Right-wing conservatives and those who identify as “gender critical” are up in arms after World Eightball Pool Federation allows trans women to participate....
Pool, darts, archery, shooting… the biological component is not a major issue there, but individual skill is. This whole thing needs to be approached sensibility but public discourse only present an all or nothing worldview
Donald Trump has been in a New York court today to defend himself against charges of longtime financial fraud, but during a recess in the proceedings, he targeted the judge hearing his case with a livid, deluded eight-minute rant....
The one good thing about this trial is that America is realizing how chronically inadequate its laws are for expecting people in political office (or campaigning for) to behave within the law. Everyone is human and bound to abuse and the law should set clear boundaries to prevent that abuse.
President Joe Biden is arguing that “there is something dangerous happening in America” as he revives his warnings that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the country’s democratic institutions....
But all politicians are equally at fault for not leglislating to ensure workers have livable salaries and encouraging the “outsourcing” thing that moved jobs overseas so people could buy cheaper Walmart stuff.
Shares in crisis-hit Chinese property giant Evergrande have been suspended in Hong Kong amid reports its chairman has been placed under police surveillance....
When banks loan against property and the collateral is the property itself, there should be an independent revaluation of the property to ensure the bank is not running into excessive risk by lending say, $300, on a property that is worth $200. In case the borrower default, then the banks sells the property for $200, but losses $100 because the property was only worth $200.
Trump claiming that banks never saw losses indicate that bank relationship managers were complicit in using distorted valuations to lend, potentially violating internal credit rules established by their own employers.
Another possibility is that Trump actually defaulted multiple times but banks do not publicly admit it.
The root cause that all comments here in Lemmy miss is the Chinese approach to tax funding, which is entirely built on cities and provinces being expected to generate tax income through land sales to property developers, and then public officials competency and rise inside the party being measured by the size of that tax income generated trough land sale.
China needs to adopt a western style of income and consumption taxation if they don’t have one but I understand that internal enforcements is very lax (to prevent popular protests) and corruption (that ends up siphoning off any revenue raised through taxes).
In short, that housing stock will remain unused and, without maintenance and continued use, will only deteriorate over time, leaving cities with a terrible burdensome legacy
The fleet’s mission-capable rate — or the percentage of time a plane can perform one of its assigned missions — was 55 per cent as of March 2023, far below the Pentagon’s goal of 85 per cent to 90 per cent, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday....
Canada under Trudeau has been a magnet of international friction - first with China and Hong Kong with that Huawei thing, then India with the Sikhs. Maybe Canada should focus more on prevention instead of punishment?
Chinese hackers steal chip designs from major Dutch semiconductor company — perps lurked for over two years to steal NXP's chipmaking IP: Report | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
The deal to bring Sam Altman back to OpenAI has fallen apart, Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will now take over as interim CEO (www.theverge.com)
In today’s OpenAI clown show news
Tesla's problems in Sweden are getting worse as dockworkers refuse to unload its EVs from ships (www.businessinsider.com)
The labor dispute over Tesla’s refusal to sign a collective wage agreement in Sweden has escalated into a dramatic labor battle....
Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act (www.windowscentral.com)
First RCS now this, today has been wild
Now Trans Women Supposedly Have An Unfair Biological Advantage At... Pool? (www.erininthemorning.com)
Right-wing conservatives and those who identify as “gender critical” are up in arms after World Eightball Pool Federation allows trans women to participate....
The seven secrets of highly successful people (lemmy.world)
Sandra Newman @sannewman...
Family heirlooms (startrek.website)
Pope Francis fires conservative Texas bishop who opposed LGBTQ reforms (www.independent.co.uk)
US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity. (therecord.media)
Planuts (startrek.website)
Microsoft to remove Windows 11 Tips app, following Cortana's demise (www.xda-developers.com)
never liked it anyway
Man Gets 100 Years for Accidentally Killing His 8-Year-Old Daughter While Trying to Shoot His 18-Year-Old Son (people.com)
An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower (www.theguardian.com)
Linux is amazing on my old Thinkpad
I have an old ThinkPad SL-400 with a Core 2 Duo processor and 4 gigabytes of RAM....
I never understood why Americans treat their Constitution like some holy book (files.catbox.moe)
link to toot
high speed rail go brrr (slrpnk.net)
A livid Donald Trump rants against judge hearing his New York fraud case (www.dailykos.com)
Donald Trump has been in a New York court today to defend himself against charges of longtime financial fraud, but during a recess in the proceedings, he targeted the judge hearing his case with a livid, deluded eight-minute rant....
Richard Stallman Reveals He has Cancer at GNU 40 year anniversary conference (www.youtube.com)
I wish Richard Stallmann all the best and many many more years to come....
Biden is targeting Trump's 'extremist movement' as he makes democracy a touchtone in reelection bid (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden is arguing that “there is something dangerous happening in America” as he revives his warnings that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the country’s democratic institutions....
China's Evergrande halts trading amid reports of detained bosses (www.bbc.com)
Shares in crisis-hit Chinese property giant Evergrande have been suspended in Hong Kong amid reports its chairman has been placed under police surveillance....
Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers as he built real estate empire (apnews.com)
China's 1.4 billion population isn't enough to fill the country's empty homes, former official says (www.businessinsider.com)
EU does not want to decouple from China but must protect itself, says EU trade chief (www.cnbc.com)
Reflecting on Canada's F-35 decision: F-35 fighter jets can only fly 55% of the time (www.ft.com)
The fleet’s mission-capable rate — or the percentage of time a plane can perform one of its assigned missions — was 55 per cent as of March 2023, far below the Pentagon’s goal of 85 per cent to 90 per cent, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday....