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Elon Musk says Twitter logo to change, birds to be gradually abandoned (www.cnn.com)

Monaspace - Microsoft presents a new font family for code (monaspace.githubnext.com)

The way they talk about it makes it sound like they invented the written word, but that notwithstanding the fonts actually look really nice in my opinion.

Canada’s birth rate has dropped off a cliff (and it’s likely because nobody can afford housing) (nationalpost.com)

Statistics Canada confirmed last week that 351,679 babies were born in 2022 — the lowest number of live births since 345,044 births were recorded in 2005....

State House Candidate in Virginia Condemns Leak of Sex Tapes (www.nytimes.com)

Susanna Gibson, a Democrat running in one of seven tossup House seats in the closely divided legislature, denounced the “illegal invasion of my privacy.”...

New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns (apnews.com)

The New York City police department plans to pilot the unmanned aircrafts in response to complaints about large gatherings, including private events, over Labor Day weekend, officials announced Thursday....

It's real. Twitter Shadowbanning is back. (blog.twitter.com)

“Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach - our enforcement philosophy which means, where appropriate, restricting the reach of Tweets that violate our policies by making the content less discoverable.”...

Anon gets his iPhone battery replaced (sh.itjust.works)

ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfone, Updated (www.androidauthority.com)

Update from Asus...

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com)

Kevin Spacey cleared over all sexual assault charges (www.bbc.co.uk)

U.S. Pledge To Triple Global Nuclear Energy By 2050 (www.huffpost.com)

When I first read the titile, I thought that the US is going to have to build A LOT to triple global production. Then it occured to me that the author means the US is pledging to make deals and agreements which enable other countries to build their own. Sometimes I think the US thinks too much of itself and that’s also very...

Phones should have FM radio again (as an emergency safety feature) (www.spacebar.news)

I didn’t even realize Qualcomm removed the built in FM radio from their chips. Huh.

Lauren Boebert says she "fell short of values" after Beetlejuice groping video. (www.theguardian.com)

The Best Password Managers in 2023 (blog.thenewoil.org)

Running With Scissors Studios gives permission to pirate games (beehaw.org)

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Hey OpenAI (feddit.it)

Five years after killing a journalist in cold blood, Saudi Arabia is stronger than ever (www.theguardian.com)

The end of the Googleverse (www.theverge.com)

Google seems to be blocking API access for Piped video servers (github.com)

Most servers are not able to access the Google API....

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.

"Block The Rich" is like an ad-blocker, but for obscenely wealthy people with overinflated egos. (lemm.ee)

About 8 months ago I got pretty tired of seeing billionaire spam online. I could not bear to read about yet another rich guy who launched themselves (or their $200,000 car) into outer space 🚀 . I did not care about their expert opinion on the latest meme coin back then. I do not care about their expert opinion on the dangers...