It's the letter of the day (startrek.website)
The US electrical grid is in desperate need of upgrades, watchdog warns (www.engadget.com)
Alabama band director tased by police for not stopping his students' performance (www.npr.org)
What began as a routine band performance of Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck by Cameo at an Alabama high school football game ended in a troubling confrontation when a police officer tased the marching band director for refusing to stop the music....
YSK that Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees, will donate all profits on September 13th (tomorrow) to victims of the recent Moroccan earthquake (blog.ecosia.org)
Ecosia is great in general, they’ve done stuff like this before for wildfires and such, and they are carbin negative and use 100% of their profits for helping the planet...
Famed tech journalist (Walt Mossberg) deletes X account with epic rant at Elon Musk (www.independent.co.uk)
Veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg announced on Tuesday he was deactivating his X (formerly known as Twitter) account, saying Elon Musk’s takeover of the site turned it into a “cesspool.”...
Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates (apnews.com)
With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will for the first time have time two women from its main political movements competing for the presidency....
Woman Is Awarded $1.2 Billion in ‘Revenge Porn’ Lawsuit (www.nytimes.com)
pew pew (infosec.pub)
The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: yiffit.net/post/1072752...
Cotton ball (lemmy.ml)
Ship sailing from Israel becomes the first to break Russia’s grain blockade (www.i24news.tv)
In light of recent events (lemmy.world)
Florida teacher fired for using gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx.’ (www.nbcnews.com)
Hamas official says group aims to repeat Oct. 7 onslaught many times to destroy Israel (www.timesofisrael.com)
Apple’s “carbon neutral” claims are facing increased scrutiny (arstechnica.com)
Getting high reveals how arbitrary the connection is between how you feel and how well things are going.
Should this go in /c/Frugal? (lemmy.world)
Me washing $200 worth of groceries in 2023 (i.imgur.com)
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Sad realization (startrek.website)
Pikachu used war crimes! (i.imgur.com)
Microsoft Defender no longer flags Tor Browser as malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
If you squint, my beef stroganoff is trying to tell you something (sh.itjust.works)
The snail tells me all sorts of things (startrek.website)
YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star (www.nbcnews.com)
YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star::YouTube has blocked Russell Brand from making money off its platform and the BBC pulled some of his shows from its online streaming service in the...
Calif. passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts (arstechnica.com)
California, the home to many of tech's biggest companies and the nation's most populous state, is pushing ahead with a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics and appliances. After unanimous votes in the state Assembly and Senate, the bill passed yesterday is expected to move through a concurrence vote and be signed by...
