Asus has reiterated that it will “no longer” be making “new” Android smartphones with its focus shifting towards the market built up by AI.

The decision permitted the Trump administration to continue restricting inspections of the conditions inside immigration detention compounds.

I hate how chocolates immediately melt on my fingers. I mean, am I that hot?

Just before President Trump took office, Border Patrol agents led by Gregory Bovino arrested immigrants in Kern County using the same playbook later seen in places like Chicago and Minneapolis. Then a federal judge ordered them to stop.

Let’s recognize the significance of this historic move. Schedule III is overdue, and it will matter for patients, researchers and businesses that have shouldered an absurd tax burden for too long. But we cannot let a single Oval Office photo op stand in for justice.

The Daily Press in Ocean Hill has partnered with Workers United NY/NJ — a North American labor labor union which represents nearly 86,000 workers, including recently-unionized Starbucks workers in Brooklyn – to transform the café into a cooperatively-run business. Now, all decisions regarding scheduling, wages, sick time and vacation are made democratically by the employees.

The police in Lafayette, Ind., said they were investigating the nonfatal shootings of a Tippecanoe County Superior Court judge and his wife on Sunday.

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A proposal has been laid out for a new X.Org Server “main” Git branch to house their development going forward and cleaning up the development lapses over the past few years. Ultimately the hope is for having a new cleaned-up X.Org Server and XWayland Git branch for shipping new releases in 2026.

saw @tanisnikana@lemmy.world’s photo here yesterday and i’m still pretty new to the city so it’s nice finding new places to visit. i happened to wake up early for whatever reason this morning and decided to check it out, and it really is a nice view. any other spots to check out would be appreciated!

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The situation in Iran, with no internet and jamming set up to try to even block Starlink, seems exactly the situation for which Briar was made.

According to the company, the ODIN Win_Hit interceptor reaches speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour, enabling rapid engagement of fast-moving targets. The system can be launched from ground-based stations, handheld platforms, or from airborne carriers, allowing flexible employment depending on mission requirements.

Qapla!

These are my daily walkers, BMX riders, rainy day shoes, and mechanic work shoes. Left shoe not pictured, but I’m sure you get the idea..

Live model painting sessions will begin again soon. Time to brush up on skills I have used in a while.

New research from the Kiel Institute, which analyzed $4 trillion of shipments between Jan. ‘24 and Nov. ‘25, found that American buyers absorbed 96% of the cost from last year’s US tariff increases.

Easy, 0.85 mi out and back

Two-thirds majority of Americans say the federal government is intentionally holding back some information about the Epstein case that should be released, while just 16% say the government is making an effort to release all information possible. The remainder say they haven’t heard enough about the case to say.

Recently died, RIP

The local electronics shop had a special on RCA cables, so I could replace the motley assortment of mostly too long and mismatched cables with consistent looking ones that shouldn’t break apart in my hand or pop off as easily.

I had to go back lol.

creates art a thousand times the worth

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may 31, 2024. But here's a quote from "JFK airport workers scramble for last remaining MetroCards to get AirTrain discount", published today: "The turnstiles with OMNY-only readers remain wide open today, and the agency relies on security guards to ensure riders don’t simply walk through without paying their fare."

Made chickpea curry with potato last night. Recipe called for less potato, but my potatoes were starting to become sentient beings so I had to put them to use.. And who doesn’t love potatoes?!

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Last year Valve contractor Timur Kristóf managed to improve the AMDGPU driver enough for old GCN 1.0 Southern Islands and GCN 1.1 Sea Islands GPUs that with Linux 6.19 AMDGPU is now the default for those GPUs with better performance, RADV Vulkan out-of-the-box, and other benefits. He isn’t done though improving the old GCN 1.0/1.1 era GPU support on this modern AMDGPU kernel driver - a new patch series posted today brings some power management fixes.

Snap Store, a centralized application repository for distributing snap packages operated by Canonical, allows developers to publish applications with relatively low barriers to entry, while users can install and update software automatically through a single trusted channel. However, that trust is now under strain.

a spin of teft@piefed.social

The United States is a global superpower, and its military trains for war in every domain. During my years as a military educator, I saw American officers wrestle with any number of scenarios designed to challenge their thinking and force them to adapt to surprises. One case we never considered, however, was how to betray and attack our own allies. We did not ask what to do if the president becomes a threatening megalomaniac who tells one of our oldest friends, Norway, that because the Nobel Committee in Oslo refuses to give him a trophy, he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of Peace” and can instead turn his mind toward planning to wage war against NATO.

Hey everyone! In case you haven’t noticed, this is a new community focused on NonPolitical Comics (NPCs), which essentially means no gloom and doom of the day stuff.

I bought a bird feeder last year, and hung it up in my front yard. All told I had practically no takers, and despite being marketed as “squirrel proof,” which by and large it was, the stupid thing wasn’t watertight in the slightest so every time it so much as misted the seed would get wet and the whole thing would jam up.

It’s not much but it’s honest work

damn i really hope they stay. this right after their spotify crawl and domain suspension doesn’t inspire hope.

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Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an Austrian cow named Veronika displayed an impressive – and until now undocumented – knack for tool use.

The law was clear: Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was required to disclose all investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein by 19 December 2025, with rare exceptions.

Jan 16, 2026

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What began as a joke on social media has snowballed into one of the most talked-about political satire campaigns in Europe this year. More than 200,000 Danish citizens have now signed a viral petition proposing that Denmark buy the U.S. state of California, a tongue-in-cheek response to former U.S. President Donald Trump’s past interest in acquiring Greenland.

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Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples.

Cows are not usually credited with thinking on the hoof. They eat, they chew, they stand in fields performing an activity that may look like contemplation but is generally written off as digestion.

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