Joe Biden lays out new student debt relief plan after supreme court ruling (www.theguardian.com)
President says ‘the court misinterpreted the constitution’ as he announces intention to use another law for debt forgiveness
The Revolution Will Not Be Monetized (kbin.social)
You are in the wrong place....
Farewell Baconreader. It's been a wonderful 11 years. (media.kbin.social)
Christian Selig’s Goodbye to Apollo (mastodon.social)
I wrote a short goodbye post on Reddit as we enter the last hours of Apollo. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the support over the years, it’s truly been the journey and dream of a lifetime building this app and meeting so many people. 🥰💙...
It feels a lot nicer here on lemmy / kbin
I realized I interacted / posted / commented less and less on reddit these last couple of years. Couldn't even tell you why exactly. Now I've been here for a week and, I don't know, I just like interacting again... Hope it stays like this for a while :)
DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president (www.nbcnews.com)
Florida's Republican governor said he would seek to abolish the departments of Education, Commerce and Energy, as well as the IRS....
Threadiversal Travel - A guide for Lemmy, Kbin and general Reddit off-ramping (shellsharks.com)
Hey Kbin-folk, I’ve recently published my take on the “threadiverse” in the form of a quasi-guide but with some other commentary. Appreciate any feedback, good or bad!
Tourist faces $24,550 fine for carving his and girlfriend’s name into Colosseum (www.news.com.au)
A tourist filmed carving his and his girlfriend’s name into the walls of the Roman Colosseum faces a huge fine as Italian authorities vow to find the man.
Woman Sues Anti-Abortion 'Pregnancy Center' After Her Ectopic Pregnancy Ruptured (jezebel.com)
The woman claims the Massachusetts facility failed to diagnose her pregnancy as ectopic and, as a result, she lost a fallopian tube during emergency surgery.
Here's the nice Kbird with changes that people suggested, is OK if it isn't the mascot of Kbin but it will always live in our hearts, the real mascot was the friends we made along the way. (media.kbin.social)
'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S. (www.npr.org)
Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.
📢Entire mod team on r/mildlyinteresting (and more subs) removed and locked out of their accounts after changing their rules upon community's request. (They're also switching subs BACK to SFW) (kbin.social)
EDIT: GO DM MODS OF YOUR FAVORITE SUBREDDITS AND POLITELY ASK ABOUT MIGRATION!: something as simple as "Hey, I love this community but I no longer use reddit, will you guys be making a community on Kbin or other alternatives? Let me know please, thanks." will work!! We need more voices encouraging migration!...
Comcast, Centurylink Fail To Derail Community-Owned Gigabit Fiber Network In Bountiful, Utah (www.techdirt.com)
More than 600 communities across the U.S. have decided to build their own broadband networks after decades of predatory behavior, slow speeds, and high prices by regional telecom monopolies.That in…
Reddit removes my post about how Reddit doesn't accept my GDPR request (lemm.ee)
I’m pretty sure this is illegal? They have to accept my GDPR request, and they certainly can’t block me from reporting that it isn’t working, for them to accept it.
Biden signs historic order moving prosecution of military sexual assault outside chain of command (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, murder and other serious crimes.
Multiple lemmy instances are getting hit with a js injection
Lemmy.world and lemmy.blahaj.zone have been hit with a JavaScript injection attack it seems.
Post creation, filters and more coming to Artemis App (tech.lgbt)
Just a preview of what's cooking for the next update for testers....
Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit (arstechnica.com)
Chemists develop sustainable method to remove 'forever chemicals' from water (phys.org)
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are highly versatile chemicals. These fluorine-containing organic molecules are the reason why rain drops simply slide off outdoor jackets. They are used in the greaseproof coating of paper food packaging and are key ingredients in fire-extinguisher foams and the protective gear worn by...
Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets (techcrunch.com)
Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets on the web, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions.
You will be missed, RIF. o7 (media.kbin.social)
Taking 11 years of data contribution with me! Train your AI with this, Reddit! (Power Delete Suite) (media.kbin.social)
Lemmy & Kbin reaching 100k active users within days. (fedidb.org)
Looking at Fedidb.org the Fediverse Network Statistics, I'm seeing about 98,000 Active users as of the 27th. That's at least 50k new users this month. Welcome to Lemmy, fellow migrants!
Reddit mods are calling for an ‘affordable return’ for third-party apps (www.theverge.com)
John B. Goodenough, Nobel laureate who gave the world Li-ion batteries, passes away. (www.thehindubusinessline.com)
John Bannister Goodenough, the American co-inventor of Lithium-ion batteries and a co-winner of 2019 Nobel prize for Chemistry, has passed away. He was just a month short of turning 101. Goodenough also played a significant role in the development of Random Access Memory (RAM) for computers.