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Mom plugs in the Flowbee (slrpnk.net)

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Beer is stored in the balls (feddit.de)

Chinese activist Kwon Pyong, a critic of Xi Jinping, flees to South Korea on jet ski (www.abc.net.au)

I must know (sh.itjust.works)

Bookwyrm - A Goodreads alternative that is part of the fediverse (github.com)

Goodreads is perhaps the best example of enshittification imo. It’s only good now as a way to track your reading lists....

You have to earn $115,000 a year to afford a typical house now in the US (www.axios.com)

California Just Became the Third State to Pass Electronics Right to Repair (www.ifixit.com)

California Just Became the Third State to Pass Electronics Right to Repair::Right to Repair just won in Big Tech’s backyard: California’s Right to Repair Act, Senate Bill 244, has passed the state legislature on a 50–0 vote.

A plane took off from Switzerland with 111 people on board and 0 of their suitcases (www.yahoo.com)

A Swiss International Air Lines plane arrived at its destination without a single checked bag onboard....

X “unfit” for banking because of complicity in Saudi spying, lawyers argue (arstechnica.com)

X “unfit” for banking because of complicity in Saudi spying, lawyers argue::Read the letter urging regulators to end Musk’s dream of turning X into a bank.

Is it working? Am I calm? (sh.itjust.works)

Iran's morality police to resume headscarf patrols (www.bbc.co.uk)

A Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopoly (www.wired.com)

Horse (sh.itjust.works)

Meredith Whittaker reaffirms that Signal would leave UK if forced by privacy bill (techcrunch.com)

Meredith Whittaker reaffirms that Signal would leave UK if forced by privacy bill::Meredith Whittaker, the president of the Signal Foundation, the organization that maintains the Signal messaging app, spoke about the U.K.'s controversial new privacy bill at TC Disrupt 2023.

Unity reportedly told dev Planned Parenthood and children's hospital are "not valid charities" (www.gamesindustry.biz)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5555641...

Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole | The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that (www.theatlantic.com)

Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole | The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that::The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that.

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Police be like (lemmy.zip)

Original ‘Daredevil’ Showrunner Calls Out ‘Disney Scam’ of Naming New Series ‘Daredevil: Born Again’: It ‘Resets Contract Terms Back to First Season’ (variety.com)

“It’s an old Disney scam where they slightly rename a series to reset contract terms back to first season,” DeKnight wrote on X/Twitter. “Needs to be addressed by all the guilds/unions and crushed!”

Lawsuit Alleges Reddit Fired Employee for Taking Medical Leave, ‘Toxic’ Culture (www.404media.co)

A lawsuit was filed against Reddit alleging that the company fired an employee with anxiety for taking medical leave. The employee, Jamie Lee, had worked at Reddit as an accountant for over 4 years with positive reviews. In July 2022, Lee requested 3 days off for her health but was denied. She was later placed on medical leave...

All y'all be like (lemmy.world)

2 Gay Dads Helped Uncover $767,000 Embezzlement Scheme in Texas Town Where 'Officials Called Them Homophobic Slurs' (themessenger.com)

An administrator from a tiny Texas city is accused of orchestrating a plot to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars — while allegedly leading a campaign of abuse to force out two gay dads who moved to town and opened a taco joint....