It's October - What's your paranormal experience?
For the record I don’t believe in the supernatural but I love hearing others people’s stories and believe that most people aren’t lying....
US shoots down Turkish drone after it came too close to US troops in Syria (apnews.com)
The U.S. military on Thursday shot down a Turkish drone that had come in too close to U.S. troops on the ground in Hasakah, Syria, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press. One official said the drone was armed....
Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes (apnews.com)
Deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence are having their moment this year, at least when it comes to making it look, or sound, like celebrities did something uncanny. Tom Hanks hawking a dental plan. Pope Francis wearing a stylish puffer jacket. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul sitting on the Capitol steps in a red bathrobe....
UK says Russia plotting to sabotage Ukrainian grain tankers with sea mines (www.theguardian.com)
Based on ‘declassified intelligence’, UK says Russia targeting civilian shipping on approaches to Black Sea ports...
Missing deaf pet skunk found after garden escape (www.bbc.com)
A deaf pet skunk that escaped from a garden has been found....
Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment (apnews.com)
As Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the doctors who treat them are steeling themselves for change. But exactly what and how much change is anyone’s guess....
Russia accuses Ukraine’s Western allies of helping last week’s attack on Black Sea Fleet headquarters (www.pbs.org)
Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters on the annexed Crimean Peninsula....
AI is fundamentally 'a surveillance technology' (techcrunch.com)
How to Hide a $2 Trillion (Google) Antitrust Trial (www.thebignewsletter.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5486771...
What was the funniest thing your ex did to try to win you back?
Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month | Kagi Blog (blog.kagi.com)
Kagi is a paid alternative to ad-supported search engines like Google and DuckDuckGo. It has recently revised its pricing model, reducing the cost for a plan with unmetered searches from $25 per month to $10....
How do you deal with a existential crisis?
How to you come to terms with the fact that you will eventually not exist?...
Plant based > Flesh based (lemmy.ml)
Really (startrek.website)
Danny Masterson's wife, Bijou Phillips, files for divorce following actor's sentencing for rape convictions (www.cbsnews.com)
Bijou Phillips, the wife of Danny Masterson, has filed for divorce following the “That '70s Show” actor’s sentencing of 30 years to life after he was convicted of raping two women, Phillips’ lawyer confirmed to CBS News....
Nice? (i.redd.it)
me_irl (sopuli.xyz)
cope (i.ibb.co)
Fentanyl plus stimulants drives ‘fourth wave’ of overdose epidemic in the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
The U.S. is in the throes of what researchers have deemed a “fourth wave” of the opioid crisis, a phase characterized by overdose deaths caused by the combination of stimulants and the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl....
We can’t rely on Russia to protect us anymore, Armenian PM says (www.politico.eu)
Russia’s catastrophic invasion of Ukraine means Armenia can no longer rely on Moscow as a guarantor of its security, even as fears grow of a return to open conflict with Azerbaijan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told POLITICO in an interview....
Residents asked to stay indoors after escaped Pennsylvania killer is spotted again, and police say he is armed (www.cnn.com)
A Monday night sighting of the convicted killer who escaped from an eastern Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago jolted the surrounding community into high alert and prompted school closures Tuesday, after police warned the inmate now has a weapon.
Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 1,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech (apnews.com)
My Pup When I Break Out The Treats (lemmy.world)
Cyberbullying is Good, Actually (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Not counting games that were unfun because of bugs, what’s the most unfun video game that you’ve played and what made it unfun?
Most of the video games I’ve played were pretty good. The only one I can think of that I didn’t like was MySims Kingdom for the Nintendo DS. Dropped that pretty quickly. It was a long while ago, but I’ll guess it was because there were too many fetch quests and annoying controls.