A newly unveiled statue of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.

I switched over to Linux Mint a few days ago. While the game doesn’t work ’out of the box’, it doesn’t take too much to get working. And boy does it work - it’s loading up quicker than on Windows and seems to be more responsive while on a map too.

Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’

transcription: (repeated loop) i get worse > i get worse > i get worse > i get worse >

A picture of a baby opossum exploring a cat tree.

I was doing a quick assignment for someone in Pike Place Market – not so much about making art, but rather capturing reference photos and images of signage and architecture, just moving through and capturing all the angles and all the textures and all the surfaces.

ich🏍🚲💀ielManche Leute scheinen wirklich in einer Parallelwelt zu leben. Mittlerweile kenne ich glaube ich jeden toten Winkel und jedes Beschleunigungsverhalten jedes Fahrzeugmodells.

Earlier this week, Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed some alarming findings about how LG’s TVs are logging and uploading data on its users. Now the company is pushing back against those allegations, saying that “Some recent media coverage may have contributed to misconceptions about how LG smart TVs work.”

From Robert Pare

“You know, Japheth… maybe this wasn’t such a great idea.”

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Leon County, Florida’s mail ballot envelope design placed the words “return service requested” 0.236 inches away from its election office’s return address, when it was supposed to be a quarter-inch, leading the USPS to reject it on September 2, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. The county’s supervisor of elections, Mark Earley, called it “ridiculous.”

From Kendrick Mer

Nighthawks, the long-in-development vampire RPG due to be released later this month, is the latest game to run afoul of Steam’s increasingly stringent rules regarding adult content. According to publisher Wadjet Eye Games, the game has been labelled ‘Adults Only’—causing it to be removed from Steam search and outright delisted in certain countries like Germany—despite claims from both developer and publisher that the RPG’s depictions of sex and nudity are very mild.

On social media platforms, the man called himself “Adrian” or “Dios,” meaning “God” in Spanish. In 2024, accounts linked to the man posted job ads on Telegram. “Work as a photographer,” one offered in Russian in a chat about opportunities in Poland. “To those interested in applying, send resume, phone number and passport,” another advertised in a group for Cuban expatriates in Russia. “Looking for people with military experience in monitoring, intelligence, logistics and tactical maneuvers,” one said in Spanish in a group for Latinos, promising $1,500 plus a bonus for each operation completed.

transcription: need a relationship where we arent dating but im devoted to you and your devoted to me in your own way ans were in love but were best friends but id die for you but were…

From Andrew Selwood

This appears to be by Rusty Epstein. More: https://www.google.com/search?q=comics+by+someone+who+signs+%22Rusty%22&udm=2

Y’all didn’t prepare me. I’ve got all the emotions of 2 people right now.

transciption: lesbian dating is two of us saying no pressure while both secretly clearing our weekend for a maybe

Google Translated from German to English:

From Derek Diehl

I'm pretty sure that's not what the Doctor meant...

Just got a dremel for an unrelated job and thought I should do something fun with it. Got a large bundle of cheap off brand bits as I don’t really know which ones are going to be most useful.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/science_memes@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/953156/valid-point

Preliminary results are due from the Swedish Election Authority within hours, while vote counting will begin on Monday, with official results expected within a week