Twitter has reversed course on plans to limit presence on its “for you” timeline to paying users only ... later that day Musk said in a second tweet: “Forgot to mention that accounts you follow directly will also be in For You, since you have explicitly asked for them.”

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theguardian.com)

The US military studied how to influence users on online media sites in Darpa funded research. (The Guardian 2014)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia

by TheRealPanzer to /s/cryptocurrency from (theguardian.com)

Warmonger prepares Russia for ‘forever war’ with west

by Site_rly_sux to /s/Antiwar from (theguardian.com)

Tanzania announces outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease - Five deaths and three further cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported in the country’s north-west

by neolib to /s/outbreaks from (theguardian.com)

How a video game has revolutionised the way farmers are buying tractors

by Drewski to /s/Gaming from (theguardian.com)

Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

by TheRealPanzer to /s/books from (theguardian.com)

The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology

by Drewski to /s/privacy from (theguardian.com)

How far-right American Jews are enabling Netanyahu’s court takeover

by dicknipples to /s/politics from (theguardian.com)

Met police Safer Schools officer jailed over child sexual abuse

by bife_de_lomo to /s/PoliceMisconduct from (theguardian.com)

Levels of carcinogenic chemical near Ohio derailment site far above safe limit

by Drewski to /s/environment from (theguardian.com)

Henry Rollins: ‘I wouldn’t go back on stage with a band for anything’

by hfxB0oyA to /s/music from (theguardian.com)

"The danger isn’t that AI destroys us. It’s that it drives us insane."

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theguardian.com)

US strikes Iran-backed group in Syria after deadly attack on coalition base - A US contractor was killed when a suspected Iranian-made drone struck base in Syria’s north-east

by neolib to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

Scientists discover fossils of oldest known potential pollinators, pushing back pollinators to 280 million years ago from 120 million years ago.

by ActuallyNot to /s/palaeontology from (theguardian.com)

British army created an army of social media shills in order to use psyops in order to engage in unconventional warfare online. (The Guardian 2015)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

US Christian group accused of covering up sexual abuse of minors

by ActuallyNot to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

As the Met reclassifies Russian art as Ukrainian, not everyone is convinced

by hfxB0oyA to /s/Art from (theguardian.com)

Biden administration quietly resumes deportations to Russia

by hfxB0oyA to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office

by Drewski to /s/Security from (theguardian.com)

Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts

by Drewski to /s/Water from (theguardian.com)

ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes - The international criminal court in The Hague has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and his children’s rights commissioner Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, for the “unlawful deportation” of Ukrainian children.

by neolib to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

Chinese business tycoon and Bannon ally Guo Wengui arrested in $1bn fraud conspiracy - The charges announced by the US attorney for the southern district of New York on Wednesday include wire fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.

by neolib to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

Fox News braces for more turbulence as second defamation lawsuit advances

by ActuallyNot to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

Rupert Murdoch admits under oath he was aware Fox was broadcasting lies about voter fraud in the 2020 elections. (The Guardian, February, 2023)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in toilet paper around the world

by SoCo to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

Users, advertisers – we are all trapped in the ‘enshittification’ of the internet

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Internet from (theguardian.com)

Revealed: the US is averaging one chemical accident every two days

by TheRealPanzer to /s/USnews from (theguardian.com)

Tell me about it, stud: the rapturous return of the butch lesbian sceneLesbian

by yousaythosethings to /s/LGBDropTheT from (theguardian.com)

New York mayor’s message to bodegas: ban shoppers who won’t remove masks

by HongKongPhooey to /s/NotTheOnion from (theguardian.com)

Novak Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells amid U.S.A. visa row. He has said he would skip Grand Slams rather than have a Covid-19 vaccine shot.

by Orangutan to /s/Tennis from (theguardian.com)

Leaked audio reveals US rail workers were told to skip inspections as Ohio crash prompts scrutiny to industry: "employee says manager told her to stop marking cars for repair, as Ohio derailment brings hard look at industry’s record of blocking safety rules"

by neolib to /s/USnews from (theguardian.com)

Contaminated soil from the site around the East Palestine train wreck is being sent to a nearby incinerator with a history of clean air violations, raising fears that the chemicals being removed from the ground will be redistributed across the region.

by TheRealPanzer to /s/USnews from (theguardian.com)

Biden administration urges Congress to renew warrantless surveillance law

by HongKongPhooey to /s/Surveillance from (theguardian.com)

Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story review. (The Guardian, 2022)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

These astroturf libertarians are the real threat to internet democracy. (The Guardian, 2010)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

Signal app warns it will quit UK if law weakens end-to-end encryption

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (theguardian.com)

Alarming study: toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in animals’ blood

by SoCo to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

"Let's kill AI because the image generators can't immediately read my mind"

by hfxB0oyA to /s/censorship from (theguardian.com)

Andrew Tate to be held in Romania for 30 more days as court extends detention

by neolib to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

The Pentagon and its operations to militarize social media in order to target activist groups. (The Guardian 2014)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

Time to Think by Hannah Barnes review – what went wrong at Gids?

by bife_de_lomo to /s/GenderCritical from (theguardian.com)

‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles

by SoCo to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

A team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation has been exposed in a new investigation, appears to have been working under the radar in elections in various countries for more than two decades.

by Orangutan to /s/politics from (theguardian.com)

Garden pesticides are contributing to British songbird decline, study finds. (The Guardian, February, 2023)

by HibikiBlack to /s/Monsanto_Bayer from (theguardian.com)

Garden pesticides are contributing to British songbird decline, study finds. (The Guardian, February, 2023)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections - A team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media has been exposed in a new investigation.

by neolib to /s/propaganda from (theguardian.com)

BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout - Searches come weeks after release of documentary critical of PM that was later blocked by government

by neolib to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

Barcelona shopkeeper fined €7,501 over job ad seeking ‘woman over 40’

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Europe from (theguardian.com)

Revealed: secret cross-party summit held to confront failings of Brexit - Leading Brexiters and remainers, including Michael Gove and David Lammy, met for two-day ‘private discussion’ with diplomats and business leaders

by neolib to /s/ukpolitics from (theguardian.com)

‘Hidden world’ of marine life discovered in Antarctic ‘river’ under ice (2022)

by neolib to /s/Antarctica from (theguardian.com)

Fitness tracking app Strava gives away location of secret US army bases. (The Guardian, 2018)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

Ripping up concrete and planting more trees could save lives in shitty urban European cities, says study

by SoCo to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

Australia to allow prescription of MDMA and psilocybin for treatment-resistant mental illnesses

by SoCo to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

Turkey: strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Syrian border

by neolib to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

Study measured glyphosate in urine and found high levels associated with signs of oxidative stress and cancer. (The Guardian, January, 2023)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyTrace from (theguardian.com)

World’s biggest investment fund warns directors to tackle climate crisis or face sack

by TheRealPanzer to /s/ClimateChange from (theguardian.com)

‘Less clumpy’ universe may suggest existence of mysterious forces. "God made it" is obviously not an option.

by iamonlyoneman to /s/whatever from (theguardian.com)

UK police removing ‘large amount’ of online gun-making guides

by neolib to /s/censorship from (theguardian.com)

The US army spy operations that seek to manipulate social media. (The Guardian 2011)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

BBC criticised for letting cardiologist ‘hijack’ interview with false Covid jab claim, Aseem Malhotra’s ‘misguided’ views linking some Covid vaccines to excess heart disease deaths should not have aired, say experts

by carn0ld03 to /s/UnitedKingdom from (theguardian.com)

Tens of millions without power in Pakistan as national grid fails

by SoCo to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

The 9/11 hijacker funder, Mahmud Ahmed, was shockingly in Washington DC on 9/11 meeting with CIA, Pentagon, Congress. And the US has zero interest in detaining him. (The Guardian, 2004)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyTrace from (theguardian.com)

Glasgow court convicts trans woman of raping two women before her transition - will he be in a women's prison? I sincerely hope not

by Chocolatepudding to /s/GenderCritical from (theguardian.com)

Zelenskiy ramps up anti-corruption drive as 15 Ukrainian officials exit - Key officials have been dismissed or resigned since Saturday, with six facing corruption allegations

by neolib to /s/Ukraine from (theguardian.com)

Antidepressants can cause ‘emotional blunting’, study shows - Volunteers less responsive to positive and negative feedback after course of serotonin-controlling drugs

by neolib to /s/Health from (theguardian.com)

‘Assassinated in cold blood’: activist killed protesting Georgia’s ‘Cop City’

by neolib to /s/USnews from (theguardian.com)

‘They’re 25, they don’t do emails’: is instant chat replacing the inbox?

by TheRealPanzer to /s/technology from (theguardian.com)

Mutiny erupts among WEF staff over role of ‘Mr Davos’

by hfxB0oyA to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

Mutiny erupts among WEF staff over role of ‘Mr Davos’ - Founder and chair Klaus Schwab has run forum for 52 years but is now seen by some past and present staff as ‘a law unto himself’

by neolib to /s/conspiracy from (theguardian.com)

The Ministry of Defence develops a secret, multimillion-pound research programme into the future of cyberwarfare, including how emerging technologies such as social media and psychological techniques can be harnessed by the military to influence people's beliefs. (The Guardian 2014)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

US Southern Baptist churches facing ‘apocalypse’ over sexual abuse scandal

by HongKongPhooey to /s/corruption from (theguardian.com)

The War Party in Washington Is Shrieking at the Prospect of a Defense Budget Cut. But Would It Really Be So Bad?

by Chipit to /s/politics from (theguardian.com)

Haiti has no government. Literally. All the elected officers' terms expired and they haven't held elections. Be a real shame if some globohomo western whites went in there and showed them how to be a country.

by iamonlyoneman to /s/whatever from (theguardian.com)

The US military studied how to influence users on online media sites in Darpa funded research. (The Guardian 2014)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

Brazil protests: Bolsonaro denounces violence as 400 arrested after his supporters storm congress –live

by neolib to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

Elon Musk drove more than a million people to Mastodon - but many aren’t sticking around

by TheRealPanzer to /s/SocialMedia from (theguardian.com)

Six journalists arrested over footage of South Sudan president wetting himself

by neolib to /s/offbeat from (theguardian.com)

US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees

by HongKongPhooey to /s/whatever from (theguardian.com)

Friend of Satan: how Lucien Greaves and his Satanic Temple are fighting the religious right

by HongKongPhooey to /s/whatever from (theguardian.com)

‘Burned the hill down’: billionaire’s runaway fireworks spark New Zealand furore - Neighbours furious after firefighters had to be called to Redemption Song, owned by Empire State Building magnate Tony Malkin

by neolib to /s/Billionaires from (theguardian.com)

The US military studied how to influence users on online media sites in Darpa funded research. (The Guardian 2014)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

Former FBI agent sentenced to three years in prison for Associated Press leak. (The Guardian, 2013)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyRecord from (theguardian.com)

Social media triggers children to dislike their own bodies, says study

by bife_de_lomo to /s/whatever from (theguardian.com)

Police to provide safe space for women celebrating New Year’s Eve in London

by Oyveygoyim to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

British army created an army of social media shills in order to use psyops in order to engage in unconventional warfare online. (The Guardian 2015)

by HibikiBlack to /s/ConspiracyTrace from (theguardian.com)

Dozens of Chinese warplanes cross Taiwan median line in response to U.S. spending bill prioritizing support for Taiwan

by HongKongPhooey to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

The Observer view on Scotland’s controversial proposed gender reforms | Observer editorial

by bife_de_lomo to /s/TumblrInAction from (theguardian.com)

‘Unexpected item’: how self-checkouts failed to live up to their promise

by TheRealPanzer to /s/economics from (theguardian.com)

SSE begins work on hydrogen storage cavern on Yorkshire coast. Exclusive: Renewable energy will be kept in cathedral-sized cave for freezing, windless conditions

by Chop_Chop to /s/Hydrogen from (theguardian.com)

Almost 8,000 US shootings attributed to unseasonable heat – study

by GoldenDynasty to /s/GoldensFirst from (theguardian.com)

I’m so cold I live in my bed – like the grandparents in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by TheRealPanzer to /s/UnitedKingdom from (theguardian.com)

Biden faces growing pressure reverse his position on Julian Assange, after a legacy of censoring free speech, forming a ministry of truth, jailing protesters, and suing journalists, but his DA clearly sides with the Trump admin on enforcing the DOJ's questionable application of the law

by SoCo to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

Arizona governor builds border wall of old shipping crates, an excess that hindered shipping in coastal ports, in a desperate attempt to quell highly politicized humanitarian disaster at the border before leaving office

by SoCo to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

‘Alcohol affects every organ’: hangovers and how to survive them

by neolib to /s/Health from (theguardian.com)

Huge decline of working class people in the arts reflects fall in wider society. Study shows the proportion of musicians, writers and artists with working-class origins has shrunk by half since the 1970s. Elite contempt for the working class prevents them from entering the field.

by Chipit to /s/Art from (theguardian.com)

Twitter sued for disproportionately firing female workers after Musk buyout

by jet199 to /s/Twitter from (theguardian.com)

Brittney Griner freed from Russian prison in exchange for Viktor Bout - Basketball star released as US agrees to free convicted arms dealer in dramatic prisoner swap

by neolib to /s/WorldNews from (theguardian.com)

Rupert Murdoch to testify in Dominion voting machine defamation case - Billionaire media mogul, 91, will sit for deposition next week about claims Fox News deliberately spread falsehoods over 2020 election

by neolib to /s/news from (theguardian.com)

How to shut down the internet – and how to fight back

by question-the-garlic to /s/Internet from (theguardian.com)

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