Hey, y’all! Just another random, loudmouthed, opinionated, Southern-fried nerdy American living abroad.
I’m moving off kbin to lemmy, so I won’t be posting from here (unless kbin social gets it together).
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The Writers Strike Is Over: WGA Votes to Lift Strike Order After 148 Days (variety.com)
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike will end at 12:01 a.m. PT on Wednesday.
Taking off the hijab: 'My dream was to wear what I wanted' (www.bbc.com)
Three Muslim women share their stories of removing their hijabs, despite facing fierce opposition.
Can you melt eggs? Quora’s AI says “yes,” and Google is sharing the result (arstechnica.com)
Incorrect AI-generated answers are forming a feedback loop of misinformation online.
Fire at wedding in Iraq kills at least 100, injures 150 (english.alarabiya.net)
More than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq’s Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday.
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation (www.theguardian.com)
Musk is told his platform, now known as X, must comply with new laws designed to combat fake news and Russian propaganda
Zoleka Mandela: Nelson Mandela's granddaughter dies in South Africa at 43 (www.bbc.com)
She was well known for detailing her cancer treatment and being open about her past drug addiction.
Almost 7% of adults and 1% of kids have struggled with long Covid, survey finds (www.cnn.com)
Estimates of the number of people in the US with lingering Covid-19 symptoms vary widely, but a new survey from the National Center for Health Statistics says the condition may have affected as many as 962,000 children and 17.9 million adults.
VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it (www.pcgamer.com)
Why virtual reality makes a lot of us sick, and what we can do about it.
VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it (www.pcgamer.com)
Why virtual reality makes a lot of us sick, and what we can do about it.
VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it (www.pcgamer.com)
Why virtual reality makes a lot of us sick, and what we can do about it.
Tories urged to condemn Braverman for gay persecution comments on refugees (www.theguardian.com)
UK home secretary in US to call for rewriting of UN asylum rules so they are ‘fit for the modern age’
All your favorite Cyberpunk 2077 mods are disabled in Phantom Liberty, CDPR says (www.pcgamesn.com)
CD Projekt Red reveals that all Cyberpunk 2077 mods have now been disabled with the release of both 2.0 and Phantom Liberty, leaving many split on the decision.
At least 20 killed in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot blast as thousands flee (www.aljazeera.com)
Armenia says at least 13,350 ethnic Armenians from the breakaway region entered the country.
Unification Church demands Japan's NHK cancel 'insulting' program (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO -- The Unification Church has published a protest against Japanese public broadcaster NHK, demanding that it stop airing and apologize for a program dealing with the religious group's recruitment methods.
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat (www.bbc.com)
Hans Niemann was accused of cheating after he beat Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen last September.
24,000 hospital letters lost due to NHS computer glitch (www.theguardian.com)
Healthcare regulator monitoring trust after report that results from scans and blood tests may have gone missing
South African anti-migrant ‘vigilantes’ register as party for next year’s polls (www.theguardian.com)
Operation Dudula changes tactics from evictions and violence, with plans to fight elections on platform of expelling foreigners
Russia seeks to rejoin UN's human rights council (www.bbc.co.uk)
It was expelled from the United Nations council last year after its forces invaded Ukraine.
Ex-Japan GSDF member denies indecent assault allegations, insists ex-colleague is 'lying' (mainichi.jp)
FUKUSHIMA -- One of the three former Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members who have been accused of indecently assaulting then colleague Rina Gonoi denied the allegations in a trial on Sept. 25 and insisted that Gonoi is "lying" about the damage.
California to fine schools that ban textbooks on race or LGBTQ+ topics (www.axios.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law on Monday a bill prohibiting schools from banning books on racial or LGBTQ+ teachings that could result in fines for any authority in the state that defies the legislation.
The comics industry is breaking its workers, but is it finally time to change that? (www.thepopverse.com)
The system is broken across the entertainment industry, but more so than anywhere else, in the comic book industry.
Earth's sixth mass extinction is underway and "rapidly accelerating," study warns (www.axios.com)
Earth's sixth mass extinction is already happening — and it is rapidly accelerating, researchers warned in a study out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.
SAG-AFTRA Pushes For Another Video Game Strike - Insider Gaming (insider-gaming.com)
SAG-AFTRA is now targeting the gaming industry, pushing for strike action in a bid to secure better compensation for 'gaming performers'.
SAG-AFTRA Pushes For Another Video Game Strike (insider-gaming.com)
SAG-AFTRA is now targeting the gaming industry, pushing for strike action in a bid to secure better compensation for 'gaming performers'.
Activist who called for royal reform jailed for four years in Thailand (www.aljazeera.com)
Anon Nampa was arrested in 2020 after making the call for change during mass anti-government protests.
Turkopticon and The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute Applaud Congressional Letter Holding Big Tech Accountable for Data Worker Abuse (www.dair-institute.org)
Turkopticon and the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) applaud the Congressional announcement of a letter by Sen. Markey (D-Mass) and Rep. Jayapal (WA-07) which demands that Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and other tech giants answer questions about the working conditions of data workers, especially those involved in training and...
Turkopticon and The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute Applaud Congressional Letter Holding Big Tech Accountable for Data Worker Abuse (www.dair-institute.org)
Turkopticon and the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) applaud the Congressional announcement of a letter by Sen. Markey (D-Mass) and Rep. Jayapal (WA-07) which demands that Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and other tech giants answer questions about the working conditions of data workers, especially those involved in training and...
Mapped: The Sun Belt's summer for the record books (www.axios.com)
Large swaths of the Sun Belt were hit by their hottest meteorological summer — June through August — on record.
Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
DENVER (AP) -- Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely used "insurrection" clause of the Constitution should be dismissed as a violation of his freedom of speech.
Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College (www.pewresearch.org)
65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.
White neighbor hoses down prominent black doctor in house party feud (www.dailymail.co.uk)
A leading doctor who threw a backyard party for his sister's birthday in Queens claims their group was 'hosed' with water by a 'racist' white neighbor during a noise dispute, according to a lawsuit.
Cyberpunk 2077's Ukrainian localisation takes the piss out of Russia's war (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Reworked skill trees and new minigames aside, Cyberpunk 2077's 2.0 update includes a Ukrainian localisation of the game…
Cyberpunk 2077's Biggest Mystery Unravels Further in Phantom Liberty and Update 2.0 - IGN (www.ign.com)
Cyberpunk 2077's biggest mystery has unravelled even further in the Phantom Liberty expansion and Update 2.0, with some fans who got too close to the truth being (politely) silenced by developer CD Projekt Red.
Cyberpunk 2077's Ukrainian localisation takes the piss out of Russia's war (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Sign for “whites-only” moms and tots group in Metro Vancouver sparks outrage (dailyhive.com)
A sign hung in Port Coquitlam advertising a “whites-only” moms and tots group is causing outrage online after photos of a poster were shared on social media.