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).
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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
Australian teen sentenced to 3 years in juvenile detention for nation's first school shooting (www.upi.com)
A 15-year-old Australian boy was sentenced to three years in juvenile detention Thursday after he pled guilty to opening fire at a school in the Perth suburbs in May in the country's first-ever school shooting.
Central Japan mayor to quit after 99 confirmed sexual harassment incidents (mainichi.jp)
GINAN, Gifu -- The mayor of this central Japan town on Feb. 28 announced his intention to resign after an investigative committee confirmed he had sexually harassed female staff at least 99 times....
After Nex Benedict's death, 350 LGBTQ+ groups, activists, and celebs urge Oklahoma superintendent's removal (www.advocate.com)
Ryan Walters has allowed a climate of hate to thrive in Oklahoma schools, an open letter says in light of trans student Nex Benedict's death.
Elon Musk Ordered To Testify In Lawsuit For Falsely Linking Jewish Man To Neo-Nazi Brawl (www.huffpost.com)
Musk is being sued for defamation after falsely accusing a 22-year-old Jewish man of being a federal agent involved with a neo-Nazi group.
Tucson utilizing shower trailer for homeless population (www.kold.com)
The trailer includes 5 showers, one of which is ADA compliant.
Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists confirm sighting of two same-sex marine giants copulating in amorous encounter off Hawaii coast
House Bill 500 Takes Away Kentucky Workers’ Lunch and Rest Breaks and Cuts Their Pay (kypolicy.org)
HB 500 is an assault on longstanding basic rights and dignities on the job that will harm practically all Kentucky workers.
Fight hasn’t been ruled out as cause of Nex Benedict’s death, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
A police spokesman said previous statements that Nex Benedict didn’t die as a result of “trauma” didn’t rule out the fight as a contributing factor.
Iowa lawmakers pass bill to repeal gender balance requirement on boards, commissions (www.kcrg.com)
A bill repealing gender balance requirements on state boards and commissions is headed to the Governor’s desk to sign.
Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians avoiding war (www.independent.co.uk)
Investigation launched into order asking Russians to leave country amid blacklash over ‘whites only policy’
Final Fantasy music legend Nobuo Uematsu doesn’t think he’ll ever compose a whole game again (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Now, in a new interview with German publication Zeit Online ahead of a performance of his new orchestral show Merregnon: Heart of Ice, Uematsu said he thinks his days of composing full video game soundtracks are over....
‘Switch 2’ is targeting March 2025 and was delayed to avoid shortages, new report claims (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ (www.theguardian.com)
Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet
House China committee demands Elon Musk open SpaceX Starshield internet to U.S. troops in Taiwan (www.cnbc.com)
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter on Saturday to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk demanding that U.S. troops stationed in Taiwan get access to SpaceX's Starshield, a satellite communication network designed specifically for the military....
New report: 60% of OpenAI model's responses contain plagiarism (www.axios.com)
A new report from plagiarism detector Copyleaks found that 60% of OpenAI's GPT-3.5 outputs contained some form of plagiarism....
The killing of a nursing student out for a run highlights the fears of solo female athletes (apnews.com)
The killing of a 22-year-old nursing student has once again put the spotlight on dangers faced by female athletes who practice sports alone.
Former funeral home owner arrested after a corpse lay in a hearse for 2 years (abcnews.go.com)
A former funeral home owner accused of keeping a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for two years and hoarding the cremated remains of 35 people has been arrested, authorities said....
Illinois judge who reversed rape conviction removed from bench after panel finds he circumvented law (apnews.com)
An Illinois judge who sparked outrage by reversing a man’s rape conviction involving a 16-year-old girl has been removed from the bench after a judicial oversight body found he circumvented the law and engaged in misconduct.
VICE Management Kills Vice.Com, Set to Lay Off Hundreds of Employees (hellgatenyc.com)
While managers got away with millions, it's unclear if laid off staffers will even get severance.
Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students (arstechnica.com)
Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.
Senator calls LGBTQ+ people 'filth,' says most don't want them here (www.tahlequahdailypress.com)
A state senator said during a public forum in Tahlequah that LGBTQ+ people are "filth," and that he and his constituents don't want them in "our state."