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What happened to "You're welcome!" as a response to "Thank You"? It's not even included in the canned answers on an apple watch. Have we as a society abandoned it?
I hear “No problem” far more often.
On the brink of a federal shutdown, the House passes a 45-day funding plan and sends it to Senate (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the House on Saturday swiftly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage to send the package to the Senate....
D&Denise (startrek.website)
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Is Netflix's One Piece good?
Just wondering what people who have watched Netflix’s new One Piece series think....
I wonder how many fires have been started because people left the pizza box in the oven while trying to keep it warm
I’ve seen a few people put their delivered pizza in the oven after everyone grabs a piece to keep it warm. I’ve also seen a lot of those people forget the pizza is in there and either have to throw it out or only noticed after they preheated their oven.
4 out of 5 cats prefer a soft comfy bed (lemmy.one)
McDonald's plans to transition away from self-serve soda fountains in US by 2032 (www.usatoday.com)
Why wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?
What’s worse, loud farts or rank farts?
Valley's virgin - Virgen del valle [OC] (lemmy.world)
La virgen de los marineros. - Protector Virgin of sailors. Venezuela.
Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis Wrote Letters in Support of Danny Masterson Ahead of Rape Sentencing; Kutcher Called Him a ‘Role Model’ (variety.com)
Why shouldn’t firearm manufacturers be held accountable for the use of their weapons in crimes?
Quick edit: If this is considered in violation of rule 5, then please delete. I do not wish to bait political arguments and drama....
AOL Pretends to be the Internet - The History of the Web (lemmy.capebreton.social)
cross-posted from: lemmy.capebreton.social/post/497698...
'Personality-driven' influencer esports league revealed, immediately implodes over NFT controversy (www.pcgamer.com)
How to sleep after wisdom teeth extraction
I seem to be generating excessive amounts of saliva to the point where I need a disposable cup to kinda drool it into every couple of minutes. This makes sleeping kinda hard and so I’m wondering is there a trick? I had to make a sort of makeshift bib out of a towel just to combat this last night and that allowed me to get a...
Prosecutors Tell Judge Trump Election Crimes Trial Will Have Whopping 150 Witnesses — Take Four Months (www.mediaite.com)
Final Fantasy XVI producer announces PC version is in development, along with 2 paid DLCs (twitter.com)
Texas drunk drivers will now have to pay child support if they kill a parent, guardian (www.cnn.com)
A new law in Texas requires convicted drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a child’s parent or guardian, according to House Bill 393....
Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet (www.tomshardware.com)
Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet::A decade ago, a pigeon with a 4 GB memory stick outran an ISP’s ADSL service. A 2023 rematch features a bird with 3 TB of flash drives vs gigabit internet.
New research shows renewables are more profitable than nuclear power (www.pv-magazine.com)
Link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/…/S2542435123002817
EU imports record volumes of liquefied natural gas from Russia (www.ft.com)
“It’s shocking that countries in the EU have worked so hard to wean themselves off piped Russian fossil gas only to replace it with the shipped equivalent. It doesn’t matter if it comes from a pipeline or a boat — it still means European companies are sending billions to [Vladimir] Putin’s war chest.”
Hollywood strikes to cost US economy $5 billion-plus amid lost wages, film delays (finance.yahoo.com)
Union Lets Tom Cruise Act During Strike From Fear Of What He’ll Do When He Can’t Make Movies (www.theonion.com)
“You can tell there is an unrelenting darkness within him that can only be exorcised by jumping a motorcycle into a canyon or parachuting out of a plane in semi-orbit—and none of us wants to find out where that energy would be redirected were he not able to spend 17 hours a day performing stunts for a camera crew."
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Judge rejects Trump bid to push federal election trial to 2026 (www.cnbc.com)
The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal election interference case shut down a bid by the former president to set his trial more than two-and-a-half years away....
Is anyone else having trouble giving up Reddit due to content?
I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days....
TIL The Katy Freeway in Houston, TX was expanded in 2008 to 26 lanes (one of the widest in the world) and 5 years later had longer peak travel times than before the expansion (www.nytimes.com)
For critics of widening projects, the prime example of induced demand is the Katy Freeway in Houston, one of the widest highways in the world with 26 lanes....
Gamers. What was the game that got you into the hobby?
TIL - about Louis Wain and his portrayals of cats. Before Wain, cats in England were often thought of with contempt, but his work helped to show them as something to be liked, admired and even loved (illustrationchronicles.com)
When a Coke Plant Closed in Pittsburgh, Cardiovascular ER Visits Plunged (insideclimatenews.org)
A recent study highlights the health benefits of particular plants closing and generally reducing exposure to fossil fuels, researchers say.
Has anyone else noticed a sudden lack of reading comprehension skills?
Just as the title asks I’ve noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they’re reading....
Sam Bankman-Fried living on bread and water because jail won't abide vegan diet, lawyer says (www.nbcnews.com)
The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering....