Internet Addict. Reddit refugee. Motorsports Enthusiast. Gamer. Traveler. Napper.
He/Him.
Also @JCPhoenix. @jcphoenix
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Internet Addict. Reddit refugee. Motorsports Enthusiast. Gamer. Traveler. Napper.
He/Him.
Also @JCPhoenix. @jcphoenix
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
Moms for Liberty Completely Collapses in Former Strongholds (newrepublic.com)
Moms for Liberty experienced a meteoric rise at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, as local chapters sprang up to push back against coronavirus restrictions in schools. The organization soon expanded to pushing book bans and opposing discussion of LGBTQ issues and race and diversity in classrooms, prompting the Southern Poverty...
Honda recalls 750,000 vehicles in U.S. to replace faulty air bags (www.cbsnews.com)
Bluesky is ready to open up (www.theverge.com)
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Claim of Absolute Immunity (www.nytimes.com)
The ruling answered a question that an appeals court had never addressed: Can former presidents escape being held accountable by the criminal justice system for things they did while in office?
What are your experiences with the Mandela Effect?
See title. For those who don’t know, the Mandela Effect is a phenomenon where a large group of people remember something differently than how it occurred. It’s named after Nelson Mandela because a significant number of people remembered him dying in prison in the 1980s, even though he actually passed away in 2013....
If you had to change your first name to something uncommon, what would you change it to?
Texting in house
Does anyone else text someone else in your own home if they are in another room? Am I just too lazy to go talk to them? Are you like me?
Microsoft phases out WordPad (and Cortana) after 28 years of duty (alternativeto.net)
WordPad got into the shadow of MS Office and Notepad anyways.
how's your week going, Beehaw
France's 90-day visa hell as Brits forced to sell their homes over EU rules (www.express.co.uk)
Non-EU citizens can only spend a total of 90 days over an 180-day period in the whole of the European Union.
Home automation - why?
I am failing to see the interest in having tons of IOT devices to manage, connect, segment, etc… Why would someone want to do it? To be clear, I have friends deep in it but… I still don’t understand. Can anyone try to explain the magic I am failing to see?...
What technical issues did you ignore for an extended period of time?
On my old phone I had an issue with the proximity sensor and front facing camera. This led me to holding my phone backwards to take photos and being unable to hang up phone calls....
Netflix enshittification will continue until morale improves (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Missouri advocates launch campaign to restore abortion access in the state (19thnews.org)
Palworld Has Huge Weekend, Sells 5 Million and Overtakes Cyberpunk 2077 in Steam’s Most-Played Games List - IGN (www.ign.com)
In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11011730...
Air Canada passenger opens cabin door, falls out of plane before takeoff at YYZ (globalnews.ca)
Social media lobby group sues US State for protecting children from Meta, TikTok and Snapchat (www.firstpost.com)
A new law, signed by Republican Governor Mike DeWine in July, is considered as a way to safeguard children’s mental health, citing concerns about the intentionally addictive nature of social media.
Why are so many people downloading the movie Paul all of a sudden?
imgur.com/a/diDzw63...