kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Can Cats Solve Puzzles? (hackaday.com)

She saw the Titanic sink and the end of World War I. Now, the oldest American just turned 115 (www.independent.co.uk)

How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet (www.bbc.com)

NYC Protesters Target AIG Over East African Crude Oil Pipeline (www.commondreams.org)

My favorite kind of massage (i.imgur.com)

World of Warcraft developers form Blizzard’s largest, most inclusive union | 500+ employees have organized across multiple departments, creating the first wall-to-wall union of its kind at the studio (www.theverge.com)

More than 500 developers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on World of Warcraft have voted to form a union. The World of Warcraft GameMakers Guild, formed with the assistance of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), is composed of employees across every department, including designers, engineers, artists, producers, and...

Can someone tell me if this game cartridge is authentic? (imgur.com)

I bought this off Ebay but I am not sure if it is authentic or not. Can anyone here tell me or point me towards a resource I can use?

Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert ‘environmental catastrophe’ (apnews.com)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — There is no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak, the Philippine coast guard said Friday, and plans are being firmed up to try to siphon off the highly toxic shipment to prevent a major spill that could...

Nubeo Watches Announces Star Trek Franchise Collaboration (blog.trekcore.com)

Kamala Harris says ‘I will not be silent’ on suffering in Gaza after Netanyahu talks (www.theguardian.com)

SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan calls for ethics enforcement mechanism (www.salon.com)

Cop described Sonya Massey shooting as ‘self-inflicted’ in initial dispatch (www.independent.co.uk)

‘Just to confirm: self-inflicted?’ a police dispatcher asks, to which a voice replies, ‘Self-inflicted’...

Sam Altman urges formation of US-led AI freedom coalition • The Register (www.theregister.com)

This guy! 😮‍💨

Canada owes First Nations billions after making ‘mockery’ of treaty deal, top court rules (www.theguardian.com)

An “egregious” refusal by successive Canadian governments to honor a key treaty signed with Indigenous nations made a “mockery” of the deal and deprived generations of fair compensation for their resources, Canada’s top court has ruled....

Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides (apnews.com)

Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat....

Donald Trump may drop JD Vance for Nikki Haley, ex-Clinton adviser says (www.newsweek.com)

The A-Z Guide Of History's Great Panics (www.shithot.co.uk)

Check out these major freak-outs

AOC's Deepfake AI Porn Bill Unanimously Passes the Senate (www.rollingstone.com)

THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY passed a bipartisan bill to provide recourse to victims of porn deepfakes — or sexually-explicit, non-consensual images created with artificial intelligence....

FBI Is Not Fully Convinced Trump Was Struck by a Bullet (www.thedailybeast.com)

FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed during a marathon testimony on Wednesday that investigators still do not know if former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during his attempted assassination....