Brazil riots: First man tried for storming government buildings gets 17 years (www.bbc.com)
Berkeley landlord association throws party to celebrate restarting evictions (www.sfgate.com)
In a move that critics are calling “one of the most tasteless events I’ve ever heard of,” Berkeley landlords are celebrating the end of eviction protections in the East Bay city with a cocktail party....
Happy monday (startrek.website)
Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods (arstechnica.com)
The hot pepper linked to teen's death can cause arteries in the brain to spasm.
Why is my cat so anxious? (lemmy.world)
This is Cleo. She is 2.5 years of age. I have posted about her before actually. I worry about her because she gets so anxious that it harms her. She has had an outbreak of hives on her skin, especially her ears, for the last week or so, and she has been picky about when and what she wants to eat, if at all. We got a kitten in...
This is a Crypto Phone. Don’t Buy It. - MKBHD (www.youtube.com)
ancient controller (feddit.de)
Schoolchildren in Russia will learn to handle rifles, operate UAVs (www.ukrinform.net)
Ohio votes on abortion rights this fall. Misinformation about the proposal is already spreading (apnews.com)
The proposed constitutional amendment would give Ohioans the right to make their own reproductive decisions. Backers say that since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year by the U.S. Supreme Court, the proposal would restore a commonsense abortion protection that most Ohio voters can support....
Steam Deck OS 3.4.9 released with GPU fix for Starfield (www.gamingonlinux.com)
US embassy in Haiti urges citizens to leave country 'as soon as possible' (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave “as soon as possible” citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence has left thousands displaced and sent homicides soaring....
Hmm… (sh.itjust.works)
Florida is spending $61.6 million to bulletproof Capitol windows (www.orlandosentinel.com)
Noncredible diplomacy (lemmy.world)
Miss the old Twitter when I saw the stupid X animation. (lemmy.world)
I miss the old Twitter when I saw the stupid X animation....
Why is it frowned upon here to 'steal' content from reddit?
If anything, shouldn’t it be encouraged, and even automated? I’m including even the ‘old’ stuff from reddit here. Reddit shouldn’t be the absolute owner of the content submitted by users. When I migrated here, it wasn’t because of me being against reddit users, but being against reddit the company. Copying the...
Autonomous AI-Generated Artwork Cannot Be Copyrighted, Judge Rules (www.rollingstone.com)
A new federal ruling states human authorship remains an “essential part of a valid copyright claim”
School district uses ChatGPT to help ban library books (www.popsci.com)
Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain a description or depiction of a sex act.'
Russian central bank jacks up interest rates to 12% at emergency meeting after ruble plunge (www.cnbc.com)
Russia’s central bank on Tuesday hiked interest rates by 350 basis points to 12% at an emergency meeting, as Moscow looks to halt a rapid depreciation of the country’s ruble currency....
Trump’s Georgia charges are a win for voting rights leaders (www.theguardian.com)
Say-Gaaaah! (lemmy.world)
Years ago I inherited my wife’s family’s Game Gear. After a recap, and replacing the backlight, I started tracking down games to play on it. It’s been great exploring a whole library of games that I skipped out on as a kid! (I was a Nintendo kid) Now I have a nice little library of carts to play on this beast of a 90’s...
[KDE] Finally figured out how to rice KDE halfway decently (lemmy.world)
Ashes to Ashes (lemmy.world)
Made a DIY hard case for my Virtual Boy (lemmy.world)
I made it earlier this year, thought I would share. Now my VB can safely travel with me!