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"In offering further thoughts on the recent ’emergency stop’ placed on her overall DC career, Red Hood Vol. 2 writer Gretchen Felker-Martin has criticized how the publisher was exceptionally fast to not just cancel, but fully recall the only published issue of her Red Hood Vol. 2, but did not offer a similar response to a number of other ‘uncouth’ creators."

Our local paper just ran a piece on EVs — and the Facebook comments are a full-on anti-EV greatest hits album.

Pretty depressing given the extent of the green energy we generate, and it irritates me how pig-ignorant these people are.

The article has a poll — worth a look and maybe a vote to push against the sheep.

https://lemmy.ml/post/36347248
@indieweb

The new changes in full are as follows:

• Xbox Series S 512GB – $399.99 (was $379.99, launch price was $299.99)
• Xbox Series S 1TB – $449.99 (was $429.99, launch price was $349.99)
• Xbox Series X Digital – $599.99 (was $549.99, launch price was $449.99)
• Xbox Series X – $649.99 (was $599.99, launch price was $499.99)
• Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Black – $799.99 (was $729.99, launch price was $599.99)

Guess that's the next show to be cancelled

https://archive.is/ZJNFd

US nears government shutdown after Democrats oppose Republican bill that ‘guts healthcare’

The US federal government drew closer to a shutdown on Friday, after Democrats opposed a Republican-backed measure that would extend funding for another two months, saying it did not include provisions to protect healthcare programs.

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved the spending bill on a near party line vote, with only Maine Democrat Jared Golden breaking with his party to vote in favor. The Senate will consider the measure later in the day, but its chances of passage are slim, since it will need at least some Democratic support to clear the 60-vote threshold to overcome the filibuster.

Democrats’ rejection of the GOP’s proposal to keep the government open through 21 November sets up a showdown over spending that, if not resolved, could see federal departments and agencies close and workers furloughed at the end of September, when the current funding authorization expires.

xkcd #3144: Phase Changes

Title text:

People looking for the gaps in our understanding where the meaning of consciousness or free will might hide often turn to quantum uncertainty or infinite cosmologies, as if we don't have breathtakingly complex emergent phenomena right there in our freezers.

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

Source: https://xkcd.com/3144/

explainxkcd for #3144

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37764966

Mushrooms I found in a walk in central Florida.

Top tech names were on the guest list for the banquet thrown for President Trump during his second state visit to the U.K. on Wednesday.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37698883

• Twitch now requires facial age verification to watch mature content in some regions using video selfies processed on your device.
• The system uses k-ID technology and targets gambling streams and other 18+ content to comply with new online safety laws.
• Users must scan their face to access restricted streams with many expressing privacy concerns about the new requirement.

I just heard that Congress passed a bill making October 14th a day of remembrance for a true hero, who sacrificed their life for the good of humanity. A sad, tragic death far before their time.

That said, it is kind of weird that Congress spend its time on a, let's face it, minor media figure, what with all of the pressing issues of the day facing our nation, but that's what they did. So, let's do as Congress intended, and honor Charly Burke on October 14th.

Maybe with a big stack of pancakes.

Artwork by krls8.