GreenFire, to random
@GreenFire@mstdn.social avatar

The Harvard College Administrative Board will be preventing twelve seniors from graduating at commencement and at least one senior will be required to withdraw for three semesters. A Rhodes scholar also lost his opportunity to participate in that program.

arstechnica, to random
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

VMware Fusion, Workstation now free for home use, subscription-only for businesses

Free for personal use, but businesses will have to fork over $120 per year.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/vmware-fusion-workstation-now-free-for-home-use-subscription-only-for-businesses/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jadugar63,
@jadugar63@mastodon.social avatar

@anthropy @arstechnica
Broadcom-VMware

ginaintheburg, to random
@ginaintheburg@mastodon.world avatar

"He left me no option":

Rudy ’s daily talk show on was canceled Friday, after ignoring repeated warnings from WABC’s owner & donor, John Catsimatidis, who repeatedly warned him abt denying the legitimacy of the 2020 election on air.

Another Trump-er .
https://www.salon.com/2024/05/11/he-left-me-no-option-giuliani-canned-from-conservative-radio-show-due-to-lies/

paninid, to random
@paninid@mastodon.world avatar

You can screw over customers, you can screw over employees, you can screw over vendors, you can fuck over the environment, you can flout the law.

But, fuck over and , and you will find out real quick.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-autopilot-probe-us-prosecutors-focus-securities-wire-fraud-2024-05-08/

faraiwe, to random
@faraiwe@mastodon.social avatar

undergoing things...

(if you don't know Oloyede, look him up. sad existence, really)

65dBnoise, to random
@65dBnoise@mastodon.social avatar

An utter humiliation, even for a clown.

RealJournalism, to newyorkcity
@RealJournalism@mastodon.social avatar

Winston Support Services had to pay $2.7 million in damages to settle allegations that they misclassified workers to avoid paying prevailing wages. In one instance, they shorted a worker $100,000. They played a game of . They found out. https://www.laborpress.org/healthcare-workers-win-back-wages/

RealJournalism, to charlotte
@RealJournalism@mastodon.social avatar

The UAW has reached a deal with Daimler Truck of which involves 25% pay hikes, the end of tiered pay, profit sharing, and cost of living increases. They decided it was not a good idea to . https://qcnerve.com/united-auto-workers-daimler/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2iVhlgAOw5qQDGeu05DZAoztjOYr0myWG4zqx6-vkxYFkz4a0NXFBC8_Q_aem_AdkgHChx1GVLQLMbg_j_jfypEDNFEI_wyJ38rINezwHJ_p1PmdPdBpr9wPKB7aPbsZ--Hrv2WlmOwMX3M4hSAKJz

nicholas_saunders, to random

Just watching the 2 and don't recall Lady Jessica being quite so militantly in favor of .

Am I being insufficiently critical towards her?

It was interesting the way fanatical were more in the south, with Chani being an atheist northerner.

nicholas_saunders,

@gabrielesvelto

😂

Very much like the Dosadi Experiment, where he explored ? hydraulic despotism? and its effects.

In fairness, difficult to adapt and there's going to have to be some simplification and "messaging" with regards to the realpolitik of Dune.

I don't think Herbert was quite so adamantly antireligious, but maybe. More of a cautionary tale about theocracy and charismatic leaders. Villeneuve maybe has an axe to grind.

JamesRhodes, to random
@JamesRhodes@progressivecafe.social avatar

A Utah man who recorded himself inciting violence and breaking a window before filming the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt outside the House chamber during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was sentenced Friday to six years in prison.

People don’t have a right to go around inciting violence whenever they want.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/26/john-sullivan-sentenced-jan-6/

mvario, to random
@mvario@mastodon.social avatar

J.K. Rowling's Threat To Sue Journalists for Calling Out Holocaust Denial Backfires on Social Media | The Mary Sue

https://www.themarysue.com/j-k-rowling-holocaust-denial-nazi-transphobic/

> It was only a matter of time before Rowling stopped living around the corner from Nazis and started sharing an address with them.

yohannon,
@yohannon@mastodon.social avatar

@mvario Ah yes, once again someone discovers the isn't just a theory after all... it's a direct corollary to .

GottaLaff, to legal
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

🧵NEW THREAD STARTING HERE. 1/…

We start with a big ol’

Via Klasfeld:

Breaking

Trump LOSES his renewed motion to recuse Justice Merchan from presiding over his New York criminal trial.

The judge quickly DENIES Trump's motion from the bench before the beginning of jury selection.

GottaLaff,
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

16/

Pagliery:

When ADA Joshua Steinglass just described the Access Hollywood tape where Trump gloated about grabbing women "by the pussy," the former president starts shaking his head.

He's bothered this is coming up, not claiming it's not true.

This video has haunted him for years.

RealJournalism, to newhampshire
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slcw, to random
@slcw@newsie.social avatar

This dumbshit apparently believes there won't be any consequences for brazenly, and publicly violating the issued by Judge in the federal case about to begin in . I think he's about to find out that reality is different from whatever the hell is going on between his greazy, orange ears.

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-name-drops-michael-cohen-in-truth-social-post-appearing-to-violate-gag-order-in-new-york-hush-money-case/

Nonilex, to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

“Let there be no illusion. If Donald Trump is elected & the in put a on the Resolute Desk, will sign it into . Donald Trump & all those responsible for overturning Roe don’t have a clue about the of in America. But they are about to find out.” -



https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/04/08/trump-abortion-statement/

mikemathia, to random
@mikemathia@ioc.exchange avatar
ChristosArgyrop, to ai
@ChristosArgyrop@mstdn.science avatar

Attention @mjgardner , alert
@EricCarroll

AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware
Simply look out for libraries imagined by ML and make them real, with actual malicious code. No wait, don't do that

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/28/ai_bots_hallucinate_software_packages/

ai6yr, to Russia

Wonkette: "Canadian Idiots Who Fled To Russia Because Of 'Woke' Now Getting Kicked Out Of Russia, Because Russia" https://www.wonkette.com/p/canadian-idiots-who-fled-to-russia

lukevanin, to random
@lukevanin@noc.social avatar

Hezbollah is in the FA stage.

They’re about to enter the FO stage.

I have a large bucket here waiting for your jihadi tears.

straphanger, to Texas
@straphanger@urbanists.social avatar

Terrifying indeed.

Fires have been burning all winter in and what author John Vaillant calls "the province of , the Texas-size petro-state above Montana."
Come spring + summer, watch out...

This may be the year North Americans see what living in the Anthropocene really means.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/opinion/texas-wildfires-climate-change.html

Crispius,
@Crispius@mstdn.crispius.ca avatar

@straphanger

“The Fires Sweeping Across Texas Offer a Terrifying Warning”

Um, no. We’ve had the warnings we’re gonna get. We’re now squarely into the FO stage.

RealJournalism, to random
@RealJournalism@mastodon.social avatar

Anheuser Busch is the latest major corporation to play a game of . 99% of workers at 12 breweries voted to authorize a strike. The King of Beers paying workers a pittance is a good reason to boycott Bud Light. https://perfectunion.us/i-work-for-the-king-of-beers-im-paid-like-a-peasant/

doomscroller, to random
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GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

You don’t say.

Via @atrupar :

Rep. Robert Garcia on MSNBC: "We've been in the deposition now for about an hour, and one thing is crystal clear: Republicans have zero evidence linking to any sort of business dealings with the president."

deborahh,
@deborahh@mstdn.ca avatar

@GottaLaff but then it's malpractice.

mcnado, to random
@mcnado@mstdn.social avatar

Shocker! The state with a quack surgeon general, who is antivax and anti-quarantine, has a measles outbreak that is out of control? No way!

For those unfamiliar — google subacute pansclerosing encephalitis. That, among other things, is why we don’t want mass infection with measles.

Oh, also, measles can make your immune system forget everything it knows.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/florida-measles-cases-rise-experts-oppose-state-surgeon-generals-decis-rcna140000

EricCarroll,
@EricCarroll@zeroes.ca avatar

@mcnado
Guess what two mitigations protect you from as well?

Yep, and

“More and more people are questioning vaccines and why people need vaccines,” said Kimberlin, the University of Alabama doctor. “They’re gonna find out pretty soon.”

tristansnell, to random
@tristansnell@mstdn.social avatar

BREAKING -- NY AG wins AGAIN -- NRA is liable for corruption and misappropriating donors' money, using it on personal luxury expenses. Jury just returned its verdict in the case, in NYC.

Former NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre ALSO found liable and must pay back $4,351,231 in restitution.

deborahh,
@deborahh@mstdn.ca avatar
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