The colour of the Sun is white (www.wtamu.edu)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6080744...
On the brink of a federal shutdown, the House passes a 45-day funding plan and sends it to Senate (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the House on Saturday swiftly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage to send the package to the Senate....
Here’s the Email Amazon Sent Sellers It’s Allegedly Screwing Over After FTC Filed Antitrust Lawsuit (www.vice.com)
He was investigated for sexting a student at the Coast Guard Academy. He’s now a college president. (www.cnn.com)
A college president, who wants his campus to become the business school “of choice for women,” once exchanged hundreds of sexually suggestive messages with a student he taught at the prestigious Coast Guard Academy, prompting prosecutors to recommend charges against him in military court, according to confidential records...
Hanging out with the funny lads (sh.itjust.works)
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Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume (www.axios.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5186904...
Apple’s new USB-C iPhone cables and dongles are predictably expensive (www.theverge.com)
The switch to USB-C is good! Except for all the dongles you’ll need to get there.
Oil Refineries Are Leaking Cancer-Causing Benzene Into Residential Neighborhoods (truthout.org)
The EPA’s benzene monitoring and control program has failed to rein in the worst offenders....
Hacker gains admin control of Sourcegraph and gives free access to the masses (arstechnica.com)
Hacker gains admin control of Sourcegraph and gives free access to the masses::We’ve said it before; we’ll say it again: Don’t put credentials in publicly available code.
Nobel Foundation cancels invitations to Russia, Belarus, Iran after backlash (ptv-news.com.pk)
FRIENDSHIP ENDED WITH RUSSIA, BRADLEY IS NOW MY BEST FRIEND (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Turkish-Dutch Corendon Airlines testing an ‘Only Adults’ zone (www.usatoday.com)
Corendon Airlines is testing the “Only Adult” zones on flights between Amsterdam and Curaçao starting in November....
Retired Country Singer Tries Clearing ‘Vagrancy Problem’ With His Low-Flying Helicopter (www.404media.co)
Tommy Shane Steiner, a mostly retired country singer, has been flying and landing his private helicopter at an Austin shopping center to “ward off” people who he said were breaking into businesses.
The Kids Online Safety Act Denies Young People's Freedoms of Expression and Privacy. (www.libraryfutures.net)
The Kids Online Safety Act Denies Young People’s Freedoms of Expression and Privacy.::Championing the right to equitable access to knowledge.
Starfield has housing system, player jail, and more reveals Bethesda in new Q&A (www.eurogamer.net)
Southern California Marine charged with sex assault of girl, 14, who was found in barracks (apnews.com)
A Marine at California’s Camp Pendleton has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who was found in a base barracks, the military announced Friday.
Lyft wants to kill surge pricing. (techcrunch.com)
Lyft wants to kill surge pricing.::The number of Lyft rides that were affected by surge pricing dropped 35% from the first quarter, according to CEO David Risher.
Services resume after over 1,000 trapped in train near Tokyo (mainichi.jp)
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Services resumed Sunday after over 1,000 passengers were trapped for nearly two hours in a train Saturday night near Tokyo, with some complaining of heatstroke and hyperventilation after it crashed into a power pole that had fallen onto the tracks, local authorities said.
Russia is preparing for a long war (en.thebell.io)
Russia’s war in Ukraine is already in its 17th month. In that time, President Vladimir Putin has clearly demonstrated that he is not bothered by losses — whether they be financial, material, or human. His war will go on as long as he needs. And, judging by how the authorities have woven the so-called “special military...
A little doodle, cus I am hopelessly hooked on Pikmin 4 (beehaw.org)
It’s a great game, y’all!
Target sighted, torpedocat armed (lemmy.world)
Scientists invent double-sided solar panel that generates vastly more electricity (www.independent.co.uk)
A new way to search for communities (www.search-lemmy.com)
I keep see people complaining about not being able to find active communities that match their interests. So I’ve added a new feature to www.search-lemmy.com that allows you to search posts for a particular topic and then it tells you which communities have the most posts matching your search query....
Canonical lifts lid on more Ubuntu Core Desktop details (www.theregister.com)
Is Anything Still True? On the Internet, No One Knows Anymore (www.wsj.com)
Is Anything Still True? On the Internet, No One Knows Anymore::New tools can create fake videos and clone the voices of those closest to us. ‘This is how authoritarianism arises.’
