would also work for Podcasts.
Elon Musk's X gets another valuation cut from Fidelity (www.axios.com)
Fidelity has again marked down the value of its shares in X Holdings, which the mutual fund giant helped Elon Musk buy for $44 billion when the company was known as Twitter....
Judge orders Starbucks to rehire, give backpay to fired Colorado union leader (www.cbsnews.com)
Alendra ‘Len’ Harris says she feels validated by the judge’s ruling, which she says also backs up the hundreds of similar allegations from other Starbucks workers around the country who have unionized in an effort to get better pay and working conditions.
Maine state official who removed Trump from ballot was targeted in swatting call at her home (apnews.com)
A fake emergency call to police resulted in officers responding Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows just a day after she removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause....
Fellow atheists: How do you know your senses and reasoning are reliable and valid? How do you know that you know anything? Solipsism vs Nihilism
Just looking for other answers to this....
Objectives of Israel’s and Russia’s Wars ‘nearly Identical’ - Did Lavrov Shift Position on Gaza? (www.palestinechronicle.com)
In a strange shift, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted as saying that Israel’s war on Gaza is identical to Moscow’s military operation against Ukraine....
Palestine Crisis Megathread III (lemmy.ml)
This is the second megathread for discussion regarding the crisis....
Under Argentina’s New President, Fuel Is Up 60%, and Diaper Prices Have Doubled (www.nytimes.com)
nytimes.com Under Argentina’s New President, Fuel Is Up 60%, and Diaper Prices Have Doubled Daniel Politi, Lucía Cholakian Herrera ~3 minutes...
If a criminal gets a life sentence in prison, then they die, then they come back to life, is their life sentence fulfilled and they can be released from prison?
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Jolly Old Saint Schrödinger (lemmy.world)
Judge rules that Twitter violated contract when it withheld millions of dollars in bonuses (www.courthousenews.com)
TIL Einstein compared Israel to Nazis in 1948 (NYT) (monyet.cc)
This letter was written to the Editors of the New York Times Dec. 2, 1948 – several months after the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel....
Proton VPN on Linux looks very different from Windows. How do you select one of their P2P options for faster torrenting?
Pretty much what the title says. I noticed that ProtonVPN Linux has an EXTREMELY limited interface compared to their program on Windows. I also do not appear to have the option to bind qBittorrent to ProtonVPN the same way that I did with MullvadVPN. Has anybody experienced ProtonVPN on Linux and successfully used it for...