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The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates who feared the conservative court might be ready to revisit the decade-old decision.

“How absolutely pathetic,” declared the Justice Democrats, an advocacy group that focuses on assisting progressive challengers willing to take on more establishment lawmakers in office. “Your voters expect you to hold the line for their basic healthcare and food benefits. This is just surrender. Every Senate Democrat that joined Republicans to pass this sold the American people out and we should make sure they have no future in public office.”

*Several federal departments and agencies posted partisan messages on their websites and in out-of-office emails during the shutdown. Democrats believe the posts violate federal law.*

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As gradually leaked the last days by various news outlets, the EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people’s fundamental right to privacy and data protection. The reform would be part of the so-called “Digital Omnibus” which was supposed to only bring targeted adjustments to simplify compliance for businesses. Now, the Commission proposes changes to core elements like the definition of “personal data” and all data subject’s rights under the GDPR. The leaked draft also suggests to give AI companies (like Google, Meta or OpenAI) a blank check to suck up European’s personal data. In addition, the special protection of sensitive data like health data, political views or sexual orientation would be significantly reduced. Also, remote access to personal data on PCs or smart phones without consent of the user would be enabled. Many elements of the envisaged reform would overturn CJEU case law, violate European Conventions and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights. If this extreme draft will become the official position of the European Commission, will only become clear on 19 November, when the “Digital Omnibus” will be officially presented. Schrems: “This would be a massive downgrading of European’s privacy ten years after the GDPR was adopted.”

A pretty good reminder not to take important advice from reddit

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While the article mentions that it’s mostly enterprise grade hard drives that are becoming more expensive, nonetheless it’s also affecting consumer-level hardware – in addition to memory and GPUs becoming difficult to afford for anyone wishing to just play computer games or create human-made content.

*Mehmet Oz made claim about audits, but experts say he misidentified routine administrative errors*

ehhhh maybe could be worded better…

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The United States has struck two more alleged Latin American drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday, adding that all six people on board were killed. Critics say the US strikes in the Pacific and Caribbean – which have now claimed the lives of 76 people – amount to extrajudicial killings

Homemade macadamia pesto base, caramelized garlic, chevre cheese, my wife’s garden heirloom tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh basil, finished with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil & flaked sea salt.

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Best read with Morgan Freeman or possibly Sigourney Weaver

From Vishal Lokare

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Fish shell, a popular user-friendly command-line shell, has announced version 4.2, a new release that builds on the 4.0 series. Among the most visible improvements is an upgrade to history-based autosuggestions, which now properly handle multi-line commands.

From Jen Marie Photography

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Lutris fails to download assets sometimes, leaving you with blank covers. Cover Up aims to work around a majority of the problem by downloading missing artworks from SteamGridDB.

Im one of those people that really appreciates the folks that put up the simple fall harvest type decorations for thanksgiving. I really don’t like christmass before thanksgiving is over or Halloween decorations outside of october. No holiday, no matter how nice, is fun for over a month.

It leads to aimless scrolling and sometimes reading if I’m motivated.

I’m fighting off pneumonia, so I couldn’t spend a lot of time chasing her around. I’m going to see if one of the barn hands would be able to help me if they’re gonna be there tonight.

The soldiers who agreed to talk confirmed the IDF’s routine use of human shields, contradicting official denials, and gave details of Israeli troops opening fire unprovoked on civilians racing to reach food handouts at the militarised distribution points set up by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

We’ve [had] DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for various versions of Direct3D on Linux, but now it seems we’re also getting Direct3D 7 as well.

Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/45406669

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Previously known as Fantasy Grounds Unity, the developers at SmiteWorks have now made Fantasy Grounds VTT free to play.

*Startups funded by some of the most powerful billionaires in Silicon Valley are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve the chances for a high IQ and other preferred traits*

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/54930015

The development comes after a presentation to the International Olympic Committee by its medical chief, which highlighted the potential physical advantages of competing in women’s sport after being born male.

Bath time for honklers.

“Destroying the carrier is the number one priority,” Khrapchynskyi said. “Once the carrier is destroyed, the enemy must add the cost of the aircraft to that of the guided aerial bomb and reassess the risks. Therefore, it is necessary to invest in long-range air-to-air missiles, aerial reconnaissance and strikes on airfields where aircraft are concentrated. This is far more effective than attempting to intercept each bomb individually.”

Capturing lightning requires timing, correct settings, luck, and the proper equipment.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52789617

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Not looking for support, just wanted to show newcomers that good printers with good calibration also can make spaghetti.

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