An army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists in search of registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges.
Yes I very much respect the minority of conservatives who are loyal Americans instead of power mad neofascists trying to subvert our precious 245 year old democracy.
"Journalist can't go to West Papua, it's part of the fact that New Zealanders are blind to the fact that there are thousands of displaced people with no international help and New Zealand stays quiet about it.
The US economy added a whopping 353,000 jobs last month, far more than the 176,500 jobs expected. It's yet another data point that underlines the country's economic strength, even in the face of 11 rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
[This job market keeps rewriting the history books.
The latest superlative: The unemployment rate has now stayed safely below 4% for two full years. The last time the unemployment rate was this low for this long, Richard Nixon was in the White House.]
With decentralized content and federated services growing in popularity, many existing web technologies are adopting the ActivityPub open standard. Services like Meta’s Threads, Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, Mozilla, and WordPress.com have all added or announced support of ActivityPub, allowing for their content to be accessible...
The only reason I use WordPress is for the free web hosting. WordPress itself is shit. Things that would be very easy in real html and javascript are hard in WordPress.
For the fourth time in two years, a group of unusually brazen orcas in southwestern Europe have sunk a sailing boat after relentlessly attacking it for almost an hour on Halloween.
This year is set to be the world's warmest in 125,000 years, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, after data showed last month was the hottest October on record by a massive margin.
When it comes to duality it’s the particles that exhibit wave-like properties individually.
And waves exhibit particle behavior because waves are particles and particles are waves. Light comes in waves. But when we see light it doesn't mean we are seeing a single light photon.
They seem to think the gravity waves are a property of gravitons.
The article talks about gravitational waves, not gravity waves. It is believed that gravitational radiation is similar to electromagnetic radiation. This would mean that gravitational waves are made up of particles called gravitons. But as the article says, we don't know that for sure because we haven't been able to detect gravitons yet.
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said it was time for Germany to be "a grown up country" in terms of security policy. Pistorius said Russia's war against Ukraine had altered the role of Germany and the Bundeswehr.
Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly....
TL:DR author’s positing that despite the public narrative we (gen x and millenials) are mostly better off (especially financially) than prior generations and at least partly due to actions from boomers....
Boomers voted to hyperinflate the national debt by voting for Ronald Reagan. Boomers voted to poison our culture with Reagan's glorification of greed whose ugly endgame was Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump.
The Gaza war has dramatically increased the sense of solidarity with Israel among its 21% Arab minority, who often identify as Palestinian and have long complained of discrimination by the state, a poll published on Friday found.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Wednesday the GOP is being “reduced to a cult of authoritarian personality” after former President Trump nearly swept the Super Tuesday primary states. “[I]t is disgr…
Using new data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have measured the abundance of oxygen in the early universe. The findings, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and posted to the arXiv preprint server, show that the amount of oxygen in galaxies increased rapidly within 500–700...
Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists' efforts to purge voter rolls (www.cbsnews.com)
An army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists in search of registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges.
Liz Cheney weighs third-party US presidential run, says Trump threatens democracy (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of ex-President Donald Trump, said she is weighing a third-party bid for the White House in 2024.
The devil himself...
Activists call on NZ govt to do more for West Papua (www.rnz.co.nz)
"Journalist can't go to West Papua, it's part of the fact that New Zealanders are blind to the fact that there are thousands of displaced people with no international help and New Zealand stays quiet about it.
Last few days are the least functional kbin has been for me since the July exodus. Just me?
Just curious if it's somehow got to do with anything on my end. I'm generally desktop-only, firefox-only.
Live updates: Another shockingly good jobs report shows America's economy is booming (www.cnn.com)
The US economy added a whopping 353,000 jobs last month, far more than the 176,500 jobs expected. It's yet another data point that underlines the country's economic strength, even in the face of 11 rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
How to Set Up ActivityPub for Self-Hosted WordPress Sites (jseggers.com)
With decentralized content and federated services growing in popularity, many existing web technologies are adopting the ActivityPub open standard. Services like Meta’s Threads, Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, Mozilla, and WordPress.com have all added or announced support of ActivityPub, allowing for their content to be accessible...
President Biden is now posting into the fediverse (www.theverge.com)
Biden’s Threads posts can show up in Mastodon clients.
'It was so scary': Trump fans at Missouri Caucus 'literally attacked fellow Republicans' (www.rawstory.com)
Orcas sink another boat in Europe after a nearly hour-long attack (www.livescience.com)
For the fourth time in two years, a group of unusually brazen orcas in southwestern Europe have sunk a sailing boat after relentlessly attacking it for almost an hour on Halloween.
Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens (www.bbc.com)
Tuvalu - a series of low-lying atolls - is one of the countries most at risk from climate change.
This year set to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists say (www.ksl.com)
This year is set to be the world's warmest in 125,000 years, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, after data showed last month was the hottest October on record by a massive margin.
Do gravitational waves exhibit wave-particle duality? (bigthink.com)
Germany to make military 'the backbone' of Europe's defense (www.dw.com)
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said it was time for Germany to be "a grown up country" in terms of security policy. Pistorius said Russia's war against Ukraine had altered the role of Germany and the Bundeswehr.
Kazakh president uses language to deliver a surprising message to Russia (eurasianet.org)
Russian officials unprepared to hear Kazakh.
Star Wars' Iconic C-3PO Head Sells for $800,000 at Auction (www.ign.com)
The head of C-3PO, used in 1977's Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope, has sold for more than $800,000 at auction.
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)
Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly....
Baby boomers did one big thing we should all be grateful for (finance.yahoo.com)
TL:DR author’s positing that despite the public narrative we (gen x and millenials) are mostly better off (especially financially) than prior generations and at least partly due to actions from boomers....
Israel's Arab minority feels closer to country in war, poll finds (www.reuters.com)
The Gaza war has dramatically increased the sense of solidarity with Israel among its 21% Arab minority, who often identify as Palestinian and have long complained of discrimination by the state, a poll published on Friday found.
Raskin: GOP being reduced to a ‘cult of authoritarian personality’ (thehill.com)
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Wednesday the GOP is being “reduced to a cult of authoritarian personality” after former President Trump nearly swept the Super Tuesday primary states. “[I]t is disgr…
Astronomers use Webb data to measure rapid increase in oxygen in the early universe (phys.org)
Using new data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have measured the abundance of oxygen in the early universe. The findings, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and posted to the arXiv preprint server, show that the amount of oxygen in galaxies increased rapidly within 500–700...
The 6% commission on buying or selling a home is gone after Realtors association agrees to seismic settlement | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
The 6% commission, a standard in home purchase transactions, is no more.
You just woke up and it’s actually July 14, 2013. What do you do?
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