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  • ‘The FDA is a complete mess’: Trump makes fate of agency chief unclear as public trust plummits

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  • Pedantry: plummets, with an e. I miss the days when newspapers employed people to catch stuff like this.

  • Judge rules DOGE cancellation of humanities grants was unconstitutional

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  • One calendar year, 10 lived years.

  • Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI

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  • Sure, you may be able to buy a cheaper motherboard for a while. But you'll pay through the nose to populate it, hence the falling motherboard sales.

  • Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI

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  • There's going to be a lot of us running 2019-vintage PCs indefinitely.

  • Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

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  • That's quite a big downside for a phone.

  • What old thing surprisingly still exists?

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  • Casio digital watches.

  • What old thing surprisingly still exists?

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  • If only the prices were not so 2026y.

  • Notepad++ creator threatens legal action over macOS port of open-source app — developer says port is fine, but branding is too far

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  • The macOS port, built by New York-based developer Andrey Letov using AI-assisted development workflows...

    Yeah now I can see why he's unhappy with it.

  • Trump news at a glance: six in 10 Americans say president is doing a bad job

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  • Basically no change in 10 years then.

  • Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

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  • Thanks - that was interesting and informative, if a little depressing.

  • Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

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  • Maybe Linux phones are less secure but more private? With Android and iOS a lot of effort has been put into restricting what each application can do. With standard Linux that's less rigorously controlled, which is why there are security enhancements and sandboxing extras a distro can optionally add. So standard Linux may be less secure by default. But it doesn't have all the surveillance built in that the mainstream phone OSs do, so it's also by default more private.

    Still, "security nightmare" sounds extreme. Wouldn't a phone running a version of Debian be comparably secure to a computer running it?

  • A suspected YouTube interface bug  spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report severe lag and frozen tabs — bug might be trapping browsers in an endless layout loop

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  • Everyone's shit sometimes (and some people often), which is why you always need non-shitty processes to preempt and/or catch the mistakes.

  • A suspected YouTube interface bug  spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report severe lag and frozen tabs — bug might be trapping browsers in an endless layout loop

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  • It's never just the developer that's the problem. There should be a system in place to catch obvious bugs like this before they get anywhere near production. So there's something not right in the company's review and testing practices. And a bug like this, if it does sneak through, should be fixed very quickly. This has been up for a while so again there's a problem with the company's processes.

  • Utah to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs

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  • VPS hosting doesn't allow you to pretend to be in other countries to view their TV or sites that are censored in your country (unless you pay again for a VPS in each country). So it won't replace everything commercial VPNs do.

  • Majority of US military sites in Middle East damaged by Iran, CNN investigation reveals

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  • So much winning.*

    *Not necessarily for the USA.

  • Step off, Chuck! Democrats stunningly warn Schumer to stay out of races after Maine Mills meltdown

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  • Step off Chuck! And also, go step yourself!

  • A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

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  • To be fair, the article is 9 years old and things could have changed in the meantime.

  • A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

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  • "The claim that WhatsApp can access people's encrypted communications is patently false," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said. He added that the bureau had already "disavowed this purported investigation, calling its own employee's allegations unsubstantiated."

    I can't help but notice that in response to people's concern that Meta may be able to read people's messages, the Meta spokesperson responds that WhatsApp can't read them. A little bit of administrative juggling on Meta's end so that the team with access to the messages doesn't fall within the WhatsApp department, and both claims could be true.

  • Google Signs Pentagon AI Deal Despite Employee Backlash

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  • the only way to stop this is for entire swaths of people to quit their jobs.

    There's a middle ground: unionization and strikes. Not always successful but more effective than just complaining.

  • News @lemmy.world
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    ICE Threatened to Shoot Ambulance Driver Picking Up Injured Portland Protester, Medics Say

    www.commondreams.org /news/ice-threatens-to-shoot-ambulance-driver
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Autism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Conclude

    www.wired.com /story/autism-is-not-a-single-condition-and-has-no-single-cause-scientists-conclude/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend

    arstechnica.com /cars/2025/10/software-update-bricks-some-jeep-4xe-hybrids-over-the-weekend/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    The White House’s Fossil Fuel ‘White-Glove Service’ Will Backfire

    www.bloomberg.com /opinion/articles/2025-10-13/oil-and-gas-industry-takeover-of-the-white-house-will-backfire
  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social
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    Trump scrambles to rehire CDC experts working on Ebola, measles and disease forecasting who were axed in government shutdown cuts

    www.independent.co.uk /news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fired-cdc-workers-rehire-shutdown-b2843831.html
  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social
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    He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

    www.miamiherald.com /news/local/immigration/article312442984.html
  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social
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    Judge Shuts Down Trump's Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration's Grasp on Reality

    www.commondreams.org /news/trump-chicago-national-guard
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Israel refuses to release abducted Palestinian doctors, will not let foreign medics enter Gaza either

    www.thecanary.co /skwawkbox/2025/10/11/israel-abducted-gaza-doctors/
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    What Is Going on with All This Radioactive Shrimp?

    www.consumerreports.org /health/food-safety/radioactive-shrimp-explained-a5493175857/
  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social
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    UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

    www.nbcnews.com /business/business-news/ups-delay-customs-tariffs-packages-destroyed-rcna236607
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Salesforce CEO Says National Guard Should Patrol San Francisco

    techcrunch.com /2025/10/10/salesforce-ceo-says-national-guard-should-patrol-san-francisco-stunning-his-own-pr-team/
  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social
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    Trump tries to hide a crumbling economy

    www.workers.org /2025/10/88358/
  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social
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    ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van | Common Dreams

    www.commondreams.org /news/ice-chicago-wgn-producer
  • News @lemmy.world
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    ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van | Common Dreams

    www.commondreams.org /news/ice-chicago-wgn-producer
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Trump Brags That He “Took the Freedom of Speech Away” From Protesters

    truthout.org /articles/trump-brags-that-he-took-the-freedom-of-speech-away-from-protesters/
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Hardware Stockholm Syndrome

    programmingsimplicity.substack.com /p/hardware-stockholm-syndrome
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Going ‘behind enemy lines’ at a far-right demo I saw how fascism hides behind a veneer of normality

    www.thecanary.co /opinion/2025/10/05/newcastle-protest/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Bernie and AOC Explain How Trump and GOP Are About to Double Insurance Premiums for Millions of Americans

    www.commondreams.org /news/aoc-bernie-sanders-healthcare
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Cops have now arrested over 2,000 peaceful Defend Our Juries protesters

    www.thecanary.co /global/world-news/2025/10/05/defend-our-juries-arrests-october/
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    Amid special election to replace Rep. Mark Green in Tenn., one county explains purge of 80k voters from rolls

    www.newschannel5.com /news/amid-special-election-to-replace-rep-mark-green-in-tennessee-one-major-county-explains-purge-of-80-000-voters-from-rolls