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    A Maine Cybertruck Owner Had No Idea Some People Would Hate His Truck So Much
    https://www.yahoo.com/tech/tesla-owner-maine-says-cybertruck-203000816.html
    The cannabis store owner says people are upset about his battery-powered pickup.
    Submitted at 05-18-2024, 10:49 PM by Mordant
    The Economy
    10 Comments
    Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-search-adds-web-filter-as-it-pivots-to-ai-focused-search-results/
    Google says you can't turn off AI overviews in the main search engine. I'm still seeing the "Labs" icon in the top right, with some checkboxes for AI features, but those checkboxes are no longer respected—some queries will bring up an AI overview no matter what. What you can do is go find a new "Web" filter, which can live alongside the usual filters like "Videos," "Images," "Maps," and "Shopping." That's right, a "Web" filter for what used to be a web search engine. Google says the Web filter can appear in the main tab bar depending on the query (when would a web filter not be appropriate?), but I've only ever seen it buried deep in the "More" section.
    Submitted at 05-18-2024, 04:41 PM by Nibbles
    The Economy
    6 Comments
    US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
    https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-injuries-deaths-0ff52ff1735d7e9f858248177a2a60c3
    An Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers.
    Submitted at 05-18-2024, 02:49 PM by sleeppoor
    Crime
    1 Comment
    'Partygoers started screaming': Giuliani served with indictment during his birthday party
    https://www.rawstory.com/partygoers-started-screaming-giuliani-served-with-indictment-during-his-birthday-party-2668307572/
    AG Mayes confirmed Giuliani was served in a tweet sent from her official X account, writing "the final defendant was served moments ago." She quote-tweeted a post Giuliani since deleted in which he wrote, "If Arizona authorities can't find me by tomorrow morning 1. They must dismiss the indictment; 2. They must concede they can't count votes." Mayes posted a screenshot of the tweet after it was deleted.
    Submitted at 05-18-2024, 12:50 PM by Mordant
    Crime
    2 Comments
    21 crew members are still stuck aboard the ship that hit the Baltimore bridge
    https://qz.com/baltimore-bridge-collapse-dali-crew-stuck-1851482716
    The men need to stay on board due to visa restrictions, a lack of shore passes, and two ongoing investigations
    Submitted at 05-17-2024, 11:15 PM by sleeppoor
    The Economy
    0 Comments
    Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data
    https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/police-are-not-primarily-crime-fighters-according-data-2022-11-02/
    A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.
    Submitted at 05-17-2024, 06:39 PM by Wreckard
    Crime
    4 Comments
    APD officer arrested for killing Lyft driver giving him a ride home, police say
    https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/south-fulton-county/lyft-driver-shot-killed-by-man-he-was-giving-ride-union-city-police-say/JNPD2T4TKJDXJOPKHFZFLMQXZQ/
    Union City police are investigating the murder of a Lyft driver who was killed early Wednesday morning. Police say they were called to South Fulton Parkway near Stonewall Tell Road where a man had been shot. He died from his injuries on the scene. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as Reginald T. Folks, 35. Atlanta police confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Minor was one of their officers. He resigned on Wednesday following his arrest, effective immediately. He was an officer with APD since July 2018. APD officials say that at the time of his arrest, he was on unpaid leave after being arrested in Milton in December 2023.
    Submitted at 05-17-2024, 06:10 PM by sleeppoor
    Crime
    1 Comment
    What It’s Like on the Front Lines of Gaza’s Hospital Hell
    https://www.thenation.com/article/world/tanya-haj-hassan-interview-gaza-healthcare/
    One of the first posts on @GazaMedicVoices, a social media page that provides firsthand accounts from healthcare workers on the ground in Gaza, was shared on October 12, 2023. It presented the testimony of a consultant surgeon in Gaza, dated to just three days into Israel’s extermination campaign—before, to many, it was recognizable as such. “Having spent five days without leaving the hospital, I find myself at a loss for words,” the surgeon pleaded. “Never before in my entire life have I witnessed anything like this, and I am unable to articulate what I have seen. I am left speechless.” More than 200 days later, the horror wrought by the Israeli military—backed and sustained by the American government—upon the besieged people of Gaza, continues to shock the conscience. I have at times found myself so stunned by what I am witnessing through my phone screen that I forget to breathe. Israel continues to pummel Gaza’s civilian infrastructure with a steadiness fit to rival any surgeon’s hand—only here, it is a steadiness in service of death rather than life. Among its clearest targets remains Gaza’s healthcare system and healthcare workers, whose commitment to sustaining their people’s lives threatens the implementation of Israel’s project. As of May 15, at least 493 healthcare workers have been killed by Israel, often through targeted bombing or summary execution within the gates of a hospital complex. This number is likely an undercount, as the mechanism for tallying casualties relied on Gaza’s hospitals, every single one of which has been targeted, 23 rendered nonfunctional. Hundreds of healthcare workers have been detained and tortured; many remain in Israeli custody. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care physician who works with Médecins Sans Frontières and co-founded @GazaMedicVoices, has emerged as one of the most prominent voices raising the alarm about the hell Israel has created for Gaza’s healthcare workers. She has also, before and since October, volunteered as a doctor in Gaza. I recently spoke with her over Zoom. We discussed the targeting of Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure, the harrowing testimonies of torture she and others are collecting, the lasting effects of Israel’s war on children (and Palestine’s future), and what to make of American medicine’s unblinking, seemingly unbothered silence as a genocide unfolds before our eyes.
    Submitted at 05-17-2024, 03:53 PM by sleeppoor
    Crime
    0 Comments
    That's Doctor A A Ron To You
    https://www.wsaz.com/2024/05/14/university-goes-viral-after-poorly-mispronouncing-names-during-commencement/
    Students at Thomas Jefferson University’s nursing school could barely recognize their own names being called at their graduation.
    Submitted at 05-17-2024, 01:21 AM by Imakemop
    Education
    2 Comments
    German politician's video of licking public toilets goes viral
    https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1189710-german-politicians-video-of-licking-public-toilets-goes-viral
    Martin Neumaier, Germany’s politician, filmed himself licking public toilets of a railway station, as confirmed by the local media reports. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) candidate for the district of Ostalb was seen putting his face inside the toilet and also licking toiletries including a brush present there, according to Times Now. He also shared disturbing and explicit videos of himself doing sexual acts online. In one clip, Neumaier was seen singing the Nazi-era German national anthem along with "m*********** rectally with a s** toy." Moreover, several videos of him have surfaced on social media and gone viral. His act of licking the metal fittings of a urinal and a seated toilet received disgust by several users on social sites including German native speakers. Without describing much, Neumaier can be heard saying it was part of his "punishment” in the video. He also made a mustache from feces while roleplaying as the former Chancellor Adolf Hitler in one more such footage. Several censored versions of the clips continue to be shared on other social sites showcasing him, despite Elon Musk-owned X taking action. With a population of 70,000 estimated to vote, Neumaier is the FDP's candidate for upcoming local elections in the Swabian city.
    Submitted at 05-17-2024, 01:12 AM by A Fistful Of Double Downs
    Politics
    4 Comments
    Ron DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida state laws
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/16/desantis-climate-change-energy-bill
    Dickhead.
    Submitted at 05-16-2024, 11:20 PM by B. Weed
    Politics
    9 Comments
    Rain is Coming
    https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/rain-is-coming/
    Mohammed El Kurd on the ongoing Nakba, and the present revolution. Every year since I started writing, whether in Arabic or English, I have produced various iterations of the same essay or poem on Nakba Day, riddled with the same facts and figures and tired arguments, in hopes that one day such persuasion and schooling would no longer be necessary. The thesis has been consistent: pairing “anniversary” and “Nakba” in the same sentence is a misalliance; the time frame, 76 years, is a miscalculation. The English translation—“Catastrophe”—is reductive, because it wasn’t a sudden natural disaster. Nor is it a tragic relic from the past. The Nakba is an organized and ongoing process of colonization and genocide that neither began nor ended in 1948. The perpetrators have names and the crime scene remains active. And where you cannot see the rubble, know that pine trees have been planted on top of it, to conceal it.
    Submitted at 05-16-2024, 09:55 PM by sleeppoor
    Crime
    0 Comments
    Inside the effort by two Beverly Hills billionaires to kill a state law protecting farmworkers
    https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-05-16/inside-the-effort-by-two-beverly-hills-billionaires-to-kill-a-state-law-protecting-farm-workers
    The billionaire owners of Wonderful Co. — grower of almonds and pistachios — say a California farm labor law is unconstitutional.
    Submitted at 05-16-2024, 09:51 PM by sleeppoor
    Crime
    3 Comments
    Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester in 2020
    https://www.kwtx.com/2024/05/16/texas-governor-pardons-ex-army-sergeant-convicted-killing-black-lives-matter-protester-2020/
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbot issued a full pardon Thursday to a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. Abbott announced the pardon just minutes after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles disclosed it had made a unanimous recommendation that Perry be pardoned and have his firearms rights restored. Perry has been held in state prison on a 25-year sentence since his conviction in 2023. The Republican governor had previously ordered the board to review Daniel Perry’s case and said earlier that he would sign a pardon if recommended. The board, which is appointed by the governor, announced its unanimous recommendation in a message posted on the agency website and Abbott’s pardon swiftly followed. Abbott’s demand for a review of Perry’s case followed pressure from former Fox News star Tucker Carlson, who on national television had urged the Republican governor to intervene after the sergeant was convicted at trial in April 2022. Perry was sentenced to 25 years in prison after prosecutors used his social media history and text messages to portray him as a racist who may commit violence again.
    Submitted at 05-16-2024, 08:18 PM by sleeppoor
    Crime
    4 Comments
    France imposes a state of emergency in New Caledonia as unrest continues
    https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1250414032/new-caledonia-france-state-of-emergency
    France annexed the islands in 1853. White settlement and the repression of the Indigenous population followed. In the 1980s, violence exploded across New Caledonia, with 19 pro-independence activists and two gendarmes killed. That eventually paved the way for the Nouméa Accord in 1998, a promise by France to give greater political autonomy to the Kanak community.
    Submitted at 05-16-2024, 04:35 AM by Nibbles
    The World
    0 Comments
    Officer guarding mayor’s house unjustifiably shot a man from behind, lawsuit says
    https://gothamist.com/news/officer-guarding-mayors-house-unjustifiably-shot-a-man-from-behind-lawsuit-says
    The shooting happened amid heavy police activity in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Sept. 29, 2022, after two people were shot, the NYPD has said.
    Submitted at 05-16-2024, 02:10 AM by sleeppoor
    Crime
    0 Comments
    Chinese zoo slammed for dyeing dogs to look like pandas
    https://torontosun.com/news/weird/chinese-zoo-slammed-for-dyeing-dogs-to-look-like-pandas
    A zoo in China has been accused of trying to deceive visitors with a pair of dogs that were dyed black and white to look like little panda bears. Videos shared on China’s social media platform Weibo show the “panda dogs” at Taizhou Zoo, located in the eastern province of Jiangsu. While the animals did resemble pandas, the dogs’ wagging tails was a dead giveaway.
    Submitted at 05-15-2024, 09:05 PM by Wreckard
    Arts
    0 Comments
    GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says Biden should have pardoned Trump
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/gop-sen-mitt-romney-says-biden-pardoned-trump-rcna152420
    Shut your hole, Willard.
    Submitted at 05-15-2024, 08:01 PM by Mordant
    Horseshit
    3 Comments
    Biden and Trump agree to debates in late June and September
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/bidens-campaign-proposes-june-september-debates-trump-rcna152340
    The first debate will be hosted by CNN in Atlanta at 9 p.m. ET on June 27 and it will not take place in front of a live audience.
    Submitted at 05-15-2024, 07:57 PM by Mordant
    Politics
    5 Comments
    Truck driver involved in Ocala bus crash that killed 8 arrested on DUI manslaughter charges
    https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-bus-crash-ocala-driver-dui/60792966
    The driver accused of causing a bus crash that killed eight people and injured dozens of others in Ocala has been arrested on DUI manslaughter charges, Florida Highway Patrol said. According to FHP, the driver, Bryan Maclean Howard, was traveling east in a pickup truck on SR-40 when he drove close to the center line and sideswept an International school bus traveling west on the same road. The collision caused the bus, traveling with 53 farm workers, to run off the roadway, strike a tree, then overturn. Eight people were killed and more than 40 were hospitalized.
    Submitted at 05-15-2024, 03:28 PM by sleeppoor
    Crime
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