@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-11 22:25:50
US stocks jump to their best day in 2 months on hopes for a deal to get crude flowing globally again (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-ai-iran-oil-rates-87c831451197beedb3e29771de1e0a92
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p122#a260611p122
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-11 16:09:17
A 20-year-old man was arrested early Friday after allegedly throwing an incendiary device at a North Beach home belonging to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Open AI spokesperson Jamie Radice confirmed to SFGATE that Friday morning, Sam Altman’s North Beach home had been attacked with a “Molotov cocktail” and threats had been made against the company’s San Francisco headquarters.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-04-29 15:27:03
Seven families of victims in the Tumbler Ridge shooting in Canada sue OpenAI, accusing it of failing to warn authorities about the suspect's ChatGPT activity (Clare Duffy/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/tech/openai-tumbler-ridge-canada-shooting-lawsuit…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-06-02 07:51:18
While I wouldn't support all the Spanish government's economic policies, given that like everywhere else, they are GDP growth oriented, it is interesting to see how unemployment, including youth unemployment, in all sectors, keeps falling. And it's not done by limiting workers' rights
El paro se reduce en todos los sectores en mayo y el empleo marca nuevo récord
@servelan@newsie.social2026-06-07 20:27:56
"Data from the UN shows that the money spent on supplies of folic acid, which can help reduce the risk of anaemia and then possible haemorrhage or stillbirth, is falling – at least in part thanks to aid cuts."
Aid cuts are making tablets needed to help fight stillbirths and mothers dying harder to buy | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/women-birth-death-aid-cuts-un-b2990716.html
@catsalad@infosec.exchange2026-04-04 22:43:14
We can save the internet by going back our roots*
*cat memes
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-06-11 06:00:49
I think I can confidently say the transition from failing #footiMac trying to handle too many tasks and especially the mastodon database, to a tag team between footiMac and the ten-year younger #newoldiMac running the db and redis process under Colima and docker is complete and successful.
It has been solid for 24 hours now. It’s responsive. It’s almost fast. 😂 even have elasticsearch reactivated.
And the best part: I learned more about docker and feel much more comfortable with it.
Yay
#docker #mastoadmin #selfhost
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-08 14:25:40
A study estimates the iPhone's diffusion explains 33%-52% of the decline in US births from 2007 to 2011, with the most pronounced effects among women aged 15-24 (Sabrina Tavernise/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/us/ipho…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-05 17:19:44
Donald Trump’s legal team has rejected a request by the BBC to hand over financial information as part of his $10bn defamation case against the broadcaster.
The US president’s lawyers accused the BBC of a “fishing expedition”, according to court filings, after the broadcaster’s representatives asked for details to get evidence on Trump’s claims he suffered reputational and financial damage because of a Panorama documentary centred on the US Capitol riots.
Trump’s lawyers have pre…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-29 03:15:12
Space Force guardians provided critical support during high-profile U.S. military operations in Iran and Venezuela
— experience that underscores the need for additional resources to prepare the service for future conflicts,
a senior official told DefenseScoop in an exclusive interview Friday.
Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Absolute Resolve were carried out by the joint force in June 2025 and January 2026, respectively.
Pentagon leadership have touted the rai…
