what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?
Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.
Gazans break into aid centres, taking flour and supplies, UN says (www.reuters.com)
Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centres of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) grabbing flour and “basic survival items”, the organisation said on Sunday....
APKMirror now blocks visitors allegedly because of "adblock" (lemmy.world)
RIP the only reliable website for grabbing APKs. I don’t even actually have an adblock on my side....
I am merely a bathtub to this divine, furry being (sopuli.xyz)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake::Satya Nadella wrote off Microsoft’s Nokia phone business acquisition and now says the company’s exit from mobile was a mistake.
Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food (www.theguardian.com)
The rise in nuisance influencers comes as tourism numbers in Japan near their pre-pandemic levels
Israel-Palestine war: Israel set to ban Al Jazeera after attorney general approval (www.middleeasteye.net)
From youngest to oldest - Sisu 7m, Huggy Bear 15Y, Pippi 16 (lemmy.world)
Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant (www.businessinsider.com)
The FBI’s recruitment of Thiel as a CHS puts him among the bureau’s most prominent assets, but he is not alone among right-wing figures who have collaborated with the bureau. Trump himself offered to help the FBI fight organized crime in Atlantic City in the early 1980s. Truth Social, the Trump-owned social-media company,...
What alternate Youtube frontends are there? And which ones do you recommend?
I’ve heard of piped due to the piped-link bot, but I am curious about others.
Given all the accurate predictions of the Simpsons and Futurama (lemmy.ca)
Disney Mocked for Ludicrously Fake CGI "Actors" in Crowd Scene (futurism.com)
cross-posted from: derp.foo/post/317313...
All paths lead to beauty [Toronto] (startrek.website)
Not OC. Was taken from King Street West looking towards the downtown core.
Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare | WIRED (www.wired.com)
Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare | WIRED::Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the last two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate.
Get it! (slrpnk.net)
As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts (web.archive.org)
As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts::undefined
rad (lemmy.world)
Apple considered ditching Google for DuckDuckGo in Safari’s private mode | But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn't as private as believed. (arstechnica.com)
Apple considered ditching Google for DuckDuckGo in Safari’s private mode | But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn’t as private as believed.::But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn’t as private as believed.
Record national strike wave swells as 300,000 hit the picket lines (peoplesworld.org)
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.—Across the country a wave of strikes has grown to tsunami proportions with some 300,000 workers now out on strike and walking the picket lines.
Suing Writers Seethe at OpenAI's Excuses in Court (futurism.com)
House Democrat steps down from leadership role over party's support of Biden's reelection (www.cnn.com)
GPUs from all major suppliers are vulnerable to new pixel-stealing attack (arstechnica.com)
Texas couple arrested for jaguar cub deal in first case charged under Big Cat Public Safety Act (www.cbsnews.com)
A couple in Texas has been arrested after allegedly selling a margay cub and attempting to sell a jaguar cub in the first case charged under the Big Cat Public Safety Act, federal prosecutors said Wednesday....
With Shutdown Looming, Biden Calls Out Speaker McCarthy for a “Terrible Bargain” With MAGA Republicans (www.propublica.org)
President Joe Biden said in an interview on Friday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had made a “terrible bargain” and that “in order to keep the speakership, he’s willing to do things that he, I think, he knows are inconsistent with the constitutional processes.”...
