Reports on China’s Bad Lending Data Disappear on Chinese Social Media (www.bloomberg.com)
- Total credit demand in China fell in April for first time since 2005*- China has increasingly hidden negative data in recent years*...
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the group....
Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Putin and Xi cast U.S. as Cold War hegemon...
Lawsuit Brings to Light New Revelations About 2020 Fraudulent Electors Scheme (www.justsecurity.org)
In March, our team at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection—along with our co-counsel at Law Forward and Stafford Rosenbaum, LLP—settled Penebaker v. Hitt, a historic lawsuit brought by two Democratic Wisconsin electors against the ten individuals who fraudulently cast ballots for Trump and...
Amazon Workers Say They Struggle to Afford Food and Rent (time.com)
Why do we associate reverby electric guitar with the ocean? (kbin.melroy.org)
c.f. surf music and spongebob's sound cues...
House panel advances Garland contempt after White House blocks access to Biden special counsel tape (apnews.com)
The House Judiciary Committee voted to move forward with an effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress hours after the White House blocked access to an audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with the special counsel who oversaw an investigation into his handling of classified documents....
Save 100% on 100% Orange Juice on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too (www.nbcnews.com)
The Satanic Temple is known for trolling the religious right, but in its fight for religious pluralism, it’s become a powerful foe....
Grand Theft Auto VI Now Targeting Fall 2025 Release, Take-Two Confirms (kotaku.com)
stupidestAdvertisingEver (kbin.melroy.org)
Like, do they not worry about people just editing everything and inserting porn or something? I doubt that they were smart enough to use branch protection. To be fair, when you're sending a mass spam campaign, you already don't worry about your reputation anyway lol...
Asus just apologized for its outrageous repair costs and RMA process (www.pcgamesn.com)
Hearing is be-leafing: Students invent quieter leaf blower (hub.jhu.edu)
Fewer people in the US plan to buy EVs this year, study shows (www.reuters.com)
The number of buyers in the U.S. considering an electric vehicle purchase in 2024 has fallen from a year ago due to a shortage of affordable cars, inadequate charging infrastructure and ignorance about EV benefits, a study by J.D. Power, opens new tab has shown....
Child care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’ (www.marketwatch.com)
The history of LibreOffice (www.libreoffice.org)
aka. dont use OpenOffice
Report: China’s taste for ’blood timber’ may be fueling Mozambique conflict (www.voanews.com)
Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing (www.techradar.com)
Love me some arbitrary executed code /s (Plasmoids are not themes) (slrpnk.net)
Cool Plasmoids on Plasma6:...
Don't (lemmy.zip)
Who is Harrison Butker's Wife? All About Isabelle Butker After NFL Star's Controversial Speech Shocks Internet (haor.org)
Isabelle Butker (age 30, born in May 1994) is a former college basketball player. She is widely known as the wife of Harrison Butker, the placekicker for the
[Factorio] Friday Facts #411 - All about asteroids (factorio.com)
Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with “dark patterns” (www.theverge.com)
Arizona’s Attorney General, Kris Mayes, filed two lawsuits against Amazon on Wednesday for allegedly engaging in deceptive business practices and maintaining monopoly status. The first lawsuit accuses the company of using dark patterns to keep users from canceling their Amazon Prime subscriptions, violating Arizona’s...
