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'Bullhorn Lady' who helped break into Capitol found guilty in Jan. 6 case (www.nbcnews.com)
Rachel Powell, a mother, was found guilty on nine federal charges.
Youtube added shorts to the subscriptions page, pushing the subscriptions almost entirely off the page... (lemmy.world)
I prefer “list” view over grid view. Switching to grid view shows six videos before the break, but significantly less information about the video.
Israeli national treasures stranded in D.C. discovered stashed at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort: report (www.salon.com)
Young Americans blame SCOTUS, GOP for unforgiven student loan debt (www.axios.com)
Young Americans are piling the blame for their student debt balances on conservatives, according to a poll by Generation Lab provided exclusively to Axios.
The Standoff Between MTG and Lauren Boebert Is Worse Than You Think (www.thedailybeast.com)
It’s no secret that the relationship between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert has never been worse. The two U.S. representatives yelled at each other on and off the House floor. Greene recently called Boebert a “little bitch” to her face. And Boebert supported Greene’s removal from the Freedom Caucus.
The temperature in China hit 52.2°C (126°F) (lemmy.world)
Who still has a rift in their family due to differing opinions over Covid?
My parents have always been left-wing hippies and entertained the odd conspiracy theory, but during the pandemic they got lost down YouTube rabbit holes and bought into Q-Anon and anti-vax ideas. They still don’t believe Covid is real (even though they blatantly had it…)....
‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f (www.theguardian.com)
Charlie Kirk Says Michelle Obama Among Black Women Who 'Steal A White Person's Slot' (www.huffpost.com)
Did Trump let Americans die purely for political purposes? (www.rawstory.com)
of at least a half-million Americans is to argue — nonsensically — that the virus came out of the Wuhan virology lab and therefore something, something, something Trump is not responsible. He’s doing this with House Oversight Committee hearings this week.
In which game did you spend the most hours?
I discovered today that my most played game on Steam is Astronner with about 500 hours, and my second most played is Surviving Mars with about 500 hours.
Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans as 'colored people' in House floor debate (www.nbcnews.com)
Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.
Downvotes = “I disagree” or “this is bad and you should feel bad”?
I think I’ve settled on the latter. Disagreement is maybe best communicated by the absence of an upvote? And downvotes work best when they signal something that is just off base, and while not reportable, is not appreciated at a broad cultural level.
Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty | The White House (www.whitehouse.gov)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 121 and 12304 of title 10, United States Code, I hereby determine that it is necessary to augment the active Armed Forces of the United States for the effective conduct of Operation Atlantic…
Ocean heat around Florida is ‘unprecedented,’ and scientists are warning of major impacts (www.cnn.com)
Part of the Social Security website (ssa.gov) only works during certain hours (sh.itjust.works)
… its a website run by the US Government. Why does it have such large downtimes in this day and age?
Is there a way to permanently blacklist websites from Google, DuckDuckGo and/or other search engines?
I primarily use Firefox, and DuckDuckGo - I occaisionally switch to Google when I need to whip out some boolean search criteria that DuckDuckGo doesn’t support....