At recent Congressional hearings on federal bank regulators’ newly proposed rules to force the largest banks in the U.S. to hold more capital against their riskiest trading positions (so that taxpayers aren’t on the hook for more bailouts), the banks and their sycophants holding Senate and House seats made it sound like...
A pair of orcas working in concert have been killing great whites along a stretch of South African coastline since at least 2017, plundering the sharks’ nutrient-rich livers and discarding the rest....
After Sonarr didn’t grab the latest episode (despite never having a problem with the show before) I tried manually searching for it and came up completely short. Nothing in Sonarr, nothing in qbittorrent and nothing on the open web. What gives? The episode 100% aired last night. Feels like Im missing something....
An exceptionally rare haze of Saharan dust cloaked Switzerland and southeastern France on Saturday, sparking health warnings as a yellow hue tinged the sky....
The whole New Atheist movement and cries of cultural xtianity came about due to the rise of militant Islam. They were appealing to a particular audience.
It was always “religion is bad but Islam is especially bad” from Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris.
Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....
They don’t believe in that bullshit any more than you do.
If they really believed that Big Brother is always watching them and will pass judgment when the time comes their behavior would be completely different, they might even be tempted to actually read that book they claim is his word. Alas…
Personal recommendations. Sometimes I take a chance on random artists that I see on Bandcamp. Music/artists from TV shows and movies. Music I hear when out and about, Shazam is a wonderful app for identifying tracks.
Three Wall Street Mega Banks Hold $157.3 Trillion in Derivatives – That’s $56.7 Trillion More than the Entire World’s GDP Last Year (wallstreetonparade.com)
At recent Congressional hearings on federal bank regulators’ newly proposed rules to force the largest banks in the U.S. to hold more capital against their riskiest trading positions (so that taxpayers aren’t on the hook for more bailouts), the banks and their sycophants holding Senate and House seats made it sound like...
A lone orca killed a great white in less than two minutes. Scientists say it could signal an ecological shift (edition.cnn.com)
A pair of orcas working in concert have been killing great whites along a stretch of South African coastline since at least 2017, plundering the sharks’ nutrient-rich livers and discarding the rest....
I Want Better Games With Worse Graphics And I'm Not Kidding - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
New Jon Stewart Daily show not available to pirate anywhere?
After Sonarr didn’t grab the latest episode (despite never having a problem with the show before) I tried manually searching for it and came up completely short. Nothing in Sonarr, nothing in qbittorrent and nothing on the open web. What gives? The episode 100% aired last night. Feels like Im missing something....
Money flowing out of London stock market at a record pace, new figures show (www.standard.co.uk)
Money is flowing out of the London equities at a faster pace than ever, despite government efforts to boost the stock market....
Saharan dust smothers Switzerland, southeast France (phys.org)
An exceptionally rare haze of Saharan dust cloaked Switzerland and southeastern France on Saturday, sparking health warnings as a yellow hue tinged the sky....
Dawkins (mander.xyz)
Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)
Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....
Would you support a mandatory retirement age of 75 for US House, US Senate & US Supreme Court Justices and if not why?
[meme] Use those rights-of-way for a better purpose (lemmy.world)
"Let me in right now or I swear..." (lemmy.world)
Linux Salesman (lemmy.world)
Shouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?
esp if you’re one of the devout ones who think they’ve been really good
How do you listen to / discover music?
Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico (www.cnbc.com)
Google is laying off more employees and hiring for their roles outside of the U.S.
Catholic priest allegedly spends $40K of parish money on Candy Crush, slot machine apps (local12.com)
A Catholic priest allegedly spent $40,000 of church money on Candy Crush and slot machine apps....
What is your favourite game console?
It sounds dumb but my pick would be the SNES. There’s just something about 16 bit games I love....
Lots of times the restaurants won't even have milk (lemmy.world)
Anyone else?
How would you decorate this room? (lemmy.world)
The economy is thriving under Biden. So why don’t Americans believe it? (www.dailykos.com)