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#weirdnews #weird #news #odd https://www.thewrap.com/rocky-horror-picture-show-video-game/
Rocky Horror Returns in New Video Game | Exclusive Trailer
"The Rocky Horror Show" musical goes eight-bit for the Halloween season in a new video game available for consoles and PC.Mike Roe (TheWrap)
#Florida residents who choose to ride out #Helene told to write name, information on arm. Here are the details
In a social #media post, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office - Division of #Emergency Management encouraged residents to write their names, birthdays and important information on an arm or leg in a permanent marker so that they can “be identified and family notified.”
#hurricane #danger #warning #usa #news #weather #storm
Florida residents who choose to ride out Helene told to write name, information on arm. Here are the details
One Florida county has a message for residents who are choosing to ride out Hurricane Helene.Haley Coomes (ClickOrlando | Orlando, Florida News, Local Headlines | WKMG News 6")
Welcome to this week's #News #quiz – go 8 for 8 and award yourself a gold star ⭐
First question is about current vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz. He was elected governor of Minnesota as a member of what political party?
Check your answer and try the whole quiz:
https://theconversation.com/the-conversation-u-s-weekly-news-quiz-189437
The Conversation U.S. weekly news quiz
Test your knowledge with a weekly quiz drawn from some of our favorite stories.The Conversation
- Republican Party (2%, 2 votes)
- Democratic Party (43%, 37 votes)
- Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (52%, 45 votes)
- Communist-Socialist-Marxist Party (1%, 1 vote)
📣 It's been a while since we've federated a batch of publishers — so to make up for it, here are 250, and they're big ones.
Today, we're bringing names like @abc, @RollingStone, @forbes, @BleacherReport, @NationalGeographic and @newyorktimes to the fediverse. They join the 174 profiles we've already federated, which include everyone from @19thnews to @Vox
Here's a blogpost with more details on this latest batch of publications that cover news, business, cooking, home design, politics, sports, science and more. Follow their Magazine feeds if you're only interested in one topic, or their whole profiles if you want the lot. The spreadsheet below lists out all federated accounts.
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-federates-250-publishers/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU
#Flipboard #Federation #SpreadMastodon #ActivityPub #Media #Publishers #Journalism #News #Politics #Sports #Entertainment #Food #Lifestyle #Science
Flipboard Brings 250 Publishers to the Fediverse - Flipboard
Flipboard is federating publisher profiles and their curated Magazines, making it possible for people across the fediverse to find and follow their content.Marci McCue (Flipboard)
Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, "cut 21,000 jobs, including in trust and safety and customer service, over multiple rounds of layoffs", leading state and local officials "puzzled by what to expect from Facebook" around voting misinformation.
#news #TechNews #SocialMedia #meta #facebook
Meta's misinformation problem has local election officials struggling to get out the truth
Derek Bowens has never had such an important job.Jonathan Vanian, CNBC (NBC News)
15 #cybercrime statistics you ought to know
source: https://www.independent.co.uk/advisor/vpn/cybercrime-statistics
It’s a battle for individuals and smaller companies just as much as it is for big organisations; as the digital space is expanding and as #AI is impacting our everyday lives, hackers are getting more inventive every day. And, if you’re not convinced that cybercrime is going to be an issue in your life, the statistics below will change your mind.
With the security quality of our software, the internet is only running because it is more profitable for cybercriminals to keep the internet running for ramsonware attacks.
#security #cybersecurity #digital #internet #ransomware #future #economy #news #technology #software #problem #finance #money #costs #crime
15 cybercrime statistics you ought to know
Find out what you need to know about cybercrime in 2024 with our expert-selected statisticsCamille Dubuis-Welch (Independent Advisor)
Mark #Zuckerberg Reveals "Orion" #Prototype #AR #Glasses
watch:
#Meta #Facebook #technology #economy #presentation #future #news #AugmentedReality
CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, thinks that "individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value of their specific content".
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254042/mark-zuckerberg-creators-value-ai-meta
#news #TechNews #SocialMedia #meta #facebook #threads #zuckerberg #AI
Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company could strike partnerships for “valuable” content to train AI tools, but that it could walk away from paying others.Adi Robertson (The Verge)
Ottawa considering lower threshold for issuing alerts on foreign interference, inquiry hears
"Sutherland said the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol Panel has started its work leading up to the next election and has already met five times. The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) task force is already up and operating, he added."
#News #Elections #CanPoli #Politics
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-interference-elections-pco-1.7334743?cmp=rss
X blocks links to hacked JD Vance dossier
Elon Musk’s social media company has blocked links to a journalist’s newsletter. The newsletter contains a hacked document about JD Vance.Elizabeth Lopatto (The Verge)
#EricAdams is NYC’s first mayor to be charged with a crime, but he's hardly the only politician to run afoul of rules that govern raising and spending funds in elections.
And if history shows anything it's this: Campaign finance violations are often just the first chapter in a much wilder story.
#news #uspolitics #nyc #election #history
Eric Adams indictment: How campaign finance violations often grow into dramatic scandals
Federal investigations into irregular election spending can uncover wild stories. Politicians have used campaign money to pay rent, fund family vacations, book hotel rooms for mistresses − and worse.The Conversation
#LAPD raid goes from bad to farce after #gun allegedly sucked onto MRI machine
Source: https://www.sfgate.com/cannabis/article/lapd-cannabis-mri-raid-19789448.php
At one point, an officer walked into an MRI room, past a sign warning that metal was prohibited inside, with his rifle “dangling… in his right hand, with an unsecured strap,” the #lawsuit said. The MRI machine’s magnetic force then allegedly sucked his #rifle across the room, pinning it against the machine. MRI machines are tube-shaped scanners that use incredibly strong magnetic fields to create images of the brain, bones, joints and other internal organs.
Despite Persistent Warnings, #Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From #Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.
The decision to buck federal #government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid. Among them were #children forced to forgo or postpone lifesaving operations, #doctors say.
#News #Healthcare #Health #ACA #Covid #Pandemic #Insurance #PublicHealth
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-medicaid-unwinding-consequences
Texas Ignored Medicaid Enrollment Guidance and Warnings, Records Show
The decision to buck federal government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid. Among them were children forced to forgo or postpone lifesaving operations, doctors say.ProPublica
"Kushner’s firm creates #conflicts of interest, particularly w/his father-in-law running for re-election.
...asked why Affinity Partners had not “distributed a penny of earnings back to clients”...
“Affinity’s investors may not be motivated by commercial considerations but rather the opportunity to funnel #foreign #government money to members of Trump’s family, namely #JaredKushner & Ivanka #Trump”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/us/politics/kushner-private-equity-saudi-arabia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Nk4.3MN7.IaV3Y5CMFMM7&smid=url-share#
#GOP #Corruption #Politics #Republicans #US #USPol #Election2024 #News
"at least 99% of the roughly $3 billion invested came from overseas sources, including $2 billion from the #Saudi government’s Public Investment Fund.
Most of the rest of the money comes from the sovereign wealth funds of #Qatar and the #UnitedArabEmirates, as well as a chunk from Terry Gou, the #Taiwanese billionaire and founder of Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer.
But there is a fifth “mystery foreign investor Affinity has declined to identify”"
Media: What’s your plan to do X? Be specific!
Harris: We will do X Y and Z.
Media: Wow, so no specifics?
#Harris: We will do X1, X2, Y5-7, and Z10.
#Media: Okay but without the Senate you can’t do that so what’s your plan?
Harris: Win the Senate?
Media: But you won’t so what’s your plan?
Harris: Executive action where I can?
Media: the Courts will block it so what’s your plan? No specifics?
Love, an unsatisfiable moving target. 🎯
Forecasters are warning of extremely dangerous 10- to 20-foot storm surge in Florida's Big Bend region as Hurricane #Helene arrives.
A meteorologist explains what storm surge is:
https://theconversation.com/what-is-hurricane-storm-surge-and-why-can-it-be-so-catastrophic-145369
#stormupdate #helene2024 #florida #news
What is hurricane storm surge, and why can it be so catastrophic?
How destructive storm surge gets depends on both the hurricane and the shape of the land.The Conversation
‘Nowhere near winning this,’ Haiti’s PM says of battle against gangs
Prime Minister Garry Conille offers grim view of progress in anti-gang mission on sidelines of UN General Assembly.Al Jazeera
US, France lead call for temporary ceasefire along Israel-Lebanon border
Israeli military and Hezbollah continue to trade fire in intense attacks despite appeal for pause in hostilities.Al Jazeera
Peskow betrachtet Selenskijs Worte, Russland zum Frieden zwingen zu wollen, als "fatalen Fehler"
Es sei unmöglich, Moskau zum Frieden zu zwingen, sagte Putins Pressesprecher Dmitri Peskow. Russland sei für den Frieden, aber "unter der Bedingung, dass es die Grundlagen seiner Sicherheit gewährleistet" und seine Aufgaben erfüllt, erklärte der Krem…RT DE (RT)
The post Es geht zu Ende: Eine Koalition im Zusammenbruch appeared first on Apollo News. #news #press
Martin Van Buren ❌
Millard Fillmore ❌
Grover Cleveland ✅
Teddy Roosevelt ❌
Donald Trump 🗳️
A brief #history of ex-presidents running to regain the White House (it generally hasn’t gone well).
https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-former-presidents-running-for-reelection-3-losses-1-win-and-1-still-tbd-234959
@histodons #Histodons #News #USPolitics
A brief history of former presidents running for reelection: 3 losses, 1 win and 1 still TBD
History illustrates that voters become galvanized and change their party allegiance when former US presidents run for a nonconsecutive term.The Conversation
Paukenschlag im Wiener Gemeinderat: Misstrauensantrag gegen Stadtrat Hacker!
Überbordende Sozialleistungen, pampige Antworten: Im heutigen Wiener Gemeinderat fordern ÖVP und FPÖ den amtierenden Stadtrat Peter Hacker (SPÖ) mit einem Misstrauensantrag zum Rücktritt auf.exxpress.at
Der Beitrag Papst warnt vor Pornografie und Satanismus erschien zuerst auf Philosophia Perennis. #news #press
The post Jan Böhmermann warnt in Song vor AfD: „Faschismus is back“ appeared first on Apollo News. #news #press
Jan Böhmermann warnt in Song vor AfD: „Faschismus is back“ - Apollo News
Jan Böhmermann hat einen neuen Song veröffentlicht. Mit „Faschismus is back“ versucht der ZDF-Moderator, die Nation im „Kampf gegen Rechts“ wachzurütteln. Der ...Christopher Martens (Apollo News)
#CarolineEllison gets 2 years for covering up #SamBankman-Fried’s #FTX #fraud
#crime #cybercrime #crypto #money #justice #news
Caroline Ellison gets 2 years for covering up Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX fraud
Caroline Ellison "deeply regrets" FTX lies, must now forfeit $11 billion.Ars Technica
Hurricane #Helene is threatening more than just the Florida coast – the North Carolina mountains are expecting heavy rain and flash flooding as the storm moves through.
Quick explainer on why hurricanes pose risks in the mountains, too:
https://theconversation.com/hurricanes-dont-stop-at-the-coast-these-mountain-towns-know-how-severe-inland-flood-damage-can-be-and-theyre-watching-helene-230089
Hurricanes don’t stop at the coast – these mountain towns know how severe inland flood damage can be, and they’re watching Helene
In the mountains, heavy downpours can be devastating, washing out roads and homes and triggering landslides.The Conversation
"I think the next logical jump on that is like [...] “Okay, and we’re also going to show you content that’s generated by an AI system that might be something that you’re interested in.”"
This is great, actually. We're soon going to be free from the oppression of social media.
via https://mastodon.social/@ricmac/113199568241275738
#news #TechNews #technology #meta #facebook #threads #AI #SocialMedia
CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, suggests that there is "no causal connection" between social media and teen mental health.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254044/mark-zuckerberg-meta-social-media-teen-mental-health
#news #TechNews #SocialMedia #MentalHealth #meta #facebook #threads #zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no causal connection’ between social media and teen mental health
In an interview with The Verge, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that existing research shows there isn’t a causal connection linking social media platforms and teen mental health.Emma Roth (The Verge)
"Russia plans to destroy three nuclear power plants and their infrastructure to disconnect them from the power grid"
- President Zelensky
"And if, God forbid, Russia triggers a nuclear disaster at one of our nuclear power plants - radiation does not respect state borders and, unfortunately, different countries may feel the devastating consequences," the President said during a speech at the UN General Assembly.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky
UFO Downed By Fighter Jet
Photo shows UFO hovering over CANADA in 2023 before it was shot down by US fighter jet
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline
New photo shows UFO hovering over Canada before it was shot down by US fighter jet
A US F-22 shot the object, which was first tracked flying over Alaska eight days earlier, out of the sky on Feb. 11, 2023.Nicholas McEntyre (New York Post)