Russia is on fire: forests and houses are burning en masse in Siberia, urgent evacuation has begun ( www-dialog-ua.translate.goog )
Original source (Russian): https://www.dialog.ua/russia/294463_1715001369
A new Supreme Court case threatens to take away your right to protest ( www.vox.com )
FireChat was a tool for revolution. Then it disappeared. ( www.fromjason.xyz )
OC Discussion: If I think Biden is too old, and I want to support a different nominee for the Democrats, what should I do?
I am 1,000% going to vote for the Democratic nominee in November, because I don't want the world to end. I just want to make that clear because I know some people may be rightly suspicious of this type of post, for oh you know the reasons....
Is the Media Prepared for an Extinction-Level Event? ( www.newyorker.com )
The True Story of How GPT-2 Became Maximally Lewd ( www.youtube.com )
Rob Miles has a Youtuber-style animation channel with a new video to communicate the importance of AI safety, and the execution is absolutely top notch.
Texas GOP amendment would stop Democrats winning any state election ( www.newsweek.com )
New Study: A $500 monthly basic income led to significant employment growth, enhanced savings, improved debt management, and better quality of life ( www.seakingwdc.org )
Lower GPT-4 cap?
I just got usage capped on GPT-4 after 20 messages -- when I clicked "Learn More" on the message, I saw:...
Trump's MAGA movement is causing Republicans in Congress to hate each other ( www.salon.com )
Good hosting?
Does anyone have recommendations for good VPS Linux hosting places? I used to recommend DigitalOcean, but I'm having a subpar support experience currently that sets off some slight alarm bells such that I might want to look elsewhere. What's good?
Convicted murderer, filesystem creator writes of regrets to Linux list ( arstechnica.com )
This made me so weirdly sad. I remember this guy; he was well known for being technically skilled but a huge pain in the ass for everyone to work with, and it's weird to see how resigned he is now to his prison life....
Donald Trump's lawyers may have made misrepresentations to the court regarding the former president's bond in his civil fraud case ( www.rawstory.com )
The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis ( www.theguardian.com )
Pro-Trump lawyer surrenders in Michigan after DC arrest and Dominion leaks ( www.cnn.com )
Opinion: As an American in Avdiivka, what is Congress doing? ( kyivindependent.com )
As if you needed another reason not to ever use SSO to your Google account for anything
For some reason this only just now occurred to me: What's to stop some web site from carefully crafting an imitation of the Google "you need to sign in again" UI, storing your Google password, and storing from the other side the auth cookie from Google, so that it can then poke around through 100% of your Google content...
US-Made M270 and HIMARS Execute First Cross-Border Strikes Since Biden Green Light ( www.kyivpost.com )
Raw milk sales spike despite CDC's warnings of risk associated with bird flu ( www.pbs.org )
States moving to require schools to show inaccurate fetal development video ( www.upi.com )
U.S. Carbon Emissions Fell in 2023 as Coal Use Tumbled to New Lows ( www.nytimes.com )
I literally just today learned that the "Biden is destroying the climate, we emitted more greenhouse gas than ever before in 2023" talking point isn't even "not the whole story" -- it's actually the complete opposite of what actually happened....
Biden discussing the border during the SOTU ( files.mastodon.social )
OpenAI Quietly Scrapped a Promise to Disclose Key Documents to the Public ( www.wired.com )
Zelenskiy says without US aid, Ukraine forces will have to retreat ( www.reuters.com )
Chris Bissette: "Wrote a little blog post about why you should be using surprise/reactions/distance with your encounter tables. It contains the best encounter table I've ever written." Agree ( cohost.org )
