Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations (www.theguardian.com)
Florida Man Charged Over Failed Attempt to Cross Atlantic in Giant ‘Hamster Wheel’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse? (time.com)
[i3] Hueless (user-images.githubusercontent.com)
My life is hueless without you.
Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI (gizmodo.com.au)
Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI::Pokémon Go publisher Niantic has aroused fans’ suspicions after a promotional image showed some telltale signs of potentially being AI artwork, rather than something made by an actual human artist. The image in question appears in promotional material for Adventures...
Nobel Foundation reverses decision to invite Russia to prize ceremony following backlash (www.cnn.com)
The Nobel Foundation has U-turned on a controversial decision to invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize award ceremony after facing widespread criticism....
Nobel Foundation retracts invite to Russia, Belarus and Iran representatives to attend ceremonies (apnews.com)
The Nobel Foundation retracted its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the controversial decision “provoked strong reactions”.
'We Have to Act Fast': 2 Degrees of Warming Could Cause 1 Billion Deaths Over Next Century (www.ecowatch.com)
There's a few new communities over at literature.cafe from classic books, writing prompts, some new poetry communities, and even a percy jackson community!
Linked is the community directory. Here’s a list of some of the newest communities:...
Orange heroin addiction cannot wait (i.imgur.com)
Workers Are About To Get Way More Power. Here's How. (www.youtube.com)
TLDW: The newly reinstated Joy Silk doctrine makes certain union busting strategies punishable by forgoing a vote to establish the union in the union’s favor. Effectively skipping the vote and mandating participation in the collective bargaining process.
Best chipset for Linux laptop, Intel or AMD?
I’m considering picking up a cheapish laptop for development, with the intent of installing Linux on it. Typically it’ll be Java development or other stuff in docket containers. Is there a best chipset to pick for Linux or are they pretty much identical these days?
TIL about a collection of math problems, known as “The Millennium Problems” that will earn the solver a $1 million prize (www.claymath.org)
A collection of mysterious and unsolved math problems, also known as “The Millennium Problems” are 7 extremely challenging and complex mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. Solving any of these problems would not only advance our understanding of mathematics but also earn the solver a...
Manic Miners, a fan remake of a classic 1999 RTS Lego Rock Raiders, has finally reached full release. (youtu.be)
Ray Of Death Nap pt 2 "A New Beginning" (i.imgur.com)
Why I'm leaving Gandi and where I'm going
I’ve been using Gandi for over 20 years, almost since it was founded. Since being acquired in 2019 by Montefiore Investment and this year by Total Webhosting Solutions their service have become more and more expensive and have finally priced me out....
What does kbin mean? Why is kbin.social called that?
Is it just random letters arrived to by keyboard mashing like a lot of federated websites seem, or is there any thought behind it?
Will Donald Trump be allowed conjugal visits with Melania if he's sent to prison? (www.the-express.com)
LMG has made a response video to Gamers Nexus' concerns (www.youtube.com)
I want to switch to Linux but there are a few major hurdles.
So I have a situation. I really want to switch to Linux as my main gaming/production OS but need the Adobe suite as I am a graphic designer. Adobe is the golden standard for this industry (and likely to always be) so while Gimp and Inkscape might work, they are not feasible for my career. I also know that there will be...
Amazon begins rolling out AI-generated review summaries (www.engadget.com)
For emotional support (infosec.pub)
Taiwan vice president heads to United States on sensitive trip (www.aljazeera.com)
William Lai is officially making only transit stops in the US on his way to and from Paraguay, but China has reacted with anger.
Fstoppers on YouTube: Printer Ink, It's a SCAM (www.youtube.com)
In this video, a Canon print cartridge is opened up and revealed not to contain the meagre 11.9 ml (0.4 fl oz) of ink it is advertised. The proposed solution is to buy a printer designed to be manually refilled with bottles of ink (such as the featured Epson EcoTank ET-2850), though it has only been tested briefly.
