Perhaps teaching children to never question authority was a bad idea

Small EVs and efficient people carriers update familiar names for the modern age.

Ukraine’s Starlink access has been restricted without warning, severely disrupting “several” military missions, presidential adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov said on Oct. 14.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the leader of the New York City council have agreed to ban horse-drawn carriages from the city, a popular tourist attraction that has faced widespread scrutiny.

“Protecting women and holding predators accountable isn’t a slogan. It’s been one of my top priorities in Congress. For too long, survivors have faced broken systems while predators exploited loopholes and walked free,” Mace said in her statement.

A Wafrn woot/post by TherapyGary on October 14th which reads “Happy ADHD tax season to all who celebrate.” It has 0 notes, replies, or rewoots.

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A top CBS News editor appointed by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly threatened staffers with termination during a tense meeting Tuesday morning that erupted into a confrontation over the network’s coverage of Israel and Gaza.

The new one opens faster and has a better UI, but it feels so bad to use, every resize and interaction causes elements to shift around weirdly, the scrolling feels horrible somehow, there’s a random sidebar (pictured) that is empty and that i can’t hide. Also, although, to it’s credit, the app opens fast and responds instantly to clicks, every async load (store page, game banner) is incredibly sluggish.

https://launcher.epicgames.com/

Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas and the Republican candidate for the US Senate, is aligning himself with the Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement by investigating pediatricians for giving vaccines – actions that could further restrict access to vaccines as deadly outbreaks unfold.

“Like I said, my opponent, she didn’t even hide it,” Masterson added. “She talked—they had witch—I mean, they’re doing like witchcraft spells on TikTok so she can win the governorship. I mean, they’re like … it’s like demonic stuff that they’re doing, right? Just in your face that way.”

https://x.com/coral9000/status/2110443700522537193

Ukraine’s defense tech advisor says the move is “not a coincidence.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52207670

Epic Games has reportedly delayed a shooter based on Disney’s Marvel and Star Wars franchises, with its developers told to use more AI. According to Bloomberg, the yet-to-be-named game was supposed to be released in March of 2027, but its launch date has been pushed back to an unspecified date. Aside from that, the company also told the people working on the project to switch to an “AI first” production model. One of the game directors was quoted telling staff that there will be “no more handwritten code” and that the game’s art would now be “generated with full AI workflows.”

Hungary’s parliament has voted to repeal controversial provisions in its child protection legislation that campaigners said stigmatized LGBTQ+ people, marking one of the most significant reversals of former prime minister Viktor Orbán’s social policies. The amendments were approved on Tuesday by the government of Prime Minister Péter Magyar, which has been working to dismantle parts of Orbán’s legacy since taking office earlier this year.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53114956

Bestselling Irish author Sally Rooney has announced that her books can no longer be sold in the UK due to the British government’s ban on Palestine Action.

Loblaw, Sobeys, Metro and Costco sell about 67 cents of every dollar Canadians spend on groceries, by a USDA estimate. The four biggest US food retailers sell about 35 cents.

“We used AI as a tool for this.”

I feel dejected they didn’t go with Aaron or Abdul.

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A prominent Bangladeshi trans feminist, gender and sexual rights activist and nurse was dropped from an international forum on diversity following intense anti-LGBTQI+ mob pressure and online mobilisation opposing her participation.

I’ve been running OpenAltFinder for almost 16 months now, and received quite a bit of positive feedback. The directory has also grown substantially. Over the last few months I’ve been receiving more and more submissions that were AI-assisted/vibe-coded.

A leading CIA officer in charge of resettlement was later posted to Ottawa.

Thanks Obama!

With mander.xyz down right now, I’m not sure where to be posting this one, but I thought it might go here since pharmaceutical pricing affects supplies globally.

The Communication Workers Union says the rollout out of a new delivery system is a ‘major factor’ in workers leaving

At first glance, the Zero is about as clunky and unattractive a power bank as you’ll ever find these days. There’s a good reason for that, though: you can take it apart without tools, swap out weak cells for fresh ones when the time comes, and keep using it for way longer than any other power bank will last.