Two gamers have filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, alleging that the company will be unjustly enriching itself with any refund it secures from the U.S. government over widespread tariffs last year that, among other things, hiked the prices of Nintendo hardware and accessories.

Chicken eggs are already used to harvest helpful proteins called antibodies to protect humans from viruses such as influenza. Now, a breakthrough at the University of Missouri could one day lead to chickens that produce other useful medical proteins in their eggs.

Ship attacked by Iran after possibly falling for safe passage crypto scam.

But also: https://beeps.website/blog/2023-04-27-otherkin-friendly-captchas-revisited/

TLDR: If the motor turns one way, they move in a straight line. If it turns the other way, they tumble. How do they hunt? They have chemical sensors.

A defamation case launched by Patel got SLAPPed down, with the Judge calling Patel a mentally substandard idiot who cannot understand hyperbole.

Multiple sources told CNN there was tension for months between Phelan and Hegseth, who believed he was moving too slowly on implementing shipbuilding reforms and was also irked by Phelan’s direct communication with Trump, which Hegseth viewed as an attempt to bypass him.

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Electric Boogaloo Edition Confirmed!

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And all that data does by definition exclude: “AI” is not built on “all of humankind’s knowledge” but based on whatever a mostly western view of the world and what is relevant looks like. Cultures who are not within that framework, who might even be based on more oral forms of keeping history and knowledge are not represented. Even if those groups are not actively excluded (which again they very often are) there are huge populations who just are not seen by the data do not get a say in how they are represented. Or if they are represented it’s just as problems: Think about unsheltered people for example.

Our microwave kept blowing the breaker even after repairs, so I (somehow) found a perfect used one on Craigslist and replaced it today.

TGG: S3E06: Letter to Gorbachev

Explain Xkcd.

John Birmingham snark at its finest.

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Iranian forces seize two ships in critical waterway as Washington and Tehran maintain separate blockades

Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a mid-decade redistricting plan that could help Democrats win four more House seats ahead of the November midterms.

Never been prouder to be grouped with China before.

Australian scientists have developed an injectable therapy that helps clear blocked airways in flat-faced dogs. Melbourne-based biotechnology company Snoretox and RMIT University have shown early success using the first therapy from a new technology, known as Snoretox-1.

Noch hanebüchener sind die Fehler in einem Geschichtsbuch für die Klassen 8 bis 11. Dort wird auf einem Bild Frankreich als Sowjetunion bezeichnet, in einem anderen reicht Russland bis zur französischen Atlantikküste.