when someone starts reminding me how old some of my favorite things from when I was younger are (slrpnk.net)
Historic change for tipped workers: Subminimum wage to end in Chicago restaurants, bars [USA] (www.usatoday.com)
Alabama inmate opposes being ‘test subject’ for new nitrogen execution method (apnews.com)
An Alabama inmate would be the test subject for the “experimental” execution method of nitrogen hypoxia, his lawyers argued, as they asked judges to deny the state’s request to carry out his death sentence using the new method....
Dwarf Fortress on Steam now officially available for Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and continues to take tough line
YouTube Is Monetizing Human Suffering at an Open Air Drug Market (www.404media.co)
The Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia is one of the most brutally obvious signs of America’s public health crisis. The so-called “open air drug market” in the middle of the country’s sixth most populous city is where hundreds of people use drugs, some of whom are unhoused, usually without being arrested by the...
You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys; maybe last chance to activate using Windows 7 or 8 keys, for 22H2. (www.neowin.net)
Here are the details on the grisly deaths of Elon Musk’s Neuralink monkeys (www.theverge.com)
Biden announces $1.3 billion to build new power lines, upgrade aging electric grid (www.cnbc.com)
President Joe Biden announced Monday a $1.3 billion federal investment to build three new interstate power lines in an effort to upgrade the United States’ outdated electric grid and transition it to clean energy....
Israel calls for all 1.1 million civilians to leave Gaza City within 24 hours (www.reuters.com)
NY woman who fatally shoved singing coach, age 87, is sentenced to more time in prison than expected (apnews.com)
A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.
Wild pig-like animals are tearing up an Arizona golf course. The internet is delighted (www.salon.com)
Unstoppable javelinas love coyote pee like it’s “bacon bits in their salad.” Here's why golf courses are peeved
Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunak (www.bbc.com)
Senior Citizen Sex (lemmy.zip)
US ad revenue at Musk's X declined each month since takeover -data (www.reuters.com)
US ad revenue at Musk’s X declined each month since takeover -data::Monthly U.S. ad revenue at social media platform X has declined at least 55% year-over-year each month since billionaire Elon Musk bought the company formerly known as Twitter in October 2022, according to third-party data provided to Reuters.
Singapore: Right to own a car starts at $76,000. And that doesn’t include the car (edition.cnn.com)
Philosophy meme (lemmy.zip)
Not sure why this got removed from 196lemmy…blahaj.zone but it would be real nice if moderation on Lemmy gave you some sort of notification of what you did wrong. Like an automatic DM or something
PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads (www.macrumors.com)
TL;DR: Reddit is removing the option to opt out of ad personalization, targeting ads based on user activity. Some specific ad categories can still be limited, but there’s no more opt-out option.
Downtowns are dead, dying or on life support, says expert with over 50 years of researching urban policy (fortune.com)
The space armament treaty says: no nuclear, biological or laser weapons in space. but kinetics... (sh.itjust.works)
At least 200+ desktop extensions to be available on Firefox Android in December (blog.mozilla.org)
Quotes from the blog post:...
Kanye West to Jewish Adidas employee: 'Kiss a picture of Hitler every day' (www.rawstory.com)
An explosive new investigation by the New York Times details how Adidas employees experienced frequent anti-Semitism from Grammy Award-winning rapper and Yeezy designer Kanye West for nearly a decade....
Former chemical engineer in the coal industry, urging B.C. municipalities to change the term natural gas to "fossil gas" (www.cbc.ca)
“The term natural gas does not explicitly convey the fossil origins of such gas, leading to potential misunderstandings and hampering policy-making,”
SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tv running Android OS (github.com)
I’ve already been paying for YouTube Premium for many years to get rid of advertisement, and I’ve been using SponsorBlock for a year or so on my laptop to skip the inline ads, but because most of my watching of YouTube happens on the TV I always had to use the remote to skip it. It helps to see the “most rewind” area so...
