I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… Piss ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion… I watched Pee-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like piss in rain…
– Dirt Owl replicant from the future
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An AI company has been generating porn with gamers' idle GPU time in exchange for Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cards (www.pcgamer.com)
China abducted its own citizens on EU territory, report finds (www.euronews.com)
For at least ten years, the Chinese Communist Party has been abducting its overseas citizens on EU territory and forcibly returning them to China - violating the rule of law and public security in Europe - a new report finds....
Debt advice charity’s workers were sacked after voting for strike action, union says (www.thirdsector.co.uk)
Friend just made me aware of this ongoing shittery in the UK. Ongoing demonstration in London at the moment. I said I would spread the word....
mo honey mo problems (mander.xyz)
Islamophobic dog-whistles
A friend of mine is compiling a list of Islamophobic dog-whistles that the company she works for needs to keep an eye out for on their socials. I said I would throw the net out and see what I can find out....
White House warns Israel crisis is stretching its ability to support Ukraine: ‘Running out of runway’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Don't use scary words (lemmy.tf)
Ukraine war: Burger King still open in Russia despite pledge to exit (www.bbc.co.uk)
Not sure how the girl's skin tone is relevant, but apart from that... (lemmy.ml)
Genzedong get mad when people don't like the CCP
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Landlords should have to pay income tax on their rental properties regardless of whether they're rented out or not. (gothamist.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/12162...
Hey, we should all really stop using racist slang to refer to customozation
Meta post I’ve decided to make. I enjoyed the unixporn subreddit a lot when I used reddit more. I enjoy customizing my linux de as much as the next nerd....
Ukraine to compete at 2024 Olympics on one condition: athletes from Russia and Belarus must perform under neutral flags (www.rt.com)
Ron DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexico (prospect.org)
McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased] (edition.cnn.com)
Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud....
What's the deal with Hexbear?
Has anyone else noticed how prevalent Hexbear posters have suddenly become? Maybe sometime last week I noticed nearly every political post had at least one long thread of Hexbear users that do nothing but repeat CCP talking points while waving anyway anything even remotely reliable as Western propaganda. That or getting all...
Biden calls China a 'ticking time bomb' due to economic troubles (ground.news)
I mean, alcohol is bad at its taste (lemm.ee)
How is it fine for pirates to pay for a VPN to not pay for a service?
I only use free VPN extensions or apps and I fully aware of the limitation of this. I use shabby ones, which don’t protect and probably sell my data. It slow and I can’t have only a few location. But I can’t get around the idea that people can pay for a service to refuse to pay to a service. Please help me understand.