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@ kuontom @kbin.social

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  • TikTok video showing DoorDash driver cursing at customer over 25% tip sparks online debate over tipping culture in the U.S.

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  • 5 killed and 2 wounded in Philadelphia as man randomly opens fire

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  • Edited my reply to reflect that. My point is that "random" and "no motive" are compatible, "terrorism" and "no motive" are not. And random does not mean terrorism.

  • 5 killed and 2 wounded in Philadelphia as man randomly opens fire

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  • It would be terrorism if this was done for some ideological motive. So far it seems like the shooter had no motive and just randomly decided to kill some people today.

    Edit: So far it seems like

  • A starting guide to kbin.social + support thread for new users

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  • While I understand the fediverse may pose a learning curve, please note it does not refer to a forum, which is why there are introduction pages. As for Reddit being straight forward, it's been developing for about 18 years now. Kbin in comparison is about two months into development.

  • The James Webb Space Telescope captures image of Saturn and its rings in all their shiny glory

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  • An excerpt:

    Methane gas absorbs almost all the sunlight falling on the atmosphere at this picture’s specific infrared wavelength (3.23 microns). As a result, Saturn’s familiar striped patterns aren’t visible because the methane-rich upper atmosphere blocks our view of the primary clouds. Instead, Saturn’s disk appears dark, and we see features associated with high-altitude stratospheric aerosols, including large, dark, and diffuse structures in Saturn’s northern hemisphere that don’t align with the planet’s lines of latitude. Unlike Saturn's atmosphere, its rings lack methane, so at this infrared wavelength, they are no darker than usual and thus easily outshine the darkened planet.

  • The James Webb Space Telescope captures image of Saturn and its rings in all their shiny glory

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  • The FBI has formed a national database to track and prevent 'swatting'

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  • Former sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson did not confront the Parkland school shooting which claimed 17 lives. Should he be jailed?

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    Global warming may exceed the key 1.5°C mark above pre-industrial levels in a part of the equatorial Pacific as soon as 2024 due to the emergence of an El Niño event

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  • Transcribers of Reddit, who make transcriptions for blind users, will close on the 1st July

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  • Transcribers of Reddit, who make transcriptions for blind users, will close on the 1st July

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  • Kenya could follow Uganda as East African nations wage war on LGBTQ rights

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  • See also: Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty (Source: Reuters)

    Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality", drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors.

    It stipulates capital punishment for "serial offenders" against the law and transmission of a terminal illness like HIV/AIDS through gay sex. It also decrees a 20-year sentence for "promoting" homosexuality.

    In Africa, same-sex relations are now punishable by death in 4 countries (Nigeria, Somalia, Mauritania and Uganda), imprisonment of 10 years to life in 8 countries, and imprisonment of less than 10 years/other penalties in 20 countries. Somalia’s penal code mandates a prison sentence of up to 3 years, but the death penalty may be imposed under sharia law. Similarly, the Nigerian penal code mandates a 14-year jail sentence, but the death penalty may be applied in the 12 northern states under sharia. (Source)

  • Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada

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  • digital news intermediary means an online communications platform, including a search engine or social media service

    news content is made available if access to the news content, or any portion of it, is facilitated by any means, including an index, aggregation or ranking of news content

    These points seem to indicate a website like kbin would fall under this act, being a content aggregator and social media service.

    At the same time,

    This Act applies in respect of a digital news intermediary if, having regard to the following factors, there is a significant bargaining power imbalance between its operator and news businesses:

    • the size of the intermediary or the operator
    • whether the market for the intermediary gives the operator a strategic advantage over news businesses
    • whether the intermediary occupies a prominent market position.

    Since kbin is small and not in any market position, this shouldn't apply.

  • Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

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  • Segmentation fault (core dumped)

  • What is the most useful website you know?

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  • Every Noise At Once: Recommend this website to find new music that suits your tastes. Play around with the options at the top, best way to see what they do.