"The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show support for former President Donald J. Trump at his trial, the party risked ceding its control of the floor,” the New York Times reports....
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...
Subscription streaming where you don’t “own” anything probably has a future, but I think you’re right that the writing is on the wall for digital media purchases.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there....
Interesting problem here. So I self host jellyfin, happy to share my (owned) movies with my family. Well, my mother has asked me to digitize her collection too and have me host it. Originally, fine, you give your movies to me, I host them, same thing....
The Gaza Death Toll Is Confusing And Unreliable (www.theatlantic.com)
These numbers matter—first, because of the dignity of those killed or still living....
Not a Coincidence (lemm.ee)
‘I’ve been here for 40 years’: Newsagent’s fight for UK passport (www.thetimes.co.uk)
DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb (slate.com)
The ten stages of genocide (www.hmd.org.uk)
Palestinians are at #8.
Republicans Flock to Trump’s Trial, Risking Control of the House Floor (www.nytimes.com)
"The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show support for former President Donald J. Trump at his trial, the party risked ceding its control of the floor,” the New York Times reports....
Are We Really Going to Let Trump Come Back to Fail Again? (www.nytimes.com)
For many millions of Americans, time seemed to move differently under President Donald Trump....
I fall now (lemmy.world)
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...
The new Apple iPad Air is great — but it’s not the one to get (www.theverge.com)
Wayland usage has overtaken X11 (lemmy.world)
Source: linux-hardware.org/?view=os_display_server...
Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and more (www.tomshardware.com)
New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink - NASA Science (science.nasa.gov)
Life expectancy in 1800, 1950 and 2015
Steam is now refunding Ghost of Tsushima for people in affected countries. (lemmy.ca)
Random Card Talkin' - Giant Octopus (youtu.be)
Report: Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1 billion (www.motherjones.com)
Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there....
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (www.tomshardware.com)
I'm being crushed by a big blue whale (lemmus.org)
Cat and Girl by Dorothy Gambrell, May 8, 2024.
How do you handle family requests that you disagree with?
Interesting problem here. So I self host jellyfin, happy to share my (owned) movies with my family. Well, my mother has asked me to digitize her collection too and have me host it. Originally, fine, you give your movies to me, I host them, same thing....
Trump on going to jail over gag order: ‘I’ll do that sacrifice’ (www.politico.com)
The judge has threatened the former president with possible jail time, something Trump and his supporters think may bolster his campaign.