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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San Antonio police kill Melissa Perez in her own home during mental health crisis - Liberation News (www.liberationnews.org)
AAA pulls back from offering insurance in Florida, following Farmers (www.cbsnews.com)
More insurance companies are fleeing the state because of the growing threat from natural disasters.
Texas troopers told to push children into Rio Grande, deny water to migrants, records say (www.houstonchronicle.com)
Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a Department of Public Safety trooper who described the actions as...
Taiwan presidential candidate plans US stop, drawing China’s ire (www.aljazeera.com)
China decries plans of ‘separatist’ Taiwanese presidential frontrunner William Lai to stop in US during a Paraguay trip.
Writers Requesting David Zaslav Pay Up on Lost Wages via Venmo (www.themarysue.com)
Writers found David Zaslav's Venmo and successfully interrupted his time at billionaire summer camp with payment requests for lost wages.
Disney Uses Theme Park Characters In First Actorless Red Carpet Since SAG-AFTRA Strike (www.ign.com)
Disney's Haunted Mansion world premiere saw its actors replaced by theme park characters in the first red-carpet event since the SAG-AFTRA strike began.
Instagram Threads now has one-fifth the weekly active user base of Twitter (techcrunch.com)
'A lot of blood in the water.' Why actors' and writers' strikes are a big blow to Hollywood studios (www.latimes.com)
As SAG-AFTRA members join writers on picket lines, the fallout will disrupt Hollywood film and TV productions worldwide. 'There's going to be blood in the water,' said one analyst. 'This will not end well.'
Weekend poll: When do you charge your smartphone? (www.androidpolice.com)
“Cobalt Red”: Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children (www.democracynow.org)
A Trooper Issued More than 1,000 Fake Tickets. Connecticut Police Won’t Say Whether He Still Has a Job (www.rollingstone.com)
An audit has uncovered a massive scandal in Connecticut, where hundreds of troopers manipulated the state’s racial-profiling database through fraudulent citations
AI learned from their work. Now they want compensation. (infosec.pub)
A rising movement of artists and authors are suing tech companies for training AI on their work without credit or payment
Grand Theft Auto 6 Leaker Deemed Psychiatrically Unfit to Stand Trial (gamingbolt.com)
Teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj has previously also been accused of targeting the likes of Nvidia, Uber, Revolut, and others.
Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious (mashable.com)
The website has been knocking it out of the park for popular decisions lately /s...
Swimmers injured in dolphin attacks on Japan beach (www.bbc.co.uk)
French authorities ban protest against police violence in Paris (www.france24.com)
French authorities confirmed that a protest against police violence set to take place in Paris on Saturday could not go ahead due to police shortages. NGOs say the ban signals a “more and more repressive” approach from authorities.
Florida ocean temperatures peak to almost 100 degrees amid heatwave: "You really can't cool off" (www.cbsnews.com)
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
Mexican crime journalist shot dead in Acapulo – DW – 07/16/2023 (www.dw.com)
Data from Reporters Without Borders shows that 150 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000. In 2022 alone, 13 members of the press were killed there.
Record heat waves sweep the world, from U.S. to Japan via Europe (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Parts of eastern Japan are expected to reach 38 to 39 degrees Celsius, with the Meteorological Agency warning temperatures could hit previous records.
An otter in California that keeps bullying people off of their surfboards has been too quick for wildlife officials to catch (www.insider.com)
Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant prepares to release diluted radioactive water into the sea (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
There go my swimming on Korea’s east side plans for this year.
Stray Gods: Dragon Age Writer's RPG Delayed to Avoid Baldur's Gate 3, Which Was Avoiding Starfield - IGN (www.ign.com)
Stray Gods, the new musical RPG written by Dragon Age's David Gaider, is being delayed to avoid running afoul of Baldur's Gate 3, which is in turn trying to avoid Starfield.
Man, teen arrested for allegedly posting KKK fliers around Columbia, Tennessee (www.wkrn.com)
Two people have been arrested for allegedly posting racist fliers at Black churches around Columbia.
KKK flyers continue to appear in Kentucky neighborhoods (www.wymt.com)
After flyers appeared in Mt. Sterling and Paris appearing to promote services from the KKK, the same flyers have been found in Corbin.
Reddit's Contributor Program could earn you real money for your Reddit karma (www.androidauthority.com)
Reddit could be working on a Contributor program, letting top contributors earn real-world money from the gold and karma they receive.
Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever (www.theverge.com)
“This ‘groundbreaking’ AI proposal that they gave us yesterday, they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no...
Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever (www.theverge.com)
“This ‘groundbreaking’ AI proposal that they gave us yesterday, they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no...
Genshin Impact Voice Actors Say They Haven't Been Paid In Months (www.gamespot.com)
Despite the game's massive profits, its voice actors say they aren't getting paid, with some even choosing to leave their roles.
Reddit kills awards and coins (old.reddit.com)
Hollywood Actors Set to Join Writers on Strike After Contract Expires (www.wsj.com)
Screen Actors Guild ends negotiations over new contract with studios
Reddit exodus - Using Lemmy from my existing Mastodon (vijayprema.com)
Many are turning to Lemmy as a viable Reddit alternative. Here is how to use your existing Mastodon account with Lemmy.
Stray really disappointed me. I want a real cat game.
Just an open world survival game, only you’re a cat, dealing with regular cat problems. You have to hunt, avoid larger animals, compete with other cats, figure out which humans are dangerous and which will give you treats, judiciously spray things to maintain your territory, maybe mate and reproduce (your sex and fertility...
How often have games made you do a double take in real life? (i.imgur.com)
Maybe you see a plant you have to collect in game or a rock wall that looks different. What items have you caught out of the corner of your eye that you realized was just your brain so focused on looking for things in a game that you saw it IRL and made you double take?
Everything has LEDs now and they drive me nuts
Why does every small appliance or useful home electronics item have the BRIGHTEST LEDs in them?...
Anger from voice actors as NSFW mods use AI deepfakes to replicate their voices: 'This is NOT okay' (www.pcgamer.com) Japanese
Skyrim VAs are speaking out about the spread of pornographic AI mods.