Hey, y’all! Just another random, loudmouthed, opinionated, Southern-fried nerdy American living abroad.
I’m moving off kbin to lemmy, so I won’t be posting from here (unless kbin social gets it together).
Mastodon: @stopthatgirl7
Lemmy: stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world
AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating (arstechnica.com)
Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.
Racial Turnout Gap Has Widened With a Weakened Voting Rights Act, Study Finds (www.nytimes.com)
Fox News guest decrying “migrant crime” previously arrested after getting violent over a grilled cheese sandwich he deemed too cheesy (www.mediamatters.org)
Oregon lawmakers pass bill to recriminalize drug possession (apnews.com)
The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs. The Senate approved the measure Friday.
Alleged cult leader 'Natureboy' learns his sentence after being found guilty of rape (www.11alive.com)
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A judge sentenced alleged cult leader Eligio Bishop to life without parole plus 10 years after a jury found him guilty of rape and other charges Friday....
The right wing freakout about a viral dance video is about so much more (plus.flux.community)
There's a war inside the Republican party over how many rights to take away from women
Missouri GOP Candidate for Governor Was Only ‘Honorary’ KKK Member (www.riverfronttimes.com)
The name of “Pro-White man” Darrell Leon McClanahan III sits atop Missouri's gubernatorial ballot
South Dakota Senate gives final approval to abortion video plan (www.keloland.com)
The legislation calls for the department to describe South Dakota’s bans, which prohibit nearly all abortions, other than to preserve the life of the female....
Paramedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s death in rare case against medical responders (apnews.com)
A Colorado paramedic has been sentenced to five years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders that has left officials rethinking how they treat people in police custody.
'Excess deaths' in Gaza for next 6 months projected in first-of-its-kind effort (www.npr.org)
A team of researchers tried something that's never been done as a conflict rages. Instead of trying to calculate the toll of war in the moment, they looked forward. What's the reaction to their study?
Unionized YouTube Workers Learn Google Laid Them All Off During City Council Meeting (www.404media.co)
“They just laid us all off. Our jobs are ended today. Effective immediately.” A bell rings. “I’m sorry, your time has expired."
International media condemns Israeli attacks on Palestinian journalists in Gaza (www.haaretz.com)
Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80% of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed (apnews.com)
The head of a Gaza hospital where some of the wounded from bloodshed surrounding an aid convoy were taken says more than 80% percent had been struck by gunfire, suggesting heavy shooting by Israeli troops.
A young woman’s killing in Georgia stokes a familiar rightwing war (www.theguardian.com)
The death of a college student is causing a political reaction – from the right, led by Trump – for all the wrong reasons...
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity (apnews.com)
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
Nottingham: New mums report racism in hospitals, says maternity lead (www.bbc.com)
One woman, whose child had died, said she saw a staff member mimicking her accent and mannerisms.
Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit (apnews.com)
A Montana judge has declared that three state laws restricting abortion access are unconstitutional, including a ban on abortions beyond 20 weeks of gestation.
Screw It, Let’s Just Fire Everyone and Let Executives Make Their Own Games (www.thegamer.com)
With no staff around, executives will have nothing but their own gumption and an AI prompt to make video game masterpieces with
Bill cracking down on Oregon child labor laws heads to Gov. Kotek (www.opb.org)
The bill, which passed unanimously out of the House, faced scrutiny on the Senate floor from a handful of Republican legislators. Two senators criticized a provision that would increase the maximum penalty per child labor violation from $1,000 to $10,000.
"Retaliation": Texas AG Paxton Demands PFLAG Provide Names, Addresses Of Trans Members (www.erininthemorning.com)
On Thursday, a legal filing by PFLAG National revealed that Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas was seeking identification of transgender members. The organization alleges retaliation.
Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules (arstechnica.com)
Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024.
Judge skeptical of lawsuit brought by Elon Musk's X over hate speech research (www.npr.org)
The nonprofit sued by Elon Musk's X says the legal tactic is an attempt to silence criticism of the company. The Center for Countering Digital Hate published reports documenting hate speech on X.
Federation Delays
Looks like Kbin is running a pretty huge federation backlog, as it's taking several hours for comments to federate out. I'm not knowledgeable about how these servers work, but is it teetering on collapsing or something?