This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.
Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
Reddit Insiders Selling Days After IPO; Shares Fall (www.investors.com)
Israel's Shadow Over Free Speech: The Truth Behind the TikTok Ban Bill (www.mintpressnews.com)
TikTok has long been in the crosshairs of powerful pro-Israel lobbying organizations due to the speed and ease with which content critical of Israeli atrocities and apartheid spreads on its platform. The risk younger users might question the concertedly concealed, horrific reality of Israel’s occupation has become all the...
Why do people around me tend to increase their responsibility load (i.e. have children, become a manager, do charity, etc.) while I (30M) try to avoid it as much as I can?
Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Kansas Is About to Pass the Most Extreme Age Verification Law Yet (www.404media.co)
An age verification bill in Kansas that is the most extreme in the country has passed both House and Senate and is on its way to the governor’s desk. The bill will make sites with more than 25 percent adult content liable to heavy fines if they don’t verify that visitors are over the age of 18. It also calls being gay...
Why Bluesky Remains The Most Interesting Experiment In Social Media, By Far (www.techdirt.com)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill that bans children under 14 from having social media accounts (www.nbcnews.com)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that will prohibit children younger than 14 from joining social media in the state. Those who are 14 or 15 will need a parent’s consent before they join a platform....
Is a far right rise actually something to be worried about ?
I just don’t see how the far right can rise or how they can win. The odds are so stacked against them. Is this something to actually be worried about ?...
Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts (www.nbcnews.com)
Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed (mastodon.social)
For anyone wondering if Threads and Facebook at large will be a fine neighbor in the space and compatible with other apps/services in the fediverse: they’re already automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed mastodon.social/
The return of Gamergate is smaller and sadder (www.theverge.com)
Evidently on a posting tear today. What happens when you’re stuck in a Dr.'s waiting room, I guess…
The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood (www.theatlantic.com)
By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.
Texas can require age-verification on porn sites, 5th Circuit judges rule (arstechnica.com)
One judge dissents, saying Texas law “limits adults’ access to protected speech.”...
California’s minimum wage isn’t enough to keep up with workers’ costs of living, new report says (calmatters.org)
In states with laws targeting LGBTQ issues, school hate crimes quadrupled (www.washingtonpost.com)
School hate crimes targeting LGBTQ+ people have sharply risen in recent years, climbing fastest in states that have passed laws restricting LGBTQ student rights and education, a Washington Post analysis of FBI data finds....
'I saw one terrorist standing by a bed pleading 'no, no,' I killed him with four bullets' (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Just to be clear, this was an elderly Palestinian man cowering under a bed who came out with his hands up and was murdered by an Israeli soldier who brags about it after.
US intelligence report states Netanyahu’s viability to lead Israel is in jeopardy | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
The US intelligence community assesses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “viability as a leader” to be “in jeopardy,” according to its annual report on the national security threats facing the United States that was presented to Congress on Monday....
Let's discuss: LEGO Games (beehaw.org)
The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...
Warner Bros. is now erasing games as it plans to delist Adult Swim-published titles (www.polygon.com)
Warner Bros. Discovery is telling developers it plans to start “retiring” games published by its Adult Swim Games label, game makers who worked with the publisher tell Polygon. At least three games are under threat of being removed from Steam and other digital stores, with the fate of other games published by Adult Swim...
1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that's curbed oil demand – IEA (electrek.co)
Joe Biden’s disapproval rating reaches new high, according to new poll (www.theguardian.com)
The survey found that just one in four voters (24%) think the country is moving in the right direction – a key question in the run-up to a national election – and more than twice as many voters said that Biden’s policies had personally hurt them than those who said they had helped....
Judge blocks Texas from collecting info on transgender children receiving gender-affirming care (apnews.com)
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked state Attorney General Ken Paxton from forcing an LGBTQ+ advocacy group to hand over information about transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care....
Oregon undoes groundbreaking drug decriminalization law (www.theguardian.com)
Measure 110, an experiment approved in 2020, gets overhauled as state grapples with fentanyl crisis and growing public drug use...
U.S. Seeks to Boost Nuclear Power After Decades of Inertia (www.nytimes.com)
Measures moving through Congress to encourage new reactors are receiving broad bipartisan support, as lawmakers embrace a once-contentious technology....
'Settlers are right': The kibbutz movement should break away from the left, leader says (www.haaretz.com)
“The settlers aren’t wrong. The right is correct: That is the way to seize and hold land, and their claim that, any place we Israelis leave, the Arabs will come in our place, is correct. The right is also correct in its path: It’s by settlement and only by settlement that sovereignty can be imposed. The debate is whether...
Florida advances bills to roll back child labor laws and prohibit police oversight boards (keeptrack.substack.com)
The AI feedback loop: Researchers warn of ‘model collapse’ as AI trains on AI-generated content (venturebeat.com)
Fanfiction Community Rocked By Etsy Sellers Turning Their Work Into Bound Books (www.404media.co)
Etsy sellers are turning free fanfiction into printed and bound physical books, and listing them for sale on online marketplaces for more than $100 per book. It’s a problem that’s rattling the authors of those fanfics, as well as their fans and readers....
Wendy's says it has no plans to raise prices during the busiest times at its restaurants (apnews.com)
US airman Aaron Bushnell claimed to have classified knowledge of US forces fighting in Gaza tunnels on night before setting himself on fire: pal (nypost.com)
Aaron Bushnell claimed he had secret knowledge of US troops fighting in Hamas tunnels under Gaza — just hours before setting himself on fire...
Florida Defies CDC in Measles Outbreak, Telling Parents It's Fine to Send Unvaccinated Kids to School (kffhealthnews.org)
Oklahoma students walk out after trans student’s death to protest bullying policies (www.nbcnews.com)
deleted_by_moderator
Utah School Districts Discourage Teachers from Informing Parents of Student Gender Transitions (www.nationalreview.com)
“That isn’t happening”