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Antifascist Punk.
How do I create a new magazine?
I'm trying to create a kbin for bluesrock on kbin.social. I entered all of the text required, and the message that came up is that 'this value is not valid'. Any advice?
Ted Cruz takes aim at Barbie movie in latest pop culture misstep (www.msnbc.com)
From Dr. Seuss to Big Bird to Barbie, Ted Cruz keeps taking an interest in the politics of pop culture. He also keeps embarrassing himself.
Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies (apnews.com)
Damn right.
Experts: Jack Smith’s latest move means Trump can’t use Judge Cannon to prevent pre-election trial (www.salon.com)
D.C. judges are "fed up" with "Trump's maneuvers and sensitive to need to move quickly," ex-prosecutor says
Michigan attorney general charges 'false electors' over efforts to overturn the 2020 election (www.nbcnews.com)
Sixteen people forged documents and claimed to be "duly elected and qualified electors" for the state of Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
Democrats eye Sen. Ted Cruz's seat in Republican-dominated Texas as a possible flip (www.npr.org)
Democrats are facing a tough U.S. Senate map in 2024 so they are eyeing some tough-to-win states for possible pickups, starting with Texas.
Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election (abcnews.go.com)
Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Trump that he is a target in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, say sources.
A crash course for kbin's Microblog?
I am looking for a quick guide or crash course for kbin's microblog feature. I am looking for:...
North Carolina elections at risk of chaos with Legislature's proposed overhaul (www.nbcnews.com)
The three new bills come as the state begins to institute a strict new voter ID law.
AAA pulls back from offering insurance in Florida, following Farmers (www.cbsnews.com)
More insurance companies are fleeing the state because of the growing threat from natural disasters.
Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Trump Effort to Quash Investigation (www.nytimes.com)
With indictment decisions imminent, the court refused to scuttle an investigation into whether the former president and his allies interfered in the 2020 election.
I almost can’t believe it, but Google Tasks is finally kind of good (www.theverge.com)
It’s still no power-user tool, but at least Google now has a functional app for keeping your to-do list....
Donald Trump brands US a ‘third -world hellhole’ run by ‘perverts’ and ‘thugs’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Former president claimed American dream ‘dead’ under Joe Biden during Turning Point Action Conference speech
JS8 protocol questions: How does transmission impact reception?
JS8 QUESTION FOR All you JS8 fanbois n' gurlz...
What's your favorite off the beaten path spaceship? (i.imgur.com)
The Event Horizon is great. So are the others that immediately come to mind. What’s your favorite forgotten/lesser known ship. Here’s the Cygnus from The Black Hole.
I needed a world-news aggregator to help me get off that other site so I made one (kbin.social)
You may be able sign up directly on !worldnews...
lemmy.ml is no longer shadowbanning kbin. (lemmy.ml)
Apparently one of the lemmy.ml admins was overzealous in banning all User-Agent strings that contained the word "bot". Bans were entered for all of the individual strings containing that word which were observed in their webserver logs, which impacted kbin's reported agent of "kbinBot"....
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Scientists find planet with metal clouds 'like a mirror' (www.dw.com)
Researchers have found an intensely hot exoplanet with metallic clouds that rain titanium. The strange world, rather prosaically known as LTT9779b, is the brightest planet discovered outside the solar system.
JS8 and JS8Call: A big part of the future of digital modes
The more I find out about js8 and js8call, the more stirred up I get about it....