US Authorities Will Limit Newark Airport Flights For The Rest Of The Year
The FAA cited persistent congestion, construction impacts, and air traffic control staffing changes as the basis for extending the restrictions.
American Airlines Airbus A321 Damaged After Tail Strike In Charlotte
The aircraft, which sports an eye-catching special livery, has been out of service since the episode.
Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new report
As right-wing governments seek to blame a rejection of parenthood, a survey reveals a lack of choice, not desire, stops people having the families they want
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A Carrelli tram in Milan, Italy, from 1927
I took a picture of this tram this morning.
This is a series of trams "type Edison" produced in Italy in the period 1927-1930
They are in active use on a number of lines in Milan, and while beautiful, they are slow, hardly accessible and noisy... But still.
Some more info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATM_Clas…
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Lemmy.zip Turns Two! 🎂🎉🥳
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/40938070
Hello all,10th June 2025 marks Lemmy.zip's second birthday!
Following the whole Reddit API fiasco in 2023, many of us moved over to Lemmy, and have never looked back. I remember sitting at my desk (it was a Sunday morning, it was probably raining, it was roughly 10am and I was actually supposed to be somewhere else) and buying the domain, wondering how on earth I was actually going to get a real website working.
It has taken a LOT of learning and perseverance, but since then we've created a fantastic community full over people from all over the world, and Lemmy.zip continues to grow and develop.
As I said in last year's birthday post, running a Lemmy instance has it's ups and downs - some days nothing goes wrong and for a large period of this last 12 months we've had a really stable site, which has led to me even at times referring to things as "too quiet". Oh how I miss those days 😭
But even with all the struggles over the last few months (spam, server issues, lemm.ee's closure) - I have been humbled by all the support and well wishes from users across the fediverse.
This year we've grown to over 4000 registered users, doubled the admin team, and learned loads along the way.
I've highlighted some of this year's happenings in our Year Two microsite: yeartwo.lemmy.zip. (PS - if you're on mobile, you can rotate your device to read it easier!)
You can also see the Year One microsite here if you're curious.
Looking forward in to year 3, I am hoping that Lemmy.zip can continue to thrive, and can become a home for anyone in the fediverse. It's sad to see instances closing, but I am hopeful we can provide a refuge and a space that in time, others can also call home.
None of this is of course possible without YOU. Yes you, reading this.
To the mods, thank you for doing a fantastic job of moderating your communities. There are a wide range of voices that contribute to Lemmy.zip, and your abilities to manage this fairly and consistently are what makes so many communities a success.
To those who have donated, you really are the backbone of keeping Lemmy.zip alive. Each donation means so much to us, and gives us hope that this is a project that many believe in and want to support.
And importantly, to the Lemmy.zip users - I know I always say this, but you make this whole site worthwhile. And I really mean it. Even if you are a lurker, just being a part of this actually means so much to us.
Happy Birthday Lemmy.zip 🍻
Lemmy.zip Turns Two! 🎂🎉🥳
Hello all,10th June 2025 marks Lemmy.zip's second birthday!
Following the whole Reddit API fiasco in 2023, many of us moved over to Lemmy, and have never looked back. I remember sitting at my desk (it was a Sunday morning, it was probably raining, it was roughly 10am and I was actually supposed to be somewhere else) and buying the domain, wondering how on earth I was actually going to get a real website working.
It has taken a LOT of learning and perseverance, but since then we've created a fantastic community full over people from all over the world, and Lemmy.zip continues to grow and develop.
As I said in last year's birthday post, running a Lemmy instance has it's ups and downs - some days nothing goes wrong and for a large period of this last 12 months we've had a really stable site, which has led to me even at times referring to things as "too quiet". Oh how I miss those days 😭
But even with all the struggles over the last few months (spam, server issues, lemm.ee's closure) - I have been humbled by all the support and well wishes from users across the fediverse.
This year we've grown to over 4000 registered users, doubled the admin team, and learned loads along the way.
I've highlighted some of this year's happenings in our Year Two microsite: yeartwo.lemmy.zip. (PS - if you're on mobile, you can rotate your device to read it easier!)
You can also see the Year One microsite here if you're curious.
Looking forward in to year 3, I am hoping that Lemmy.zip can continue to thrive, and can become a home for anyone in the fediverse. It's sad to see instances closing, but I am hopeful we can provide a refuge and a space that in time, others can also call home.
None of this is of course possible without YOU. Yes you, reading this.
To the mods, thank you for doing a fantastic job of moderating your communities. There are a wide range of voices that contribute to Lemmy.zip, and your abilities to manage this fairly and consistently are what makes so many communities a success.
To those who have donated, you really are the backbone of keeping Lemmy.zip alive. Each donation means so much to us, and gives us hope that this is a project that many believe in and want to support.
And importantly, to the Lemmy.zip users - I know I always say this, but you make this whole site worthwhile. And I really mean it. Even if you are a lurker, just being a part of this actually means so much to us.
Happy Birthday Lemmy.zip 🍻
Lemmy.zip Turns Two! 🎂🎉🥳
Hello all,
10th June 2025 marks Lemmy.zip's second birthday!
Following the whole Reddit API fiasco in 2023, many of us moved over to Lemmy, and have never looked back. I remember sitting at my desk (it was a Sunday morning, it was probably raining, it was roughly 10am and I was actually supposed to be somewhere else) and buying the domain, wondering how on earth I was actually going to get a real website working.
It has taken a LOT of learning and perseverance, but since then we've created a fantastic community full over people from all over the world, and Lemmy.zip continues to grow and develop.
As I said in last year's birthday post, running a Lemmy instance has it's ups and downs - some days nothing goes wrong and for a large period of this last 12 months we've had a really stable site, which has led to me even at times referring to things as "too quiet". Oh how I miss those days 😭
But even with all the struggles over the last few months (spam, server issues, lemm.ee's closure) - I have been humbled by all the support and well wishes from users across the fediverse.
This year we've grown to over 4000 registered users, doubled the admin team, and learned loads along the way.
I've highlighted some of this year's happenings in our Year Two microsite: yeartwo.lemmy.zip. (PS - if you're on mobile, you can rotate your device to read it easier!)
You can also see the Year One microsite here if you're curious.
Looking forward in to year 3, I am hoping that Lemmy.zip can continue to thrive, and can become a home for anyone in the fediverse. It's sad to see instances closing, but I am hopeful we can provide a refuge and a space that in time, others can also call home.
None of this is of course possible without YOU. Yes you, reading this.
To the mods, thank you for doing a fantastic job of moderating your communities. There are a wide range of voices that contribute to Lemmy.zip, and your abilities to manage this fairly and consistently are what makes so many communities a success.
To those who have donated, you really are the backbone of keeping Lemmy.zip alive. Each donation means so much to us, and gives us hope that this is a project that many believe in and want to support.
And importantly, to the Lemmy.zip users - I know I always say this, but you make this whole site worthwhile. And I really mean it. Even if you are a lurker, just being a part of this actually means so much to us.
Happy Birthday Lemmy.zip 🍻
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New proof that von der Leyen ignored Israel's acts of genocide
In February 2024, the European Commission’s president received an appeal from the governments of Ireland and Spain.
The joint letter referred to a preliminary International Court of Justice ruling from the previous month which deemed as plausible allegations made by South Africa that Israel had violated the Genocide Convention.
Ireland and Spain then sought an “urgent review” of whether Israel was upholding its obligations to respect human rights, as stipulated in the association agreement underpinning its relations with the European Union.
I recently submitted a freedom of information request asking for access to all briefing documents drawn up for von der Leyen on how the issues raised by Ireland and Spain should be addressed.
The European Commission has now confirmed that it has no records of any such material being compiled within the three months after the appeal by Ireland and Spain was made.
Only one conclusion can be drawn from that fact: Von der Leyen did not regard the call from Ireland and Spain as something which should prompt action on her part. She, therefore, neither asked her staff for advice about how to respond nor issued them any instructions.
New proof that von der Leyen ignored Israel's acts of genocide
European Commission indicates that 2024 appeal by Ireland and Spain was allowed to gather dust.The Electronic Intifada
Germany's "rearmament" debate expands to include Mandatory Military Service - PlatformNews
Germany's "rearmament" debate expands to include Mandatory Military Service - PlatformNews
Amid Germany’s push for “rearmament,” there is growing debate about reinstating mandatory military service, which was abolished in 2011. Some argue that both men and women should bear the same responsibility for compulsory service.wapnews (PlatformNews)
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Ryanair to fine disruptive passengers €500
Ryanair has introduced a €500 fine for disruptive passengers whose "unruly" behaviour results in them being taken off the plane.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0612/1518013-ryanair-to-fine-disruptive-passengers-500/
Canada Sold $18.9 Million Of Military Goods To Israel, Despite ‘Pause’
Canadian companies sold $18.9 million of military goods to Israel in 2024.
Archived version: archive.is/20250608155536/read…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Emissions from Big Tech companies rose 150% in 3 years as AI booms, UN report found
The world’s biggest tech companies saw their indirect carbon emissions grow by 150 per cent from 2020 to 2023 as AI use expands, a new UN report found.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/euronews.com…
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[Article] A Mathematician Calculated The Size of a Giant Meatball Made of Every Human
Planet Earth is currently home to around 8.2 billion living human bodies.
FDA To Use AI In Drug Approvals To 'Radically Increase Efficiency'
The FDA plans to use AI to "radically increase efficiency" in deciding whether to approve new drugs and devices, drawing on lessons from Operation Warp Speed to reduce review times to weeks. The plan was laid out in an article published Tuesday in JAMA.
Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
Archived version: archive.is/20250610141053/404m…
200 Protesters Flood Maersk’s Manhattan HQ to Demand End to Military Shipments
200 Protesters Flood Maersk’s Manhattan HQ to Demand End to Military Shipments
The protest targeted a transnational company that plays a critical role in supplying F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.Schuyler Mitchell (Truthout)
The Strategic Logic of the No Kings Protests
Over the last six weeks, we’ve gotten the occasional question about why Indivisible, together with our coalition of incredible partners, called for No Kings Day on June 14.Why another protest? What is it going to accomplish? Shouldn’t we be [insert alternate tactic] instead?
These are good-faith questions, and they stem from very reasonable concerns. The speed, scope, and scale of the MAGA assault — on our rights, our neighbors, our democracy — is staggering. The stakes are enormous. There are days when nothing we’re doing feels sufficient to the magnitude of the horrors we face.
Protest is a tactic. And with any tactic, there’s a danger of tactical freeze, of it getting stale, of deploying it without a real strategy in mind. And it’s easy to look at any single protest and ask, “what did that even accomplish? What was the point?”
So I want to take a step back and talk about the role of a peaceful mass mobilization like No Kings in the context of our strategic analysis.
The Strategic Logic of the No Kings Protests - Indivisible Guide - Medium
Over the last six weeks, we’ve gotten the occasional question about why Indivisible, together with our coalition of incredible partners, called for No Kings Day on June 14. Why another protest? What…Indivisible Guide (Medium)
Amazon Is About To Be Flooded With AI-Generated Video Ads
Amazon has launched its AI-powered Video Generator tool in the U.S., allowing sellers to quickly create photorealistic, motion-enhanced video ads often with a single click. "We'll likely see Amazon retailers utilizing AI-generated video ads in the wild now that the tool is generally available in the U.S. and costs nothing to use -- unless the ads are so convincing that we don't notice anything at all," says The Verge.
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Apple Quietly Launches Container On GitHub To Bring Linux Development To MacOS In A Native Way
Apple has released a new developer tool on GitHub called Container, offering a fresh approach to running Linux containers directly on macOS. Unlike Docker or Podman, this tool is designed to feel at home in the Apple ecosystem and hooks into frameworks already built into the operating system.
Outrage as sugar cane workers in India still being ‘pushed’ into having hysterectomies
Hundreds of woman in one cane producing district were agreeing to the surgery, say activists, in order to keep working long, physically punishing hours
Archived version: archive.is/newest/theguardian.…
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LA Protesters Arrested for Throwing Molotov Cocktails
Today the Trump administration gleefully announced the arrest of “an illegal alien from Mexico” named Emiliano Garduno Galvez, for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement in Los Angeles.
Andrew Cuomo Wants to Get Away With All of It
At the heart of Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral run is the firm belief that none of the terrible things he’s done to the people whose votes he’s competing for will matter. Here’s a reminder of a few of the biggest scandals on that long list.
[Announcement] Secrets of the Atlas Challenge Rewards
In the Mercenaries League, you'll be able to earn a set of exclusive microtransactions themed around the Secrets of the Atlas expansion by completing 40 new challenges. At 12, 20, 28, and 36 challenges you'll receive the Watcher's Wrath Boots, Gloves, Body Armour and Helmet respectively.
Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Mercenaries Totem Pole Hideout Decoration!
In Ruthless you'll receive these microtransactions at 2, 4, 6, and 8 challenges completed.
Announcements - Secrets of the Atlas Challenge Rewards - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
[Announcement] Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas Launch Twitch Drops
Announcements - Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas Launch Twitch Drops - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
[Announcement] New and Changed Gems in Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas
Announcements - New and Changed Gems in Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
Poll suggests half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
A new poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza almost two years after the current conflict began.
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Canva now requires use of AI during developer job interviews
Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews
: Design software slinger warns it won't hire devs who aren't good at modern toolsSimon Sharwood (The Register)
Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash
“The Wikimedia Foundation has been exploring ways to make Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects more accessible to readers globally,” a Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson told me in an email. “This two-week, opt-in experiment was focused on making complex Wikipedia articles more accessible to people with different reading levels. For the purposes of this experiment, the summaries were generated by an open-weight Aya model by Cohere. It was meant to gauge interest in a feature like this, and to help us think about the right kind of community moderation systems to ensure humans remain central to deciding what information is shown on Wikipedia.”
Some very out of touch people in the Wikimedia Foundation.
Fortunately the editors (people who actually write the articles) have the sense to oppose this move in mass.
Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization which hosts and develops Wikipedia, has paused an experiment that showed users AI-generated summaries at the top of articles after an overwhelmingly negative reaction from the Wikipedia editors community.“Just because Google has rolled out its AI summaries doesn't mean we need to one-up them, I sincerely beg you not to test this, on mobile or anywhere else,” one editor said in response to Wikimedia Foundation’s announcement that it will launch a two-week trial of the summaries on the mobile version of Wikipedia. “This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source. Wikipedia has in some ways become a byword for sober boringness, which is excellent. Let's not insult our readers' intelligence and join the stampede to roll out flashy AI summaries. Which is what these are, although here the word ‘machine-generated’ is used instead.”
Two other editors simply commented, “Yuck.”
For years, Wikipedia has been one of the most valuable repositories of information in the world, and a laudable model for community-based, democratic internet platform governance. Its importance has only grown in the last couple of years during the generative AI boom as it’s one of the only internet platforms that has not been significantly degraded by the flood of AI-generated slop and misinformation. As opposed to Google, which since embracing generative AI has instructed its users to eat glue, Wikipedia’s community has kept its articles relatively high quality. As I recently reported last year, editors are actively working to filter out bad, AI-generated content from Wikipedia.
A page detailing the the AI-generated summaries project, called “Simple Article Summaries,” explains that it was proposed after a discussion at Wikimedia’s 2024 conference, Wikimania, where “Wikimedians discussed ways that AI/machine-generated remixing of the already created content can be used to make Wikipedia more accessible and easier to learn from.” Editors who participated in the discussion thought that these summaries could improve the learning experience on Wikipedia, where some article summaries can be quite dense and filled with technical jargon, but that AI features needed to be cleared labeled as such and that users needed an easy to way to flag issues with “machine-generated/remixed content once it was published or generated automatically.”
In one experiment where summaries were enabled for users who have the Wikipedia browser extension installed, the generated summary showed up at the top of the article, which users had to click to expand and read. That summary was also flagged with a yellow “unverified” label.
An example of what the AI-generated summary looked like.
Wikimedia announced that it was going to run the generated summaries experiment on June 2, and was immediately met with dozens of replies from editors who said “very bad idea,” “strongest possible oppose,” Absolutely not,” etc.“Yes, human editors can introduce reliability and NPOV [neutral point-of-view] issues. But as a collective mass, it evens out into a beautiful corpus,” one editor said. “With Simple Article Summaries, you propose giving one singular editor with known reliability and NPOV issues a platform at the very top of any given article, whilst giving zero editorial control to others. It reinforces the idea that Wikipedia cannot be relied on, destroying a decade of policy work. It reinforces the belief that unsourced, charged content can be added, because this platforms it. I don't think I would feel comfortable contributing to an encyclopedia like this. No other community has mastered collaboration to such a wondrous extent, and this would throw that away.”
A day later, Wikimedia announced that it would pause the launch of the experiment, but indicated that it’s still interested in AI-generated summaries.
“The Wikimedia Foundation has been exploring ways to make Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects more accessible to readers globally,” a Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson told me in an email. “This two-week, opt-in experiment was focused on making complex Wikipedia articles more accessible to people with different reading levels. For the purposes of this experiment, the summaries were generated by an open-weight Aya model by Cohere. It was meant to gauge interest in a feature like this, and to help us think about the right kind of community moderation systems to ensure humans remain central to deciding what information is shown on Wikipedia.”
“It is common to receive a variety of feedback from volunteers, and we incorporate it in our decisions, and sometimes change course,” the Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson added. “We welcome such thoughtful feedback — this is what continues to make Wikipedia a truly collaborative platform of human knowledge.”
“Reading through the comments, it’s clear we could have done a better job introducing this idea and opening up the conversation here on VPT back in March,” a Wikimedia Foundation project manager said. VPT, or “village pump technical,” is where The Wikimedia Foundation and the community discuss technical aspects of the platform. “As internet usage changes over time, we are trying to discover new ways to help new generations learn from Wikipedia to sustain our movement into the future. In consequence, we need to figure out how we can experiment in safe ways that are appropriate for readers and the Wikimedia community. Looking back, we realize the next step with this message should have been to provide more of that context for you all and to make the space for folks to engage further.”
The project manager also said that “Bringing generative AI into the Wikipedia reading experience is a serious set of decisions, with important implications, and we intend to treat it as such, and that “We do not have any plans for bringing a summary feature to the wikis without editor involvement. An editor moderation workflow is required under any circumstances, both for this idea, as well as any future idea around AI summarized or adapted content.”
The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes
WikiProject AI Cleanup is protecting Wikipedia from the same kind of misleading AI-generated information that has plagued the rest of the internet.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects
Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.NBER
Milei confirms Argentina's Embassy in Israel will be moved to Jerusalem
Milei confirms Argentina's Embassy in Israel will be moved to Jerusalem
Argentine President Javier Milei announced Wednesday during his speech before the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) that the South American country would be relocating its Embassy to West Jerusalem in 2026.MercoPress
Yemen fires two missiles at Israel; one strikes Ben Gurion Airport
Yemen fires two missiles at Israel; one strikes Ben Gurion Airport
Late on Tuesday, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced a targeted military operation against Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv in response to Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Press TV reported.Tehran Times
Bilawal vows strong response if India builds dams on rivers flowing into Pakistan | The Express Tribune
Bilawal vows strong response if India builds dams on rivers flowing into Pakistan
Following successful visits to Washington New York and London Pakistani delegation arrived in BrusselsWeb Desk (The Express Tribune)
Is the ‘tech bro-ification’ of abortion here?
EXCLUSIVE: Is the ‘tech bro-ification’ of abortion here?
Repro workers and tech experts reveal startling gaps between the promises offered by abortion tech and the realities facing abortion-seekers and support workersNicole Froio (Prism)
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Is the ‘tech bro-ification’ of abortion here?
EXCLUSIVE: Is the ‘tech bro-ification’ of abortion here?
Repro workers and tech experts reveal startling gaps between the promises offered by abortion tech and the realities facing abortion-seekers and support workersNicole Froio (Prism)
An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories
An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories
Browser Dating users upload their 5,000 most recent searches, which are turned into a “browsing personality profile" by AI.Jason Parham (WIRED)
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Thank you for this nice corner of the internet.