cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52075262

https://thisecommercelife.com/blogs/comics/the-day-all-billionaires-died

Character.ai said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with its chief executive attributing the chatbot provider’s financial problems to “significant legal, regulatory and operational headwinds.”

Idea credit to: @Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone

Cornell University is suspending parties and other social events at fraternity houses for the rest of the academic year and will give the New York State Police a role in investigating sex crimes on campus, university officials announced Tuesday, amid mounting outrage over its handling of allegations that a female student was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house in 2024.

https://explosm.net/comics/kris-should

And some butt scritches…

Smooth Dunk | Bluesky

Hungary’s parliament passed a bill amending the 2021 “child protection law.” The move is considered the first significant reversal of Orban’s curbs targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

Greg Abbott is worried. After three terms as Texas governor, the Republican had every reason to believe the office was his as long as he wanted it. But Abbott is now seeing his Democratic opponent, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, get uncomfortably close to him in the polls. Suddenly, the governor has to be mindful of negative press, something he’s lost practice at in the decade-plus he’s been in office. Abbott avoided a recent campaign stop from Donald Trump, lest he be seen in the vicinity of the unpopular president or Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who appears to be facing an uphill battle in his own Senate race against state Rep. James Talarico. The governor is so concerned about his re-election prospects that he recently reversed his position on data centers, which have grown increasingly unpopular, and is now calling for moratoriums and restrictions on their construction. But one issue Abbott hasn’t budged on is his all-out war on public education.

I do quite firmly believe I have witnessed the death rattles of Reddit with this dystopian data farming nonsense. Absolutely nothing is worth this belittling monitoring shite.

Latest fatality is unvaccinated woman, 39, with ‘underlying conditions’ but CDC still lists only two deaths nationwide

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From March 2022 to July 2026, European Union countries paid Russia around €197 billion or approximately US$209 billion for fossil fuels.

So, I had kind of a mishap a few weeks ago: the original bridge of my Vihuela de Mano ripped clean off when I tried to bring the strings to tension. Might be that the glue surface was too cold or the natural oil in the rosewood prevented a proper bond. Or the glue surface was simply too small for 42kg of string tension.

https://gisthost.github.io/?e3f665e39ecdcc11d6339d6cb0cfb8e8

The car-sized, six-wheeled rover has now driven farther than any other vehicle on the surface of another world

We have the technology

https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/13/0

At work I was asked by a different team how we can deal with bots, because someone in my team remembered that I knew how to do it.

Think you can still bring a bottle of your favourite Niagara red or Ontario-made whisky to your grandparents’ place in Florida?

From Ohio Wildlife Center

https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/13/4

GTA 6 will launch on PC just a few months after consoles, according to a new report.

Ntice something wrong at your university? Perhaps you witness bullying of a colleague, data fabrication or a professor having an affair with an undergraduate student?

Ich habe diesen Zeit+ Artikel von einem Arbeitskollegen zugeschickt bekommen und konnte ihn lesen. Hier ist der Artikel als PDF. Der Artikel ist sehr aufschlussreich

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https://explosm.net/comics/pill

https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/13/2

Women with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic, and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, a study suggests.

While Canada was among a group of nations that recognized the state of Palestine last year, that recognition was predicated upon several conditions, including elections being held in 2026.

In March 2025 I posted in r/BuyFromEU about my journey of switching from US apps to European alternatives. One line in that post said: “Microsoft To Do –> Structured (Germany)”

Germany has long resisted tougher action against China, fearing retaliation. But rising pressure on key industries has pushed Berlin to seek stronger EU trade-defense powers to protect its industrial base.

Another movie that was a Monsteron watch party in the past year. This one is all right, as long as you keep your standards in check!

Monopoly came out in 1935, and has achieved international fame, selling 275 million copies as of 2015, across 113 different countries and 46 languages. The player tries to drive their competitors into bankruptcy. Popular sayings such as “Do not pass go, do not collect $200” arose from the game.