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Pew finds nation divided on whether the American Dream is still possible (www.cbsnews.com)

While 53% say the American Dream remains possible, another 41% believe the life of relative economic security the notion once conjured up is now out of reach, the survey of 8,709 U.S. adults found. That divide roughly held regardless of race, ethnicity, partisanship and education of respondents, the nonpartisan think tank found....

Americans say they need to earn $186K to live comfortably — but is it enough? (www.thehill.com)

People in San Francisco Are Mad That a New App Lets You Spy on Bars to See How Busy They Are (gizmodo.com)

Construction of a 220V mini hydroelectric plant with a unique turbine (youtu.be)

Harder than it seems (i.imgur.com)

Trump Suggests Planes Can’t Fly When It’s Not Sunny (www.theatlantic.com)

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson faces further sex offence charges (www.bbc.co.uk)

AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings (arstechnica.com)

Drew DeVault on the biggest threats to FOSS and some proposed solutions (fosstodon.org)

FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas (www.nbcnews.com)

The FDA said it had concluded that BVO was not safe for use after the results of studies, it conducted in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, found the potential for adverse effects in humans....

Is there any problem a weapon can't solve? (lemmy.world)

Fedora 40 won't boot with Kernel 6.8.10 or above

My Fedora 40 system won’t boot with any kernel over 6.8.10....

Artificial Intelligence and Its Implications for Future Suffering – Center on Long-Term Risk (longtermrisk.org)

will desantis veto natural language question answering in “a.i.” feature-laced apps when negative hedonic [tones] respond to “sexual” cartesian theatre prompt engineers connected within florida’s policywalls?...

Confidence in Zelenskyy and support for Ukraine (www.pewresearch.org)

The bubble finally burst. Majorities in France, Italy, Greece, Brazil, Mexico, Israel, Turkey, Colombia, Malaysia, etc. or large minorities in US, Canada, Germany, Poland, Spain, etc. express no or not much confidence in Zelensky.

The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic bird flu vaccine (apnews.com)

I finally did it: ruined a dish with too much garlic

So I put 4 cloves in a small batch of salsa. I did roast them with a butane torch and thought that would make the flavor a little milder, nope.

AI is about to make software testers redundant (medium.com)

Linux Mint

My Linux Mint Cinnamon won’t boot up. It’s getting stuck on this screen and I don’t know what to do to proceed. Before this screen appears it shows the LM logo for a moment....