Why doesn’t Paddington, who is famously from "Darkest Peru," speak with a Spanish speaker’s accent?
Or is he from one of those indigenous Peruvian tribes that speaks the King’s English?...
Appeals court denies Bannon bid to stave off July 1 jail sentence (www.politico.com)
A federal appeals court has denied a last-minute bid by Steve Bannon, a longtime Donald Trump adviser and prominent conservative podcaster, to stave off a four-month jail sentence for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee three years ago....
Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” (arstechnica.com)
Favourite patient modern game?
A bit of a weird title, but basically what’s a game that’s more than a year old but still considered “modern” that you love? There’s no real strict definition for modern, I’d just like to see some discussion around great games that aren’t quite classics yet (but probably will be one day)....
Fake escalator (no stairs behind the couch) (www.youtube.com)
Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” - Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted. (arstechnica.com)
Big tech companies are still trying to rally workers back into physical offices, and many workers are still not having it. Based on a recent report, computer-maker Dell has stumbled even more than most....
what's your favorite hydration drink? bonus points if it's a drink mix
SSRIs got me drinking Gatorade and Powerade all day. I don’t like low sugar stuff, like Gatorlyte or Prime.
the truth (lemmy.world)
To the place... (lemmy.world)
Namibia high court overturns law banning consensual gay sex (www.theguardian.com)
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's home raided by FBI agents; feds target other locations (www.cbsnews.com)
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home raided by FBI agents; feds target other locations
Recycling Plastic Is a Dangerous Waste of Time (quillette.com)
Spectrum Call Center in Charlotte, NC Reportedly Provided Fried Chicken and Watermelon to Employees for Juneteenth (thencbeat.com)
“We want to acknowledge some feedback received regarding our Juneteenth celebration,” Pezzuto said in his letter obtained by The North Carolina Beat. “Although our intent was to celebrate this nationally recognized day, some of you voiced your concerns regarding the associated food choices.”...
Aaron J. Waltke is doing an AMA on the Strange New Pod's Discord server tonight to promote Prodigy season 2 (mastodon.social)
@GoodAaron is joining for a Prodigy “Preludes” watchalong, as well as an AMA afterwards to promote season 2 of Prodigy....
Anon solves a problem at work (sh.itjust.works)
Is funkwhale.audio down? I just wanted to check on the site out of curiosity for setting an instance up myself
www.funkwhale.audio...
what are you excited to watch this weekend (June 21)
I’m looking forward to Friday Night SmackDown, AEW Rampage, the LA Sparks Game on Saturday, AEW Collision, and House of the Dragon on sunday.