The moon is hypothesized to be made of material from when Theia (hypothetically) struck Earth billions of years ago. Most of the matter became the Earth and some spun out into space and became the moon.
He's acting pretty rationally trying to get people killed. If Obama was killed, what sort of message would that send to his followers, to his opposition, and to prosecutors?
The single death that could have supercharged his stochastic terrorism.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed published in 2021, two of the Moores’ lawyers also declared unambiguously that the lawsuit “stands to slam shut the door on a federal wealth tax like the one Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to enact.” They made a direct pitch to “the courts” to hear the Moores’ case “now” to make it...
I really do like KBin and Lemmy and the fediverse on the whole, but development is still young and the userbase still growing. KBin is still basically early access, and Lemmy is buggy. I spent alot of time in reddit and I'm feeling the pain of trying to ween myself from it. Just wanted to here community perspectives and see how...
More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives. That's according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs designed to help small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years.
@ernest how do I report a Magazin on kbin.social ? There is a usere called "ps" who is posting to his own "antiwoke" Magazin on kbin.social. Please remove this and dont give them a chance to etablish them self on kbin.social. When I report his stuff it will go to him because he is the moderator of the magazin? Seems like a...
Hatred is not speech you disagree with. It's not speech that hurts your delicate feelings. It's not speech that contradicts your values. It's none of that.
Right. It's speech that tells people they're not worthy of or welcome to exist.
The cases were the first in 20 years to be acquired in the U.S., with no links to travel outside the country. The last such local cases were identified in 2003 in Palm Beach County, Florida.
BERLIN, June 25 (Reuters) - A far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate won a vote on Sunday to become a district leader in Europe's biggest economy for the first time, a breakthrough for the party which has hit record highs in national polls....
Good can be radical; evil can never be radical, it can only be extreme, for it possesses neither depth nor any demonic dimension yet -- and this is its horror -- it can spread like a fungus over the surface of the earth and lay waste the entire world. Evil comes from a failure to think. -- Hannah Arendt
Daniel Rodriguez, the man who attacked then-Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone with an electroshock weapon in the neck during the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 and a half years in prison.
Is there really a reason, for example, for there to be the distinction of "magazine" and "community"? When you're federating, the same features should be called the same, if close enough. That way everyone can talk with everyone about stuff and we all immediately understand each other....
As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."...
Meet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptos (www.theverge.com)
It’s the first change to the Office default font in more than 15 years.
Self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate says he was paid $20,000 under Elon Musk's content-creator plan (www.businessinsider.com)
The Twitter owner announced the payment plan in June and said the first round of payouts would total $5 million.
Scientists discover huge, heat-emitting blob on the far side of the moon (www.livescience.com)
Scientists have discovered an anomalous blob of heat on the far side of the moon....
MyPillow is auctioning off equipment after losing retailers (www.startribune.com)
CEO Mike Lindell says annual sales fell $100 million after several big-box retailers cut ties following his election claims....
France bans buying fireworks for Bastille Day after riots (www.bbc.co.uk)
The move comes after rioting sparked by last month's killing of a 17-year-old by police in Nanterre.
Pay Attention to What You See: Donald Trump Is Losing His Marbles (newrepublic.com)
If he keeps this up, he’ll drag the entire Republican Party down with him in 2024.
Opinion | World War III Will Be Fought With Viruses - WSJ (www.wsj.com)
A two-front biological and cyber attack could lead to a U.S. defeat before we know what hit us.
7 GOP attorneys general threaten Target over Pride display (www.lgbtqnation.com)
They sent a legal threat to Target for selling "obscene matter" because, in part, the store sold a T-shirt with a drag queen on it...
Southern US Reaches Dangerous "Wet Bulb Temperature". Here's What That Means (www.iflscience.com)
Multiple southern states and a few midwestern states are at "extreme threat" levels of "wet bulb temperature".
iPhone 15 to enter mass production in August, expect Apple to increase prices on Pro Max model (9to5mac.com)
FBI Hired Social Media Surveillance Firm that Labeled Black Lives Matter Organizers “Threat Actors” (theintercept.com)
A new Senate report calls out the FBI for lying to Congress about its social media monitoring, pointing out the FBI’s hiring of ZeroFox.
Sudden surge of broken heat records is scaring scientists (www.washingtonpost.com)
Scientists say to brace for more extreme weather and probably a record-warm 2023 amid unprecedented temperatures.
PSA: You Can't Delete Your Threads Account Without Also Deleting Instagram (www.makeuseof.com)
Meta's Threads app has a major flaw: you can't delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account.
Wisconsin governor gets creative with veto, increases public school funding for 400 years (www.usatoday.com)
In signing the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers used his broad partial veto powers to make permanent annual per-pupil increases for public schools.
The Supreme Court May Preemptively Ban a Federal Wealth Tax (newrepublic.com)
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed published in 2021, two of the Moores’ lawyers also declared unambiguously that the lawsuit “stands to slam shut the door on a federal wealth tax like the one Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to enact.” They made a direct pitch to “the courts” to hear the Moores’ case “now” to make it...
Reddit braces for life after API changes (techcrunch.com)
Reddit and its communities are preparing for a life after the platform's API changes forced popular third-party apps to shut down.
The best thing about Kbin is that we aren't reliant on the Lemmy devs (kbin.social)
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We literally have people that are profiting from content that they did not create, while the original creators get nothing (kbin.social)
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Autodesk screws customers by turning lifetime licenses into subscriptions (odysee.com)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U4-pp1uKNnM
At some point your parents picked you up, put you down and never picked you back up again. (kbin.social)
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Reddit users lost?
Do we at this point have any substantial data on just how many users Reddit actually lost due to this?...
Can a rich person be a good person? (kbin.social)
I don't mean doctor-making-150k-a-year rich, I mean properly rich with millions to billions of dollars....
Great! Reddit just updated their app and it lags AF (kbin.social)
Up until the previous version I could fly through the feed with the power of my 120hz display....
Is there any one else who feels like their life has been disrupted by this whole debacle with Reddit. (kbin.social)
I really do like KBin and Lemmy and the fediverse on the whole, but development is still young and the userbase still growing. KBin is still basically early access, and Lemmy is buggy. I spent alot of time in reddit and I'm feeling the pain of trying to ween myself from it. Just wanted to here community perspectives and see how...
The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says (apnews.com)
More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives. That's according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs designed to help small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years.
Teen Ralph Yarl, shot in the head for going to the wrong address to pick up his brothers, suffering lingering effects (www.nbcnews.com)
Snippets...
"Antiwoke" magazin on kbin.social posting bullshit like "how to end Wokeness" and "Time to reject the extrem trans lobby harming our society" How to report ? he is the moderator of that magazin. (calckey.social)
@ernest how do I report a Magazin on kbin.social ? There is a usere called "ps" who is posting to his own "antiwoke" Magazin on kbin.social. Please remove this and dont give them a chance to etablish them self on kbin.social. When I report his stuff it will go to him because he is the moderator of the magazin? Seems like a...
Reddit breaks the law to quell protests - spez has gone too far (www.youtube.com)
We reach a new low every day...
CDC issues alert after five cases of malaria were acquired locally in Texas and Florida (www.nbcnews.com)
The cases were the first in 20 years to be acquired in the U.S., with no links to travel outside the country. The last such local cases were identified in 2003 in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Germany's far-right AfD wins district for first time (Sonneberg, Thuringia) (www.reuters.com)
BERLIN, June 25 (Reuters) - A far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate won a vote on Sunday to become a district leader in Europe's biggest economy for the first time, a breakthrough for the party which has hit record highs in national polls....
Logitech Faces Stock Price Drop and Troll Reviews After Titan Sub Disaster (www.mensjournal.com)
Welp.
Android compatibility is insane! (lemmy.ml)
Teen son of Pakistani billionaire who died on Titanic sub ‘didn’t want to go on trip’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Azmeh Dawood told NBC News that her nephew only agreed to go on the expedition because it was important to his father
While changing all of my comments to "fuck u/spez" in PowerDeleteSuite, I kept getting this message from the AutoMod. (media.kbin.social)
"Debris field" found near Titanic in search for missing sub, U.S. Coast Guard says (www.cbsnews.com)
The sub went missing while carrying five people to the wreckage of the Titanic.
Global monkey torture ring exposed by BBC - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
A year-long investigation uncovers a sadistic abuse network stretching from Indonesia to the US.
The past year of research has made it very clear: Trump won because of racial resentment (www.vox.com)
Another study produces the same findings we’ve seen over and over again.
Man who used stun gun to attack Michael Fanone on January 6 sentenced to over 12 years in prison (www.cnn.com)
Daniel Rodriguez, the man who attacked then-Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone with an electroshock weapon in the neck during the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 and a half years in prison.
Well shit, they're even going after tiny not-so-active subs like mine (lemmy.world)
What should I do now lol
Kbin and Lemmy should come to a consensus on how to name stuff
Is there really a reason, for example, for there to be the distinction of "magazine" and "community"? When you're federating, the same features should be called the same, if close enough. That way everyone can talk with everyone about stuff and we all immediately understand each other....
CBS News poll finds most say Roe's overturn has been bad for country, half say abortion has been more restricted than expected (www.cbsnews.com)
Many women's concerns now extend beyond abortion access to health and reproductive care.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Resurrection (www.smbc-comics.com)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Resurrection
Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts (www.macrumors.com)
As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Love (www.smbc-comics.com)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Love