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Platforms wonder why piracy is spiking (www.skynews.com.au)

It’s not even surprising anymore platforms do this & act all Pikachu face why piracy is spiking...

The Way of the Samurai begins with mastering Adobe Flash (files.catbox.moe)

Transportation mode, World vs USA (jlai.lu)

Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says (fortune.com)

New research shows gas stove emissions contribute to 19,000 deaths annually (arstechnica.com)

If you are a Libertarian and hold liberty as your core value, why do you not believe in universal healthcare? Nothing impacts liberty more than sickness and death.

Anon helps with his gf's vaping addiction (sh.itjust.works)

$400 for one pineapple: The rise of luxury fruit (www.cnn.com)

Classic litterature (lemmy.world)

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NYPD officer caught on video punching pro-Gaza protester during Brooklyn rally (www.independent.co.uk)

Morehouse Students Turn Their Backs, Walk Out of Graduation as Joe Biden Gives Speech (www.yahoo.com)

Larian Studios has two major games in development and opens new studio in Warsaw (files.catbox.moe)

Source: x.com/larianstudios/status/1792495491256664211

After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians (apnews.com)

Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently....

Winamp is going open source, and it feels like the early 2000s again (www.xda-developers.com)

Florida’s other big November vote: will the state legalize weed? (www.theguardian.com)

Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock amidst anti-trans boycott effort (www.lawdork.com)

Coming to terms with no longer having privacy and control over my technology

I miss the days of VHS and DVD shelfs in homes, for example. If you bought the tapes and had them in your home, no corporate entity could alter those tapes without your consent, monitor how many times you watch them, sell your data to whomever they please without your knowledge, roll out new mandatory conditions to a ‘user...

Despite polls, Biden aides insist Gaza campus protests will not hurt reelection bid (www.reuters.com)

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Several top White House aides say they are confident protests across U.S. college campuses against Israel’s offensive in Gaza will not translate into significantly fewer votes for Joe Biden in November’s election, despite polls showing many Democrats are deeply unhappy about the president’s...