Google's goo․gl links will stop working in August 2025 (9to5google.com)
Could social media support healthy online conversations? New_ Public is working on it (www.niemanlab.org)
If you had a drain that you knew was clogged only with hair, could you unclog the drain only using Nair?
As stupid as it says on the tin. Can you remove hair clogs with Nair?...
YSK that you can now delete media you uploaded on lemmy (at least on mander.xyz running v0.19.5)
Go to your uploads on your profile and delete anything you don’t want. Very helpful in case you upload anything sentitive by mistake (I remember an issue on github about this).
Urgent action needed as malaria evolves resistance to key drug (www.bbc.com)
Polygon - Was Bioshock Infinite good? (www.polygon.com)
Thought this was a fun article to read, wanted to share. I think it’s interesting that as societal and political views at large shift in the 2020s, it’s good to go back and reevaluate how narratives are portrayed even as recently as 2015....
Immich v1.109.1 released with optional paid license (github.com)
Welcome to version v1.109.0 of Immich. This release introduces an additional way for you to support Immich financially as well as bug fixes for various issues. Some of the highlights in this release include:...
Pepper spray review (sh.itjust.works)
IMF says U.S. should raise taxes, wait until late 2024 to cut rates (finance.yahoo.com)
ghostarchive.org/archive/0hvzE
Mounting Folders VS Symlinks?
I have a NTFS drive for Storage, which is shared between Win 11....
Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’, UN world court rules (news.un.org)
The Court was responding to a request for an advisory opinion by the General Assembly on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem....
Gershkovich convicted of espionage in 'sham' trial, given 16 years in prison. (www.voanews.com)
Survey shows most people wouldn't pay extra for AI-enhanced hardware | 84% of people said no (www.techspot.com)
Companies are going all-in on artificial intelligence right now, investing millions or even billions into the area while slapping the AI initialism on their products, even when doing so seems strange and pointless....
Macron wins shock vote to keep coalition hopes alive (www.politico.eu)
Emmanuel Macron’s party formed a last–minute agreement with right-leaning lawmakers to win a key vote in parliament on Thursday that opens the door to the French president playing a greater-than-expected role in forming the country’s next government....
Recent strange android headphone problems - Tentatively Fixed
I use wired earbuds. Last week, I started noticing issues with my current pair on my android phone. The first issue was that the audio would disconnect if the headphones cord going into the jack was slightly moved. The issue seemed to progress, whereby audio disconnects happened more commonly. Eventually, the headphone issue...
Eric Andre and the millennial experience (i.ibb.co)
Modern living
In Major Order, Appeals Court Blocks Student Loan Forgiveness And Lower Payments For 8 Million Borrowers (www.forbes.com)
Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 and Mix Flip foldables officially launch in China (9to5google.com)
Xiaomi has officially launched the Mix Fold 4 and Mix Flip foldable duo in the firms' home market of China.
Goodbye, old friend. (lemmy.world)
Plumbers Don't Wear Ties, a remarkably terrible entry to the FMV genre popularized by Ripper and Night Trap, has returned to PC on GOG. (www.pcgamesn.com)
Its not a catastrophe
I just checjed Bing to see if Microsoft was in such bad shapet today. asked it to make a bash shell script. looks ok to me :...
'We're close to the end': Biden world braces for the possibility that the president steps aside (www.nbcnews.com)
Offline version of Chat GPT
Largest housing provider for migrant children engaged in pervasive sexual abuse, US says (apnews.com)
Employees of the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. repeatedly sexually abused and harassed children in their care for at least eight years, the Justice Department said Thursday, alleging a shocking litany of offenses that took place as the company amassed billions of dollars in government...
