YES totally understandable. That's why I did the title like how it is, or people would (understandably) make the awful mistaken conclusion I think Doris is cool or something.
Threads seems to be beginning to test ActivityPub federation, and since Kbin can be used for microblogging, this affects kbin.social. What are your thoughts on federating or defederating with them?
The House voted on Wednesday to formally open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, pushing forward with a yearlong G.O.P. investigation that has failed to produce evidence of anything approaching high crimes or misdemeanors....
At 6:58 a.m. Thursday, Dr. Angela Adams Powell addressed the nurses at the south Alabama hospital where she had delivered babies for more than 25 years....
Property developer and CEO Tim Gurner: “We need to see unemployment rise. Unemployment has to jump 40, 50 percent in my view. We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around.”
Voters in some of the highest-profile school board elections across the U.S. rebuked conservative candidates in local school board elections who want to ban books and restrict classroom conversations on race and gender....
Downvote all you want. You have tea and crumpets with the guy who falls all over Kim Jong Un, and go and name districts after him, then absolutely fffk you and horse you rode in on.
A law under consideration by the German parliament would mean that people who have committed anti-Semitic acts can never be granted citizenship, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.
Germany actively boots out and leashes nazis, while Israel elects them to office, parties with them, names districts after them, and permits them visits to the Kotel.
Ted Cruz wants lawmakers to get security escorts through America’s airports (www.politico.com)
Cruz told POLITICO that his amendment is about ensuring that political VIPs aren’t endangered as they pass through public spaces in airports....
No. Ffffk them rules and also your empathy.
How do we feel about federating with Threads?
Threads seems to be beginning to test ActivityPub federation, and since Kbin can be used for microblogging, this affects kbin.social. What are your thoughts on federating or defederating with them?
'America will become a renter nation': Grant Cardone warns the US could see 100-year mortgages — says we might even rent our clothes (finance.yahoo.com)
House Approves Biden Impeachment Inquiry as G.O.P. Hunts for an Offense (www.nytimes.com)
The House voted on Wednesday to formally open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, pushing forward with a yearlong G.O.P. investigation that has failed to produce evidence of anything approaching high crimes or misdemeanors....
Boosts and reduces no longer working for me?
Boosts and reduces now redirect me to the Kbin error page. Anyone else having this problem?
The art of saying nothing (thumbsnap.com)
How to stop mass shootings in a nutshell by one political party (lemmy.world)
36-hour shifts, 80-hour weeks: Workers are being burnt out by overtime (www.nbcnews.com)
Of particular note:...
TIL Dior has released a $230 'scented water' for babies. It's significantly more expensive than its bestselling fragrances for adults. (www.insider.com)
With tears and a lullaby, a rural Alabama hospital stops delivering babies (www.nbcnews.com)
At 6:58 a.m. Thursday, Dr. Angela Adams Powell addressed the nurses at the south Alabama hospital where she had delivered babies for more than 25 years....
Infosys co-founder calls for youth to work 70-hour weeks • The Register (www.theregister.com)
Which internet meme, if somehow erased from ever emerging, might have the biggest impact?
Is there a fundamental internet meme that has had such a major impact that it would have notable repercussions if it had somehow disappeared?
CEO says COVID gave us bad habits, prescribes unemployment of 40-50% (twitter.com)
Property developer and CEO Tim Gurner: “We need to see unemployment rise. Unemployment has to jump 40, 50 percent in my view. We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around.”
Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US (apnews.com)
Voters in some of the highest-profile school board elections across the U.S. rebuked conservative candidates in local school board elections who want to ban books and restrict classroom conversations on race and gender....
Sweden has had enough of being mixed up with Switzerland (www.euronews.com)
Netanyahu declares a ‘second war of independence’ as fears for Gazans grow (www.theguardian.com)
Anti-Semites cannot be granted German citizenship under new law - minister (www.reuters.com)
A law under consideration by the German parliament would mean that people who have committed anti-Semitic acts can never be granted citizenship, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.