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Childless GOP candidate borrows family for weird photo shoot
  • Would you rent your kids to a Republican? Seems dangerous.

    Only if they rent my wife as part of the package? What kind of logic is that.

  • These six places saw their worst storm surge ever during Helene
  • So I'm looking at this chart in the article on sea level rise by location:

    I feel like I'm lacking some key knowledge here. How can the sea level rise be different in different parts of the coast? Shouldn't the average sea level rise be roughly equal worldwide?

    Even if there's like a new strong current constantly pushing water into Galveston I'd expect it to average out over time. What am I missing?

  • Feds charge NYC mayor with selling his influence to foreign nationals. He says he won't resign
  • In exchange for the bribes, Adams took actions that appeared to benefit Turkey’s leaders, including expediting the fire safety inspection at a consulate building and not releasing a statement on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, according to the indictment.

    I'm kind of shocked that a (friendly) foreign government would buy a mayor for these seemingly trivial things.

  • 18 years for woman who hoped to destroy Baltimore power grid and spark a race war
  • Of course, they completely ignored how things went when hurricane Irene knocked out power to the region. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t fun but folks were generally okay.

    Reminds me of that big NYC blackout. The news was covering it like the whole city was going to fall into chaos with neighbors attacking each other and everything. Mostly it was just people chilling in the dark hoping to get their power back as soon as possible.

  • The JD Vance Dossier - We’re publishing the supposed Iran-hacked document. Here’s why.
  • Unlike the Steele Dossier, which was both fraudulent and discredited...

    What? IIRC, the author only clarified that a bunch of it was likely rumor. How does that make it fraudulent?

  • Are there any occupations you uniquely oppose the existence of?
  • Time for a rewatch of The Century Of Self.

  • Are there any occupations you uniquely oppose the existence of?
  • Ferrari? More like the passenger train of computers.

  • Why are Americans particularly concerned about Chinese espionage?
  • We (the US) off-shored our manufacturing labor to China because of cheap labor. We were able to continue to reap much of the benefits of this production with our intellectual property (trade secrets, patents, etc).

    China will inevitably catch up in the IP game and have been quickly doing so, often through corporate espionage, sending students to study in Western schools, and just from experience building most of these physical goods.

    It's IP theft and seen as cheating. And will erode the US IP dominance faster than we'd like.

    I'm pretty on the fence over it as an American personally. IP laws in general are kind of bullshit but also, we're on our back foot economically because we have no infrastructure to build anymore. And if we no longer have the IP dominance, we have zero economic leverage.

    And all that's ignoring all the governmental and civic espionage that has other uncomfortable implications.

  • Mozilla launches privacy friendly AI addon called "Orbit"
  • It is very privacy friendly [...]

    What makes you believe that? The most information I could find about this is that it doesn't "save your session data." The Orbit privacy policy also seems a bit bare, and I can't decide if that's a good thing or not.

    Either way, you're still sending data to a third party service to process. Might be worth it for some people.

  • What Star Trek media did you watch in the last week? - 09/25/24
  • Been playing the point and click game Star Trek: Resurgence. It's barely a game, but it's nice to do something with your hands while watching.

  • Passenger killed in hijacking, pursuit of MTA bus in Los Angeles
  • “We need ways to prevent people from bringing weapons onto our Metro buses and trains, and the sooner we can find solutions to prevent tragedies like this, the better,” Hahn said.

    TSA 2: Cruise Control

  • Mozilla faces a privacy complaint over Firefox's tracking
  • More information about the privacy preserving ad measurement feature and how to disable it if you wanted. Mixed feelings.

  • If you were the boss of a group of intergalactic explorers, what would you use as the "North" on the space compasses?
  • Earth-bound cardinals are basically 2 dimensional vectors. Not really helpful in intergalactic space.

  • A Violent Gang Has Been Breaking Into Houses and Forcing Homeowners to Fork Over Their Crypto
  • A lot of their targets are public people. For instance, targeting the employees of a defi company.

  • U.S.: Chinese state-sponsored spies spent 4 months in aerospace firm’s server
  • "And immediately after we had removed them from the environment, another attack set off, which we attributed to the same group trying to get back in through other means," he added.

    This happened within 24 hours, with a credential-stuffing attack. "There was no opsec, no slow-and-low," Dwyer said. "They put the persistent in APT. Once they identify a target as valuable to them and their goals and objectives, they will continue to try to get back in."

    And this is from a company that seems to at least sort of take security seriously (ignoring the glaring error that got them in this situation). Responding to this threat seems like a challenge for most companies down the supply chain.

  • What is your favorite extinction event, and why?
  • Hell yeah, this one is ours!

  • How the hell do I sign up for facebook?
  • A photo of my balls would help in that case too but it doesn't men I want to give it to them.

  • the strange new future of story-driven PC gaming
  • Need me a cyberpunk detective game with real verbal interviews.

  • Christmas Starts in October, Venezuela’s Autocrat Declares
    www.nytimes.com Christmas Starts in October, Venezuela’s Autocrat Declares

    With the nation’s democracy in shambles, President Nicolás Maduro tries to inject some holiday cheer.

    Christmas Starts in October, Venezuela’s Autocrat Declares

    A nationwide blackout. A broken economy. A widely contested presidential election. A populace terrified of its autocratic leader and his increasingly violent security forces.

    What’s a president to do?

    Declare the early arrival of Christmas, of course.

    Facing widespread domestic and international criticism over his claim that he won a July presidential vote, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela is trying to turn the nation’s attention toward the one thing almost every Venezuelan loves: Christmas.

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    Bellum - Official Reveal Teaser

    Looks like the content creator Karmakut has launched a game studio and is building this new tactical shooter. Curious how this plays out.

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    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits He Left a Dead Bear in Central Park
    www.nytimes.com Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits He Left a Dead Bear in Central Park

    Mr. Kennedy, an independent presidential candidate, confessed to dropping off the bear cub 10 years ago and making it appear that a bike had hit the animal.

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits He Left a Dead Bear in Central Park

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, confessed on Sunday that he had left a dead bear cub in Central Park in Manhattan in 2014 because he thought it would be “amusing.”

    Mr. Kennedy posted a video detailing the bizarre story on social media apparently ahead of an article in The New Yorker.

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    Recall of Boar's Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak
    apnews.com Recall of Boar's Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak

    U.S. health officials have announced a recall of some Boar's Head liverwurst and other deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak.

    Recall of Boar's Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak

    Boar’s Head Provisions Co. recalled liverwurst because it may be tainted with the listeria bacteria, the U.S. Agriculture Department said. The agency said a sample of Boar’s Head liverwurst from a Maryland store tested positive for listeria.

    The company is also recalling deli-sliced meats made the same day on the same line as the contaminated liverwurst at a Virginia plant, the USDA said. The sample was from an unopened package, collected by health officials as part of an investigation into the listeria outbreak.

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    Cleared Hot - Official Game Trailer

    Desert Strike was probably one of the most influential games of my childhood. This game seems to be looking to scratch that itch.

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    Designed to Fail: Chemical Release at LyondellBasell

    Video post-mortem by the US CSB of a chemical (acetic acid) accident at a LyondellBassell plant.

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    VIVERSE Joins the Fediverse: Cross-Platform Connection Made Possible
    www.news.viverse.com VIVERSE Joins the Fediverse: Cross-Platform Connection Made Possible

    Connect with friends from VIVERSE and Mastodon servers on VIVERSE. Stay tuned for the upcoming rollout of more social features!

    VIVERSE Joins the Fediverse: Cross-Platform Connection Made Possible

    Looks like it's so far just surface-level integration with Mastodon friends/DMs. But it's still nice seeing the fediverse embraced and integrated at all by what was once a walled garden.

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    Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council
    www.cnbc.com Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council

    Twitch on Friday ended the contracts of its safety council members, which consulted on trust and safety issues related to children on Twitch, nudity and more.

    Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council
    • Twitch on Friday will end the contracts for all members of its Safety Advisory Council, a resource made up of industry experts, streamers and moderators, who consulted on trust and safety issues.
    • The council has advised Twitch on “drafting new policies and policy updates,” “developing products and features to improve safety and moderation” and “protecting the interests of marginalized groups,” per a company webpage.
    • On May 6, council members were called into a meeting after receiving an email that all existing contracts would conclude on May 31, 2024, and that they would not receive payment for the second half of 2024.
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    Pappardelle Arrabbiata

    Hand-made Pappardelle in an Arrabbiata sauce with garlic bread.

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    web3 @lemmy.zip treadful @lemmy.zip
    Ethereum Foundation Faces Inquiry From a Government; Fortune Says SEC Investigating ETH
    www.coindesk.com Ethereum Foundation Faces Inquiry From a Government; Fortune Says SEC Investigating ETH

    After the publication of this article, Fortune reported the SEC seeks to classify ETH as a security.

    Ethereum Foundation Faces Inquiry From a Government; Fortune Says SEC Investigating ETH
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    90's MTB masters (1992)
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