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Queen City Nerve, Charlotte's only alternative newspaper, shuts down after nearly eight years due to financial hardship and a potential sale falling through (Tony Mecia/The Charlotte Ledger)
https://www.thecharlotteledger.com/p/queen-city-nerve-calls-it-quits

Queen City Nerve calls it quits
Alternative newspaper cites failed sale and mounting financial pressures

I hope Andy Burn 'em has some advisor who actually reads Environmental Research Letters. The review essay by Emily Grubert, summarizing a frustrating 25 years of research with no apparent effect on climate overheating, is blunt.
" For people and places that rely on fossil fuel production and face major transition challenges (Xenarios et al 2026), failing to be explicit about the degree to which transition must proceed, or the extent to which alternatives might actually be ava…

I'm sorry, was it always that obvious a technology was fake and a bubble? If so, I seriously condemn all past generations for falling for this voodoo, crypto, nft, fusion reactor, new element nonsense.
https://…

Palantir’s CTO claims AI researchers are smoking to prove they believe AI will cure cancer, and he says it’s a sign of tech-fueled ‘mass psychosis’
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said some researchers are smoking to signal to other researchers “how much they believe in AI.”

I'm watching Accused: Guilty or Innocent? 8x05 "Nightclub Shooter or Mistaken Identity?" https://trakt.tv/shows/accused-guilty-or-innocent/seasons/8/episodes/5

Nightclub Shooter or Mistaken Identity?
Following a drunken altercation outside a Long Island Nightclub, a mystery gunman fires several shots injuring a club doorman; the whole incident is…

I'm watching Accused: Guilty or Innocent? 8x05 "Nightclub Shooter or Mistaken Identity?" https://trakt.tv/shows/accused-guilty-or-innocent/seasons/8/episodes/5

Nightclub Shooter or Mistaken Identity?
Following a drunken altercation outside a Long Island Nightclub, a mystery gunman fires several shots injuring a club doorman; the whole incident is…

i can see why some fans might be miffed by artists pressing not-quite-finished albums to LP, but if i was a fan of these artists, i feel like i'd also be at least a little stoked? alternate takes/mixes/edits/drafts/outtakes/rarities! things to collect! https://www.

A pressing issue: why are vinyl albums becoming so different from their digital versions?
They’re expensive, elaborate – and may not contain all the music. After Olivia Rodrigo, Charli xcx and more sent out incomplete or unfinished vinyl versions, fans are feeling shortchanged

FIling: Lone Palm Labs, the startup behind friend-focused photo sharing app Retro, raised a $21M Series A from Thrive Capital and others (Sydney Bradley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/alternative-social-media-ap…

Instagram alternative Retro raises $21M for close friends sharing
In 2023, ex-Instagram employees launched a new app called Retro. It's one of many new social media apps taking on Big Tech platforms.

NFL Fines Cowboys, Saints $500K Each Following Joint Practice Altercations https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-fines-cowboys-saints-500k-each-following-joint-practice-altercations

The AfD is exploiting Germany’s fear of change
The Alternative for Germany has just achieved the best result of any far-right party in the country’s postwar history.
In regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, a state in eastern Germany,
the party more than doubled its share of the vote,
and is projected to take about 44 percent,
likely just short of an absolute majority.

The result could put the state into a political deadlock.
It would take an extr…

The AfD is exploiting Germany’s fear of change
A political culture built on stability is failing in an age that demands disruption.

once again feeling trapped by the ever-enshittifying otter #transcription platform. does anybody have an online or offline alternative that allows users to search through all transcripts at once?