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ryper

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  • YSK All PieFed instances block links to "right-wing" sources by default

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  • For those who really like the idea of blocking the sites on that list, the linked github repo also has it formatted for pihole and the like.

  • John Roberts insists supreme court not ‘political’ after Trump-friendly rulings

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  • No, it's still on them.

    The voters who initially challenged Louisiana's map asked the justices last week to speed up the usual 32-day period between when a ruling is announced and when the Supreme Court clerk formally passes the decision down to a lower court. They wrote that "time is … of the essence" with this year's elections approaching quickly, and said the issue needs to be returned to the district court so it can "oversee an orderly process" to fix Louisiana's maps.

    On Monday, the high court granted that request, writing that the court's typical 32-day wait period is "subject to adjustment" by the justices.

    The court broke with the normal timeline to let Louisiana hurry up and do its thing. When, again, December was too close to the election to do anything about Texas's unconstitutional map.

  • Chief Justice John Roberts says American public wrongly views the justices as ‘political actors’

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  • The Republican justices thought December was too close to the election to do anything about Texas's gerrymandering that favored white poeple/Republicans, but somehow last week wasn't too close to the election to shoot down Louisiana's changes that boosted minorities. That's pretty clearly policy at work, not the law.

  • Google updates AI search to include 'expert advice' from Reddit and other web forums

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  • Hasn't their AI search always included "expert" advice from Reddit, like eating rocks, and putting glue on pizza?

  • Yea.

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  • How dare you imply that a Southern gentleman like Lindsey Graham would be interested in such an act. He'd have to retreat to his fainting couch at the very thought. Is 69ing even legal in the South? My stars!

  • More Than Half of Gen Z Users Cancel and Renew Streaming Services for a Single Title, Won’t Purchase Full-Price Video Games, New Study Finds

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  • 71% have stopped buying physical music, and 70% no longer by hard copies of TV shows and movies.

    I'm going to guess that a large chunk of Gen Z never started buying physical media in the first place.

  • Survey shows that nearly half of Americans don't want new data centers built near their homes — 47% oppose the construction of new AI data centers in their neighborhood

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  • There doesn't seem to be a paywall on the source the article links to. From there:

    Nearly half (47%) of U.S. residents oppose the construction of an artificial intelligence data center in their neighborhood, while 38% support it.

    That seems to leave 15% "no opinion".

    Gen Zers (48%) and millennials (50%) are more likely than Gen Xers (38%) and baby boomers (22%) to support data centers in their backyard.

    Broken down by political preference, roughly half (49%) of Republicans support the construction of an AI data center in their neighborhood, compared with 36% of Democrats.

  • New research shows weight loss is possible without GLP-1

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  • Is it extra servings if it's fried in vegetable oil?

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    Honda to shelve $11bn Canada EV plant as demand sputters

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  • TOKYO -- Honda Motor is set to freeze plans to build an electric vehicle factory in Canada, Nikkei has learned, as sluggish U.S. demand pushes it to put hybrids at the center of its North American strategy.

    That's the whole post. It would have been nice if they'd mentioned how long it would take to get the factory online, given that US demand could pick up if the next president isn't so hostile to EVs and the environment in general.

  • Calvin Duncan cleared to take office after federal judge grants temporary restraining order

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  • Gov. Jeff Landry and Secretary of State Nancy Landry

    I fully expected nepotism, but apparently these Landrys aren't related.

  • SRS on Bluesky: New Day are leaving WWE

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  • From what I can tell, Woods went with an injury in January and hasn't had a match since. Has there been any sign he's cleared? If not that could delay New Day showing up anywhere else past the standard 90 days.

  • SRS on Bluesky: New Day are leaving WWE

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    Which instances have the most ban-happy moderators? Analysis inside

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  • What makes you so sure the moderators are the problem, and not users? Maybe assholes gravitate toward certain instances, or people just don't bother to check whether an instance's rules match how tend to they post.

  • AMD will finally add HDMI 2.1 support to Linux

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  • The first paragraph:

    It's not complete HDMI 2.1 support but to much surprise hitting the mailing list today were official patches from AMD for implementing HDMI Fixed Rate Link "FRL" support for their kernel graphics driver. HDMI FRL as part of HDMI 2.1+ allows for higher bandwidth to support higher refresh rates and resolutions.

    How much more of an explanation do you need?

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  • Blender harvesting data to train gen AI would blow up in their faces so badly Anthropic would have had to donate a lot of money to make it worthwhile. And have you looked at the list of Development Fund members? Meta, Google and Adobe are already on there. I'm not sure that taking money from one more company that would be interested in that data really tips the scales.

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  • From Blender's post:

    After an in-depth discussion with the team and several community contributors, we have decided to receive the funds as a singular donation instead of a Development Fund membership, similar to how other open source organizations have handled such contributions. Anthropic has been informed and supports this decision.

    To use your metaphor, it sounds like they took the money as one-time gift instead of ongoing rent payments.

    As far as generative AI:

    Most importantly, we need to urgently tackle the topic and clearly define how Blender is positioned in regards to generative AI technologies when it comes to the product, software development, documentation, and other activities. Discussions will happen in the public blender.org channels, based on drafts by the Blender team.

    Blender is a tool for artists and creators, it’s made by humans for humans. No generative AI functionality is currently available or planned to be integrated in Blender.

  • Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business

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  • Also: Does Palantir have a PR department to tell him how this stuff reflects on the company? Cuz it's baaad.

  • Verified by Spotify: New No AI badge— it appears for creators with steady listener activity, clean platform records, and real-world proof like live shows or merch drops

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  • And with Artist Profile Protection (currently in beta), artists now have greater control over what appears on their profile, which helps to ensure the music you see is coming from them.

    From the Artist Profile Protection link:

    Music has been landing on the wrong artist pages across streaming services, and the rise of easy-to-produce AI tracks has made the problem worse. That’s not the experience we want artists to have on Spotify, and that’s why we’ve made protecting artist identity a top priority for 2026. Today, we’re announcing a first-of-its-kind solution to a problem that’s affected streaming for years.

    How the hell is that something that is only in beta in 2026 and not a standard feature? It's currently optional, but they better automatically opt in verified "No AI" artists if the label is going to be worth anything. There should not be AI-generated songs from randos getting attached to a "No AI" artist.

  • windows is using steamOs as their gaming performance goal

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  • Besides the data collection angle, Microsoft wants gamers on Windows instead of Linux so that there's at least a chance they'll buy games from the Microsoft Store.