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Musk subpoenas Elizabeth Warren days after she called for Tesla investigation

Warren urged SEC to examine Musk's actions while running Twitter and Tesla.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/musk-subpoenas-elizabeth-warren-days-after-she-called-for-tesla-investigation/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

“Church of Bleach” family guilty on all counts, plans to appeal

The family, who represented themselves, did not speak during the trial.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/church-of-bleach-family-guilty-on-all-counts-plans-to-appeal/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke https://lemmy.world/post/1919280

Meet Ksenia Coffman, the woman on a mission to remove Nazi and Lost Cause propaganda from #Wikipedia:

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/one-woman-s-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-on-wikipedia?utm_source=pocket-newtab

https://what-if.xkcd.com/73/

"If it's going fast enough, a feather can absolutely knock you over."

It boggles my mind in such an event, if you are within a few AU, the neutrinos alone will kill before anything else has a chance to do you harm. :)

They Held Down a Black Teen Who Had Tried to Shoplift. He Died From Asphyxia. Why Was No One Ever Charged?

https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-corey-stingley-death-chokehold-shoplift-charges

Hey y'all, i know you know this, but while you definitely shouldn't use GPTs for legal research, also don't rely on GPTs for RESEARCH, PERIOD.

They are neither giving nor TRYING to give you intersubjectively associated and derived facts; they are not even remixing factual CONCEPTS into new forms.

They are modelling human biases out into digestible bullshit with a statistically-determined high probability of being swallowed.

That is all.

They don't have to be this way, but, at present, the people making them have no incentive to change them. So. Don't lean on them for fact stuff. It's not what they do.

Blue Origin wins pivotal NASA contract to develop a second lunar lander

“It’s an incredible moment in spaceflight history."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/05/blue-origin-wins-pivotal-nasa-contract-to-develop-a-second-lunar-lander/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Potentially millions of Android TVs and phones come with malware preinstalled

The bane of low-cost Android devices is showing no signs of going away.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/potentially-millions-of-android-tvs-and-phones-come-with-malware-preinstalled/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

We’re effectively alone in the Universe, and that’s OK

Solitude is not a curse—it urges us to explore the mysteries of our galaxy and beyond.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/05/were-essentially-alone-in-the-universe-and-thats-ok/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

The IRS Tiptoes Into Offering Free Online Tax Filing — and Possible Competition With TurboTax

https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-income-taxes-free-file-turbotax-intuit

#TheTurboTaxTrap

Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” sees pedestrian, chooses not to slow down

Fan is gleeful about video of beta Full Self-Driving mode breaking traffic laws.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/teslas-full-self-driving-sees-pedestrian-chooses-not-to-slow-down/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Musk threatens to reassign NPR Twitter account if it won’t start tweeting again

Musk threat to NPR contradicts Twitter's own inactive account policy.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-threatens-to-reassign-npr-twitter-account-if-it-wont-start-tweeting-again/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social