www.nbcnews.com
The paper included a decade’s worth of data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention among Black women ages 25 to 44 across 30 states.
www.bbc.com
Nana Akufo-Addo says he will not assent to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill until a Supreme Court ruling.
www.rawstory.com
A sixth-grade girls' basketball team from northern Kentucky was banned from a boys' basketball league after romping through the regular season to reach the championship.The squad from Next Level Girls Basketball notched a 7-1 record in a city-wide basketball league run by Southwestern Ohio Basketball and was preparing for the championship when league president Tom Sunderman notified the athletic academy that it would be too risky to let them play for the title, reported WVXU-FM.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
Agreed with all of this.
www.rollingstone.com
Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources say.
www.bbc.com
The woman and her husband were on a motorbike tour in India when the alleged assault took place.
www.bbc.com
The woman and her husband were on a motorbike tour in India when the alleged assault took place.
www.bbc.com
Faked images of black voters with Trump are a growing disinformation trend in the US election, the BBC finds.
www.bbc.com
Faked images of black voters with Trump are a growing disinformation trend in the US election, the BBC finds.
www.dailykos.com
West Virginia’s almost entirely Republican state Senate passed a bill in late January that would require schools in the state to display “In God We Trust'' signs—in every single classroom. ...
www.thegamer.com
How many things can you change in a game before it stops being the game it was meant to be?
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
Is there a list anywhere of different kbin instances? I don’t want to give up on kbin, but I might have to give up on social.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
That’s about where I am, honestly. I’m starting to look for alternatives.
I can deal with the site having the occasional problem, but I can’t deal with absolutely no communication at all when things break down. Kbin has gotten too big to be a one-person operation.
This is now the fourth post I’ve seen about people starting to get fed up, and honestly, you know people are starting to hit their limits once people start making posts about their frustrations. I bet a lot of folks have just quietly given up or moved to lemmy or mbin because they’ve gotten frustrated with all the issues.
I’m a pretty patient person and can put up with a lot of goofiness on a site, as long as there’s some kind of communication happening. But there’s none.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
From what I heard, they were dropping from four companions to three, Mass Effect style, and wanted the combat to be more like God of War. So my fear is it’s gonna be like Andromeda, where you can’t control your companions’ abilities at all.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
At this point, I won’t believe it’s actually coming out until it’s actually for sale. I also don’t have any high hopes for it being very good if it does come out.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
It’s really frustrating because kbin has gotten too big to still basically be a one-man operation. Unless he lets other people take over some things, the wheels are gonna fall off sooner rather than later.
The state of Tennessee every year pays billions to private companies that have contracts to perform government work. And, in some cases, those companies then make sizable campaign contributions directly to the politicians who influence whether those agreements are approved. To the public, this looks like “pay-to-play” politics, according to Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis, and Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, who are introducing groundbreaking anti-corruption legislation to put an end to this practice.
www.nbcnews.com
A Democrat Latina lawmaker opposed to the legislation said it would "allow open season on migrants."
thehill.com
The Georgia state House passed a bill that allows for anyone suspected of being in the United States illegally to be arrested. The state House voted 97-74 to approve House Bill 1105, which would al…
www.thedailybeast.com
“How would the governor feel if this was his daughter?” Ariel Young’s mother told The Daily Beast after the son of Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid had his sentence commuted.
arstechnica.com
Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
Which is exactly what the Republicans wanted.
arstechnica.com
Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.
www.mediamatters.org
apnews.com
The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs. The Senate approved the measure Friday.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A judge sentenced alleged cult leader Eligio Bishop to life without parole plus 10 years after a jury found him guilty of rape and other charges Friday. The 40-year-old, known as "Natureboy," is the alleged leader of the "Carbon Nation" group. He was arrested in April 2022. A grand jury later indicted him on five charges, including rape in July 2022.
plus.flux.community
There's a war inside the Republican party over how many rights to take away from women
www.riverfronttimes.com
The name of “Pro-White man” Darrell Leon McClanahan III sits atop Missouri's gubernatorial ballot
The legislation calls for the department to describe South Dakota’s bans, which prohibit nearly all abortions, other than to preserve the life of the female. The video and materials will describe acts that do and don’t constitute an abortion. They’ll also cover: The most common medical conditions that threaten the life or health of a pregnant woman. The generally accepted standards of care applicable to the treatment of a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions; and The criteria that a practitioner, exercising reasonable medical judgment, might use in determining the best course of treatment for a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions and for her unborn child.
The legislation calls for the department to describe South Dakota’s bans, which prohibit nearly all abortions, other than to preserve the life of the female. The video and materials will describe acts that do and don’t constitute an abortion. They’ll also cover: The most common medical conditions that threaten the life or health of a pregnant woman. The generally accepted standards of care applicable to the treatment of a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions; and The criteria that a practitioner, exercising reasonable medical judgment, might use in determining the best course of treatment for a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions and for her unborn child.
apnews.com
A Colorado paramedic has been sentenced to five years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders that has left officials rethinking how they treat people in police custody.
A team of researchers tried something that's never been done as a conflict rages. Instead of trying to calculate the toll of war in the moment, they looked forward. What's the reaction to their study?
www.404media.co
“They just laid us all off. Our jobs are ended today. Effective immediately.” A bell rings. “I’m sorry, your time has expired."
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
The second I saw the guy who killed her was an immigrant, I just KNEW the shit was gonna hit the fan.
www.haaretz.com
---
apnews.com
The head of a Gaza hospital where some of the wounded from bloodshed surrounding an aid convoy were taken says more than 80% percent had been struck by gunfire, suggesting heavy shooting by Israeli troops.
apnews.com
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
www.bbc.com
One woman, whose child had died, said she saw a staff member mimicking her accent and mannerisms.
apnews.com
A Montana judge has declared that three state laws restricting abortion access are unconstitutional, including a ban on abortions beyond 20 weeks of gestation.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
I don’t actually mind stuff not getting seen, it’s more not knowing if the site is going to error out when I try to look at it or check replies. Trying to access the site, or trying to upvote things, and getting error messages that are less than useful gets old fast.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
I really like kbin, but honestly, with as unstable as it is and how little information is coming out about what’s going on (seriously, there needs to at least be a Mastodon account we can check for updates or information when kbin social is down), I’m seriously considering making a lemmy account and moving over. It’s frustrating, because I do really prefer kbin, but this is beyond frustrating.
www.thegamer.com
With no staff around, executives will have nothing but their own gumption and an AI prompt to make video game masterpieces with
www.opb.org
The bill, which passed unanimously out of the House, faced scrutiny on the Senate floor from a handful of Republican legislators. Two senators criticized a provision that would increase the maximum penalty per child labor violation from $1,000 to $10,000.
www.erininthemorning.com
On Thursday, a legal filing by PFLAG National revealed that Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas was seeking identification of transgender members. The organization alleges retaliation.
arstechnica.com
Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024.
The nonprofit sued by Elon Musk's X says the legal tactic is an attempt to silence criticism of the company. The Center for Countering Digital Hate published reports documenting hate speech on X.
www.riverfronttimes.com
The name of “Pro-White man” Darrell Leon McClanahan III sits atop Missouri's gubernatorial ballot
www.upi.com
A 15-year-old Australian boy was sentenced to three years in juvenile detention Thursday after he pled guilty to opening fire at a school in the Perth suburbs in May in the country's first-ever school shooting.
mainichi.jp
GINAN, Gifu -- The mayor of this central Japan town on Feb. 28 announced his intention to resign after an investigative committee confirmed he had sexually harassed female staff at least 99 times. Ginan, Gifu Prefecture, Mayor Hideo Kojima, 74, is expected to submit his letter of resignation as early as Feb. 29, and leave his post on March 5.
www.advocate.com
Ryan Walters has allowed a climate of hate to thrive in Oklahoma schools, an open letter says in light of trans student Nex Benedict's death.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
Why would they? What Nintendo is doing works really well for Nintendo. They’re over 100 years old (which is considered a young company in Kyoto!) and are not about chasing the best and shiniest, but what works best for their continued long-term survival. They will always do their own thing and at their own pace.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
What.
Games
Larian is working on official mod support for Baldur's Gate 3 and it'll be cross-platform: 'We love our modding community and we want to support them'
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
89%
You can skip those. I’m not sure what the keyboard command is, but on controller, hit triangle or Y when you roll. It goes straight to the final result.
Technology
Disturbing AI Images of Children Found for Sale on Shutterstock
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
66%
A “young girl” would be a “child,” And multiple young girls would be children. 🤨
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
The Fourth Great Awakening is the worst thing to have happened to modern America.
News
Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
91%
It was incel nonsense blaming the murdered woman for not picking a nice guy and complaining about nice guys being lonely. You missed nothing by not being able to read it.
News
Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
90%
Please go to therapy to work out your weird issues with women.
Technology
Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
I’m not really surprised. Nintendo tends to run on its own schedule. They also might be hoping the yen strengthens so it won’t cost them as much to produce new consoles. Knowing Nintendo, they’ll want to have enough in stock to not have supply problems like Sony did with the PS5.
News
Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
95%
I’m truly disturbed by this having as many likes as it does.
All y’all lil incels need to go to therapy.
News
The Great Compression: Thanks to soaring housing prices, the era of the 400-square-foot subdivision house is upon us
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
They can’t because of zoning laws.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
Exactly this. There’s no way to know what’s going on when kbin goes down. It would be nice if there was a kbin Mastodon account or something people could check for information when the site is down.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
Or at least put some quotation marks around it.
Games
After $90 million driven by Baldur's Gate 3, Hasbro says games will be "huge" for D&D and Larian's hit RPG is "just the first of several new video games" to come
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
94%
Can we give them Dragon Age, because BioWare doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing anymore.
PC Gaming
Silent Hill 2’s latest trailer ‘does not reflect the spirit of the game’, Bloober Team president says
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
Same here.
Games
Silent Hill 2’s latest trailer ‘does not reflect the spirit of the game’, Bloober Team president says
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
My dream devs to do it are Red Candle Games. Devotion was amazing and it and Detention show how good they are at psychological horror.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
88%
I genuinely prefer when the companion characters aren’t playersexual, since it makes them feel for real to me. It also gives me a reason to switch up things like gender or sexuality for my character on replays. The only reason I’ve ever played as BroShep in Mass Effect was to romance characters I couldn’t as FemShep.
I was watching a video on YouTube yesterday of someone’s favorite romances in video games, and all I could think watching it was, “You’ve never once played as a female character, huh,” because all his favorite romances were for straight male characters, and that just felt so, I dunno, limited and boring to me. Romance Garrus, romance Dorian, try to role play and not just play as yourself.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
On the plus side, according to the AP article I read on this, the Little League that had the statue built got so much money in donations they’ll be able to replace it, and have a lot left over to improve facilities and services.
Games
EA flop Immortals of Aveum reportedly cost around $125 million, former dev says "a AAA single-player shooter in today's market was a truly awful idea"
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
98%
Orrrr it was a mid game with almost no marketing.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
I really want to do a durge run, but haven’t yet because I want to play BG1 first so it’ll hit more.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
This really is one of those games that’s worth it at full price. Save waiting on a sale for the half-finished games that shouldn’t be priced as high as they are.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
89%
…How do you accidentally put a baby in an oven?! JFC, this is awful.
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
But Microsoft told the FTC they specifically were not gonna do that after the merger, which is why the FTC is angry at them. https://www.polygon.com/24065269/ftc-microsoft-activision-deal-layoffs-appeal
Technology
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
An autocorrect typo.
Technology
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
100%
IIRC, though, that wasn’t Sony’s decision - WB yanked the licenses because they wanted those shows to only be on their streaming platform.
So it’s just irony that Sony is doing the same thing now.
Technology
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
stopthatgirl7
7 months ago
•
98%
You know what say: if buying isn’t owning then pirating isn’t stealing.
stopthatgirl7
8 months ago
•
100%
The previous article about the story that this one links to says the doctor not only lied, they also tried to cover it up by wrapping the baby up so tightly the parents couldn’t tell its head wasn’t attacked, and saying they couldn’t get the free autopsy they were eligible for and that they should cremate the body. Wtf.
stopthatgirl7
8 months ago
•
100%
But it wasn’t internal. It was a full decapitation. NOW, when you’re wrong and it’s not “clickbait,” you “couldn’t give a shit.”
stopthatgirl7
8 months ago
•
100%
Black people were forcibly brought over as slaves, remember? We didn’t steal the land; we were stolen ourselves and forcibly brought here. And we can’t exactly “go back” to where we came from because we don’t know where exactly “back” IS.
stopthatgirl7
8 months ago
•
100%
I knew I had read somewhere before that the baby was physically decapitated; thank you for the link.
stopthatgirl7
8 months ago
•
94%
In this case, it was: “According to the complaint, the baby’s legs and torso were delivered through the C-section incision without the head. The baby’s head was then delivered vaginally.”