Hey, y’all! Just another random, loudmouthed, opinionated, Southern-fried nerdy American living abroad.
This is my lemmy account because I got sick of how unstable kbin dot social was.
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Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network (www.theguardian.com)
A prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion about the Gaza conflict in the US, Australia and the UK, is a tech entrepreneur named Daniel Linden living in Florida who co-wrote a guidebook for OnlyFans users, the Guardian can reveal....
China honours woman who died saving Japanese family (www.bbc.com)
A Chinese woman who tried to shield a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack has died....
China honours woman who died saving Japanese family (www.bbc.com)
A Chinese woman who tried to shield a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack has died....
NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays (gothamist.com)
After months of public outcry and pressure from the City Council, New York City’s libraries are poised to have their budgets fully restored so that branches may resume seven-day-a-week service, including Sundays, according to three people with knowledge of the budget negotiations....
Dr Disrespect Knowingly Sent Explicit Messages to a Minor, Former Twitch Employee Says (www.rollingstone.com)
“I recall that Dr Disrespect was made aware by the individual that they were underage during the conversation, after which he indicated that this was no problem and continued on,” the former employee says. “There was no confusion. Messages sent after this was acknowledged were no less graphic and in sexually explicit...
U.S. soldier in Japan charged with sexually assaulting teenage girl in Okinawa (www.cbsnews.com)
Japan’s government is calling for stricter oversight of U.S. troops stationed in the country after a soldier was charged over the alleged sexual assault of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa. Prosecutors in the southern island region charged the U.S. soldier in March, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters on...
CNN faces backlash for allegedly excluding Black-owned media from presidential debate (www.11alive.com)
CNN is facing mounting criticism after several Black media outlets accused the longstanding news giant of excluding them from covering Thursday night’s presidential debate, fueling claims that the network is barring access from underrepresented groups....
DeSantis vetoes bill to bolster warnings about Florida’s polluted waters (www.tampabay.com)
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday night vetoed a measure that would have increased warnings for Floridians and tourists when a beach or public waterway is polluted....
Religious leader wants to display Indian scriptures in Louisiana public classrooms (www.brproud.com)
A spokesperson of the Hindu community is seeking to have ancient Sanskrit scriptures displayed in public classrooms alongside the Ten Commandments....
'It's Horrifying': West Virginia Judge Revokes Bond of White Couple Who Reportedly Kept Their Black Adopted Children Locked In Shed In 'Despicable' Conditions with No Water, Lights and Little Food (atlantablackstar.com)
A white couple from rural West Virginia is back behind bars after a judge revoked the initial bond and raised it to $500,000 apiece — more than double the amount they faced last year when police arrested the pair on charges of locking their adopted Black children in a barn and forcing them to work as “slaves.”...
An $18 Big Mac meal sparked a revolt against high prices. Companies are finally listening (www.cnn.com)
Many people believe it’s an astounding $18 after a post on X of McDonald’s menu prices at a rest stop in Connecticut went viral and made national headlines. (Narrator voice: It’s not.)...
Florida man sneezes his intestines out of his body at restaurant (www.independent.co.uk)
I try to read all the articles I post but for this one I noped out after 1 sentence. Enjoy!
Human Arm Found On Illinois Beach Identified As Black Wisconsin College Student Killed And Dismembered After First Date | Essence (www.essence.com)
A human arm found approximately 50 miles from Milwaukee on an Illinois Beach has been identified as belonging to Sade Robinson, the Black Wisconsin college student killed and dismembered after a first date on April 1 with Maxwell Anderson....
Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows (apnews.com)
In the wake of Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows....
Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets (apnews.com)
US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement (www.wired.com)
The music industry has officially declared war on Suno and Udio, two of the most prominent AI music generators. A group of music labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Group has filed lawsuits in US federal court on Monday morning alleging copyright infringement on a “massive scale.”...
Death toll at Hajj pilgrimage rises to 1,300 amid scorching temperatures (apnews.com)
More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced Sunday....
Hotly anticipated 'Black Myth: Wukong' is delayed on Xbox Series X|S — and now, Microsoft has responded (www.windowscentral.com)
Genovese mobster ‘Tony Cakes’ ID’d as NYC pedestrian, 86, decapitated by DOT truck (nypost.com)
“He spent his life looking over his shoulder but he forgot to look both ways before crossing the street,” one police source said.
Journalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injuries (www.cbsnews.com)
A journalist shot by police during the 2020 Minneapolis unrest following the murder of George Floyd is dying from her injuries, friends say....
Jeff Landry signs bill allowing surgical castration of some sex offenders (www.nola.com)
Louisiana judges can now sentence certain sex offenders to surgical castration, after Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday signed a bill into law that creates that penalty....
'It's inhumane.' Despite how hot it is, Tennessee renters don't have a right to air conditioning (www.newschannel5.com)
Despite how hot it is, landlords in Tennessee are not required to keep the air conditioning running....
New Yorker describes how she tackled child rape suspect after recognizing him (www.independent.co.uk)
During the apprehension of Inga-Landi on Tuesday, Sauretti further explained that the man then kept on resisting and protested....
Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine (www.wired.com)
A WIRED analysis and one carried out by developer Robb Knight suggest that Perplexity is able to achieve this partly through apparently ignoring a widely accepted web standard known as the Robots Exclusion Protocol to surreptitiously scrape areas of websites that operators do not want accessed by bots, despite claiming that it...
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law (apnews.com)
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday....
New study highlights stark racial wealth gap in the New Orleans area (www.nola.com)
A new report from the Data Center is shedding disturbing light on income and wealth disparities in the New Orleans metro area, showing that on average white households have an astounding 13 times more net worth than their Black counterparts and nine times that of Latinx households....
McDonalds removes AI drive-throughs after order errors (www.bbc.com)
McDonald’s is removing artificial intelligence (AI) powered ordering technology from its drive-through restaurants in the US, after customers shared its comical mishaps online....
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes (apnews.com)
The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes....
The British Army trains in Kenya. Many women say soldiers raped them and abandoned children they fathered | CNN (www.cnn.com)
In 2007, Britain’s Ministry of Defense dismissed claims of rape brought by 2,187 women, Lenkanan and Noltwalal among them, saying “there was no reliable evidence to support any single allegation.”...
Kbin.social down again? Are people moving to mbin instances (kbin.run, fedia.io)? (kbin.social)
Link to a list of mbin instances: fedidb.org/software/mbin
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say (www.bbc.com)
The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water....
AI took their jobs. Now they get paid to make it sound human (www.bbc.com)
If you’re worried about how AI will affect your job, the world of copywriters may offer a glimpse of the future....
Adobe's Employees Are Just As Upset at the Company As Its Users: Report (petapixel.com)
Adobe’s employees are typically of the same opinion of the company as its users, having internally already expressed concern that AI could kill the jobs of their customers. That continued this week in internal discussions, where exasperated employees implored leadership to not let it be the “evil” company customers think...
CDC warns of disruptions to ADHD meds after $100M fraud arrest (thehill.com)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning those who take medication for ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, could face a disruption in accessing care after two executives were arrested for a $100 million fraud scheme....
Meta says European regulators are ruining its AI bot (www.theverge.com)
Meta is putting plans for its AI assistant on hold in Europe after receiving objections from Ireland’s privacy regulator, the company announced on Friday....
Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax....
Man sues Apple for accidentally exposing his infidelity (appleinsider.com)
A British man is ridiculously attempting to sue Apple following a divorce, caused by his wife finding messages to a prostitute he deleted from his iPhone that were still accessible on an iMac....
Japanese band pulls 'Columbus' video after slavery backlash (www.bbc.com)
A Japanese rock band has pulled the music video for its new song “Columbus” after drawing flak for scenes that depicted Christopher Columbus with ape-like men....
Elon Musk wins back his $44.9 billion Tesla pay package in shareholder vote (apnews.com)
Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric vehicle maker....
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft is pivoting its company culture to make security a top priority, President Brad Smith testified to Congress on Thursday, promising that security will be “more important even than the company’s work on artificial intelligence.”...
White Dad Apologized to the Black Superintendent He Pushed On Stage, But It Didn't Go As He Expected (www.theroot.com)
“The outreach was really to indicate that he, Matthew, understands his mishap in terms of what he did, what he’s caused. He’s remorseful,” Briggs continued. “I took that as some form of apology, but that’s not something I think at this time amounts to a solid apology, from my perspective....
Tesla in self-drive mode slams into police car in Orange County (ktla.com)
A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said....