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‘Foetal heartbeat’: How a very American issue is dividing Italy (www.euronews.com)
OnePlus 12 will have 50W wireless charging, 5,400 mAh battery (9to5google.com)
What Linux distro should I choose?
I’m moving away from Windows and I’m looking for distro for coding and occasional gaming. If more context is needed please let me know.
Is CCleaner still people's preferred computer cleaning app?
Has something new come along? It’s been so long since I’ve needed to do this that I assume CCleaner has enshittified by now.
EU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaces (www.bbc.com)
What should I call my son (due at the end of April)
Im having difficulty finding names I like. I need two - three names that roll off the tongue and wouldn’t be out of place with a long hyphenated surname....
If you could have been a fly on the wall for any conversation, which one would it have been?
ATBGE? (startrek.website)
What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?
I didn’t read this series when I was a kid, but I finally got around to reading Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber....
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Why do you need RSS in modern times?
Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month (www.wired.com)
LinkedIn user data leaked: Database shows emails, profile data, phones, full names, and more confidential info. (lemmy.world)
The same threat actor has leaked larger amounts of data from LinkedIn dated 2023. They claim this new data contains 35M lines and is 12 GB uncompressed....
Italy to seize $835M from Airbnb in tax evasion inquiry (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/72009...
What are your favourite things under 50$ that make your life a bit easier or more pleasant?
I need some holiday gift ideas (that I will probably gift to myself as well)!
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Jeff Bezos Is Moving to Miami After 29 Years in Seattle (www.businessinsider.com)
Elon Musk’s X Has Started Selling Off Old Twitter Handles For $50,000 (www.forbes.com)
This is what desperation looks like.
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The World’s Oldest Scotch Whisky Is About To Go On Auction (www.forbes.com)
Late last year, a hidden trove of whisky was discovered in a cellar room deep within a 13th century Scottish castle. The liquid was subsequently tested and determined to have been distilled back in 1833, making it the oldest known scotch in existence. Now two dozen bottles of it are going under the hammer in a November auction.
OnePlus Open review: Should you buy it? - Android Authority (www.androidauthority.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2704659 (!oneplus)
New House Speaker Blamed School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion (www.rollingstone.com)
Mike Johnson Said Same-Sex Marriage Would Lead to People Marrying Their Pets, Wanted to Sentence Abortion Doctors to “Hard Labor” (www.vanityfair.com)
By now you’ve likely heard that Representative Mike Johnson—the congressman Republicans finally elected as the new Speaker of the House after 22 days of chaos—played a significant role in the plot to overturn the 2020 election, a lowlight on his résumé that is obviously deeply concerning for the future of democracy. Also...
The Honor Magic 6 will let you open apps with your eyes - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
'Scripture is very clear': New House Speaker tells Congress God has 'ordained' them (www.alternet.org)
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.
Military Time vs 24hr?
Why is it that Americans refer to 24 hour time as military time? I understand that the military uses the 24hr format but I don’t understand why the general public would refer to it like that?...
What did you do to survive the night of/after a breakup?
Boyfriend of 2 years (best friend of 6) just told me he’s started seeing someone else. No discussion. Just ghosted me for a week and hit me with this news. Thought he was my soulmate, lmao. I feel like someone just ripped out my insides. Just turned 31 this year, this shit is not any easier than when I was a teenager....
Florida orders universities to ‘deactivate’ pro-Palestinian group (www.politico.com)
Highlights: Florida’s university system chancellor, responding to a push by Gov. Ron DeSantis, directed state universities Tuesday to disband campus groups with ties to the national Students for Justice in Palestine organization, marking the first punishments handed down to colleges here amid the Israel-Hamas war....
What is the name of your cleaning robot?
What name have you chosen for your robot and why?...
If you could bring back a dead band/musician which one/who would it be?
I use Brave to test whether my websites work on Chromium browsers, but their scummy actions lately make me want to find a new Chromium browser to test with. What's the best Chromium based browser?
I already use Firefox for browsing normally, but I have to test on a Chromium based browser too. One soft requirement is that it should be installable with Flatpak on Linux.
Elon Musk said he'd give Wikipedia 1 BILLION dollars if it changes its name to D**kipedia (www.timesnownews.com)
That’s almost for c/notteonion…that sick man really feels like it’s Superman, while he’s at best a poor man Aquaman....
What things do you do while eating?
I have a terrible habit of watching Youtube while I eat, and then one video turns to ten and I’ve wasted the entire day. I’ve tried just not watching it while I eat, but JUST eating is so incredibly boring that I cave in and turn it on regardless. I can’t get any work done while eating either, since it takes me out of flow...
Wall Street Journal complains about workers using their sick days (boingboing.net)
World attention (feddit.it)
YouTube's anti-adblock rollout has finally arrived for Firefox users (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I’m sure many of you are already aware that YouTube has been rolling out anti-adblock detection for Chrome users for a few weeks now....
What are your 'name brand only' items?
What do you refuse to get generic versions of?
Why cant the Middle East just chill out?
I didn’t used to understand foreign involvement in wars, like the whole America-Vietnam shenanigans. But I can see why after watching this Israeli Palestine Conflict since birth....
What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?