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Not really news in any way, but I thought it was an interesting short read, even if it’s also publicity for the book the interviewee wrote.

Non-Paywall Article

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6480108...

I do admit that I think how social media works is to presume anything you hear on facebook or shitter as false unless proven otherwise....

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys who’ve been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are seeking court permission to quit, saying he owes them unspecified millions of dollars and can’t pay the millions more that he’ll owe in legal expenses...

Online fraudsters have taken billions of dollars from Americans in recent years and they are using social media to do it....

According to prosecutors, Chail sent “thousands” of sexual messages to the chatbot, which was called Sarai on the Replika platform. Replika is a popular AI companion app that advertised itself as primarily being for erotic roleplay before eventually removing that feature and launching a separate app called Blush for that...

Jusqu’à 3 ans en détention provisire pour association de malfaiteurs en relation avec une entreprise terroriste. Pourtant aucun projet malfaisant ne leur est reproché, et ils se connaissent à peine…...

The German Parliament (Bundestag) will hold its first reading of the proposed law regarding (limited) cannabis legalization, where MP’s can debate and/or ask questions about the draft. This is a huge step, we’re now entering legislative endgame. We’re definitely on track for german stoners to legally smoke pot next year....

The school calendar limits what teachers can do to reach out to their own lawmakers, but they’re still planning on having their voices heard. Zarifis says, “The governor so heartlessly calls a special session while teachers are teaching, will not stop us from showing up. We will be there, teachers will be there. We will be...

Source: www.kohney.com/comic/finger-of-chicken-color/

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CW: Article contains images depicting the anti-Semetic puppeteer trope...