Sistah Scifi is behind those book vending machines in Oakland and Seattle (www.usatoday.com)
Located primarily in cyberspace, Sistah Scifi is among the first Black-owned bookstores focused on science fiction and fantasy in the country.
Gaza is 'choked off' from aid since crossings shut, UN agencies say (www.reuters.com)
U.N. agencies said on Tuesday the two main crossings into the southern Gaza Strip remained shut, virtually cutting off the Palestinian enclave from outside aid with few stocks positioned inside....
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OpenAIโs New GPT-4o Model Revolutionizes AI Landscape, Draws Mixed Reviews (articleshubspot.com)
The GPT-4o Model is an upgraded version of the highly successful GPT-4, which has been widely used in OpenAI's flagship product, ChatGPT.
Blinken: No doubt there has been โcost in months-long delayโ of aid for Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Without a doubt, there has been a cost in the "months-long delay in getting the supplementary budget request approved and the equipment sent out to Ukraine," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on May 12.
SBU says it foiled Russia's plot to assassinate Zelensky, 2 Ukrainian colonels detained (kyivindependent.com)
The Security Service of Ukraine claimed on May 7 that it had uncovered a network of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) agents who were preparing the assassination of President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking officials in Ukraine.
Masked Israel Supporters Attack UCLA's Palestine Solidarity Encampment With Weapons - UNICORN RIOT (unicornriot.ninja)
Every two hours, a child dies in Sudan. Our global silence is deafening. (www.usatoday.com)
The suffering of the Sudanese may be off camera now, but it won't be in a few months when babies are starving en masse.
The Source Code To Star Fighter 3DO Has Been Released Online -- Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
"The source code to yet another classic video game has just been released online, thanks to a combined effort between 3DO fans and the original developers....
Air Force: Ukraine downs Russian Tu-22M3 bomber for first time (kyivindependent.com)
Ukrainian anti-aircraft units shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber for the first time, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said on April 19.
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership โ users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (www.tomshardware.com)
After Raids, NYPD Denied Student Protesters Water and Food in Jail (theintercept.com)
Students arrested during the police crackdown on protests at universities in New York City last week were denied water and food for 16 hours, according to two faculty members at Columbia Universityโs Barnard College who collected reports from students who were inside....
Make Billionaires Pay (Their Taxes) (www.nytimes.com)
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Exclusive: Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump (www.usatoday.com)
Florida โcallouslyโ strips healthcare from thousands of children despite new law (www.theguardian.com)
Governor Ron DeSantisโs challenging of a โcontinuous eligibilityโ rule has booted over 22,000 children off insurance since January...
Migrants get visas for being "victims" of Ron DeSantis (www.newsweek.com)
The roughly four dozen migrants that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis helped fly from Texas to Marthaโs Vineyard about a year and a half ago have been granted legal designations due to the Republicanโs crimes against the โvictims.โ...
Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land โ investigation (news.mongabay.com)
In the last few years it is likely that PepsiCo has been using in its production palm oil from deforested land claimed by the Shipibo-Konibo people in eastern Peru, a new investigation has found....
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)
Farmers Hiding Bird Flu Cases in Cattle from the FedGov (www.notus.org)
This has a real โhide the zombie bite from your friendsโ feel to it, albeit on a much grander scale.
Double Standards (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker bashes Pride Month, tells women to stay in the kitchen (touchdownwire.usatoday.com)
Seems like someone deleted this after it got posted, so letโs call out this piece of shit. Apologies if repost....
Netanyahu ministers join Israeli far-right 'march to Gaza,' demand Palestinians' expulsion (www.haaretz.com)
Thousands of Israelis joined a far-right Independence Day march on Tuesday in the south, led by Jewish activists advocating for resettling Gaza and forcing Palestinians to leave the enclave....
US support for abortion rights up four points to 60% since fall of Roe v Wade (www.theguardian.com)
New polling data from Pew shows shift in Americansโ opinion since loss of constitutional right to abortion in June 2022...
Right-wing thugs who attacked anti-genocide protesters at UCLA appear to be same perps from violent anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine protests (www.theguardian.com)
โฆ The demonstrations, part of a broader rightwing effort to sow unrest and undermine an alleged โliberal agendaโ at US schools, have at times been marked by violence and drawn far-right participants from around the region, including people associated with local Proud Boy and Three Percenter militia chapters and...