Here’s what Jack Smith’s case against Donald Trump will hinge on
Legal experts say Trump’s defense will hinge on questions about his intent, his legal advice, and whether he was exercising free speech rights.
Hong Kong's health secretary says the territory could build a non-smoking culture if "everyone stares in disapproval" at people who light up where they shouldn't.
Texas troopers told to push children into Rio Grande, deny water to migrants, records say
Also of note, Texas State authorities trespassing into the river (which is international territory) to sabotage lawful crossings
In other words, advertisers really don’t want controversy and drama.
The latest alcohol advice ignores the value of pleasure.
Emily Oster makes another common sense case.
Liberals find themselves in the strange position of having won most of their major battles of this century.
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency want to investigate Ukraine’s claims that Russia is planning to sabotage the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
This is probably one thing that Bluesky does well -- you have the option (and are encouraged) to use your own domain name as a username, and you can do so without having to run an instance.
Probably worth pointing out: The vast majority of people are likely to agree with this, including most Black people.
- The Supreme Court ruled that the affirmative action admission policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina, which gave weight to a would-be student’s race, are unconstitutional.
- The court’s majority opinion said that both Harvard’s and UNC’s affirmative action programs “unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful end points.”
The city’s population decline of about 17,400 people to 635,000 was the sixth largest decline among the 50 largest U.S. cities.
> Pacific Northwest city lost nearly 3% of its population between 2020 and 2022 > > Mark Rogers has made a list of things he misses about Portland—its vegan restaurants, Powell’s bookstore, public transit—and the things he doesn’t—having his things stolen, stepping in human excrement, extreme politics. > > The 44-year-old artist moved across the country to Fort Wayne, Ind., last year. > > “I don’t want to talk trash about my home city even though there’s trash everywhere,” Rogers said. “I still love Portland even though it’s got some problems, and I wouldn’t have left if the housing prices weren’t so high.”
Unfortunately for him, he probably moved from one political extreme to another. It's like there's no home for normies anymore.
Zalando is the only European platform labelled a large online platform
Zalando , Europe's biggest online fashion retailer, on Tuesday sued the European Commission for putting it in the same category as Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms regarding new and tough EU online content rules.
Basically the EU's new "tech regulations" have managed to not affect a single European company except one, which isn't happy about it and wants to be exempted.
It does seem like Europe can't cultivate any meaningful innovation, but is perfectly happy to tell foreign companies how to operate worldwide.
It isn't pretty, but BitWarden is otherwise great.
The Mar-a-Lago documents included information on ‘Special Access Programs,’ the release of which could endanger American military and intelligence personnel.
> It is definitely down, written off by thousands of individual and institutional investors. The most obvious issue: scams. In the world of crypto, big firms are scams. Little firms are scams. Stable coins are scams; exchanges are scams; NFT schemes are scams; initial coin offerings are scams; tokens are scams. Firms run by self-proclaimed altruists are scams. Firms run by the shadiest dudes you can possibly imagine are scams.
But Congress may have to wait to swing at the proposed LIV-PGA Tour merger while federal agencies go for the green.
Another Reddit refugee, looking for tech/programming content
Have I found the right place?
- Live in Miami, Florida
- Politically homeless moderate
- I like technology, golf, and fitness