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.
Republicans are threatening to sabotage George W. Bush’s greatest accomplishment (www.vox.com)
A program that’s saved 25 million lives is at risk of losing its congressional authorization for the first time.
Vietnam jails 50 in mass bribery trial over Covid-19 flights (www.bbc.com)
A court in Vietnam has jailed 54 people, including several high-ranking officials and a former minister, in one of the country’s largest ever bribery and corruption cases....
People who fix computers/laptops, what's the worst thing you found on someone's computer?
Zuck Says the Elon Cage Match Isn't Happening (gizmodo.com)
What do you use to document your home lab?
My home lab has a mild amount of complexity and I’d like practice some good habits about documenting it. Stuff like, what each system does, the OS, any notable software installed and, most importantly, any documentation around configuration or troubleshooting....
Grandma refused bus ride suffered horror injuries (www.bbc.co.uk)
This is a staggering story. This jobsworth closed the doors on her because she forgot her bus pass the week before. Despite knowing that she definitely has a bus pass because all pensioners in the UK get one. Just a total loss of humanity.
Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken (www.reuters.com)
Tesla has consistently exaggerated the driving range of its electric vehicles, reportedly leading car owners to think something was broken when actual driving range was much lower than advertised. When these owners scheduled service appointments to fix the problem, Tesla canceled the appointments because there was no way to...
Threads users decline significantly despite initial surge in sign-ups (www.theguardian.com)
US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’ (www.wired.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/795503...
My dog and I got jumped by raccoons this morning. Now I have to pay at least $1500 to make sure I don't get rabies
My dog is fine, though, which is the most important thing to me. The raccoons scratched my arm kinda bad and my legs are covered in scratches. My doctor can’t be sure if the raccoons had saliva on their claws, and wants me to get rabies shots just in case. She sent me to an ER because she can’t get the shots in our area....
Twitter under fire for reinstating account that posted child sex abuse (wapo.st)
It’s only the latest incident of banned imagery making its way onto the site since Musk bought it
Facebook suggesting right-wing rage bait to me. Thanks algorithm ! (i.imgur.com)
Trump hit with new charges as special counsel expands Mar-a-Lago documents case (www.cbsnews.com)
Update: Pushing back against the wave of bot accounts on Lemmy (sh.itjust.works)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/1823812...
Amazon faces potential break-up as FTC finalizes antitrust lawsuit | The FTC is getting ready for the big one (www.techspot.com)
Amazon faces potential break-up as FTC finalizes antitrust lawsuit | The FTC is getting ready for the big one::undefined
Police called on boy with autism and mum using toilet in anti-trans incident (www.thepinknews.com)
More toilet hysteria....
Mitch McConnell faces resign calls over freeze: "Cognitive malfunction" (www.newsweek.com)
Frontend vs backend (lemmy.ml)
Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player who moved to Spain in January after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her at home has been granted Spanish citizenship, Spain said on Wednesday....
Trans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rule (sh.itjust.works)
More details: thepinknews.com/…/miss-italy-trans-men-trans-wome…
can we please keep this community about technology and not Twitter/X and elon news?
Kevin Spacey cleared over all sexual assault charges (www.bbc.co.uk)
Omnilingualism (lemmy.world)
Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed (httptoolkit.com)
Apple has deployed a system called Private Access Tokens that allows web servers to verify if a device is legitimate before granting access. This works by having the browser request a signed token from Apple proving the device is approved. While this currently has limited impact due to Safari’s market share, there are concerns...
Pastor at kidnapped US girl's funeral in 1975 charged with her murder (www.bbc.co.uk)
Florida Has Approved PragerU ‘Curriculum’ for the Classroom (www.thedailybeast.com)
Musk failed to get the necessary permits to change Twitter’s building signage to X, and the police shut it down just in time for “er” to remain. (mastodon.social)
The awesome Taylor Lorenz reports this on Mastadon. Highly recommend to follow her if you like these updates about what’s going on.
The excellent Arc browser is now available for anyone to download (www.theverge.com)
Archive.ph link
TikToker who debunked Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' video receives racist, violent hate mail (www.nbcnews.com)
Since countering Aldean’s claim the video only contains “real news footage,” Destinee Stark has received a wave of hateful messages from defenders of the song.
Stanford researchers find Mastodon has a massive child abuse material problem (www.theverge.com)
Mastodon, an alternative social network to Twitter, has a serious problem with child sexual abuse material according to researchers from Stanford University. In just two days, researchers found over 100 instances of known CSAM across over 325,000 posts on Mastodon. The researchers found hundreds of posts containing CSAM related...
Report shows Ethiopian civil war more lethal than Ukraine war (www.thereporterethiopia.com)
The two-year war in northern Ethiopia resulted in approximately 100,200 deaths before an African Union-brokered ceasefire was reached in November 2021, a new report reveals. In comparison, the Ukraine-Russia war that began in February led to 81,500 deaths, the same source added.
Texas charges prisoners 50% more for water as heat wave continues (www.tpr.org)
Why is there such a large amount of communist and transgender related posts on the Fediverse compared to other platforms?
I am not criticizing them, I’m just out of the loop.
WE NEED MORE SOLDIERS!!!! (lemm.ee)
We have territory given to us by the Fuck Spez Coalition. We just need more soldiers. Come help us spread the word of Lemmy!!...
Hard times (i.imgur.com)
Sunset in Oakland 2023-07-16
Sunset in Oakland 2023-07-16
WormGPT Is a ChatGPT Alternative With 'No Ethical Boundaries or Limitations' (www.pcmag.com)
WormGPT Is a ChatGPT Alternative With ‘No Ethical Boundaries or Limitations’::undefined
Alphabetically sorted months. But WHY? (lemmy.ml)
Iran's morality police to resume headscarf patrols (www.bbc.co.uk)
LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service” (www.theregister.com)
LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you’re ready to cough up after buying hardware
When you have to update the server (pawb.social)
Advertising revenue in Twitter crashes by 50% (lemmy.world)
nuff said