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Might have to get rid of a certain squirrel (lemmy.world)

This is the 3rd time I’ve had to pull my car’s blower fan. The two other times only had one walnut. So this is a whole new level of nonsense.

Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa (apnews.com)

YouTube is cracking down on consumers’ favorite loophole - Adblockers (www.thestreet.com)

YouTube is cracking down on consumers’ favorite loophole - Adblockers::undefined

I found our shower drain problem! (mastodon.africa)

Las Vegas-area teachers union challenges law prohibiting members from striking (apnews.com)

Nevada’s largest teachers union filed suit Monday against a state law making it illegal for teachers and other public school employees to go on strike over pay and working conditions in the country’s fifth-largest school district, which includes Las Vegas....

Cool Pokemon fact: One day you will answer for your actions, and god may not be so merciful (lemmy.ml)

A handy guide to understanding meme formats (startrek.website)

Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents (apnews.com)

For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by....

Parents of trans kids urge Senate to oppose online safety bill that could harm LGBTQ+ youth. (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Parents of trans kids urge Senate to oppose online safety bill that could harm LGBTQ+ youth.::More than 100 parents signed an open letter asking lawmakers to support alternatives to the Kids Online Safety Act.

Jimmy Buffett, legendary 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76 (www.nbcnews.com)

Jimmy Buffett, the singer-songwriter who drew millions of fans with his folksy tales of living and loving on tropical sandy beaches, frozen concoction in hand, died Friday night. He was 76....

New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns (apnews.com)

Trump says he'll appeal DC trial date; legal experts say that's not possible (www.reuters.com)

Donald Trump said on Monday he would appeal the scheduling of a March 2024 trial over his alleged efforts to subvert his 2020 election defeat, though legal experts said such a move was not possible before a verdict is reached in the case....

Woman sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for trying to mail Trump ricin (www.axios.com)

A woman who mailed then-President Trump a threatening letter that contained ricin weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced.

#blessed (infosec.pub)

which linux distro do you NOT like, and why?

Bots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study finds (www.independent.co.uk)

Language Is a Poor Heuristic for Intelligence (karawynn.substack.com)

Yes! This is a brilliant explanation of why language use is not the same as intelligence, and why LLMs like chatGPT are not intelligence. At all.

More Baby Boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’ (www.cnn.com)

The number of older Americans living alone is on the rise. Nearly 16 million people aged 65 and older in the US lived solo in 2022, three times as many who lived alone in that age group in the 1960s. And as Baby Boomers age, that number is expected to grow even more, raising big questions about the country’s future.

Cuddling (i.imgur.com)

Meet the latest way the superrich prove they're really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts (www.businessinsider.com)

Meet the latest way the superrich prove they’re really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts::Electric cars? The superrich have already moved on to electric yachts.