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RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•Only in Florida: Jacksonville police seek man who stole ferret by concealing in shorts6·4 days agoIt’s a sport… Looks on Internet. Learn it’s called “Ferret Legging”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferret-legging
Ferret Legging… what is wrong with these people? Ferrets bite. Ferrets can draw blood. And that’s not a place you want a ferret munching on (not that there’s a good place for ferrets to munch on you in general).
SMH
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•Australian actor starts fundraiser to cryogenically preserve son, who died by suicide after bullying4·6 days agoAs I write this, she’s at 3% of her goal
$10,095 AUD raised
$300K goal·210 donations
Created 3 d ago
source: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-preserve-my-son-after-bullying-tragedy
At the current trend of 1% per day, that’s about 97 more days to go…
Yes, I have also installed windows from a very small stack of floppies. Windows 3.1
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•Deadly dispute at Checkers began over 'extra mayo,' witness says102·9 days agoKISSIMMEE, Fla.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Is there a way to get an AI to read a text in Trump's voice available?61·11 days agoparrot ai has DJT. It’s not perfect but…
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto linuxmemes@lemmy.world•Things you don't find: Married bachelors, perpetual motion machines, or this...31·11 days agoWell, that’s disappointing to learn.
“Wick started his talk by saying that it looks like everything is great with the Flatpak project, but if one looks deeper, “you will notice that it’s not being actively developed anymore”. There are people who maintain the code base and fix security issues, for example, but “bigger changes are not really happening anymore”. He said that there are a bunch of merge requests for new features, but no one feels responsible for reviewing them, and that is kind of problematic.”
–OOF.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•Trump says he's seriously considering taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public20·12 days agoHere’s the direct link to the Reuters article. https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-says-hes-seriously-considering-taking-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-public-2025-05-21/
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto science@lemmy.world•Saturday Citations: Protoplanetary cornucopia; trees abound; the importance of diversity in corporate boardsEnglish1·17 days ago“Researchers are reporting the results of the most sensitive and high-resolution survey to date of three molecular clouds in the Central Molecular Zone near the Milky Way’s galactic center, and those three regions are absolutely paying out like slot machines, if slot machines paid out protoplanetary disks. The astronomers estimate that these molecular clouds contain about 300 protoplanetary systems that they were able to identify.”
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto politics @lemmy.world•US homeland chief says illegal immigration levels could warrant suspending habeas corpus7·19 days agoNoem declined to say whether she supported actually taking that step and said Trump would make any decision.
“This is something that’s not in my purview to weigh in on,” she said. “This is the president’s prerogative to pursue, and he has not indicated to me that he will or will not be taking that action.”
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump urges Speaker Mike Johnson to raise taxes on the wealthy, adding new wrinkle to massive GOP bill2·25 days agoSince you don’t believe that, I suppose you won’t believe the article where he’s changed his mind.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5291877-trump-tax-increase-rich/
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump urges Speaker Mike Johnson to raise taxes on the wealthy, adding new wrinkle to massive GOP bill17·25 days ago" to raise the tax rate on the highest earners and the other to close the so-called carried interest loophole, according to a Republican leadership source, as well as two other GOP sources familiar with the call."
To try to get Democrats on board? Or if the Dems vote against it, to use as campaign fodder?
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy: Boiling down data into a binary — a stark this or that — can help break through apathy about climate change.39·26 days agoThe reason I think this is mildly interesting is that the article’s main revelation is to just make the data a “this or that” presentation. They aren’t changing the information, they’re merely changing the presentation of how the data is displayed to get people to see what the scientists are seeing. It’s literally a “Keep It Simple, Stupid” approach.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•The world's oldest person, a 116-year-old Brazilian nun, has died42·1 month agoA clear example of NPR’s biased journalism /sarcasm.
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•Trump budget proposes $1 trillion for defense, slashes education, foreign aid, environment, health and public assistance | CNN Politics241·1 month agoAccording to Politico
Trump sends a scorched-earth budget plan. GOP lawmakers hate it already. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trumps-budget-asks-congress-00323256
RegularJoe@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS | CNN Business3·1 month agoCongressional Republicans aired some of their grievances about public broadcasting to Kerger and Maher at a public hearing in March. Such complaints have been common over the years, but the broadcasters have avoided funding cuts, in large part because members of Congress don’t want to be seen as responsible if a station in their district shuts down. Who wants to be the public official who killed “Sesame Street”?
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pbs-npr-media-funding-8b51113b8edd932aa850235318b73e53
So we’ve got the liquid metal https://www.tomsguide.com/us/liquid-metal-is-real-chinese-researchers,news-29684.html
but according to this article,
So slapping AI on it doesn’t get us Terminator tech yet, but we’re on our way.
We’re doomed. 😰