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23k New Lemmy and Kbin Accounts Created in Last Hour (botsin.space)

According to threadcount...

Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time - The Atlantic (archive.is)

Tl,dr: Musk is irratic and has no plan, per a journalist who has covered him for five years.

Reddit invites mods to “feedback” conversations with the admins (www.theverge.com)

Maybe Reddit should’ve done that part first?

Reddit’s Moderator Revolt Casts Shadow on Potential IPO (www.barrons.com)

This article was published yesterday but I did not see it posted here. Please merge if there's already a post about this....

ChatGPT Can Be Broken by Entering These Strange Words, And Nobody Is Sure Why (www.vice.com)

Reddit usernames like ‘SolidGoldMagikarp’ are somehow causing the chatbot to give bizarre responses.

Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets (techcrunch.com)

Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets on the web, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions.

What app do you use to read ebooks?

I'm looking for recommendations. I usually use Overdrive with books I've downloaded (I think in the epub format). But now I hear that Overdrive is no longer being supported (I think the company wants people to use their Libby app instead). I'm hoping to find something open source and privacy minded. Also not wild about what...

The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries (open.substack.com)

Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry

Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall (deadline.com)

EXCLUSIVE, updated with AMPTP statement: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention of sitting down with the Writers Guild for several more months. “I t…

NASA Plus is the latest streaming competitor (www.theverge.com)

Set aside all your ‘plus’ streaming services. This subscription-free one from NASA is about to lift off.

BBC Launches A Mastodon Instance - fediverse - Project Segfault Kbin (kbin.projectsegfau.lt)

Hi! 👋 Here's our #introduction. We're BBC Research & Development; we explore and test new technology to discover how the BBC can best make use of it in the future. For 100 years our engineers have been at the forefront of developments in broadcasting. We're now researching how everyone could get TV & radio via the internet...

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers (futurism.com)

Sports Illustrated was publishing articles under seemingly fake bylines. We asked their owner about it — and they deleted everything.

Fun anti-mod bot conversation on Reddit 🇫🇷 Jesse #1 HEXAGON FAN (@cpluspatch@fedi.cpluspatch.com) (fedi.cpluspatch.com)

Apparently someone got into a debate with a bot in Reddit. Maybe it's not a surprise that the bot was anti-mod, pro-Reddit admin. Make sure you scroll down in the comments to see the second screenshot (it's a screenshot.of the same conversation but in dark mode).

Is skip lagging illegal

I found a flight that has a connection in Japan that's cheaper than a direct flight to Japan. Is it legal to take that cheaper flight and leave the airport at the layover location as our final destination? Will they prevent us from taking the return flight?

Squabbles is now Squabblr

Just an FYI about another Reddit alternative. New URL, too. I think they decided to change the name to avoid a copyright issue.

New storm-resistant street with ‘porous pavement’ opens in Rockaway, just in time for hurricane season (gothamist.com)

Beach 108th Street also has new bike lanes and wider pedestrian walkways....

Airbnb reshaped these Bed-Stuy blocks. What happens when it’s gone? (gothamist.com)

NYC is set to start enforcing new requirements for short-term rentals next week. Thousands of Airbnb listings could be on the chopping block.

Is skiplagging illegal?