As the social media landscape ebbs and flows, the team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the distributed collection of social networks known as the Fediverse, a collection of social media applications...
While advocates of the active use program are in support of the driveway's closure, some residents are leaning more towards Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's stance.
The much maligned “Trusted Computing” idea requires that the party you are supposed to trust deserves to be trusted, and Google is DEFINITELY NOT worthy of being trusted, this is a naked power grab to destroy the open web for Google’s ad profits no matter the consequences, this would put heavy surveillance in Google’s...
The Los Angeles City Controller’s office is investigating after NBCUniversal severely trimmed a row of trees outside its studios where members of SAG-AFTRA were picketing company executives, eliminating shade during a searing heatwave.
Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests. The review, published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, than conventional COVID-19...
I recently decided to start taking on the challenge of selfhosting and curating my music collection. I originally started looking at Lidarr as I am already a big fan of Radarr and Sonarr, but it wasn’t really what I was looking for. I’m not often seeking out full albums, and am more often finding my music by listening to...
Quebec police are refusing to answer questions from the oversight body investigating civilian deaths and serious injuries during police interventions. This is after...
Our section 11c allows for the defendant’s right not to give testimony directly against oneself,
11 Any person charged with an offence has the right
(c) not to be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against that person in respect of the offence;
but it doesn’t allow for one defendant not to give testimony against another – just, via section 13, indemnification against that witness in a separate proceeding when previous testimony is compelled (via lack of a right to silence when potentially incriminating others).
13 A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.
So, cops don’t have to testify against themselves, but they don’t get to be silent. And they get indemnification if they do speak up, so it seems a dumb move not to say “yeah, me and Bobby totally beat the hell outta that guy” and use that section-13 clause to skate.
Hmm. But they’d be bounced out of the force on Ethics, but I guess at that point they’re no longer cops anyway; just thugs (and if you’re all ACAB about it, you need to know why that’s toxic).
SAG-AFTRA has gone on strike for many reasons, but one that stands out to me is an effort to make digital copies of extras and maintain the rights to use them in perpetuity. There are many implications of this, from people losing an opportunity to work, to Ethical implications ex:your likeness is used in a movie/tv...
I heard that votes have been changed to behave closer to how people would expect, and boost is staying here as well. So I had an idea how to bring it all together in the interface....
imo the boost symbol should be replaced by something like the retweet symbol or the symbol tumblr uses for their reblogging. That would make it clearer what it does. I'd also rename "boost" to something like "echo".
The Supreme Court justice’s rich friends at the Horatio Alger Association have showered him with benefits, including lavish vacations and funds for a fawning documentary about his life
In an attempt to deal with an affordable housing crisis, the Dutch housing minister recently proposed a law that would have allowed municipalities to force some property owners to sell their homes only to low and middle-income earners. The problem the policy is trying to fix is one that's particularly acute in Canada.
The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media (www.bbc.co.uk)
As the social media landscape ebbs and flows, the team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the distributed collection of social networks known as the Fediverse, a collection of social media applications...
Mega Thread - Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the United States in Arraignment - Washington DC (lemmy.world)
Trump has been charged by the Department of Justice with the following four counts:...
Stack Overflow's CEO doesn't understand Stack Overflow (jlericson.com)
Whenever my brother did something to me (feddit.de)
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
It's just a "proposal," but it's also being prototyped inside Chrome right now.
Glebe residents weigh in on the Queen Elizabeth Driveway closure | All in a Day with Alan Neal | Live Radio | CBC Listen (www.cbc.ca)
While advocates of the active use program are in support of the driveway's closure, some residents are leaning more towards Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's stance.
[SPOILER] André Muniz vs. Paul Craig (dubz.link)
Lemmy.ml/c/ps5 is moving to Lemmy.world/c/ps5
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1934052...
Google is working on essentially putting DRM on the web (github.com)
The much maligned “Trusted Computing” idea requires that the party you are supposed to trust deserves to be trusted, and Google is DEFINITELY NOT worthy of being trusted, this is a naked power grab to destroy the open web for Google’s ad profits no matter the consequences, this would put heavy surveillance in Google’s...
Universal under investigation after it trimmed trees that shaded SAG-AFTRA protesters | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
The Los Angeles City Controller’s office is investigating after NBCUniversal severely trimmed a row of trees outside its studios where members of SAG-AFTRA were picketing company executives, eliminating shade during a searing heatwave.
Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests, finds review study (medicalxpress.com)
Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests. The review, published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, than conventional COVID-19...
I've just created my perfect automated music setup, including getting new recommendations
I recently decided to start taking on the challenge of selfhosting and curating my music collection. I originally started looking at Lidarr as I am already a big fan of Radarr and Sonarr, but it wasn’t really what I was looking for. I’m not often seeking out full albums, and am more often finding my music by listening to...
Cops refuse to cooperate with investigations (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Quebec police are refusing to answer questions from the oversight body investigating civilian deaths and serious injuries during police interventions. This is after...
A new device can detect the coronavirus in the air in minutes (www.sciencenews.org)
The detector can sense as a few as seven to 35 coronavirus particles per liter of air — about as sensitive as a PCR test but much quicker.
With Studios Attempting To Own Digital Likeness Forever, Lets Have a Look at Posthumous Performances
SAG-AFTRA has gone on strike for many reasons, but one that stands out to me is an effort to make digital copies of extras and maintain the rights to use them in perpetuity. There are many implications of this, from people losing an opportunity to work, to Ethical implications ex:your likeness is used in a movie/tv...
New Tinnitus Therapy Can Quiet Torturous Ringing in the Ears (www.scientificamerican.com)
A combination of acoustic and electrical stimulation reduces tinnitus by half
Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone (www.birds.cornell.edu)
A new study finds steep, long-term losses across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada
Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government (apnews.com)
First good look at Wolverine's new costume (lemmy.world)
I love it so much, this looks fantastic!
Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges (www.theverge.com)
A stark example of how digital footprints will be utilized in a post-Roe America...
OC Assuming boost stays as some sort of a super-upvote/share combo alongside regular up/downvote buttons, here's a UI idea on how to merge it into one unified voting system. App animation + web block mockup
I heard that votes have been changed to behave closer to how people would expect, and boost is staying here as well. So I had an idea how to bring it all together in the interface....
Investigation Uncovers More of Clarence Thomas’ Undisclosed Freebies from Wealthy Pals (www.rollingstone.com)
The Supreme Court justice’s rich friends at the Horatio Alger Association have showered him with benefits, including lavish vacations and funds for a fawning documentary about his life
BoC expected to raise rates again this week, vying to quash inflation faster | CTV News (www.ctvnews.ca)
Musk patent (discuss.tchncs.de)
To solve Dutch housing crisis, proposal aimed to ban the rich from buying some homes. Could it work here? (www.cbc.ca)
In an attempt to deal with an affordable housing crisis, the Dutch housing minister recently proposed a law that would have allowed municipalities to force some property owners to sell their homes only to low and middle-income earners. The problem the policy is trying to fix is one that's particularly acute in Canada.