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Disney asues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor
It's a simple spelling mistake, but it made me read the title in a Mario voice, and I think that's how it was meant to be communicated.
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Disney asues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor
It's a simple spelling mistake, but it made me read the title in a Mario voice, and I think that's how it was meant to be communicated.
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Apple lays off staffers ahead of CEO change
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Ah, you mean Tim Apple. 😉
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Do you ever reminisce about an old phone you had in the past?
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Same, and it was still a solid little phone, I used it until most of the apps stopped being supported, and even then, it was my backup phone for years, until the networks stopped supporting it.
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ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He's Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.
Jeebus, that's infuriating. I'm so mad I started supporting The Intercept just for covering this farce of a democracy.
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Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine
A built-in ad blocker is easily the least problematic announcement coming out of Mozilla in the last year.
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tab grouping
Sure, okay.
vertical tabs
To each their own.
profile management
Whatever, it's fine.
and local AI features
HOLLUP
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Bar owner is arrested after St. Louis police officer crashes into his business
Non-paywalled article here:
Officers arrested one of the bar's owners because he refused to show them ID? The officers just crashed into his bar in the middle of the night, he gets out of bed to see what that loud noise was, and they arrest him because he won't show them ID? In Missouri police can only ask to see ID if there is a reasonable suspicion of some wrongdoing, and I can't see that a building owner is doing anything wrong when he checks on the probationary cops that just plowed into his building because they suck at driving or were driving too fast.
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Why I moved my Plex library to Jellyfin after 14 years
This article doesn't mention the limitations of remote access for Jellyfin, which requires some tricks like reverse proxy or Tailscale. I think Jellyfin is a great option if you only watch/listen on your home network, but if anyone wants to replicate the remote access capabilities of Plex, I typically warn them they are going to have to roll their sleeves up.
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Buying a $250 Residency Card From a Tropical Island Let Me Bypass U.S. Crypto Laws
It's just grift all the way down with crypto, isn't it? Scams layered on scams layered on scams.
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The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
Not a surprise, but still somehow crushing. It's a loss for us all.
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A white supremacist warned me to comply with his demands or else. Now, he's in federal custody.
Phil Williams, the investigative reporter in this article, is an absolute treasure in Tennessee. This dude has broken open more corruption, fraud, conspiracies, government waste, etc. in his career than I can even list. As an elected official or business owner, the sight of Phil Williams with his microphone and camera crew is the thing you fear the most, but he's very measured and patient.
TL;dr: support your local journalism!
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The Feds Keep Prosecuting Protesters Against ICE — and Losing
These defeats in court are good—necessary, even—but the protestors are still being prosecuted, put in jail, subjected to cash bond requirements and required to hire defense counsel. Yes, the Trump Admin loses a lot, but it doesn't have to win every case to chill and deter opposition. The power imbalance is still a huge threat when a would-be autocrat can bring the full force of the federal government to bear on individual citizens. I want to see more AUSAs declining to prosecute at all, they have independent obligations as officers of the court to follow the constitution.
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Boeing to cut 10% of workforce, stop most 767 production amid strike
I don't like how every news story about the layoffs uncritically parrots the company excuse about the strike, as if decades of regulatory capture, short-term business strategy, and poor engineering and supply chain decisions by successive waves of over-paid executives didn't sink the company.
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Missouri Independent: Missouri AG in abortion pill lawsuit argues fewer teen pregnancies hurt state financially
I know that the state is trying to manufacture standing so it can bring the claim, but this is a deeply cynical and unethical argument that I would be embarrassed to make.
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After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year
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I really wish there was a better alternative to push my friends to. I do use Bandcamp, so at least I know more of my $$$ are going to the artists and I can take the music with me, but I'm not sure about the platform long-term.
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T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next
I had one of these plans for over a decade. It was fun while it lasted—I won't be staying with the company after this.
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One and done: Michael Phelps calls for a lifetime ban for anyone who's caught doping
While we're over-hauling doping punishments, we have to confront the deeply broken doping testing system and widespread contaminations of many foods and medications. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its country-level entities (UKADA, USADA, etc.) don't like to talk about how laughably bad their systems are, and how often the pop false positives. It wasn't as well known until cyclist Lizzy Banks challenged a false positive last year and spent €40,000 in legal fees and testing fees to get a "no fault or negligence" ruling. And that wouldn't have been possible at all if Banks didn't have a medical background (she went pro just before finishing a medical degree) and was able to read the faulty reports herself and challenge the claims of UKADA. Thanks to her, we now know that WAY more common foods and over-the-counter medications have contaminations with banned substances, which produces positive results with trace-amounts of banned substances.
I'm all for cracking down on dopers and cheaters, so long as we fix the system so it doesn't create false-positives.
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‘Hamilton’ tickets donated to Boston Public School students went to admins’ sons
Miranda’s two sons and Halfkenny’s son, neither of whom were Boston Public School students
This alone is kinda messed up. It's easier to functionally steal from other students when your kids don't even go to that school system.
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What can a city do when neo-Nazis start marching down its streets?
For starters, it can not arrest the bartender that punched a nazi after that nazi started a fight.
My dude didn't deserve to be arrested, he deserved to drink for free throughout Lower Broadway!
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Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket
For the record, while the Supreme Court justices have refused to hold themselves to the same standards as lower court judges, a U.S. District Court judge like Cannon is indeed bound by the Code of Conduct for United States Judges and the policies of the Judicial Conference, which do require disclosure of such gifts and trips.